I thought all the overseas signings did well considering the time they've been in the UK. The way Godinet sniffed his try was awesome, he's looking to create a half chance whilst also being composed with ball in hand. Both new forwards did well making good yards and tackling well. I was particularly impressed with McShane though, his distribution excellent, a shimmy and dummy here and there, looking for a gap or someone to get on his shoulder. He worked really hard for the team as I think they all did today and you can't ask for more than that.

Special mention for Taulima Tautai, he takes it in so well, has 4 on him every time and still gets an offload away. Definitely his best yet in a Trinity shirt.
The only disappointing thing is we lost but didn't deserve to and my record at Salford went too. Ah well, 5 wins out of 6 is still pretty good. Roll on Thursday, can't wait.

woke up at 4am and checked the score... then spent the next 2 hours reading the forum and web reports... great start to a season that promised disaster.

this is a team that will grow and grow!

ps well done to Salford on hanging on for the win...

Obviously gutted we didn't sneak that one but still I came away with many positives, most of which has been mentioned previously.

I can't wait to see all of Godinet, McShane and Sammut in full flow after a few games together.

Sammut will be finishing of those breaks mcshane made. We will be pushing top 10/9 when we start clicking. Just need a bit of magic in the centres along side colliss

Ironically, now I've seen the highlights, it was Tim Smith that stopped the Ali try and held him up.
Whether that was the right decision or not it is ironic considering we were all saying he was the weak link in defense.

Did Mcshane play the full 80 anyone?

I think so, whether it was intended or not I'm not sure. Keinhorst went off injured after about 5-10 minutes and that left us with just 3 subs