Glad to hear about John, guy oozes class! He will carry you through games if he’s fit!

Is holmes injured already? He seems barely to have played the last couple of years

"Oliver Holmes will be monitoring having taken a precautionary stance on a knee injury from his time at Leigh Leopards this pre-season."

Taken from HDM article this morn

Yesterday was a run out that was needed to put some of the things done in training into practice in game time pure and simple. Some stuff they’ll be pleased with and other stuff not so pleased and under Cartwright it does appear the ‘not so pleasing’ stuff will be worked on.
Still a long road ahead, don’t think any of us are or will be getting giddy for some time yet.
What I will say is that whilst we were clunky and timings a little hit & miss as you’d expect, it does look for the first time in years we actually seem to have structure about our play particularly defence. While it was still only a pre season game was pleasing to see the young players didn’t look too out of place which bodes well for the future.

These young players must now be properly nurtured and not over exposed. I have far more confidence that the club is better placed to do that now both from a financial point of view, the coaching set up and the fact that in Myler we have a knowledgeable rugby man at the helm. Something we haven't had for a long long time.
Great start but nothing to get too excited about.

Thats why we signed him so he is fresh for 2026 season

https://youtu.be/HIQydsRjw00?si=v7yXMmSCxHNW945A 2 minutes of highlights. Hopefully they'll put the full game up

https://youtu.be/HIQydsRjw00?si=v7yXMmSCxHNW945A 2 minutes of highlights. Hopefully they'll put the full game up

Be very disappointed if the new coach sticks with Briscoe in front of Martin
get Barron back on the right and Martin on the left with Rapana

Here is a radical thought regarding the signing and young players….maybe just maybe Myler and Carty have got it right by bringing in experienced players so that when the young players do play they aren’t exposed as much and have a lot more extend quality around them…I mean Mylere a ex player and carty a experienced coach may just know something more than a lot on here

Have you got a pass yet?

It's going to a long hard season this year but all we want to continue to see is the passion and endeavour we saw yesterday at Cas. The youngsters in that second half were so committed to not losing and how refreshing that is after the last few years. I think we'll improve but I won't get carried away however I don't think we will be on our own in the struggling stakes this season, as I'd be more worried at present if I sere Cas fan or particularly a Huddersfield fan. The latter were shocking today against Featherstone and have now lost to two Championship clubs in pre season. Our major strength has to be our youth and the work Adam instigated four years ago with regard to the development of our youth structure could well start to pay big dividends this year.