Of course - Leeds always start slowly and I don’t think for a minute that they won’t be in the mix come the end of the season.

Fair play to Leigh though, they look stronger than many promoted teams have recently, and I have to compliment Beaumont on the marketing side of things. I found the whole thing a bit cringe-worthy and cheap when it was first announced, but he’s really made an effort and stuck with it. The show last night was Bradford-esque (Bradford of old) and I hope the locals buy into it. It’s a nice RL ground and with that sort of match day package it makes for a much better experience than leaning against a urine soaked wall at a crumbling old ground in Yorkshire.

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WCC - well done Saints.
Awesome match. Awesome performance.
They are still the team to beat.

Fair play to them, given they were getting 20 on the handicap they sure out played that.

That was a brilliant game, and we have to give credit to Saints even if it is through gritted teeth for a few of us. They deserved it, and it was a huge positive for the game over here too. Imagine being a Saints fan who has gone over there and was at that game. It will live with them forever.

Congratulations saints. Its great for superleague that they've gone over and beaten penrith in Australia.

That was a huge victory.

King not having the best for Wigan so far. It'll be interesting to see how he develops under Wane and Peet, as he's still contracted to us. If they get him playing to a consistently high standard (at least as good as he was here until his contract extension) then we could bring him back in alongside Wrench next year. If not, I'm not sure what we do with him? He's on a fair whack so we'd have to try and get something out of him for the final two years of his contract.

Toby Toby toby

Game set and match to HKR

KR deserved it.
Thought they were going to implode when Wign scored near the end.
A bit like Salford - could spring a few surprises.

Wigan looked a little light in the forwards and didn't make as many meters as I thought they would.
Kicking cost them I think.
That and the Abdull drop goal before half time were pivotal in the end result.

George King had a great game, not so Toby.

Great atmosphere - same as at Warrington and Leigh.
Good start to the seaaon for SL.

I'd rate the chances of Toby ever playing for us again as zero unless Powell moves on.

Wigan fans seemed pretty pleased to have got King and Wardle off us but I imagine they are looking across rather enviously at Vaughan after that. Their pack looks light to me.

Hope he stays put at Wigan highly over rated..

Great performance. They'll have been cheering him on in Notre Dame

It's no secret that Wigan were after Vaughan the moment he lit his barbecue last year. I think they put most of their eggs in the Bevan French basket though, and I'm not sure you need both a Field [iand[/i a French in your backline. Especially as Wigan seem to roll some good young backs off their production line.

Wrench will play centre for Wire and has all the attributes with his speed off the mark, dancing footwork and passing ability.

King is a one trick pony with his jumps for high kicks, (Which are very good btw). His defence today was just as bad as it was for us last season. Powell made the correct decision to get shut.

I've just woken up from a deep slumber since the end of the first half, what was the final score for Salford V Hull HR, anyone?

KR won 24-10.

Willie Peters looks promising and has instilled a bit of resilience into KR.

Salford are busy signing up players on very long term contracts. I’m not sure that’s a great thing. Having a good finish to last year doesn’t really justify it IMO. Leeds made the grand final and I wouldn’t expect them to sign up Austin, Sezer and one of their ageing backs on long term contracts. I can understand it with Ormondroyd, but he’s hardly likely to be on megabucks.

My god I’m feeling old, what’s with the mullets. Anyways Brad Fash is clearly the winner.

Saints were very impressive today given the last week - but Cas should have taken their chances.
For me Saints are clearly the team to beat having seen their last 2 games. I can see them only getting better.
I could have said that 3 months ago, but it's said now with more confidence.
Walmsley immense.

Cas were their own worst enemies though.
They bombed 3 or 4 tries - Mamo being the chief culprit. His passing for an SL player was truly shocking.
And even when they did cross the whitewash they still managed to f*** it up. What on earth was Faraimo thinking of???
2 weeks in and Radford has 2 completely different sets of issues to deal with.
They've a lot of work to do.

Welsby not able to receive cards I assume?

And let’s not be shocked when he receives no punishment at tomorrow’s panel.

Ref gave a penalty try so could not show a card. One or the other but not both.

When Powell decided to release Mamo, I had mixed feelings whether he had made the right call.

His defence was his main problem, but yesterday he couldn`t pass a ball to a supporting player on several breaks.

Looks like Daryl was correct.

TBF I could have caught the one Evalds dropped early on


There was also one in the second half (in-field) where he turned in the tackle after making a break and player behind him wasn't alert to the pass and knocked it on.

I understand the issue with his defence but Mamo is a long way from being Castleford's biggest problem.