Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:20 pm  

Martin looked pretty comfortable in the centre all game and made some good breaks. Makes you wonder why we were messing around with wingers playing centre in other games.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:20 pm  

What a game. Best sport in the world when played like that.
Austin is one of the best half’s I’ve seen at Leeds, I’ll get shot down but he can do everything and showed it second half.
O’Connor can be a top 9 moving forward and miles better player than Leeming.
Sam Lisone and Sangare are great impact players.
Our back line is big and mobile, must be a nightmare to defend against and Olpherts showed why Rohan rates him.
I’m happy to watch rugby like that, we’llloose a few this year but great entertainment…..+

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:23 pm  

Seth wrote:

There was much that was good about the first half but much that was irratic and the defence was poor.

Yeah, we were down by 14, so clearly some bad stuff in there, but i wasnt as frustrated as i was last week, or usually am when down by so many, thought we were pretty good in parts and looked dangerous.

Didnt see us coming back like that mind, second half was near on perfect, minus the goalkicks

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:29 pm  

mattsrhinos1978 wrote:

Yeah, we were down by 14, so clearly some bad stuff in there, but i wasnt as frustrated as i was last week, or usually am when down by so many, thought we were pretty good in parts and looked dangerous.

Didnt see us coming back like that mind, second half was near on perfect, minus the goalkicks

Wouldn’t even say it was perfect, and didn’t need to be. If you can score try’s and from distance too you’re never out of a game….
You could see first half we had the potential for points…

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:37 pm  

Great second half performance. We played pretty well in the first too, but we're on the wrong side of a few marginal calls. Great spirit to come back and I think we left 12-18 points out there today.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 3:42 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

We could really go places if we cut out the errors and penalties. That was almost a perfect 2nd half

Yes agreed, almost perfect second half that. Best I’ve seen Lisone and I thought Olpherts went well when came on. Austin best game of season. Hugely important win.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:02 pm  

Smith out
We wont win any games playing these tactics
Stop these embarrasing short kick offs
etc etc
most bottleless fans in the league?

but for a couple of ref/video ref decisions we go in at half time with 2 points in it
we blew them off the park n the 2nd half, they never got a sniff

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:13 pm  

Neruda wrote:

Smith out
We wont win any games playing these tactics
Stop these embarrasing short kick offs
etc etc
most bottleless fans in the league?

but for a couple of ref/video ref decisions we go in at half time with 2 points in it
we blew them off the park n the 2nd half, they never got a sniff

Very good hindsight punditry.
The tactics in the second half were totally different, much better line speed and intensity.
We won't win many games if we play like we did in the first half, but we'll win plenty if we play like we did in the second.

And if Cats had scored 10 more tries in the first half, they'd have led by 70.
If's and buts are irrelevant.

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:18 pm  

Simmo71 wrote:

Very good hindsight punditry.
The tactics in the second half were totally different, much better line speed and intensity.
We won't win many games if we play like we did in the first half, but we'll win plenty if we play like we did in the second.

And if Cats had scored 10 more tries in the first half, they'd have led by 70.
If's and buts are irrelevant.

Simmo, we played alright first half. Bit unlucky , didn’t get any close calls. Good teams cope with that, and come back swinging…..

Re: SL RD 6 | Catalan Dragons (H) : Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:25 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Simmo, we played alright first half. Bit unlucky , didn’t get any close calls. Good teams cope with that, and come back swinging…..

I disagree. But each to their own.
We scored two very eye-catching tries in the first half and tried a lot of off the cuff plays.
But the basics of solid defence, organisation and aggression were very poor.
That all changed in the second half.

Good teams also wipe the floor with a very poor Cas team.
Great win today, but let's not get too excited.
Must follow it up at HKR next week.