Agree with all this and Fifita was MOM for me. Would add I thought the ref didn't have a good game but not an excuse and I always thought we would nick it and we went very close. Well done lads.

We were the better side which is the sad thing....

Thought all of them went well today and were a little unlucky not to win thought over the full 80 we were slightly the better side but the score said otherwise. As good a defensive stint as we have seen for sometime.

Turning point was the tackle on Ashurst that left him concussed. We were leading and Ashurst took a head shot and lost the ball. I thought it should have been a penalty but Campbell thought otherwise. Then Hull were awarded a penalty, ironically for a high shot and the field position led to their try.

I thought Campbell made a mistake there but otherwise had a good game.

Disappointed to lose but encouraged with the performance.

Couldn't make the game but listened on Yorkshire radio, and the Hull-centric commentary team were quite clear that the referee and TJ's had missed a high shot on Wood shortly before Huby gave away the one that led to the winning try.

I thought it was a 50/50, only one break each, with yours coming in the 79 min, both teams had pressure and good spells, ours when the likes of Ellis and Watts went off, whiles yours where you used your bench players. Could have gone either way and don't think either team could have been upset if it had.

Impressed with Arona, bet his stats are good and Johnston continues to impress apart from that silly pass.

Liked what I saw from Wakefield.
Grix was good and took his try really well.

We were always under pressure with England of but the forwards responded really well. Fifita and Wood coming off the bench really sparks it up.
They hammered Ashurst hard all day and I felt he was just starting to get on top when Kelly caught him high.
When he went off we had to bring Finn on as the loose forward which was where they got their break for the deciding try.

Good overall. Need to get points from those games though.

Thought the ref went ok, missed a few things for both sides (which is to be expected) including Grix elbowing Griffin forcyou to receive the pen, also according to Radford your try was a knock on, and I'm sure Chester to point to decisions the other way. He didn't effect the result.

Sounds like a typical slog. Hope you go well this year

Losing England in the first minute meant we were always going to be up against it but I thought we played well in the conditions. Arona and Fifita stepped up and did the work we missed by losing England.

A draw would have been a fair result but to think we could have pinched it in the last minute!

Could have gone either way, nothing to be too disheartened about today. Smarten up the discipline and we'll be fine.

Tough one to take, think a draw would have been fair but key points I reckon are:

Grix totally surprised me with how much he offered - I was surprised he was given the 1 shirt ahead of Max but I can see why now.

Defending was top drawer, shoutouts to Ashurst and Fifita who got through a load of work, along with Arona.

Thought we were the better side in terms of entertainment, but Hull just shaded us in ruck speed which got them the points in a game of fine margins

Couldnt see how close Grix was at the end, but if he'd have scored no one could begrudge us.

Albery Kelly has got a web-like substance on his hands, made 3-4 outrageous catches.

Thought Williams played well also and pretty convinced he's not a revolving door half back.

Reckon if the fixture computer had chucked out Salford instead of Hull for first game, we would have won

All in all, a good game, I really enjoyed the arm-wrestle both teams seemed to manage the conditions well and was tight all the way up to final hooter - roll on Hudds!

Just watched the highlights,

the try at the end wasn't a try, hard to tell if Grix scored the one given, looked like he might have knocked on, but hard to tell, would need another angle, so you have to go with the in goal ref.

Did anybody else think there was an offside in the build up to Hull's try ?

Sneyd went to kick the ball, at that stage all the Hull side were onside, however he decided against kicking and took a couple more steps then kicked, by which time the chasers were in an offside position, one of whom went on to score. That's how we saw it.

Doesn't really matter now, we lost and nothing can change that.

Oh yeah Im not disputing the fact it wasn't a try but it looked mighty close from the other end of the ground. Would have been a deserving matchwinner. Especially considering that 2 of your penalties were milked against the spirit of the game in my opinion. Totally legal and if Wakey had done it, I would probably be praising our cunning but still a bit sad imo.

Again, just watched the penalties for the goals and all fair enough, your players made no effort to role away, not sure what Houghton could do, Wakey got one in the first half for the same thing.

Very equal game in my opinion, but Hull had more clean breaks, particularly in the first half. Thought we could have prevented the Hull try if the ball had been palmed over the dead ball line instead of played. disappointed to have lost such a close game but we are Trinity and always seem to come off second best in such games. Faffita had a very good game, I thought.

tbf if a player is laid in a offside position then he should attempt to move away, in this case he didn't, on your penalty it was harsh, suppose we both see what we wont to see, if it had been a draw suppose nobody could have complained, good luck in the rest of your season

Personally I want to see dummy halfs picking the ball up and trying to play instead of launching it at a prone player but has happened a few times in games already this season. Cheap tactic for me, if a player is lying on the floor and keeping still then play on. Houghton could have run with it or passed in anywhere instead of launching it at the Wakey players but like I say, its in the rules and got you the 2 points so can't grumble too much.

On Houghton, thought he was class today - how he's not made the England squad is a joke.

If the player attempts to move out of the way then the attacking player still just plays the ball at them or trips over and pretends there was interference. It's a lose lose situation, but playing the ball directly at a player who isn't affecting the game by being offside is against the spirit of the game. It was obviously the Hull game plan to play for penalties as soon as they got into the Wakey half as they raised their arms after every tackle trying to claim that something had happened. They played the officials much better than Wakey did, and Wakey need to learn from that and do it themselves if they want to progress

Quite often you see an injured defender lying offside unable to get back. Under these rules the dummy half can just pick up the ball run over to the injured player, throw the ball at him and gain a penalty. It stinks and wants stopping ASAP , to me its not sport and not what the game should be about,

Yes the tactic of throwing the ball at the opponent needs to be got rid from the game.

Not only is it against the spirit of the game, it also does nothing to the game entertainment value. It is a joke as it is around the play the ball without this creeping in.

Our sport is losing interest with fans it is without making games even more scrappy

The next time there is a fracas in that Conservative Club the clowns who morphed into super-bouncers need to try ejecting the ones who were actually involved.
Mind you, glad Hulk Hogan never got involved.

Bit of a random post isn't it? What time do the pubs open in the future city of culture?