Another hard fought bonus point today. If someone had said, "you will get 5 points from two trips to Cumbria and a game against Fev in the space of two weeks".

I would have been happy with that.

Just need to beat Fax now

I still cant get over how were not safe yet.

Great 7 days though, shame I couldn't make it today.

I would love it if we beat Fax.

Hunslet have to play Sheffield Eagles (away) and Featherstone (home), Swinton have Barrow (home) and Whitehaven (away) and York have Workington (away), Batley (away) and Doncaster (home) so with a bit of luck we should be OK though this time of the season there are some strange results. Championship is a cracking league and just hope we are a part of it next year!

We have had a very tough week having had to make two trips to Cumbria in three days, which makes our performance against Fev even more surprising.

One of the most gritty scrambling defences we have put up all season and credit to Paul March who was everywhere.

Some great "last man" tackles and a decent share of pressure on their line too. Our first try looked OK from my viewing point (directly in front of the ball). It would be interesting to see the video.

Considering that we had a patched up side all those players wore the shirt with pride and deserve a big pat on the back.

Thursday night is going to be really interesting - can the lads lift themselves again with a short turn round against Fax. There are some other critical fixtures:
Sheffield v Hunslet
Swinton v Barrow
Workington v York
....So the table might have taken a decisive turn for some teams.

I was stood in line with it. No one around us could see anything wrong with it.

Hard fought bonus point?

We shouldve been 30/40 points to 6 (thought your offside try was ok) up in first 25 mins we created that many chances - a shame the video is edited not to show us cutting through the Keighley defence like a knife through butter in the first half, only our poor finishing and bewildering refereeing descisons stopped the 1st half score being ridiculous - a bonus point shouldnt even been on the cards

And even when there was a sniff of it we gifted you it thanks a brain fart by Finn in last minute who flings the ball out to nobody after knocking the ball on instead of keeping possession and killing the ball

Ive also never seen a team get 3 team warnings, repeat offend and then only get one belatedly put in the bin when the game is as good as over

See you next season!

All pretty much true. If we had had the ball possession and penalty count you had we would certainly have won by more than you did, so whose fault is that, not Keighleys. You were also on a team warning and then offended straight after and he bottled sin binning a second player of yours. As for head high tackles it would appear our team must be taller than yours?

Yes, third match in a week playing with a patched up side without key players and a scrambling defence that kept you out for large parts of the match.


You can cut through a side as much as you want but if you don't put the ball over the line it remains academic. The bewildering refereeing decision worked both ways.


The harder a defence works, the more "gifts" they recieve

Spot on response Dreamer, in my opinion.

One more win from games v Halifax & Barrow will mean Cougars are mathematically safe from relegation. A big turnout of Cougar supporters and a maximum strength 17 should mean it happens this Thursday evening v Halifax.

A play-off place is still possible but I'd suggest it's more crucial to start planning now and doing everything needed to ensure a top 9 finish in 2014 (meaning a place in the new super league 2 in 2015).

We need to attract a big crowd and make sure the away fans don't outnumber the home fans. Reduced admission for this one might be an idea.

No way prices should be reduced. We need to make as much money as possible through the gate.

Ok, lets be outnumbered then.