Sezer was giving Newman **** all game. From Newman I suppose it's an improvement that he kept control until after the game was won.

I would get shut of Newman. He's got too much a chip on his shoulder and just all mouth and no trousers.

Smith is pony and has been for ages, why he was made 'captain' I don't know.

Croft was poor......again.

As for the ref.  Wow.  I thought he was inconsistent and when the head injury happened it was clear for most around me yet he played on!

We ground the win out.  Did we deserve it?  Well, you play to the final hooter and we did.

Classic Ryan Hall finish. Interesting to hear him say post match he needs to work with Riley Lumb to stop him going for the space and going for the contact instead to finish in the corner.


He's getting knocked but thought Croft went well enough for a first run out back, was involved in most of our tries and made a match saving tackle.


Having knocked Lisone previously he was a proper impact prop yesterday, 8 carries at an average gain of 11.

Was away on holiday last night so had to settle for SKY,  but I thought it was an excellent contest that we were always in even when the scoreboard said otherwise. Winning is definitely a huge plus for us mentally. The players now know that if they stick to the plan anything is possible. Bit baffled by the criticism of Croft tbh. First game back from injury and he set up one try with a class pass and linked really well Connor and Miller for both the 3rd and 4th tries. Add in a try saving tackle and I thought he did pretty well on his return. I did think Jenkins was extremely unfortunate to have to make way for Smith and I think despite his position at the club he (Smith) is really going to have to improve to justify selection. Watkins seems a much more dynamic option at 13,  and if we want to go big Palasia has also been outstanding there. Arthur proved with Frawley that he will initially respect the shirt number, but not for long, and he did have some criticism for him in the post match presser. Good problems to have though. Final point: Handley to centre has been a big success, and I'd say he and Wardle at Wigan look like the best two SL based candidates for an Ashes place.

Yep, I agree Handley at centre has worked well. I get that some think he's better on the wing but what I don't really get is why focus there when right centre's the bigger issue. By far.