People wanted a more competitive games, well they got one. Let's be straight, we play error free most scores will be a blow out, so far this season the error rate is the most concerning part of our game. We make too many to go unbeaten this season, always inviting pressure. 2nd half seemed more composed today.

We need to be pushed, we need to make errors, we need to get better.

If we go back up with having to deal with some challenge and adversity, our return to SL will be a rude awakening.

To be fair. Batley are no mugs.
They pushed us. We didn't handle it perfectly. Half time Powell tweeked it, we ran away.

Good second half
Up the Trin

I'd even say our GF and 1895 will be a rude awakening without games like this.

It's not like Sts are perfect every play. They are sometimes under pressure and work out a way to win and win well.
That's how I see us going in this league. We are being tested and are using it to improve.

If we are still making the same errors after half way then it's not working......but for now I'm OK with how we are going.

It was the tatics today that first half that were totally wrong. Trying to play expansive on a narrow pitch down hill was silly. 3/4 drives from quick plays was what we should have done. Another prop or forward at 13 was what should have happened. The errors were because we weren’t playing direct enough. Strangely something we did uphill in the second half. The forwards won that second half with direct plays. Rodwell and Uele took some big carriers today and probably MOTM candidates.

I’m sure Powell will have had some choice words at HT but the team rolled their sleeves up and came through. We just made it harder on ourselves rather than Batley.

The errors do need tidying up a bit though.

Fev beat Widnes today

Messy and scrappy but a wins a win. Felt a bit for Olpherts today.

Also very strange we played better going up hill, that must have been some rocket Powell gave them.

6/10 first half, 8/10 second half for me, with Uele my M.O.M
With Sheffield nilling 'Fax at The Shay then it looks like they are likely to be our nearest rivals ??

We probably haven't had a coach who could do that since Kear.

It's a fallacy.

Whilst it's notionally easier to run down hill, when playing rugby, the passing and catching of the ball is much easier going uphill.

Same as playing against the wind, as opposed to playing with it.

Good on the forwards in the 2nd half, kaleb is an accomplished forward , he ie only signed on for 1yr
I would offer him a 3yr deal now before poachers come in !

Well at 14 - 12 to Batley and Trinity playing up that bloody hill I was proper worried , it wasn't as though Batley were throwing tricks at us we simply couldn't stop giving penalties away and kept letting them out of their own line , proper frustrating .

Thankfully we upped our game and won comfortably in the end .

Proper weird afternoon including the warm sunshine .

Agree pack looking good for S L Lot of work to do in the back 7 to get ready for SL