Why?! Totally dominant Props and hooker eating the opposition pack up, big yards totally in control, more or less bang on 20 we pull them off and from
that point on start to struggle and cling on to the lead.

Without starting me on Powell, who despite his heart, offers nothing, there is no need to make subs if the game does not dictate it.

It's not as bad as when Noble was in charge but it is not far off.

I said tonight coming off the ground it was like watching a team coached by Noble.
I know conditions were awful but our kicking game would have done a disservice to an U11 team.
The lack of urgency is lamentable. Our props can't know what fatigue is they never ever play more than 20 minutes.

I said tonight coming off the ground it was like watching a team coached by Noble.
I know conditions were awful but our kicking game would have done a disservice to an U11 team.
The lack of urgency is lamentable. Our props can't know what fatigue is they never ever play more than 20 minutes.

Taking McIlorum off was ridiculous and we lost momentum. I'm convinced he could play longer minutes (and thrive) then he is doing.

I'm just hoping it was a case of easing him and Lockers in to the season.

Several people made this point around me. Flower, Lockers and MM off and it let Les Cats back in. They were not causing us any problems until then. If Wane wants to rotate his props at least do it one at a time and not then go and take the hooker off as well.

Powell on the bench is a total utter waste of time. Haven't got a clue what his supposed strengths are. We may have demolished any aspirations he had of being a quality half back due to our insistence of easing MM in for virtually every game we play. I find spelling pretty pathetic to the point that I'm gradually loosing faith in what was for me the greatest game of all.
Tonight's atmosphere was dreadful and a continuation from last year. A pretty awful way to spend a Friday night.

I don't think the weather of the state of the pitch helped as it really affected the game. The pitch wasn't fit for a school team. Some bloke in the south stand just before kick off deserves a medal. Got everyone going and was brought up on the big screen waving hos shirt around. Give him a job!

Going off your posts mate you're loving the 2016 season already



MM shouid be doing 60+ mins (if not 80 mins) per match. He's too important to us to be taken off the field for too long and he isn't running himself ragged with the ball so I don't see why he can't do it.

DaveO that sums tonight up.
Some Aussie guy chucking around 75p t shirts got more atmosphere than 17 blokes who appeared to have just been introduced to each other.
Weather doesn't dampen urgency and our urgency or lack of it in the last 2 years is for me quite startling.

it is his job he has done quite a few rugby matches doing the same thing

Micky's just come off an off season which required a bone graft from his hip to his hand. He's also one of our most valuable players. Why burn him out early in the season? If we're going to use him for the full 80 let it be at the back end of the season when he's battle hardened, his hand has had longer to heal in a game that really counts.

In Powell on the bench we have a player who can cover the halves and dummy half; valuable incase someone gets injured or sent off.

I think people forget our players are actually human at times.

This...... First game of season, on a terrible surface against a team who were being tipped to do well before a ball was kicked...

2 points, job done..