Very good performance from all , Hope Fonau and Manu just precautionary . Taylor, Big Frank both give great shows but Carlos really impresses me just what needed at centre

I had to leave straight after, i thought i heard him come back on but was wrong. Hopefully it's not that bad.

Radford said he wasn't overly concerned about the injuries.

Also the club are paying for a charted flight next week, looks like we are taking it serious to get off to a good start.

Job done, with some sparkling play in spells, played with verve and width in the middle 40. Pritchard again real class, Bowden, Thompson and Taylor were the pick of the forwards. As Paul Clarke said, Pryce and Houghton rejuvenated so far. Downside obviously "cue on the rack" in the last 20, but Salford are no mugs and their three quarters will ask a lot of questions of defences this year. Policing of the ruck was poor IMO, too much laying on. Pre match was pretty good too, stadium lighting and sound well put together. Two points and on to Catalans, will be a sterner test especially if Ellis, Manu and Fonua are out.

Can't argue to much with that performance really as nearly all have mentioned the sloppy 15 mins . Murdoch- Masila is going to be a handful this season .

Hull -20 @ 3/1! Pays for a few wets in east hull on Sunday!

Hope you have a great time on Sunday!

Some superb (not "alright"icon_wink.gif attacking rugby tonight like we haven't seen for decades. Excellent support play and deft passing/off-loads. First game of the season and looking very promising. So they went off the boil, big deal, they'd already got it in the bag and were two interchanges down. Yes, they could have managed it better than they did in the last 20 minutes and I'm sure they and Radford are as disappointed as we were with that but, boy, that was exhilarating at times.

If you were unable to make it to the game tonight, please make sure you watch the highlights: you're in for a treat.

What a terrible pitch which produced an inevitable errorthon. The Dragons stood up well defensively though and will give Hull a real go in France next Saturday.

yeah i would agree with this. i expected a bit of a dip with these 2 on but it never really happened. very encouraging

Great result, wasn't able to listen but can't wait for the upload of the full match.
Glad Bowden has proved a few doubters wrong, he looked in great nick in the KR friendly.
Still need to be looking at the concentration levels though as we won't be getting away with that at Catalans or any top 8 opposition which imho Salford aren't.
Can't wait for the 25th now.

Some superb stuff for sure, and we looked amazing. However, we cannot let slip and we did, i know the match was won but to lose 10.0 with them a man down is not acceptable. I dont want to be critical as we were really impressive, but complacency needs nipping in the bud now. The crowd died down and it ended quietly.

Maybe the reason Radford drafted Yeaman into the 19,was still thinking about possibly changing Logan.
If thats the case would rather see Michaels on the wing with Fonua at centre.Whatever you think of Michaels his defence is good.

Looks like I was watchingg a different game Manu outstanding so aggressive fights for every blade of grass in every tackle really laid the platform in the first half think we really missed him in that last quarter he was very close to been MOM can not argue with Danny he played big minutes and was excellent Manu off load to Logan worth the entrance fee class player reall players player tough as f>>k

Great first hour but not so good in the last 20, due in part to the lack of back row interchanges - pritchard was knackered and really needed to be off the field which left our left edge looking a bot soft defensively. Also thought we really lacked a bit of leadership in that last 20 and gave the ball away too easily, however the game was won so it's not fair to be too critical.

Manu was a beast in attack and defence and no coincidence that we were better with him on the field - hopefully it wasn't anything serious. Was minichello injured? He hardly seemed to get any game time.

Still some work to do on our edge defence but good signs with ball in hand and I'm keen to see how we do against a better team next week

Just woke up after an intense post match celebration, not 100% sure how much Guinness was consumed so I will have to check my wallet.

Anyhow, it looks like we have finally sorted out our attack which is the key to a decent season for us I feel. Wasn't particularly impressed with the final quarter, took foot off the gas and became sloppy in defense, some big holes appearing down the middle if I remember rightly. Danny making how usual blistering runs through the line, not lost anything. All the boys were looking up for it which is good to see.

In terms of us, well done everyone for a great atmosphere and a lot of noise. When frank scores on that field I am sure that we are gonna go absolutely mental! Lol

I was impressed with how much stronger our lads looked in the collision compared to Salford. They hardly ever sat our players down on first contact. We were still driving forward for yards and sometimes just having to take the tackle stood up because they couldn't put our players down (and not just the forwards but the backs too).

Looking at the stats, really impressive go forward by from Frank, Bowden and Talanoa.

33 missed tackles is a bit of a worry and needs addressing. We won't have the cushion of a big score against better teams

Where are the individual stats?

Don't worry, just found them

Cats be better defo. But in fairness salford didn't do much wrong at all, few errors etc but we built most our scores, wasnt just a case of poor attitudes or woefull misses by them.That's why I'm optimistic. Think on dry tracks they'll be a tougher opposition. Some good looking players for them. Murdock masila looks a good signing for them

Fonua n Tala are massive in this department . Play the ball fast as well. Houghton ran a couple of times off it. Other times the forwards hitting the ball up against a defence still getting back. Absolute monsters the pair of them

Yer good point. Its nice to see them scoring points, +40 in the last three games (I know two were friendlies), but it would be good if they can knuckle down on the defense again.

It's the first game of the season, so it's not a time to get carried away just yet.

That said, our attack was unrecognisable from the past two seasons. Our pack was not just dominant, they were more in total command for the first 60 mins. We had offensive structure and flair.

From the second Tommy Lee was sin binned and we should have really turned the screw, we appeared to put the cue in the rack. But, you know what, we were 42-10 up at that point, first game of the season, some of the forwards were clearly "fatigued" at that point. No point in over doing it and risking injury when the game was in the bag.

I really hope some of those in the crowd and those who were not convinced enough to attend, see the improvement in what was happening on the field and come to attend going forward.