I thought he played like a senior player, ran in hard made yards couple of offloads and it was his first game in nearly a year, anyone would think you were having a moan Jools and the blooming season ain't started yet !!

All the senior players from last year on view did alright for me except for poor Ormsby who never got the ball. Did everything else ok though but never got a sniff of an attacking run. Minds't he's a completely different shape from last year shows we've been doing some training !!

It was clear when they weren't trying too hard like Leeming and Mason when we had our Academy side on that they were making lots of yards and looked a class above which they should.

Ikihihifo looked like he will cause any side problems if Shannon Wakeman is what it says on the tin like Seb we might cause some real devastation in the forwards this year.

All in all for a first knock up it was ok and a decent turn out for Luke too

I heard somebody say that the gate was 2200. Seemed about right from where I was sitting.

credit to bradford and there fans glad they are sorted out now. pretty simple for the giants senior players went well youngsters never took a step back when it got feisty which impressed me. man of the match for me was seb knew a good pre season would see him come good, also impressed with oli roberts led from the front and played some long minutes. mellor looked nervous but it was his old club so not judging him off that performance obrien looked solid also. good first hit up for us roll on saturday.

Any attendance figure available?

attendance - 2629 (bradford had 2500, or so they would have you believe)

smith played last week at barrow and echo other poster than i think he went ok at loose forward, different role to ikahihifo who was playing prop.

ikahihifo came over as a second rower but def think prop is his best position.

also noted how much better shape ormsby looked in compared to last season

Agree about Ormsby, looked in much better shape, must have lost a stone and half.

now we have lost ellis who is going to help take abit of pressure off brough in the kicking department???

brierley doesnt seem to put in many kicks

our hookers arent kickers either

maybe we will just be going with brough which will be easy for oppo teams to predict

Actually thought Brierley did well with the kicking when Brough went off as did Isaac. Danny had a poor short kicking game on Sunday by his standards but he always comes up trumps when it matters

Danny's short kicking was awful last season so I hope that's improved

Brierly kicked well, as did Leeming

wont just be brough kicking brierley is more then capable leeming kicked out of dummy half a few times which i like

Wasn't hoping for a rise. Was just saying with a few to come back in im sure you will fair better this year in the league. Wasn't talking per se about the game just trying to wish you well for the new season thats all

i agree about broughs short kicking game, woeful, certainly an area we need to improve and get some repeat sets pinning the oppo in their goal line area if not scoring

thurston and johnson the masters at this

ha no man crush, just recognise the class player that he is, i think you have come round to seeing that too now after years of saying hes rubbish!