We also had 3 chalked off by the video ref. If a couple of those had been given the scoreline looks a lot better.

Not great in attack and we struggled to create much despite a lot of possession and field position.


I think 2nd row is a much bigger issue than centre

Need to watch ot again, but thought Sezer and Rapana had decent ganes, particularly the 2nd half, not perfect, but wouldn't say either were poor.

Asiata was around the warm up and taking part in bits of it. So he can't be too far away.

A win's a win as the old saying goes. We did what was needed and it's another two points in the bag.


It just felt so slow and lethargic at times, a continuation from the Cas game. Then in the second half we started getting over excited and had a habit of pushing difficult passes looking for the miracle play instead of building a little pressure. The whole afternoon felt very bitty and disjointed to me, the win was great, obviously, but not the most entertaining of afternoons for me.


I get the feeling this side prefer being the underdog, think they like having a target to aim at. They've seemed a bit unsure of how to approach games when victory is largely expected of them, bit strange considering how much experience there is in the side.


Quick word on Salford. Thought their players stuck at it for the full eighty minutes and played with energy and enthusiasm, continually giving our players little room to move in. Also, hats off to the Salford fans for turning up and sticking it out to the end. It really can't be easy knowing every week your side will almost certainly be on the losing end. No wonder they all celebrated when they scored, it's about all they can seriously aspire to at the moment. Their in an even worse predicament than we were twelve months ago.


So, not the most exciting of afternoons, but it's another two points to the total and on we go to next week and Wire.

Despite everything, they're still better than we were last season