Historically, that is something we have been overly giving to other teams - free pass to attack our line, so excuse my pessimism on that subject.

Regardless, it is not a bad conundrum to have. If dixon starts at fullback i am more then happy with that because i believe his positives can outweigh the negatives, however if we can mitigate the negatives somehow it's a brucey bonus.

I can see why people would question him playing at full back but i thought he handled sneyd and prices kicking game pretty well apart from once, but that knock on gets well outweighed by the try he scored from a little bit of broken defence and he was gone which i find really exciting, and on the plus side surely he can never be as bad as our last no1

I was really impressed with all our new signings i think they will all bring something to the team this season the only 1 left me scratching my head a bit was Maurice Blair he played centre in NRL but we signed him as a half back and i think he played loose forward yesterday so I suppose him playing a number of positions is good but the alarming thing was he seemed to of enjoyed the festive period and mince pies far to much and seemed to have a rugby ball stuffed up his jumper

Speaking very generally, I'd say Hull looked bigger and more powerful, Rovers a bit leaner and quicker. There were exceptions, of course - Maurice Blair, most obviously. He trundled it up okay from loose forward, but that wasn't a typical body shape for a 6 or centre, by any stretch. Thought Carlile did okay and I was reassured, that he could do a competent job. Boudebza could be quite special if he had a little more pace I reckon, but even without it he's not bad. Dixon's errors were ones that any full back might make, IMO and his attacking play was very good. Kelly looks an exciting signing.
Hull ran over us a bit in the first half, but seemed to have burned a lot of fuel in doing it and we took advantage in the second.
More positives than negatives for both sides I thought. Sneyd looked very competent and confident for Hull and as Stan says, Minicello's play was reminiscent of Galea.

Just watched the game on Hull KR TV. Thought Campese looked very good, good hands, good kicking, smart decision making, hopefully will improve as well. Kelly/Dixon/Sio all played well.

Thought the forwards lacked a bit of power, and the obvious loss is Josh at hooker, think we will miss him this season. Overall though, pleasantly surprised, I thought we were destined for the bottom 4 following last season!

Hopefully with Adam Walker and Bailey to come in our lack of power up front will be addressed

first half i could agree, but second half our forwards were making massive yards. Allgood, green and burke specifically. One of weymans quieter games to be fair though

Mild rover .Spot on mate

Walker is one of Rovers better forwards and Bailey will add plenty of aggression which was missed in the 1st half but in the 2nd half the other forwards stepped up a level. Looks really promising.

well get a better idea of where we are on Sunday against a decent team

I thought Donaldson was very good when he came he on, I have read about his good defence and it was there for all to see. Must be pushing for a starting place on that performance.

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