TRIES: 8-5
GOALS: 6-5
METRES:1231-1002
CARRIES:179-150
TACKLES:273-335
OFFLOADS: 7-7
PENALTIES: 3-7
BREAKS:7-4

TOP 3 METRE MAKERS:
CUDJOE 193 (LYNCH 137)
CONNOR 91( CLARK 125)
WARDLE 71(SHENTON 120)

AVERAGE METRES GAINED:
CUDJOE 17.55 (SHENTON 20.00)
WARDLE 8.88 (CLARK 11.36)
PATRICK 8.75 ( CARNEY 8.60)

MISSED TACKLES:
CAS 14-31 HUDDS
( only leeming & ta'ai without a missed tackle! )

TOP 3 TACKLERS:
LAWRENCE 40(HOLMES 33)
BAILEY 38 (LYNCH 29)
FERRES 35 (CLARK 27)

TACKLE BUSTS
CAS 28-14 HUDDS ( ONLY 8/17 PLAYERS MANAGED AT LEAST 1 TB COMPARED TO 2/17 FOR CAS)

pretty disappointing stats again, too many missed tackles, too many penalties,not enough metres made or tackle busts.

but the stats for the players who came in, are pretty good, kruise leeming's stats are very impressive as are mullally's and connor.
yet again im afraid, it's the senior players letting us down.

last week we had 54 missed tackles, this week 31, in our last 2 games we are making, on average, 42-43 missed tackles a game

compare that with the previous 18 games when we averaged 22-23 missed tackles a game.

the coaches have got their work cut out the next few weeks,
maybe we need some new tackle bags???

Our edge defence has been very poor. Teams know they can target jerry and broughton and will probably come away with points. The number of times carney was stood with ten metres between him and jerry inside was terrible! Folk were screaming at him to move across.

true jools, but it doesn't help when players don't stick to what the team do, all move together or not at all.
too many individual errors and bad decisions in defence are costing us because it has a knock on effect within the rest of the defensive line

Penalties AGAIN a disappointment. Those stats do show some positives. Cas only missed 14 tackles - but we managed to score 30 points. We were clearly well behind with %possession and spent a lot more time defending- but we still managed to score 30 points. With some better kicking it could have been a different story.

Could have sworn leeming missed a couple of tackles, one on the line that was a try when he was marker. Anyway by the by really. Thought it was an improvement, taai MOM but Connor was close (and just back from injury) he can certainly return a ball. Broughton was poor at catching but I know he's better than that (I saw few Salford games last season). The forwards were better going forward and Patrick wasn't used enough IMO. Kicking poor but knew it would be, connor has got a good boot on him though, apart from brough hes the only giants player drop out to half and beyond in years. The missed tackles the bain of our season at the moment. Let's hope it comes together at the back end, like Anderson said we'll be a decent team.

Any idea what the count of handling errors were (for both teams)

cas 13-11 hudds

not too bad on that but seemed more at the match

Yesleeming did miss one on the line- he was left terribly exposed!
Broughton has been poor in the air all season. He gets up there but he's Not dominant enough. I'm happy overall as although defensively we were poor the effort was definitely there in a very different side to the one that played last week.

Leeming did not miss a tackle on the line. Milner powered over but Leeming was still cling to him so does not count as a miss.

Where's the stats for Effort, cos as i was told on Friday that's all that matters !!!!!

38 tackles for bailey yet he only played 45/50 mins.top effort.

quality player, bailey , crabtree and lawrence tackling machines

I think it's difficult for Jerry at times because he is frequently left facing 2-3 players because Leroy goes missing!

cudjoe for seasons has been the most solid of defenders, he has been abit off this year but so has the team im afraid.. sometimes it pays off when he shoots out of the line and intercepts for a try..done it a few times this season, cas recently...widnes away earlier in the season too

when it doesnt work you look a fool..... ask wardle because hes worse in defence than cudjoe..infact he has the most missed tackles than any other player for the giants this season with 45 ..cudjoe 29.

Leroy hasnt "Gone Missing" often in defence leroy has had to move further inside becuse our smallest defenders are struggling! but Jerry still comes too far inside - he leaves a smaller gap between himself and leroy than he should.

Leroy is frequently leaving Jerry exposed. This is sometimes down to Leroy having to cover inside but it is also sometimes down to Leroy's poor judgement. I would always like Leroy in my team but even last season I felt he sometimes let Jerry down. I'm not saying Jerry is a great defender, I just feel Leroy and Jerry could work better together.

While Leroy is without a doubt struggling at the moment I think one of the reasons for this is he is getting pulled inside to cover for poor positioning by our forwards - possibly due the constant changing of combinations for one reason or another. This exposes Jerry who often struggles to decide where to position himself and leaves himself in no mans land.

could be worse the opposing team could try high bombs towards the other wing.... oh hang on its broughton on that side

no, you were told most people were pleased that the effort and reaction was good after the week before.

i don't get the ante brought brigade you can pick major faults with most of the team . i.e bruno may make 40 tackles but as a ex wing does naff all with ball in hand . robbo and wood very poor kicking game grix poor tackler you could go through the whole team and find faults our problem to me is the team as a collective haven't been putting in the effort the did last year

yes each and everyone player has there good and points

Struggling to find Kopzac's at the moment

runs hard and can make clean breaks, then no one is backing him up! not seen it enough this year though.

not seen enough this year from all the squad though.