Very poor performance but anyone would think we lost 50-0 looking at some social media postings.
We lost by 4, had 2 tries disallowed and 2 sin binning's.

Don't get me wrong we didn't deserve to win, Fev out enthused us all over the field but it wasn't a
disaster. We really missed Lino and should look sharper when he is back.

It was a friendly, as has already been said no one will care at this point next week.

Exactly no points lost, so long as there are lessons learned if needed to be then better to sort things out early.

I agree - the first thoughts were that we were abysmal, which we were, but yet we could still have won it had we taken our chances.
Lineham's acrobatics deserved a try!
I also agree with some that Koppy never played like that for us and I stand by my earlier comments that we're at least one such prop short. Fifita shouldn't be the sole battering ram. I know we have some that CAN play prop, but none of them would have played like Koppy played yesterday.

You're right there.
The worst time to be a Trinity fan is when you go to a game expecting to win, we usually get beat, yesterday being a classic example.
Far better knowing that it will be a tough game and then coming back with a win.
Nobody is going to be over confident about beating Hull, so we might just sneak a win

DISCIPLINE
It’s probably the thing that cost us the game yesterday as we basically played 20mins with 12 men..
First sin bin.
There’s nothing wrong in chasing down the kicker but it needs to be the ball not the man. Liam Hood might end up in front of the RFL discipline panel as they seem to be cracking down on player protection..
sin bin 2
Dave Fifita was our best forward yesterday, until the sin bin.. it’s unusual for Fifita to retaliate and I suspect he got provoked… nevertheless he needs to be better than that..as Fev got the exact result they wanted …a yellow card!
Footnote
Get used to seeing plenty of yellow cards and a trip to the RFL this season if our and any other teams discipline isn’t where it needs to be..I reckon they are going to be all over anything that looks high , and late along with punches..especially with the RFL concerns about concussion…

The problem from my point of view would be we will probably be having the same sort of conversation at least 4/5times during the season.
Trinity never seem capable of learning lessons.
Yes it's been that way for years so come on Trinity make some commitment to rectify the problem

They will be all over it but there wasn’t a punch from Fifita luckily. Thought it was harsh at the time and even watching it back on replay it’s handbags at worse. I’m not sure what he got sent to bin for. Not sure why he got sent as he didn’t seem to make contact or very little. You see players grappling with each other getting a telling off and no card. I agree with you that he needs to be better though. Better to dust himself off and go hunting with a hard legal challenge when the opportunity arises.

Neither Fifita nor Hood were called to disciplinary meeting today.

I saw a disciplinary but it said matches on 16th so I’m assuming if they are to be called up it will be next week.

Just watched the game over breakfast this fine Australia Day .... and replayed the two incidents a few times.... Hood came into a player after he had released the ball... but barely touched him, then the Rovers man went down like German soccer player.

Fifita reacted to something in the tackle and gestured to the player he felt responsible before he was restrained... there was no punch, intent to punch or contact made.

Overall the refereeing was sub standard ...


ps the pass from Jowitt to Lineham was backwards

I was stood directly in line with that pass and it was about a yard forward.

Didn’t see the Hood incident, Fafita despite being so far away as I was at the time like you say looked to be gesturing at a Fev player with Seni Lafao simply holding him calming the situation. Nothing in it at all.

Just looked at the incidents on trinity tv and looks like I got the first bit wrong .. Fev player released the ball l( not a kick)and Hood pushed him in the back but there doesn’t look to be much in it..
But players will need to be careful this season because it looks like the cards are going to be out!

Yep, you can't push a player at all now after the ball has gone, literally any contact is going to see you binned, it's to do with the growing evidence from scientific research of the potential damage caused by flexing of the neck. Every coach will have spelled that out firmly to his players.

I agree re the Fifita incident, it's hard to see what the sin binning was for other than marching purposefully towards the Fev player.

Good performance from Feath last weekend (better than us anyway) and it looks like they are having a real go for SL, with 3 new additions today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/60133312

Good performance from Feath last weekend (better than us anyway) and it looks like they are having a real go for SL, with 3 new additions today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/60133312

had another good look on video and i still convinced the ball was flat... but that's the danger of the human brain,,, eye witness testimony is not reliable...