One of our props actually made a break! Couldn't believe what I was seeing when Flower burst through.

I still don't think they're performing at the required level.

To a degree, the French were lucky yesterday. Two of their early tries were jammy, and all through the match they benefitted from some questionable refereeing decisions (including a couple of fortuitous back-to-backs), but I still thought our defence looked flabby in the middle. The other problem is that we're now starting to clock up injuries in the forwards too. Heard nothing about TT, but he looked to be carrying an arm in the last few minutes. If he's now benched, alongside Joel and Bateman, that would be three of the best from a generally under-performing pack ruled out.

In contrast, I thought Lockers had his best game for quite a while yesterday - we really noticed it when he came back on in the second half. But it really is time for the other big-hitters in the pack to up their game.

Looking at the stats Flower and Nuuausala both ran for well in excess of 100m each and their average gain was over 10m each. They must be season high numbers for them.

Defensively we've looked slack across the park in most games (especially round the middle) but you only hope that as usual, we'll lift that when needed. This week against Cas is as good a time to start as any!

They were good yesterday, against a big pack. I thought FPN got some crucial, quick PtB's. Let's hope both he and Flower have come into some good form.

Yes, it was good to see Ben Flower running with a bit of pace again.

I genuinely believe we've coasted through the last two games, looking to start "peaking" for this tough run of fixtures (on paper), Cas, Salford, Wire and Saints.

The injuries may hamper this.

It has been mentioned on Mikes Site that FPN will be going home at the end of the season, Supposedly his wife has a dislike towards the club and the housing it has provided, is this true?, has anybody else heard anything on this matter?

Hope so. Another overrated Aussie who doesn't live up to his nickname

What a blessing.

didnt think the club could provide housing as it counts on the cap

Maybe the club just found them the house so they would have somewhere for when the came over?

I'll drive them to the airport when they have packed. How he got to be called wrecking ball I'll never know, our wingers run the ball in harder and more often as well.

He left his wrecking balls in Australia...

He definitely doesn't have them when he takes to the pitch

No wonder his missus isn't happy...