50 points against leigh and I would be delighed. too be honest good win will do

I wasn't blaming the referee. I merely passed comment that there was an awful lot of whistle with actually infringements on both sides. It sure stopped the game from flowing though which was a shame. Mind you the majority of the RU fans present are well used to breaks in play!

There was a bit of talk going around that Pryce + Mellor (half back Im told) are joining from Wigan plus 2 from Wire and possibly a prop from ?. Interesting week ahead.

Pryce? Oh dear. That's unless Powell can give him a bit of bottle, something no other coach has managed. (I wouldn't say that to his face, mind.)

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kenda, was not having a go at you mate,and I agree with the comment, he was whistle happy, the next post was the one that took up on that point!

I think Pryce could be good for us
Calderwood looked ok
Wonder if they have found a big mongrel prop!!! I really hope so

And the 2011 shirt looked like?
Anyone take any photos?

Good news about rob thomas....always liked his attitude....but what did the coach learn from a 70 - 6 poiint hammering

Just to give you a little bit of background info on Joe Mellor, Back in 09 when Sam Tomkins broke into the first team those that went to the reserves tipped Tomkins & Mellor to be the Wigan half-back pairing for years to come, as Mellor has all the capabilities of being the next Sam Tomkins now obviously 2010 was a different story for young Joe but if he has got over the injury, & at his age there is no reason why he shouldn't then given game time then you have definitely got a real talent on your hands assuming the deal happens of course. Joe is without question a future International good luck to Joe & good luck to Quins for 2011 Super League needs a competitive Quins & with Joe on board those odds increase.

GF-The top has the 4 quarters as per usual with black shoulders. the shoulders slope a bit like the Tottenham football top. On the back of the shoulders it slopes again but in green-If that makes any sense

In summary it is no different!!!

Thinking about it I didn't see any sponsors on the tops-Maybe why they are not on sale yet

MOM for me was Burnett(sp) He looked very very good-running with the ball out wide he reminded me of Hoppo-Hughsey said we tried to buy him but Hull wouldnt let him go
The 2 Aussies looked OK-Im sure as it firms up and they get used to SL they will be good-
The team looked like it had some genuine speed-OK it was only Skolars and some of the offloads will have to be controlled plus the fancy moves will be closed down
Concern-Defence looked week at times particularly around the goal line worryingly-Skolars went over and close more than the score suggests

Did Latus not play or did they just not give him the ball?

They did cross the line a second time but got held up.
And they put up a really good move on there right wing which really did deserve a try, it did expose our laft wing a bit

As a comparison I watched Cas v York a couple of weeks ago, I would say we have a better attack but cas defence much tighter than what we showed yesterday, and that was against the City knights who have a reasonable squad

Yes he played and took over the goal kicking for the final quarter.

Sounds promising - thanks.

Quote ="wire-quin"There was a bit of talk going around that Pryce + Mellor (half back Im told) are joining from Wigan plus 2 from Wire and possibly a prop from ?. Interesting week ahead.'" Seems certain judging by the Wigan forum. They seem to rate Mellor very highly viewtopic.php?f=28&t=474931&start=435

Quote ="wire-quin"There was a bit of talk going around that Pryce + Mellor (half back Im told) are joining from Wigan plus 2 from Wire and possibly a prop from ?. Interesting week ahead.'" Seems certain judging by the Wigan forum. They seem to rate Mellor very highly viewtopic.php?f=28&t=474931&start=435

I thought it was likely Ganson had been asked to penalise a lot. More a training exercise than an actual competitive friendly. I think these games are good for us, no real angst, less potential for injuries, bit more time on the ball to run attacks and so on. Leigh will obviously tougher, but we went well enough - and Rob Thomas was good.

I thought we could have done a bit more on Defence-Maybe kicking on the second and practice the chase and some defensive patterns

If he stays fit (which I hope he does), he will give you everything, every week. He was a very popular player at Hull and though he was ex Leeds and was not a popular signing by a lot of our fans, he left with the majorities best wishes, mine included.

There was a lot of penalties, but surely you can't be suggesting Gansons refereeing could be influenced



Also seemed to be a gentlemens agreement to take a ten metre gain rather than kicking for touch.

Overall dont think we can ever read much into this fixture but must be good for them to get a run out against another team. Shame the skolars scored this year but I think they will have a better season this year. Next weeks game against leigh should give us a better idea of how we will perform this year

I would expect a wounded animal when you come to our place next week. The score flattered Wire a bit. Not saying they didn't beat us easilly but they had 4 soft tries and one that was so forward it was unbelievable. Wire played their full first team for nearly all the game. I personally think Wire will make GF and CC final this year. Their tactical awareness was excellent. Looking forwad to seeing you lot at the LSV and hope enjoy your day out in the centre of the universe

The 10mtr at the penalty not a gentlemans agreement, i think it was imposed due to the office windows on one side of the pitch, I believe there were complaints on previous years.

Then again taking the 10 might have been best option for us we never seemed to make much more than that last year when we kicked to touch!! I know the stoop is a wide pitch but we were rubbish last year

Just to add a bit more perspective.

From Skolars site

How has Kouparitsas gone in the trials ????

not good

That's disappointing.

I suspect it will take him time to settle- His hands don't look good.

He's probably got frozen hands!