Bruised sternum. 

Disappointing afternoon and performance. We've had a run of very tough fixtures in recent weeks and we've been playing at full capacity at times. Today looked like a game too far for us, both collectively and individually.

Defensively, we made far too many errors and misreads which will always be punished against high-class opposition and so it proved. You cannot give that level of opportunity when playing a champion side and expect to get away with it.
In attack, we simply struggled to gain any decent territory in order to put them under sustained pressure and we didn't ask enough questions of their very well marshalled defence.


Bit of a flat afternoon all round really. Don't think too many would be surprised at the score, but the performance was arguably our worst all season, on a par with the Cup defeat to rovers.


Think we have to view afternoons like this within the overall context of the whole season. We're fourth after nine games, after a tough opening third to the year. The only teams we've lost to so far are the two acknowledged best sides in SL and overall we have made massive strides, beyond any of our pre-season expectations, in a short space of time.


Starting next weekend, the fixture list begins to even itself out, we'll be facing the teams more on a par with ourselves. Hopefully JC will dust down his troops, pick them up and we go again next Sunday against Huddersfield. We're still way ahead of schedule, even if this sunny Sunday afternoon didn't quite turn out as we all hoped for.
Onwards and upwards we go.

Well beaten but it really does puzzle me some of the 6 agains wigan were awarded.
They lay on as much as kr do for that fraction of a second longer , 
yet don?t get penalised.
 Ref is obviously nearer to the players so can perhaps see things we can?t see from the stand. 


biggest gripe is the
 2 hour games. 
5 min video ref review on Miski try followed by 2 min goal kick by keighran.

wonder if there are any stats for Thaler interventions.
he is an extra time machine

game needs a time limit, say 90 seconds, no decision, stick with the onfield call

Obviously it wasn't the most exciting game from our perspective, but there was times during the second half when I almost started nodding off with all the stoppages! The average game is now consisting of two 50-plus minute halves, throw in the extended half-time and every game is now drifting over the two hour mark. On afternoons like today, the game can feel endless!

That?s one to put in the ?Bad day at the office? category. 


Think we have done well so far and far better then we thought we would. The make shift 17?s with no 2nd rowers especially took their toll and caught up with us today. 


I can?t be too disheartened as although today was our worst performance of the season we have shown so much improvement up to this point. 


Plenty to work on next week and right the wrongs.  

I'd get the shot clock on for conversions as well now, it's all far too slow and stop start games are taking away the ethos of RL being all about building pressure and tiring the opposition out.

As for our performance that was a reality check, we can't expect to compete with top opposition making that many errors and some of our passing is very poor. Still pleased with the increased effort this season but effort only gets us so far.

Do you remember midweek games in the 70s and 80s? 7.30pm kick off, ten minutes half time. All over by 9 o'clock!

Haven't seen the game yet. I did have it on my phone at work, but really didn't get to see much. But looking at the match timeline it looks like the try just before half time was a killer as the game was still just a one score game at that point.

It's an improvement on the scoreline from the earlier season scoreline at our place.


We still have more power to come into our pack that we had missing today. And also have experience to come into our three quarters when Rapana is in and Zak is back in there.


Still sitting pretty in the table going into magic. Bring it on.

I sure do! Funnily enough I made precisely that same point to my mate, think it was during the four hours it took for Thaler to make up his mind about the Miski 'try'!!


I know times change, but it has become ridiculous. As you say, back in the day it would literally take us 90 minutes from kick-off to full-time, and that was most weeks as well.


Change isn't always for the better I feel, and it's not just a case of us old-timers banging on about the 'old days'!!!

Important we don't slip up next week and we come out with both points. Then 3 big away games against teams that's also gonna be in the mix for those play-off spots.