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

Thought he had signed for 1 year with club having option of a 2nd year. Uele has got a big engine on him and he is a real grafter. He will only get better too.

First 10 minutes it looked for all the world like a cricket score was on the cards , then a switch turned off in the team and we reverted back to our old ways and let Batley grab a hold on the game and were worth their short held lead . Round of the kitchen springs to mind in the changing room at half time ,and Uele finally dragged us back into the game crashing over the line and the crowd collectively let out a sigh of relief . Still clunky still one out rugby and lots of unforced errors /mistakes but at least we have enough to get us out of trouble nowadays , but jeez it’s taking some time to settle into a pattern that looks like its a planned move instead of off the cuff