What a game. 
2 teams with superb defences going toe to toe.
I do think we had the advantage as soon as Jake Connor left the field (hope he's ok?) as everything seemed to go through him for the Rhino's.
Another brilliant team effort in front of a sell out crowd and we are back in the Top 6 for the time being.
It's a great time to be a Trinity supporter right now. 

There were 4 other players just as responsible if not more for the try’s. Nikotemo joining and not covering ball and Smith failing to tackle Lisone letting him run up to the line for example. 
So he’s got to go the whole season not making a single error or he’s cooked? 

Plenty of England players make the odd error. Wellsby, French and others do. I think that our fans are way too harsh on Max and because he makes very few errors the small amount he does gets elevated. 


Max wasn’t responsible or at least fully responsible for the try’s at all. He held up O’Connor and got his hand under the ball too. Like the commentators said the other players should have done better like Nikotemo joining after and not covering the ball. 


Lisone ran straight at Smith which changed his trajectory and I don’t think anyone in SL would have stopped that try. That wasn’t solely max either. I said pre match Lisone will run at Smith end of 1st half for a try. Powell should have taken Smith off as soon as Lisone came on. 


Honestly I think our fans can be way too harsh on Max who’s very good week in week out. 

I feel Walmsley has improved incredibly since the start of the year. The weakest part of his game was the hard metres out of our half. He has visibly put on size and runs better lines when coming out. Thought he took his try really well, that little step he did to change direction was class. I don’t think he scores that at the start of the year. 

Even commentators said it wasn’t Jowitt. Jowitt held O Connor up and covered ball at same time. What were the other two players doing? 

I feel it’s any excuse to jump on Max and there’s some ready to go in with the knives. 


He’s not going to go through the season faultless and even the best fullbacks in the NRL and SL done do that. It’s doesn’t stop them getting on the international scene but for Max it’s seemingly not okay for it to happen at all or it’s a big deal. 

Have to agree with that. And it wouldn’t surprise me if we extended his deal again beyond 2026 with his best years coming up. He can also play both left and right wing and fullback. 

I’ve not rewatched it but at the time it looked like Lino was the one mainly at fault with weak contact. 

Like I said I think Max is a SL quality fullback and he’s gone very well for this season, just that I can also see why Wane might not be picking him for England yet. Nothing to do with going with knives jeez. 

I don’t think Max is international class either, he’s not in the same league as Welsby in my opinion. I really like Max, I  think he’s a cracking SL player and is the current top point scorer for a reason. However, I felt he did deserve a call up to the larger squad but obviously Wane sees it differently. 

I will be very very confident of seeing Johnstone and big Mike representing us in the ashes. 

I'd say that the performance v the Pies the other week was better, and last week too......It was a great game though.

You don't have to be so dramatic. 
No one is saying the tries were his fault alone, or that he isn't a great player. He is an exceptional player 


All I'm saying is those moments on the goal line are moments that an International coach will register.
Hardaker wouldn't have let him wriggle free, nor would Welsby. Max does things they don't but in that example he wasn't as good, and it gets noticed.


If we want to help him get a call up we need to be in the 6 so he has a chance to show his skills more often in big games.

How did Jayden Myers play?  I saw he was on the wing, IMO he's better in the centres but has plenty of competition.