Seriously, I do think you have to give Cas a bit of credit. They defended well, much better than us (familiar story?), and our poor defensive efforts didn't make it hard to score against us. And Field dug us out of a hole.

French is out for 2 months so im not sure our performances are going to get any better

Our last 3 games we won 2 and lost 1. 


French only played in the one we lost.

I said performances, not results

It's time for other players to step up in the absence of French. We've got Jai Field doing it but other lads need to put their hand up. It's a shame to lose French but I'm excited to see Farrimond get a run..

We need our forwards to step up to something like the level they can deliver, the likes of Farrimond/Smith will not be able to perform if the forwards keep leaving so many carries to our backs as they did against Cas. There were some poor efforts at times last night from the pack (both in attack and defense), we lacked punch and were dominated at times far too easily and seem unable to get on a roll like we normally do.


Field has been our main atttacking weapon in recent games and he can't do it on his own all the time, our link play recently has been really poor we hardly seem capable of moving the ball around like we normally can, something is definitely off at present. Add in a lot of silly mistakes handing over possesion as well and it is not good watching.

We always hit this time of year and pick up a few losses. I’m sure we can turn it around. We looked very clunky last night, wild passes little shape and depth to our attack. Hopefully ride the wave and be fit and firing for the business end, only worry is if a few others pick up injuries. The lads who have come in are great but I think the project signing need to be put to bed now,  no one we’ve signed in that role has yet come good.