Really enjoyed the game. Nice to see we are still wanting to and prepared to play attacking rugby irrespective of field position and tackle count. Yes it's frustrating when it doesn't come of, but think how many teams of that standard will we play for the rest of the year. At least 5 times we would have probably have scored against other teams.

What turned out to be 'daft passes and poor options', to me was us trying to play the expansive rugby regardless of field position, something we all want to see, ok they didn't come off but that gives PR and co something to work on and when all's said and done it was a friendly where else should we try things? It also shows how confident the lads have in their defensive abilities. We did make some breaks which against lesser opposition we'd probably have scored.

One thing that we should do is stop Penky kicking he's missed touch on previous occasions.

Could have saved me posting

The point of the turnover of possession isnt knock ons and similar skill mistakes, its basic decision making, having already having been forced into touch 3 times in the 1 st half ,to be giving the opposition that opportunity again 20 yards from your own line after consequtive turnovers shouldnt happen, let alone missing touch

Lets hope for a 3 week freeze now to bring Bradford underdone to the LSV

That's the whole point of a freindly. The move works as he got on his outside and had the chance. In our division it's most likely a try as who would be as quick as Charney. A friendly is about testing the moves and combinations to see if they work. This time last year we lost to a wigan side not as good as the one we played yesterday and we had an amazing season, already the signs this year are better.

Attacking play especially at home is a must, I've criticised Paul in the past for playing too conservatively, however as I put, once you've turned over possession 2-3 times in a row in your own third of the pitch, logically you need a rest, you get that by completing a set

We nearly lost the game because of it

I get that, but it didn't. At that time, one was a dropped pass from the base of a scrum, that was disappointing, and not finding touch with a penalty kick, that too. On the others, at the time it frustrated, but would rather go for it and not work out, than not try and go for it, but accept there are different ways of doing it.

Again not criticising knock ons, especially in the 1 st match of the year, just that good habits and reading a game are needed if SL is to be gained, RL is an unforgiving sport and momentum is critical, breaking up opposition momentum is important, as I said, it nearly cost us the game , albeit a friendly, but it felt much better to win than a honorable defeat

The way we play asks plenty questions of the opposition, pushing the ball wide in our own 20m is one of the reasons we have been so successful, and a pleasure to watch. When you have the outside backs we now have it would be silly to stop doing it, we just need refs to make a decent 10m

Thought they said it was an RFL rule that because he's from their academy they've got to have 1st refusal on him. Hope they do show the lack of foresight they showed with Brierly though & let us keep him, or he decides he's better off with us.

He scored a hat trick against Charnley, hardly a surprise he fancied his chances of getting past him again in the game. If you want 5 drives and a kick you will see that when the Bulls come to town.

It wasn't the million pound game, would that really have mattered?







Err...............Well yeah course it would