Was he doing the finger twitching thing?

Definitely

It was a good performance , feared the worse after 10 mins . Some big performances in the 1st half Spiers , Zac , England & Kesik took it to Fev . AB-J had his best game for the club apart from missing a high kick that resulted in a try early on !

Hope Charlie Martin is ok for next week

The most enjoyable game of the season IMO, that scratch side did us proud.

Have to agree about AJB he really did step up today and had a cracker. Liam Welham was my MOM, me, ran his blood to water and tackled everything. Immensely proud of that performance today and the 2nd in the Championship knew they had been in a game. Whatever they are feeding Kieron Cross I will have some, for a lad who we thought was crocked and out for a while he was excellent.

Don't be too hard SO on Howden it was his first game back after a lengthy break and he did alright IMO. With at least five to come back for next week the training should be interesting.

Special mention for the Fev fans, great turnout and a proper supported club.

Taking a lot more positives than negatives from that game. Effort was certainly there. AJB man of match for me. Still waiting for Boyle to prove me wrong and show up well in a game.

Mine too started out thinking he was gonna have a stinker when they blitzed his side early on but credit to the lad he kept his head up and turned it around. Some brilliant bits of play from him imo

i thought ajb had a great game

Finally a player who shall be nameless needs to go.


Yes he does if i'm thinking about the same player.

Can you remember McNicholas and him from Bradford... Macnamara if I recall ... Jesus!

And Sir Basil?
Who went down on one knee whenever someone touched him on the shoulder.

From the same slow mold.

Doing what Jordan Howden did, throwing the ball away when the opposition has a 20 metre restart, is common in Super League games. The ref usually stops the clock and takes no further action. The attempt to slow the game down in such a way should be outlawed. Howden was wrong and deserved a yellow card but the refs must be consistent and make that the punishment every time it is done.

Delaying tactics at a handover usually involve some skirmish when handing the ball over. This needs stopping too. In all situations, 20 metre restart and handover, the player should be required to place the ball on the ground immediately when held is called or a penalty should be awarded against them. In fact, Howden complained to the ref when a Fev player threw the ball away on a handover, but the ref took no further action.

And whilst we're on about rules, there must be a time limit for a goal-kicker to take the shot at goal. This business of drinks all round before a kick is taken needs stopping. The kicker should have 60 seconds to take the attempt at goal from when the touch judges and ref are in place. If he doesn't take it in that time, the right to kick at goal should be lost.

Three simple changes that would make the game much better to watch!

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I thought Doncaster were the more up for it, completely out enthused us in the first half and for periods of the second, just lacked that killer instinct to score with the pressure you had at the start of the first half. I think your kick at goal did us a favour.

Thought Tali and AJB absolutely ripped Taulapapa a new one in defense which caused Briscoe to waver too. I know which number 4 I'd rather have in my side next week.

For what it's worth I do think the delaying a restart does need looking at but I believe the 20m restart has its own rule where any attempt to delay it is an automatic sin bin, I assume because a 20m restart can be taken quickly whereas a handover, scrum, penalty etc. has to be controlled by the referee.

Good luck for the rest of the year and fingers crossed we see you in the championship next year along with York.

There's a piece in this morning's League Weekly with the headline Boyle Says His Best Is Still To Come.

It talks about his pulled hamstring during the Whitehaven game, failed fitness test on the day of the York fixture and reports that Boyle says 'he has plenty more to offer'.