I agree. We conceded the first try but the main collapse came on the back of a needless Austin penalty on the fifth tackle resulting in another try.

I’ve no issue if Austo plays or not, so long as bench supremacy isn’t compromised. Nice guy is Blake, but I have zero grace and goodwill tolerance.
Austo was unplayable 3 years ago and absolutely nailed on for man of steel, he hasn’t been remotely near that form since his leg injury in the summer of 2019.
Widdop is absolutely massive for us and looks very comfortable with Ratchford and Williams. That fluidity isn’t there with Austo in the halves this season.
He made absolutely no difference to the team when he came on. Not that he should, as a replacement, you can only want for that and perhaps a little more with freshness of legs.
I’m very at ease not to see him play again got us and have a huge pack and bench.

I haven't seen the match ,just listened to it on the radio. The commentators were suggesting that we hadn't made any tries of our own but had swooped on Cas mistakes to score ,worrying if that's the case.

A sign of a good side that makes the opposition compound with errors.

It's not true though. I'm sure Cooper finding Hill in a hole would be seen as our good play. Wrench's try took some scoring too. Most of their tries came from our penalties.

True, really worried about our lack of pace. It's a good job all our tries were handed on a plate and just required us to fall over the line.

Not even English

Luke gale also said that, absolute rollicking.

Unless you include Danny Richardson being inept at tackling as swooping on an error

Only for about the first three months of the season, or so, until his one dimensional play was worked out by every opposition coach and defence. As you say, there's not the same fluidity with Austin, as there is with both Widdop and Williams. Austin just makes the overemphasised dummy, and that's his play book done. Cannot knock him for effort, but he lacks the ability of Widdop and Williams of playing the situation in front of him and quickly adapting to it. If he pulls on the Rhino's shirt and turns into Jonathan Thurston, I'll be very annoyed!

It was Australian

Another angle to spin on it, as well as putting so much pressure on Cas to force the errors, to consistently go through much of the first half error free, applying so much pressure on Cas, there is little opportunity to be creative with ball in hand while capitalising upon the opportunity gifted.

On reflection, the most creative memorable moments of the game were created by 3 props…Hill and Cooper interplay in the first half gave Mamo a stroll and the Dave Chisnall’esk run from Mulhurn in the second. Both pure class moves. I’m buzzing today from that Mulhurn run. I’ll remember that.

Interesting you mention Makinson, he got 3 games reduced to 2 on appeal for a similar tackle to Cooper

Makinsons was deliberate and his feet left the floor. If Cooper gets the same punishment then it's laughable.

Watts also still had the ball, unlike the poor sod Tommy hit

Sending off sufficient for the Coops incident. (For me at least).
Did you notice Chris Hill took a wack when the Cas's players head went into Hills?
Hill did not look well at all.
That was a big knock which I thought the docs would have picked up on. Very concerning either way.

Decision on Charnley was correct.

Almost typical Wire performance. Running away with it, take the foot off the pedal and give penalty after penalty and we're staring down the barrel of a comeback.
Don't do it easy do we?

I thought John Wells made a very good point about Ashton. For all his tries, arguably his kicks and chase to the in goal area late in the 2nd half stemmed the Cas fightback and was his best piece of play.

Really hope we keep Ashton.
You can't teach speed, and letting Mamo go means we need a player like him.

It was nothing alike! Are you on the disciplinary panel? Makinson jumped in with a lot of force to a player who wasn't stumbling! Very deliberate. What h Coopers in real time and I think it's harsh really to be given a red. Still if we win next week we are due to play you lot in the semi so no doubt it will be the same ban that Paasi got for hospitalising somebody!

Have we engaged Saints legal team for Monday.

Talking of Saints just thought I’d have a look at the inbreds over on Redvee and ofc Cooper is on topic and how scummy Cullen is going to get him off

When did Langi go to hospital, he was pictured on the plane laughing his head off that was still attached after Paasi removed it, allegedly. Yet to see any video yet that shows clearly what happened.
More likely to be the non ban that Kasiano got for hospitalising somebody. it wasn't deliberate though (95kg Bentley pulled 122kg Kasiano over his head causing the injury himself.
Personally I don't think Cooper did too much but with the disciplinary panel these days and contact with the head I don't think anyone can feel confident either way as to what Cooper will get, if anything. Think back to what Lineham got for pushing someone over at the play the ball, another ludicrous ban of which there have been plenty this season

Quote ="RogerMoore"When did Langi go to hospital, he was pictured on the plane laughing his head off that was still attached after Paasi removed it, allegedly. Yet to see any video yet that shows clearly what happened. More likely to be the non ban that Kasiano got for hospitalising somebody. it wasn't deliberate though (95kg Bentley pulled 122kg Kasiano over his head causing the injury himself. Personally I don't think Cooper did too much but with the disciplinary panel these days and contact with the head I don't think anyone can feel confident either way as to what Cooper will get, if anything. Think back to what Lineham got for pushing someone over at the play the ball, another ludicrous ban of which there have been plenty this season'" www.seriousaboutrl.com/langi-posts-upda ... 42893/amp/

Quote ="RogerMoore"When did Langi go to hospital, he was pictured on the plane laughing his head off that was still attached after Paasi removed it, allegedly. Yet to see any video yet that shows clearly what happened. More likely to be the non ban that Kasiano got for hospitalising somebody. it wasn't deliberate though (95kg Bentley pulled 122kg Kasiano over his head causing the injury himself. Personally I don't think Cooper did too much but with the disciplinary panel these days and contact with the head I don't think anyone can feel confident either way as to what Cooper will get, if anything. Think back to what Lineham got for pushing someone over at the play the ball, another ludicrous ban of which there have been plenty this season'" www.seriousaboutrl.com/langi-posts-upda ... 42893/amp/

Aren't you just sick of the judiciary panel screwing saints over?

Lineham gets banned for putting his socks on in the wrong order! It was ludicrous the ban for the push he gets very unfair treatment from the panel, that said he keeps doing stupid things which give them the opportunity to ban him.

Pretty sure it said in commentary that langi went to hospital as a precaution, still he made the flight home and was alright. For what it's worth I dont think paasi did anything really dirty there really (very stupid though) but his offence was worse than coopers and he got 2 games, was his card only yellow as well? (can't remember can't be bothered searching). If he got yellow and 2 and Cooper gets red and 2 for a lesser offence that's another example of us getting more harsh treatment than the saints.

So the head injury was to his arm/thumb, 3 stretchers for that.

Ashton as signed a 3 year deal with us..boom

Just had a look won't be going on there again..I know all fans are biased but they take the biscuit..some clown reckons Cooper's tackle was worse than obnoxious passi.s tackle..that was enough for me...