the full pack are on top of their game at the mo but dowes is a workaholic and tickle is putting hmself about abit,also thought manu had a miles better game tonight

As impressed as i was with last nights performance of your pack and your team as whole, you have to look at who you were up against, mason seemed to back to his old penalty machine past...korkidas was his usual lazy, low impact self and andy raliegh fractured his finger, having said all that well done on the start so far lets hope it continues, after last season it must feel good for ya'll

Everything about Cusack's game is just remarkable, the yards he makes going forward, his defence and the amount of carries he makes. At times he was striding an extra 3/4 metres with 3 players round him. It actually got to the point were I felt uncomfortable when the Yak was having a breather, but both Dowes and Thackers are in good form too.

He has really upped his game this year. He seems bigger to me too. Last year he seemed a bit spindly, I might just be imagining it though.

Our forwards are playing magnificent... there playing for one another, and there such an impact...

Whats worrying me is the fact of our backs. They're not really doing much for me, the games we've won our forwards have been dominant... I'd like to see our backs get into the same kind of play and have the whole team playing for one another.

We have some pretty awesome backs... think its time we utilised it and smashed Superleague up!!!

Big test next week against probably the best set of forwards in SL...Shame their backs are gash.

They both look completely different players from last year, even from the wigan game cusack looked far better

I rated Cusack last year, so for me the biggest revelation has been Dowes. In the best form of his life right now - bending the line in attack and crunching tackles in defence. Superb.

Tickle has been top notch in all games so far, and last night Manu looked to be getting back into some form as well.

Kudos to them all. They've really stepped up a level or two from last season.

Definitely. Opposing players now hit him and bounce, whereas before he'd probably lose some ground. And I've [inever[/i seen him bend the line before, even when he's been in good form.

Him and Tickle are possibly our two most improved players IMO.

Good post!