Greatest comeback since Lazarus!
The dictionary definition of a game of two halves!

Second half certainly- first half was as bad as I’ve seen all season!

First half was a disgrace. Sheffield have a number of good players but we had nothing going forward whilst they offloaded with abandon and looked dangerous all the time. We also made mistakes at important times.

Eccles made some changes at half time and we immediately looked more positive and quicker going forward, we also threw the ball around. It seemed to me like players like Curran, Parata, Leyland and Lovell stepped up a bit. I remain of the view that Davis adds some vim to our attack and I think he played his part as well. Albert had his most effective game. I’m a bit surprised that Sheffield didnt score once second half - they sort of capitulated but a good win for us. This is definitely a better side than at the start of the season. I do however think our kicking game is poor. As a kicker from the tee Leyland is doing OK but in open play and drop outs I don’t think he has much distance. I wonder if Mockedrike who has a cannon but no finesse might be a better option for the latter. Sheffield kicks in the first half were always dangerous by way of contrast and led to a number of tries if I recollect correctly.

Just a word for Ebbsfleet. It’s a really old school ground and it feels like it’s situated at the very end of civilisation with wind turbines, salt marshes and chimney stacks dotted all around. Having said all that I thought it did a job and whilst the cuisine was no frills my unsophisticated palate preferred it to PL and the prices were reasonable. Let’s not get too hopefully as we have Rovers next week and not only do they look like the stuff of nightmares but I suspect they will cause some for us. Overall though I think we have a realistic chance of staying up and I think we are beginning to look like we deserve to (which is not really the standard I was looking for but we are where we are).

Excellent 2nd half and a great end to a pretty exciting weekend of Rugby down here.
Took my son to his first All Blacks game and his delight at the hammering his father's Ireland took was a bitter start, but Mt Smart yesterday and now to wake up to this mighty comeback and All is well in the universe again.
I don't see us bothering Fev, but Bradford will be a little less confident about our visit the week after.
I see no mention of attendance numbers? Anyone hazard a guess?I know it was 50k at the all blacks and 30k at Mt Smart....

Very difficult to guess what attendance was because it’s a funny old ground. They had all 4 sides open. At least one end is standing and there were a handful there. The other end there were 20/50 odd maybe. There were a few on the side which I’d guess any cameras would pick up, say 50/75 odd. The majority were on the main stand side which was pretty full but it’s very narrow around 10 rows deep maximum. It could be any where between 500-1000 I’d say. It felt reasonable but I would say the take up of the free tickets to local kids may have disappointed but the good thing is unlike the early games (and frankly later games) at Plough Lane this was an exciting match and Broncos won so I can see interest being raised. Sadly its Rovers next and that will require a big step up.

Well done Broncos, amazing comeback.



After last week, Bongser chose not to give one - he will continue this trait until the start of September!

Need 2 more wins to be safe... Haven away, Sheffield at the Bash, Bradford home, Workington Home, win 2 from those 4 and we should be safe.

Although we are lucky that Dewsbury can't buy a win right now

Agree with much said above. Sheffield lost two to injuries and the yellow with about 9 minutes to go helped us. We sat at the end where all the points were scored. An astonishing game

Well done and congratulations on what must have been a spectacular second half.

Cheers- it was one hell of a turnaround.
It's too early to say but if we stay up it'll be that second 40 minutes that saved us!

Maybe play there every week? Sure Hughes can afford the rent on five grounds as he isn't investing in the squad. Bongser has special reason to root for you next time out though it will be a hard ask. This from the Fev forum on TRL (this guy is even more of a sad statto than is Bongser) It might not be just down to the venue, just seen the "highlights" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sbbq8BhsOg (nothing but tries are apparently a "highlight" in RL) and you were playing in black. Perhaps Dead Cowboys has been right all along?

Maybe play there every week? Sure Hughes can afford the rent on five grounds as he isn't investing in the squad. Bongser has special reason to root for you next time out though it will be a hard ask. This from the Fev forum on TRL (this guy is even more of a sad statto than is Bongser) It might not be just down to the venue, just seen the "highlights" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sbbq8BhsOg (nothing but tries are apparently a "highlight" in RL) and you were playing in black. Perhaps Dead Cowboys has been right all along?

Mark Aston was rather angered by his teams second half performance. I should imagine that the coach trip home was not a barrel of laughs.

I'm struggling to find a bigger second half comeback across all league competitions. If that had been us (and we've come close to such implosions this year...Widnes last week anyone?) I would expect Hughes to have a hiatus fit........

Real feel good energy around the comms following this result. Imagine what might have been if we put in a decent 40 minutes against either Widnes or Whitehaven at the start of the season...and, of course, if we’d had any comms strategy at that time. All a learning curve isn’t it?

It was crazy wasn’t it. I was still trying to process what I’d seen in the first half as our 2nd try went in.