happy with that, great debut performance from Reynolds..expected the drop off in the last quarter due to lack of pre season games

Be interested to see how many metres Savellio did. I thought he had a terrific game.

Sneyds always class in a good team performance, I wouldn’t swap him for any other 7 in the comp

He is still suffering from travel sickness Chris

not sure it was a drop off why they scored two tries.
for me a lack of concentration in a game the team knew they had won.
Think the team will be disappointed with that but pleased with the win against a decent team.
Lots of encouraging signs.

Aye didn’t fancy the commute into our half all game

His good performances were always few and far between previously but today he showed up well and him and JH compliment each other.
Sneyd took the line on today more than he has previously done and yet still had the ability to sit back and direct the game when needed.
I think we need that level of consistency from him now but he definitely played well.
Much happier with us defensively too and out attacking shape whilst not perfect still looked better.

noticed a lot of little changes today that made a huge difference, both in attack and defence, it looks like Hodgsons got an eye for detail and we look a lot better for it. Really pleasing to see us a lot more organised, rather than playing off the cuff, you could see the structure. We played with a lot more common sense too which was good to see.

My only gripe was the discipline. Was Hicks terrible or do we need to stop mucking around after the tackle, which is something we were guilty of last year, I counted about 6 set restarts against us, I think if that's against Wigan or Saints we get punished with points. so much improved in defence and attack but still work to be done with game discipline for me. Cut the silly set restarts out and I think we l be a tough nut to crack.

Good performances across the park, can't really pick any negatives individually,and don't want too after that.
I think we go again with the same line up barring any injurys, I reckon Bowden will be fine, and what did Carlos go off with anyone know?

Hicks was OK for me
Its our own indiscipline

All preseason Hodgson talked about how the effort areas of the game is what he’s placed a lot of emphasis on and it really showed today.

Things like the kick chase, kick pressure and getting numbers into the tackle aren’t the most glamorous part of the game but they make a huge difference.

Thought Lane was superb today, he played massive minutes and got through a ton of high quality work, in particular the tackle where he caught Cudjoe and forced a drop out.

I liked the way we didn’t play with split halves in the attacking 20 anymore too. The Griffin try was really well worked with Sneyd and Reynolds getting the ball to Connor fast and giving him a 3 on 2 situation which he proved last season he is so good at as he straightens up the play and can pick the right pass

Liked the way we kept Giants guessing by often kicking early in the tackle count.
We didn’t look like headless chickens in attack, like we did last year, and we looked like we were turning up for each other in defence.

Liked how Connor now has to be peacemaker now we’ve got Reynolds!

i agree ,theres always a few calls we could contest but on the whole he let the game flow

Agreed thought he got things right in the most part just a few of the set restarts he gave against us I couldn’t see much wrong to be honest. Also thought the penalty against Reynolds for a little push was poor when he’d missed or said he didn’t see Greenwood shoving Reynolds in the face etc. Also thought yellow for Edwards was harsh if I’m honest as how many times do you see that go on and player just giving away a penalty.

Think the Edwards yellow was spot on, there was no fullback and Reynolds was in front of the Huddersfield player, Edwards made no attempt to get to the ball.

Overall I think hicks had a decent game, only gripe was lack of set restarts for Huddersfields messing around in the ruck.

It'll certainly be interesting to see if the officials will now be consistent with these decisions. I agree that it was correct by the letter of the law as you say there was no fullback, I thought it harsh as we have seen this happen regularly for long enough but the outcome has just been a simple penalty.

With the restarts there were a few we got pinged for which I couldn't honestly see much wrong with and Huddersfield seem to no better or worse but gave less away. After watching all the 1st round games this weekend some of the set restarts in all the games were mystifying at times.

That said its so good to have the game back in motion.

I think with regards to the set restarts it's just a lottery depending on the referee and their interpretation of the rules and the momentum of the game, but I don't think there was anything overly controversial over the weekends games.

Absolutely agree with just being able to watch some proper rugby again.

I thought it was a good team effort, although I have to say, Fonua was poor and his efforts in defense had me jittery. If the ball he spilled on our line had bounced kindly for Huddersfield, they score under the posts. I think his place could be under threat from Faraimo or even Cameron Scott and he is the player I saw at Wests, little or no impact and flailing around in defense. Where has the 2016 and 17 player gone? I hope it is just confidence with him and that he gets back to something like the winger or centre that, at times, was unstoppable.

Wouldnt surprise me to see Faraimo come in for Fonua
Still believe he is more effective at centre.
Cam Scott will be more involved this season.He looks fit and faster.He will be the centre replacement for when we need to move Griffin into the second row to cover for injuries.

First involement was a knock on, took 1 carry and conceded a penalty.

I really wouldn't be surprised if Jude Ferreira has over taken Scott in the pecking order by the end of the season.

Don't get the criticism of Fonua. Made one error, but that was it.

Carried the ball strongly and threw a worldie of a pass at the end of the first half.

not a chance

Just listened to journo Matthew Shaw on the radio, in his view Hull FC were the stars of Round 1.

Fonua seems like one of them players who struggles with fitness and isnt just there yet which is why he was almost getting used like a forward at times against Hudds - give it two or three games and he'll be on fire and back to his best imo - Faraimo is a poor mans Fonua imo

I was happy with what Fonua did tbh. Yes he made a hash of that kick which could have easily cost us a try, but apart from that he did some good work. Did some hard yards with the ball and didn't get out of shape defensively. Not to mention his pass during that play on half time. I also saw in some stats that he was 3rd for distance covered during the game. Behind Houghton and Sneyd. So he isn't shirking. He's getting about the pitch and putting the work in which is great to see when he looked so unfit last year.

Faraimo will get a chance at some point and it's up to him to take it when it comes. But I thought both wingers performed well and I wouldn't fix it if it isn't broken.

Fonua certianly didn't look unfit to me, also saw the stat that he was 3rd in the list for distance covered. Thought he had a solid game, definatley nothing to nit pick over after a good result.