It would probably need an Oldham fan to confirm but I feel like he played some second row for them during his time. I’m with you, I think he could be very handy in the second row, especially with him now looking trimmer than last year. Hopefully it doesn’t come down to it but I’m pretty confident he’d go pretty well there.

If anything I thought Ellis could do no more, his shoulders appeared to be almost parrallel to the floor he had his back bent that much, if he cops any kind of punishment for that then it is very harsh and I think the RFL would need to consider new rules that say the attacking player cannot bend their back when running in and if they slip then it is deemed a tackle even if a player does not touch them

So has everyone who travelled over got dry yet?

Agreed, if you look at that first incident on around 4 minutes, its a classic head clash with the sweat/rain flying off both their heads (it was the Lebanese forward that plays for Cas). I'm amazed that both didn't get checked then. Thompson was a bit slow to move after that tackle but carried on until the later incident around 16 minutes as stated.

Just on the Thompson HIA in this game, am I right in thinking that if he fails another one within a certain timeframe he has to sit out three months (ala Morgan Gannon at Leeds)?

If true he'd be a very expensive spectator sat in the stands