It was blatently obvious last season that we no longer have the pack to play the power game and run over other teams and don't have the slick passing and pace to around them ....Nothing has changed in the off season! We are stuck in no-mans land again i'm afraid.
We have a big and powerful set of backs who are not magically going to become speedsters (ie. they are relatively slow) so going with plan A and looking to out muscle the opposition is the obvious way to go without completely dismantling the threequarter line. With so many players out of contract at end of the season the whole ideology may change next year with a raft of quality signings but with a distinctly average pack this year we look like a very mid table team to me. If Taylor gets injured were left with an aging Paea, Mini, Manu, Washy, a lightweight Thompson & Fash and a Bowden & Green who have no real preseason behind them and might take many months to find some form. The youngsters in Matongo, Lane, Levy and Beinik etc show real promise but they are a long way from being ghe finished article. Poor recruitment this year particularly in the front row leaves us with another year of transition ahead.

If he swore at a match official he should be banned. Only have the reports to go but if the appeal is based on the grounds apparently mentioned by Radford it is spurious and Connors deserves to have his ban increased. Unless new evidence is produced a successful appeal will lose the RFL credibility.

Interesting that Brough got sin-binned for dissent on Sunday but that hasn't been brought before the match review committee.

Not surprised that Westwood has got a ban for his tackle on Hurrell where he left his feet and wrapped his legs round Hurells leg and dragged him down. I was surprised the video ref didn't have a word with Kendall and advise him that it should have been at least a yellow card at the time.

Player (Brough) approaches referee to appeal decision. Does not use foul or abusive language. Sin Bin Sufficient.

Indeed, if Connor hadn't sworn I doubt he'd have got a ban.

…. I wonder when the RFL will get their stats and disciplinary web pages working?

You'd have thought they would be ready by now.

Neither Edge nor IE work for me.

Stats now working ok.