Another great game. We just came out the wrong side. I agree, we lost that rather than Wire won it. We got the forward pass call, but the sin bin essentially changed the game. Never a yellow - and if it was there should have been a mandatory HIA. We should have also got the tackle in the air on Connor. More poor officiating - and Thaler is the best there is!
Some costly mistakes, mainly Lumb unfortunately. I'd give him a break for a couple of weeks and give ECW a run. And the last tackle penalty from Holroyd was a killer. All fine margins.
Main thing is, the pack is now very competitive, which gives us the platform. Connor, Croft and Miller starting to look more dangerous. Saying it every week now, but Palaasia and Jenkins look really good. Palaasia probably MoM for me, followed by Connor. And the workrate of Bentley and O'Connor is incredible. Just a shame O'Connor isn't more of a running 9 to complete the spine.
I thought the top 4 would run away with it, but actually other than Cas, Hudds and Salford, it looks like it will be very competitive. Us, Hull and Wakey will take some points off the big teams.
From what I can tell from the disciplinary notes Palaasia isn't even mentioned. Dufty and Vaughan are the only players named from the Wire game. Not sure if that means sin binning was sufficient or that he has been found blameless?
From what I can tell from the disciplinary notes Palaasia isn't even mentioned. Dufty and Vaughan are the only players named from the Wire game. Not sure if that means sin binning was sufficient or that he has been found blameless?
Means there was absolutely nothing with it. As everyone with eyes already knew
The initial reaction of the Sky commentators was that it was a good legal hit.
On the slow motion replay Palasia's head is impacted first. I don't know if this is significant but it suggests it's a little more complicated than Palasia being a straightforward aggressor.
In the aftermath of the tackle I thought the referee might have awarded us something because of Fitzgibbon looking for 'afters'.
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What's frustrating for me is how well we played, to come up with nothing... Oh well, if they keep it up we should be able to see more wins in due course. You never know with Leeds though.
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