Great game that could have gone either way. Both teams should be proud.

AS an aside does anyone know why Nigel Woods and Wayne Bennet were sat together watching the game from the stand at Trailfinders today?

Brisbane Broncos are over for the World Club Challenge. Either that or Wayne needs to ensure he knows how the Welsh and Scots players play.

I'm assuming Wood is Bennett's boss as the England coach. So if he is in UK you would expect him to 'report in'.

Spoke with Nigel Wood after the game. He was wearing a Sky Sports beanie, and I suggested this game was an example of why Shy should be showing the Championship

The penalty call on Kear for trying to milk a penalty was great - wish more refs would do that. However, a lot of high tackles from KR went unpunished, while ours did! This is not good; when player welfare is rightly an important issue, players shouldn't expect to have their heads taken off with impunity simply because the referee doesn't like teams from the south

What did he say to that?
I mean there was more entertainment out there today than will be seen in the entire 6 nations!

On todays form Hull KR, will not be bouncing back to Super League at the end of this season.

Good job we've got 21 more rounds to sort it out then isn't it.

He said he was trying! I do appreciate it's difficult.

If you feel there's a lot of improvement in the squad, I reckon you have a good shot. A really fast-paced game. Lunt is simply a class above

And that tells us everything. He has been moved out of SL club after SL club and finally found his level.

Andover boy, we were obviously watching different games, and you are suggesting that the ref today had something against coming south! Interesting thought, not sure what you Base that on. From where I was stood neither team were putting in any high shots. Agree with you on the trying to milk a penalty call. I do think the clampdown on moving off the mark is prioritising the wrong thing. As for 50/50 calls the double movement try was a 50/50 that went our way, the goal line drop out or 20 Mtrs re start from the ball that Dixon tried to batt dead in ball was a 50/50 call that many a touch judge might have gone the other way.
Our disallowed try called as fwd was a 50/50 that went against us. 50/50 are exactly that, how does a ref react to a 50/50 trust me it's nothing to do with any bias, if a call has to go one way or another reaction and attitude of the players can effect that.
Don't forget as well the 3 officials work as a team, the ref is a Wigan lad, one touchy lives in lindon

Outstanding players today, purtill for us lunt for KR. As expected we saw two very good teams today both playing open and exciting rugby. Pace was fast, for both teams go into rest of games like that few teams will keep up. Had we taken the 3 missed chances in the first half the game was ours, had we given away less penalties the game was ours. On the back of today I think we will have a good season.
Good to see so many in the ground, shame it was not broncos fans filling the stand. Great to see so many travelling fans from East Yorkshire

Errr no he hasn't

What a bitter statement, he gets into any match day 17 in this country and you don't have to see him play every week to know that.

Absolute nonsense. You are suggesting he is one of the best in the UK. He is very average. He wouldn't be playing at a Championship team if there was a chance he could play in SL. Leeds, Hudds... have washed there hands of him. Saints have brought in Tommy Lee as a starting 9 above Lunt(and he is very average). You really are kidding yourself.

Tommy Lee will be on a quarter of the wage that Lunt is on, they most probably tried to get Lunt as they did Walker, whom is half the player Lunt is.

I'm suggesting he is one of the best hookers in this country, our neighbors would even take him to interchange with Houghton. For you to say he's not SL standard is absolutely laughable.

Thoroughly enjoyable game. Penalty count was dreadful and whilst some could be argued against it is something we suffer week in week out and it cost us the game. We need to get smarter in playing the refs. We alos bombed, as others have said 3 good chances in the first half.

but it was a great game, very impressed with the pack which really stuck to its task. Purtill was very very good, which i confess was a surprise as i really didnt fancy him. now need to get some wins under our belts, get Api back and grant and onwards and upwards......................

Hendo said we weren't clinical enough- can't argue with that.

Brian2, who would you drop for Grant?

A quarter of the wage? You reckon Lunt is in what 100k to Lee 25?

Hull don't play with a interchange hooker.

Thought Cunningham was a big miss at stages.

When is he due to return?

Agreed and the bad news is that it was a very late December op with James announced as out for "up to six months."

Maybe a bit of an exaggeration on the wage part but he's certainly not in the same class of player as Lunt, a puzzling signing he was by Cunningham.

Radford I believe has been quoted as saying he's wanted to acquire another hooker.

Any news on Channing and Api?