Cheers.

On final thing...we did just beat Fax with one less player for a full 40, that really does highlight the full team effort.

Jeez I hope we don`t get that Vella again. I forgot how much of a bell whiff that Tyrer is!!

Fair play to Mark Ione: he put in two good spells. However, how you could look beyond Addy or Reynolds for MOM is beyond me. Hard to single players out really though Jordan Thompson is twice the player he was when he came back last year. The great thing is we know we have real character and heart in the team. Until Fax's last ditch try we were leading the second half 20-4 with a man short: pretty impressive that. Furthermore, every try was real quality.

First game of season for me:

Reynolds looks a different player, a lot more confident and making the right calls - lucky to still have his head after Larroyer, that looked a disgusting challenge and should have been a red for me

Addy took a breather for 10mins or so, but shines as a proper loose forward, heart engine and hands, looks a very astute signing

Ref lost the plot and probably responsible for a lot of the indiscipline

If we play like that against the top sides we will get beat, but if we hit our stride and retain discipline that team will take some beating

Did Cam Scott play centre or wing?
Did Bienek play many minutes?

Scott played on wing, and is a very good finisher - 3 tries today, and pretty sure a disallowed try was fine as well. Not sure if he lacks a yard of pace but looks a very good all round player

Bienek only came on at about 55 mins, did 10 mins, went off and did last 5. Makes good yards but if that’s the best engine he’s got he’s going to struggle at anywhere near the top level

Disallowed try was Mullen, Col.

Well it still looked like a try

I thought the ref dealt with it correctly, I do not have Laroyer marked as a dirty player , I certainly did not see any malice in it. Shoulder barge, mistimed at worse, correct call.

What did you see ?

I had a brief chat with Kevin in the legends bar after the match , told him it was a shoulder

Is leading with the shoulder not banned - and to mis-time it to the head seems like a very poor technique for someone who has been playing at the top level for some while - looked calculated and deliberate to me

If the shoulder makes direct contact to the head then it's a sending off. Personally watching live I didn't think there was any contact with the head ( I may be wrong ) and I'm with Harold the ref made the correct call with yellow for mine, although he didn't get many decisions correct throughout the game.

Not sure why the Leigh players lost their heads so much in the first half, the all in after an offside was a sure sign that we needed half time. Not sure what Higson did, because it was off the ball, but thought the Sammut one was 50/50 red card, swayed by the reaction. But can't really argue too much about it.

Reynolds was mom for me, and while I thought Ioane did well, the defining spell of the game was at the start of the second half when Thompson and Gerrard helped to march us upfield for successive penalties and then Gerrard made the break for the first try of the second half, which was the clincher.

Fax had it theirs for the taking at half time, and was a v poor second half showing from them. They only got in our half off the back of handling errors.

Although i actually missed the incident (I will review it on LCTV when available),I thought the ref was out of his depth,and the shoulder charge will be looked at by the MRP. Here is an interesting video on [Sin Bin - Episode 2] explaining late shots. rlWATCHrl

Highlights are here, also the full match should be in the sidebar or just find it on Fax's channel. I would hope AJs sin bin is enough and not warranting any further punishment, same with Larroyer, they were just mistimed tackles. The incident which saw one of our players put on report (still can't tell who it is from the footage) for what could be a late hit on Murrell (@9.55 in the video below) looks like nothing but you really never can tell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1p9ak6CmM

Highlights are here, also the full match should be in the sidebar or just find it on Fax's channel. I would hope AJs sin bin is enough and not warranting any further punishment, same with Larroyer, they were just mistimed tackles. The incident which saw one of our players put on report (still can't tell who it is from the footage) for what could be a late hit on Murrell (@9.55 in the video below) looks like nothing but you really never can tell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1p9ak6CmM