Calderwood was my MOTM.

Nice to see Clubb doing a really good solid job and not trying to win the game single handedly with big hits and wild offloads.

i was gutted that i missed the game yesterday because i was playing in a tournament at dagenham that didn't end until 3pm

Must say, I enjoyed the day out and the hospitality, just a shame you couldnt manage a bigger crowd but after your recent run thats not so suprising!

Also really enjoyed the post match entertainment as the band you had on was quality, that was a nice way to improve the trip.

Sarcasm Dave??

O'Callaghan seems to have taken a step from really solid for most of the season to much more of an attacking threat - speed and elusiveness. I wonder if the try against Cas has been a good confidence boost.

Also want to put in a bit of praise for Rob Thomas (not that it's all about locals). Noticed his contribution more yesterday than I have previously.

I thought Calderwood was good too. Nothing spectacular but was keen did the work and looked to support the play. For once Lister is not being too ironic, but there was half a dozen ahead of him for MOTM.

Briggs only arrived midweek, and although he was fairly anonymous it did allow us to play split halves for the first time in along time, giving us a threat on both sides of the field as Briggs can move far quicker with ball in hand than Bailey, and that is not a shot at Bailey as he is a back-row doing a job in the halves.

I wouldn't have expected Briggs to do anything but be a facilitator and do the simple things, he allowed Gale to play just be being there as a genuine threat, if only his first game threat was him being there and having a little pace. You wouldn't want a debutant stand-off with hardly any training to be throwing wild passes and offloads, but hopefully over the next month he will become more of a visible threat, rather than just the first few minutes against Wakey.

I understand Riley has gone back home which is a shame

I know someone else has commented on penalties, but I have to say I didn't see too many poor decisions - by the referee. We easiuly outclassed Wakey and yet were happy to give away needless penalties. Not good.

That said, overall, a good team performance. Briggs looks a very useful player to me - and welcome back Dorny!

Kouparitsas and Temata were sat in the wings of the west stand in training gear so I assume they were available but not chosen... for whatever reason. DSWG wondered if Pryce had gone back to Wigan. He was sat behind the players bench, having a pretend fight with Lamont - both in civvies so had not been considered for the Wakey game... for whatever reason.

Both Monty and Karl seemed to enjoy burger and chips - athletes food!

Thought Dorny was injured at the end of the game..

Rob Thomas was really good! Just kept running at them - didn't stop, great performance!!

Jamie O has improved no end, good jinking runs!

Don't know if the ref's decisions were poor its just that they seemed a bit odd!

Thought Briggs was good in the first half, didn't see as much from him in the 2nd - and I just hope to God that Dorny's injury is healed for next week. He was holding his side following a tackle late in the 1st half and all the way through the 2nd.

I've often cricisized him but I thought that Jamie O'C was excellent on Saturday, best I've seen him in ages!!