That was an excellent win. It was great to see how Whitehaven disintegrated towards the end with the pressure they were under. The big wins against Coventry and Myton flattered to deceive so it was good to see that we could put on a similar performance against one of the potentially bigger hitters in this league. Only two games into the season we can't get carried away but to see us top of the fledgling league table with a points difference of 98 makes good reading. As others have said the goal kicking is a concern. We have had some good kickers in recent seasons particularly with the difficult ones from wide positions. We have had the luxury of building good leads from tries scored and good defence that the double figures of points given away by missed kicks hasn't mattered but it will in future matches I presume that Richard Horne will be focusing on this in training.

Owen is class, I know there were a few fans not overly impressed with his performances in pre season but even then his decision making and positioning were of a higher level, I think he will only get better with the more games he plays

and a few more i think that was a complete display all round and well done to the hull lads for the effort and commitment they put in

playing like this there'll not be many games that the goal kicking will come into it with the tries scored.
not saying it doesn't need improving though that would make a complete performance.

spot on there HHA i think

Agree Owen is a massive part of our attack, to the point where when I read that some Hull FC fans on their board were suggesting Shaul come to us on dual reg, while admitting his passing and defence were poor, both me and my father were of the opinion that this would be worse for us overall as his (Owen’s) distribution is such a massive part of our attack. Would never happen anyway with the 50K salary limit for Dual Reg players in our league.

For me the only player who has impressed more than Owen so far is Harris, who has to be one of the buys of the season imo.

Also nice to read a few of the comments on here and see I'm not the only one who thought it was Owen who put in that kick for the try at half time as all the early reports are saying Harris.

I thought it was Harris at first, because he was pretty close to Owen when the kick was missed, however, it still doesn't discount that we haven't scored a try like that in a long time, a proper hit with pace on the break effort, combined with a fantastic kick through.

Photos from today as well - https://r82photography.photoshelter.com ... gt8VbI6L.I

Photos from today as well - https://r82photography.photoshelter.com ... gt8VbI6L.I

Agreed. That one got me and the rest of the stand jumping that's for sure. A real kick in the teeth for the opposition too.

IMO one of the top three tries by a Dons side whilst at the Keepmoat. As for the Hull lads, they were very good, Litten for a Little un

is top draw. That was the most enjoyable afternoon at the Keepmoat for a long long time.

We firmly put to bed the bigger pack effect and they will not come much bigger than the Haven pack, they got owned and they knew it. Special word for the Coach because that defensive line is excellent and dare I say as good if not better than we have seen for years.

One very happy bunny.

We must be doing something right as it was good to see Wahs back sat in the sun (welcome back Harry)

Guess who went to the loo on the stroke of half time?
I heard the cheer ... that was it.
No they weren't cheering me.

At the risk of over-analysing and getting things out of proportion ... it was obvious that on a player for player basis ... Donny was the side with talented players and Whitehaven the side with the lumps.
Which in no way means that they couldn't win .. on their day they would.

There were no restarts where we dropped the ball or wilfully let the ball bounce.
Penalties were not stupid penalties.
So good progress there.

Defence was tenacious and organised.

So kicking is a thing to be worked on.

Personally I would stick with Harris with a back up for injury.
Or have a right and left side kicker.

Lesson to be learned... don't undermine Harris's confidence.
He may miss one or two ... but NEVER drop your kicker during a game unless he is injured.

More wise words from S-O there.
lol