12-6 come on boys..... matty smith

pretty poor playing conditions down at craven park by sounds of it.

noooooooooooooooo........... 18-6 kr, gotta pick it up second half

18-6 KR HT.

24-6 kr

its getting worse

Not as bad as i thought it was gonna be

Lookin forward to celtic on friday now, bring em on.

Who have you got to come back into the side?

Talau and Henry would be the notable ones in the threequarter line.

Holdsworth showed up well as did Matty Smith.

Broughton looks to have pace to burn.

I think Talau should be pushed into the back row to give you abit more power in the forwards?

How did the new players get on today?

Did the forwards have any bite?

And what about Fitzy? Is he looking as sharp as the papers saying?

We were better than the score showed. 2 tries in first 5 mins down the same flank (left centre/wing) then we played some sparkling RL culminating in an excellent try by Matty after some quality work from Reg Houldsworth.

They were bigger and conditions suited them but on a drier ground we would have been much closer.

We have signed some quality in Reg & young Broughton who is electrifying off the mark. Gibson & Tyrer will only improve.

Not downhearted at all with a lot of positives seen today. We were short of possession and struggled for field position but still played a much more open brand of RL than last season.

On a drier pitch it would have been a bigger margin for Rovers id say mate.
Your forwards got out muscled by a prop quartet of 2 players in their early 20's, a teenager and Vella easing his way back from injury.

Not sure I would say that - Silverwood helped you out massively with your field position. Once we got the shock of that horror start out of the way I think we settled down quite well. You had a massive slice of luck with that Dobson try as well - but hey ho at least you were savvy enough to take advantage.

I was very encouraged with our performance and with our first choice centre pairing to come back I am feeling quite positive about the season. Holdsworth showed enough touches to suggest that he may become the kind of creative loose forward we have been craving for years!!

We need to put in a solid display against Celtic to distance ourselves from the `also-ran' tag we seem to share with them and give ourselves a chance to push on - I think our home form is going to be vital......understatement of the year I know!!

On the subject of Silverwood, one of his best games i thought.
Totally agree about the Dobson try, very lucky indeed but well finished.
Your 2 wingers defensively need to improve and Talau and Henry being back in the side will help that.
Im a big Ratchford fan, you need to keep him.

I expected more from your forwards though in all fairness but im delighted ours played so well

Well if anyone had told me at the start of the season that we'd be above St Helens at this stage, I would have taken it

you serious







it was cold thats about it

next week against crusaders is massive for the club if we struggle to get more then 3,000 at the willows for are 1st home game of the season after crusaders gettin mre thn 10,000 for there 1st gme of season we are f@@ked.. i fort we would of had a lot more there today thn we did 500 maximum i hope more then the salford faithfully get behind are team this season cum on salford!!!!

Having watched the Sky sports coverage, Fox appeared to be in front of the passer for each try when he received the ball ie a forward pass, so two reffing errors in the first 7 mins.
Overall I thought both teams were poor and apparently that was Cookes best game for HKR on the local radio phone in with just one caller.
The pitch itself was in pretty poor condition for the first match, whether this is due to the sandy soil or the moist salt seaair.

If you can't be d typing words properly I hope you don't mind if I decide not to bother reading any of your posts. It's the internet, not a text message.

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But you have read his post else you wouldn't have been able to notice the spelling mistakes.

Totally agree with the above post i think the score somewhat flattered us and as you rightly say could of easily been more if some of the hkr passes had of stuck. In regards to silverwood he had nothing to do with their territory it was salford that conceded some daft penalties our pack was ineffective and our backs were shocking the kicking game was also awful. I also think that holdsworth has looked better at halfback jeremy smith added a bit of dimension when he went on at hooker... There are some positives to be taken out of the game though and ironically i think we could of done with littler because in hindsight i dont think kr would of scored them first two tries if he were there as he would of been pushing broughton wider instead of him leavin fox with a ten metre gap to run through

Is this the coverage that showed the last pass to every try yea?

My honest evaluation is that I think the battle will be on between you, quins and celtic for who take the wooden spoon this year.

My main worries were the way our forwards were out-muscled so that we found it very difficult to go forward, our left side defence (which had to cope with Dobson) and the poor quality kicking game.

None of the above helped us . The positives were that we didn't let our heads drop after being 12-0 down in the 7th minute; some of our goal-line defence was very impressive at times and there were signs of rustiness that should disappear as the season progresses.

To beat the Crusaders we need to make fewer mistakes, give away fewer penalties and gain decent field position more often so that some of the attacking flair that we seem to have can be exploited properly.