In that second half I don't know what was going on but Smith seemed to get tackled with the ball so much on the 4th tackle so that when it came to the 5th our only half on the field was playing the ball and we ended up with farrell and tautai kicking the ball down field....

I don't know whether it was down to lack of leadership or communication or what but our attack just wasn't good enough.

in fairness though I do feel that whilst matty smith isn't exactly a world class player he was pretty much on his own when we lost lockers. Sarginson went back to his side step and firm grip on the ball... and whilst we showed good determination and aggression to get back into the game a bit there just wasn't enough cohesion in the attack to really trouble wire.

we are missing williams and tomkins more than ever now. when those 2 come back and there is less pressure on smith I think all 3 of them could start to combine/click and we can get a decent attack going again.

Smith Can be an effective player when he is alongside another capable half/playmajker. but on his own he just isn't effective enough...

I thought Smith played well tonight. He was far busier and involved himself far more. He easily outplayed Luke Gale who I thought had an absolute shocker (especially his kicking).

I heard some people bag Mossop after his first spell which was off the mark also because I thought he was our best forward early doors.

Put some pretty good grubbers in tonight. Was decent in a tough game.

Can't agree on Smith. His passing accuracy is shocking with runners having to either reach behind or check their runs to take a pass. He put a couple of decent kicks in and even if he was slightly better this week, overall he's not good enough, consistently enough.

I thought Mossop went ok but I think Crosby deserves a mention. After 6 months out that was a cracking 1st game back. Bateman is just a freak! Love watching him play.

A lot of the service to Smith tonight was shocking, hard to do much with the ball when you've got to reach below your ankles for it.

To be fair to Smith, according to the radio commentary he received a lot of pretty terrible passes, which doesn't help when you're trying to put your team on the front foot. And he did kick the goals!