I wanted to see Rodwell do really well.
And Russell dominate the game at 7

Out of all our signings Russell was by far the quietest one. Only time I noticed him was when he flew out of the line to put a shot on and miss and doing a poor kick that either went down the FB’s throat or barely reached the half way line. It’s one game I suppose int it.

Exactly.
He had no field position to work with today.
He'll have better days.

Yeah I noticed Russell shot out twice on Oledzski. Not sure if that’s just a personal plot because he knows he’s passed the ball about three times in his career, but it’s an odd thing for a half to shoot that far in field and not quite connect. Only takes a smarter prop to tip it on and you’re buggered. As mentioned above, Russell might out a lot of pressure on Lino to improve and break back in though, so if he turns out to only be as good at he was at Huddersfield, it’s no disaster.

I can only imagine that Russell will be working with Gale behind the scenes.

Miller was a solid player for us over the years but I’d rather Russell play in his dinner Jacket with the ball a bit like Gale last season. Sometimes it’s just as important to give your edges and the next player some early ball.

There will be a lot more to come from Russell and Trueman and plenty of pre season to mould them into a good partnership. Lino will be in the mix.

I haven't given up on Lino at all. He definitely has a role to play.

I was just about to post the same , in fact I'll stick my neck out and say Lino will win the shirt to start the season and he'll have his best season at Trinity since he signed .

My reasoning is that he's got competition to keep him on his toes which is something he hasn't really had .

It's consistency we haven't had with Mason but when he's firing he can be a quality SL half .

Nice position to be in really.
Sometimes lino needed a kick up the proverbial- maybe they will bring the best out of all of them!

I thought their line speed made it very difficult for our halves. They had no time on the ball, as we lost a lot of contacts and had a slow play of the ball.

We only managed to get round them a couple of times. Once through some quick hands from Hall.

Considering the amount of ball and territory they had, our defence was pretty good. They seemed to target our marker defence and got some joy. That needs tightening up.

A decent hit out with 4 first team players missing. It will take a while for some players to step up (pace wise) and Trueman hasn't played for ages.

Promising. Really looking forward to the season to begin.

I agree with the defence holding up well despite the territory and possession. Only two steps and one gap created by foul play shows the defence was good overall.

More than 4 first teamers missing though from that 17.

Jowitt
Johnstone
Mckmeeken
Hood
Storton
Pitts
Doyle

Would be definite starters in the 17. So that’s more like 7 (almost half a team).

When you add that in I’m sure we would win more contacts and the halves would have a bit more time and options.

+ Atoni

I only thought about Jowitt, Johnstone, Mckmeeken and Atoni. I'd forgotten about the others! Be interesting to see the team in the next friendly