Walmsley played well vs the second best team in SL.

It’s much harder when to take carries in your 10 when defence is rushing you as opposed to out of your 20/30 like Davies. KR put our backs under a lot of pressure today in our own 10 and they all stood up and made some very big carries. That should eradicate any questions on Walmsley in SL. He handled it well under all sorts of pressure.

I think we will see Russell and Walmsley interchange that right wing as the season goes on possibly depending on game plan etc.

That was a tough game. A lot of teams won’t put us under the pump in our 10 as much as tonight.

my thoughts after watching the game twice..

mike Mckmeeken adds so much by being just out on the pitch... His influence tonight was off the scale...
The middles (after a sticky start) equalled and sometimes bettered their much vaunted opposites.
Vangana had his best game in a Trinity shirt.. He added impetus from the moment he took the field.
Caius looked more settled and his contribution to field position set up the opportunity for John Stones try.
I thought the halves were excellent, particularly with ball in hand (the kicking game wasn't great but neither was HKRs so I think the wind played a part in that)
defensively we look so organised.. Two weeks running we concede our first try to a fluky kick.
ollie Pratt grows every time he plays... May that continue... Big effort from Hall considering his sickness.
Max Jowitt is fast becoming the best full back I have seen in a Trinity shirt in 50 years.
And the team energy is outstanding!

We didn't give in, pushed them all the way and with a full strength squad would have won that game.
Couldn't fault any of them out there last night, have to say the ref was awful, but overall a very enjoyable game.
The spirit is there and we won't be a pushover for anyone, especially at home.

Great team effort the mentality to win is clearly there. The team stepped up last night everyone who pulled the shirt on put in a great shift. With lots missing and up against a top team with it's front line pack on the pitch I thought we were excellent. We didn't get the rub of the green or anywhere near the 50/50s but our defensive structures are top drawer and the attack will just get better. A shout for young Harvey he really showed up last night against some big blokes.

A bit harsh that init and rather petty.

Massive respect to our players, they looked like they were going to take a battering in that first 15/20 minutes but they squared up to the challenge and met it head on. HKR are one of the teams that sets the benchmark for this league, and with half a team missing we matched them and gave them a scare.

Honour in defeat last night.
Plenty of talking points and if's and buts, ultimately, we pulled up just short.
A monumental effort and if the conversion at the end goes over, we go on and win the game.
Great to see BV bouncing and cant wait for the next round.

Hull Kr play a very boring though effective game. They played near identical tactics to the Grand Final. It’s not expansive, it’s a grind and they keep you in it set for set. They have very powerful wingers and a very good pack who aim to gain 4/50 metres, get on our 3/40 and pen you in on the left hand side with a short but high kick.
Our kicking game was poor last night when we really needed it to get out of our own half to alleviate the strangle hold especially in the first half. We did fantastic to go set for set and for large periods looked by far the better team. I feel it was the little 1%’s that cost us at the end unfortunately, kicks out of play, poor kicking, knock on et al. But being neck and neck with last years finalists with I reckon 7 shoe in starting 17 players is absolutely incredible and I actually feel more proud of the team today than I did last week.

Also a special mention to the Ref with some bizarre calls

Great effort from the lads, a chance to nick it at the end.
2 moments for me the kick out on the full by Jowitt and the knock-on which was unsuccessfully challenged, turned the momentum back in KR's favour, we was on a roll both times.
Cant wait for the saints game! decent bit of rest for the boys get some bodies back and into em!

I don't actually think our kicking game was so bad last night.
The key one was Max's u fortunately which led to the try.

We were getting hammered on our line and couldn't get out of our 20 sometimes and the kicks weren't long to get us downfield but Lino was kicking them high to give us a chance to get there. Rovers have a great kick return so if we'd given them open field to run at we could have been caught out.
Plus the drop out for Tom. Worked once, an inch off twice.

Also worth saying they scored off a piece of luck, though clearly a good kick and reaction, and a piece of individual skill.

We scored off two edge to edge team plays. Both executed perfectly. Max's pass to Tom was world class.
Bodes well for rest of season.

Russell’s kicking game isn’t the best. I don’t mind Lino’s as like you say he kicks it up high to get out kick chasers there. They’re all little 1%’s. And yes there first try was beyond lucky. Apart from the Lewis try which was fairly soft, they didn’t look like scoring.