Is it just me who feels a touch sorry for Hampshire as in the last two he has been left out of the squad only to be asked to slot in at the last minute for an 'injured' Tomkins.

Tonight I heard 'Hampshire's not done much tonight', well in my view I couldn't see any errors even if there were no Tomkinsesque breaks, for one he was one of few who actually knows how to hold onto the ball and from every high kick, he took the ball well.

Sam looked like he did want to be out there so I feel it is Wane keeping him off to protect for the CC but im sure I'm not the only one who when ST is missing the old 'well we've lost already' comes out.

Put Hampshire on the trip to Catalan and it may sound stupid but five him a go even if only for 2nd half also I'd take him to Wembley as he has done brilliant when called on.

He did everything that was asked of him with the platform laid by our powder puff pack. He created the space for the Charnley try and win us at least 1 penalty with his pace on kick returns.

Don't get me wrong he did not set the match in fire, but given the opportunities he had he went well.

I feel if Green had his pass selection right last night and not keep hitting the lead runner but put it out wide Rocky would have had far more opportunities with ball in hand.

Last night it was calling out for a change of tactics during a match instead of blundering on with a plan which as no flexibility. Stick to what we have worked on during the week, the old plan A seems to be the formula.

Not long into the second half it cried out for a bit of off the cuff decision making, one of the halves should have been subbed, with Pat going to fullback, Hughes to the wing and Hampshire to halfback.

Doing this could not have produced any worse rugby and might have given the team a bit of a spark.

Bowen, Barba , Slater, Hayne... do you watch the Ozzie game? Obviously not

Nor do you

I tend to agree to be honest. I think he is still a long way off being ready at Super League level and all the talk about him being the replacement for Tomkins is premature to say the least. I also think he was woefully out of position a couple of times that led to tries, not knocking him for that though as he is playing out of position.

We have tried Murphy, Tierney and Hampshire at full back and none look ready to me, either skills wise or physically. It is certainly not their faults as they are still teenagers with a long way to go but just shows that with no proper reserve league in place that it is practically impossible to have ready made replacements to when injuries occur.