I agree childs was poor but the worst decision for me was giving Gibson his try ,he clearly missed touching down by a couple of feet, came out a minute from the end thought the score was 22 18 can't work out avengers 14 0 second half did we kick a goal in the last minute like to know

No it was 22-18

On a plus side of today,And the reason why I like going to Fev is I got to see quite a few of my ex work mates,all Fev fans,had a good chin wag,hope there's plenty more in the future.

How did Anthony Tupou go?

Leeds Rhinos were well-beaten by the team who finished bottom by a long way last year in a recent friendly. That must mean they'll have a dreadful season and won't have a chance of winning anything.

If you get my drift .....

He had a couple of nice off loads but wasn't on long and was blowing a bit too. Worked hard enough while on.
Probably as much to do with the cold for him as fitness.
I reckon he'll be good but needs some game time.

Cheers! I suspect you are right regarding the cold and fitness, should hopefully come good with a few more games under his belt

Definitely a game for our fitness yesterday - but some players did stand out for me.

Tinirau Arona - Impressed with him in both games. Looks likes hes going to be a good signing for the club. Strong, mobile and got a good passing game. Moving out to the edge to give the overlap for Tansey's try was a good passage of play.

Max Jowitt - Needs to build up his confidence and but hes got natural talent and speed and did well to back up Hall for the winning try and already looks like he could step up to be a regular player.

Jordan Crowther - Not sure if he came back on, but in the first half he was my MOM. His defence yesterday was brilliant and considering his age, he isn't scared to knock a few blokes about. Hopefully he will get some more game time this year.

I suspect it doesn’t cause a problem most of the time because for the last 20 years it’s mostly been played on in summer. I’d be interested to know pre-SL stats. I actually played on that pitch circa 1980 in some sort of trial training game when I was 16 (long story). Wasn’t even as bad as yesterday but I remember it being almost impossible to stop any of the bigger lads once they had some momentum down hill. Just could’t get any leverage or footing, even tackling low as was the fashion of the time only seemed to end up with you hanging onto their feet as they slid over the line.

Now I’m sure it can be mastered but you’d presume that the Fev lads are the ones more likely to do it - playing on it regular as they do.

Obviously it’s not an excuse for everything that goes wrong for a visiting team but it is a factor you don’t come across in SL.

Our pitch is like a bowling green by comparison yet it’s probably the most uneven surface in SL since all the new stadiums kicked in. I suppose it sounds snobby but we are just not used to it.

Fair points. The other thing to add in is that the pitch is now a fair bit longer than had been the case prior to last season - it still surprises me every time I come to the ground, it looks enormous now! One thing that's certain, playing there was anything but an advantage for Fev last year - we had a far better record away from home than at Post Office Road last year - we beat Bradford, Halifax, London and Dewsbury away, but were stuffed by those teams at home.

. Jordan damaged his ear drum in the first half and they didn't risk him in the second,I also thought his defence was good,hopefully he'll get to play against big misters to get him hardened to bigger knocks,but thanks for the compliment I'll pass it on.There's also a nice piece on him in the league Express regarding rookies for the new season which can't be bad for Wakey.

Make sure you play them when it’s wet this season, going by yesterday you certsinly know how to master the conditions.