My thoughts were that half the pack played well. But the other half the props where not quite there yet. Of the props out tonight. TP still looked the most dangerous but only on 1 or 2 runs. Clough was effective. But basically the props were all spelled for very short periods so they did not dominate.
However the back rows and roby where another matter. Roby was a machine, Dixon ran great lines offering himself up as a runner or foil, to get hit or run through. Sia was like a 5th prop, ran hard even when it was not the nice stuff but the grunt work to get batter. Wilkin tackled well and came into better form going forwards 2nd half.
Flannery well from what I saw not brill.
So with half a pack going well we are always told it's not how you play now that matters, but in 6 to 8 months time. We still put 38 on salford on a very cold night, some chapped hands out there me thinks. And Salford we kept them under 16 Royces target for last year defensively.
So why not firing at 100% we are just bubbling nicely for now.
