OK game. Should have put more pressure on a very poor Bradford side and got more points than we did. Mantellato looks like he's trying to curl the ball into the top corner of a football net. In that wind today, he should have just leathered it, the daft sod. Also why does he place the kicking tee 5 metres nearer to the touchline than he needs to, as was the case with Welham's and Sio's tries?

Congratulations to the bench again. Made a difference, especially Burke and Little John. Props were good today, Chisholm had his best game for us, but Matty Marsh was slightly underwhelming yet again. I like Sio at fullback and Dixon on the wing. Did Lunt play today? Anonymous or what.

Think we'll go 7 from 7 and I hope we put a big number on Salford in a fortnight.

Pickering Red ..... re Lunty, it's funny what different people see. Today although he didn't appear to catch the eye by making breaks or great tackles, he appeared to be running the show whilst he was on the field, telling players what to do and doing the praising/ arm around the shoulder stuff that some players need, when it was needed.
I do however agree that Manto seemed to be trying too hard to judge the wind, as seen with the last conversion from the touch line that Dixon booted straight through the middle.

I thought mcarthy was very good today and for me is going to be very difficult to replace,tilse imo is a waste of a quota place.

Got to agree with you Des. Tilse to me is just a waste of a shirt. Agree with other posters that swapping Sio and Dixon over has been a good move. Nicely back into Superleague next season.

THANKS( H Roader) Please some body in OZ come for tilse he is sh==t my god even i at 69 can play better then him and that is saying something

I really don't see what McCarthy brings apart from been a grafter he's average and can't see what he's going to bring to an NRL team as he doesn't stand out in our average side

Well done Rovers, good result and job done

Pack 2nd half dominated, and Dixon played really well again.

Thought Bradford played pretty well first half, though obviously Lauaki should have seen red.

Anybody know the attendance?

Attendance was about 6.5k I think

He grafts hard as you say and offers a fair bit going forward,backed up chisholms break in the vital win against wakey and then took the tackle and sent dixon away to score.I dont see many non quota players offering as much as he does.Do you have anybody in mind who fits the bill,cant think off anybody in particular if they were available.We have signed clarkson on a 3 year deal but for me hes on a par with mcarthy at best.

I knew we'd agree one day it had to happen lol.Seriously just happy to be back among the elite,and feel we are a bit fortunate to
have won all 5 games,with the wembley distraction etc. Still done enough and thats what matters.I like your forward signings next season,look pretty good.

Still see Dixon as a full-back long term but very handy that Dixon / Sio / Mantellato appear so interchangable. Feel a little sorry for Sio actually, he's had to put up with crappy service since we lost Goulding & when the chances finally start to arrive he's at full-back!

Tilse does his job fine, he's just unspectacular. Too many have OTT expectations because he's an overseas player. I've seen suggestions that we could find a similar British player in the lower leagues but where are they? In theory we're seeing the best the Championship has to offer at the moment & I can't say I'm that impressed. Walker is a bigger concern imo.

Don't think Tilse is too bad off the bench, I think he also joined us during an injury crisis amongst the props which helped us out a lot. He's done OK, but you could probably get better for a quota spot.

Valid point Waldo. As we look to recruit for the next season the most realistic incomers will be from the teams within the middle 8's, and even though we have been playing way below our best has anybody ripped us apart of made us look daft? The quick answer is no, so bearing in mind our quota limit and the players making it up, who do you let go to replace with overseas players or alternatively who is leaving that we don't know about. Lots of questions to be asked, and everybody at Rovers is very tight lipped despite lots of rumours re clarkson, Kirmond etc

Apparently sio asked Chester for a chance at full back according to poching