Good result - Johnstone try I just saw on Facebook was very pleasing to see

Our defence really stood out today ,can’t remember how many sets of six we held them out at the back end of the game but it was impressive .Josh wood did a bell ringer of a tackle on Abdull who spilled the ball and looks a lively addition to the squad.Im of the opinion that our attack should have been better but as people have said Chester is dumbing that side down so to not give things away .I hope it comes off as I would have thought your attack would alter depending on the team you play and these are the very games for you to hone those skills ,but then again what do I know

Are you feeling OK?

I think it was 4 sets on the bounce.
As you say, looks a bit lively does Josh
With regard to cards close to the chest - think its the right thing.....
.......and we did win 18-6......

Thanks for that as I was going to ask how he went. Heard good things about him so looking forward to seeing him play.

The main players we was missing are Parcell, Garbutt, Ellis and Masoe who was effectively missing due to only managing 1 minute in defence.

Both teams struggled to break each other down and it was our first run out with an almost new team against a team on its second run out with few new additions.

No points to be scored by either after this one. Both need to improve in attack massively.

We've been there before. With so many new players it's a slow start for the attack so the preseason is really important.
I'm kinda glad we play you first as Rovers will improve as the season goes on.

How did Brough/Hampshire get on? Didn’t get to it yesterday as I went to Headingley.

Sorry but can’t agree on that.

I know friendlies deceive but it was clear one side was far more composed than the other and in truth, it was won at a canter by us, we only lost composure towards the end when a flurry of substitutions occurred.

As for attacking, we scored 3 should have been more but that’s not what this game was about, see what CC said.

What I do know is the first game at your place will see two very different teams play very differently and I’d read very little into what happened yesterday tbh.

As you would expect, it's difficult to read too much into these games as both coaches are unlikely to want to show their hand ahead of the SL opener.
However, Brough controlled the game pretty well and landed a great 40/20 and Hampshire was Hampshire, always looks lively with ball in hand and had a decent game - for me, he offers more than Miller but, you'd expect Miller to get the nod.
Walker had an excellent game (until he swapped for Jowitt) and Gwaze had his best game in a Trinity shirt.
Great to see Johnstone back on the pitch and Atkins, although nothing flashy, looks absolutely solid. Also a big shout for Josh Wood, who seems to hit pretty hard in defence.
Hope we've come through unscathed and also hope that the two KR players are ok, especially Mosoe who looked to have taken a really bad knock.

The main plus point was our defence, which was excellent.

A lot better IMHO, both played well and looked more comfortable together than Miller/Hampshire did on boxing day.

Only a friendly but I've decided I'd like to see this partnership more often as overall IMHO Hampshire is a more gifted player than Miller and I like Miller. However not at first, slowly slowly.