the injuries were obviously the downside of today, but one of the major upsides was Craig Hall's performance, aside from his mistake obviously. I thought he was excellent!!

A good run out for both sides, I thought the new lad at hooker for us did a steady job when he came on. I also think they seemed to play at a lot quicker place than last year?

And Sandercock has already spoken about how slow he feels the PTB is in England

FC's errors and penalties were forced by Rovers dominance in the middle - Paea, Clinton & Mika were devastating.

O'Hara and Watts didn't play, Galea went off injured and obviously Green wasn't playing yet whoever went out there just seemed capable to plug the gaps and get the job done without any fuss - and this is a trait of top teams so I hope it continues throughout the season.

When FC closed the gap a little, Scotty was itching to get back on and made a difference, he has his critics but played well today.

He was good today was scotty he as slimmed of a bit hasn't he fatty Ellis as taken over as the fattest half back in super league wat a pudding he is

The FC thread for today is worth a read, it's all doom and gloom already.

Being beaten by you lot doesn`t exactly lift our spirits.

Hulls 1st run out thou, they'll be all the better for it. Craig Hall at stand off was a big suprise.

Forwards look a different proposition to the last couple of seasons. Paea’s a beast, he should still be in the NRL. Clinton looks interested for the first time. We even have some marker defence…& offloads

What impressed most was the fluency. Losing Green & Galea would have been a disaster before, but we kept our shape & it wasn’t all about Dobson. Hall looks a real threat in midfield & his kicking game was a bonus. Never thought I’d see Lovegrove back on the wing though

Pretty encouraging overall, always nice to quieten the noisy neighbours for a bit too