I would not move Max ever again if I was DP. Especially with Lino still injured. Max and Lino our a biggest try assist makers.

Terrible first half but, huge improvement in the second 40.
Maybe they should have their half time brew before kick off.

We missed some firepower up front and we missed Hood in the middle too but, a win is a win.

If we can get through July unbeaten, it would be stunning.

One game at a time though

By the look of the stats ..53% completion rate Trojan I’d say there are more players in our squad that fall below expectations and may not be the answer next season .lets be honest here if money was no object and we were a Wigan or Saints who are magnets for top quality player ,he probably wouldn’t have been signed in the first place , along with lots more may I add ,but we cut our cloth accordingly at this present time

53% isn’t good enough but that’s unusually low for this season on average if you look back. You can’t isolate one game of low completion and use that to beat a stick saying that players may not be the answer next season imo.

Also in that 53% which isn’t good enough there was half the starting team missing with no second half and our 3rd choice 9 (who went well).

McGillvray
Lino
Lawford
Atoni
Bowden
Hood
Doyle
Vagana
Boothroyd

All missing. To win by 22 against a team who’s not lost many this past few games despite not playing well in areas is actually a solid result.

Nobody is saying that this years squad is of the quality to achieve the clubs ambitions in SL next season. But it’s not SL and it doesn’t have to be. What’s true to fact is we sit unbeaten at the top of table by a distance and all players are of high enough quality for this season.

Next season recruitment is underway to strengthen and some players in this seasons squad will not be with us next season. That’s the reality but their focus is this season. I don’t disagree that some won’t be here next season in SL and probably would struggle to step up (or back up) but I do think that they should be judged on this season in this league currently and congratulated for what they are part of and not criticised for what they might not be part of.

I would guess 50% completion rate is our norm for most if not all our 1st 40 minute stints. Add that to the penalty count against us and it adds to some real dour rugby until these part timers get tired.

Possibly due to injuries, but there seems to be a decline in our play since the 1895 final. yesterday's six tackle completion rate was probably the worst this season.