The aim of a short kick off is to get possession back in a situation where 99 times out of 100 you’re opposition should get it, so in that sense all 4 worked a treat!

The fact that Widnes weren’t good enough to capitalise is irrelevant and Redcats point, that we ought to be better prepared for it, is valid. If it’s something we’re vulnerable to and better teams employ it we will pay a price at some point.

Of course it’s relevent and I doubt any team would have been prepared for those kicks today. Again Trinity fans making mountains out of mole hills - can’t you just enjoy a win?

HKR scored straight from the half time restart against Cas without a hand been laid on them. It was a short KO the type of which I'd never seen before and inch perfect.
When Cas dropped the goal with a couple of minutes to go on Friday against Wigan, Cas Tigers radio picked up Powell (just behind them) yelling for them to mark the short KO which Wigan tried and Cas dealt with. You would have thought CC would have been sending instructions after the first one.

great ad much needed win!!!!! do we need 1 more?

I enjoyed the win, does that mean we can’t talk about the performance, the good and the not so good?

The reason they tried the short kick offs was to regain possession and therefore they were successful. The reason that they needed the ball was because they were chasing the game due to the fact we had been successful.
It is not really anything controversial just the result of the state of the game.

Correct and that’s my point - good teams don’t need to do it and are more than capable of dealing with it. I’ll have to watch the game again but did any tried come directly from it?

I’m not interested in it because after one game it’s a busted flush for me. Nice thinking by Widnes but utterly desperate imho.

Widnes really made us look soft on several occasions. 4 x short kick offs, 2 x scores from the acting half back and 2 x walk ins from massive overlaps. A game we never looked like losing though.

Is there a link to the highlights?

Agree about the soft tries and that we never looked in any danger whatsoever.

It would have been great to keep them to one or 2 tries but, it was very, very hot out there yesterday and no real surprise that concentration dipped in the second half.

A good day all round !

If a short kick of does not work out, which is a high percentage of times we are then you are defending a set from near the half way line as opposed to the opponents starting there set between there own 10 and 20m line hence why teams do not do it throughout the game.

A short kick off is a sign of desperation/urgency.

Placing the final result aside for a short moment, in the view of someone who watches Widnes most weeks that is the first time this season we have really dominated a team as we did so often in patches in that second half.

It really is a concern for Trinity spectators going forward as to just how you are to compete in your final 5 games and for that reason I really cannot see you `Getting of the hook` and escaping the greatly feared Middle eights!

Good from our perspective as I would much rather play Wakefield than Catalan as it stands, I think playing that game again and seeing just how easy you can be broken down the result would be far from the outcome it was on the weekend.

What happened to the chapelwho brothers

Absolute comedy gold