I’m not so sure about this. Smithies got absolutely walloped by Stephen Chichton in I think, the first test around 2018. There was a bit of argy bargy afterwards and no England players got involved but when Harry Newman got walloped they were all in

Well that was a tough watch - particularly with the Cust injury. You could argue that Tommy's defensive qualities make him our best bet for the playoffs though - just depends on whether he can get through the 80 minutes.

I hope Bateman doesn't get some pedantic ban for his high tackle.

That was pretty awful, only bright spot was Smith's kicking, if I had Sky I don't think I'd be watching it again

A very tough watch.

Catalans did well in the circumstances

Well it's job done. Some nice tries, but obviously a lack of intensity. Onwards and upwards, and only one play-off game to get past now.

Who will we most likely be playing?

We just never earned the right to play and wanted to score from every set. There wasn’t much to gain from the game but players had things to lose. Cust might have lost a semi final place to injury and Mago might have lost a place due to his horror showing. If there was a player that summed up the unwillingness to show patience and to respect the opposition it was him. I don’t see how Byrne doesn’t come in for him in two weeks.

I’m not one to moan about refs as I think they have a very difficult job however tonight I felt Childs basically encouraged very dangerous play by letting anything go in contact and in the wrestle on the floor…because basically he knew it was a no contest.

Very irresponsible from him tonight in my opinion.

I did enjoy seeing Tommy split Peter Crouch in two.

I thought Crouch was effective in the time he on, actually, I remember him from a previous game.

Probably when he did the robot in the World Cup

Maybe Mago wasn't as bad as appeared on the night, 16 carries 122m and 3 errors, personally I thought Bateman had a 'mare, ball seemed to die with him every time and he looked ready to explode at any minute.
He's probably sweating over the disciplinary as well, if we've picked up a suspension from a game like that it'll be a sickener

I noticed Mago’s stats and they were good in terms of ground made but it was just so frustrating. I’ve never really bagged him until last night. It bordered on disrespectful the way he played that game because it was against kids but you’d rather he did that last night and not in a big game. If he keeps a place for the semi, I hope we just tell him to calm it a bit and firstly concentrate on charging the ball in. You can’t force offloads in tight games and give up possession. We wanted more attacking rugby and it’s fantastic that we’ve got that but there is a balance, especially in big games.

I thought Mago was good. He does make errors but he also breaks up teams like no one else in our team. He was even stepping last night! The error he repeatedly makes when trying to play the ball too quickly needs eliminating though.

Mago played 50 mins last night 10 mins in first half and the whole of the second half a big improvement for him

At the game it felt like Mago made more than 3 errors. I’m torn on him for the semi, he can make a huge difference but needs to speak to KPP and learn when too offload and when to keep hold.