Re: Sheffield (H) : Fri Mar 17, 2023 4:16 pm  

Plus Gill at left centre of course.

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:04 am  

Johnson and Tindall will be welcome additions. Both have played with us before and bring quality in their respected positions. I don't know much about Leon Ruan but he seems highly regarded by Rohan Smith. The pitch is still going to be heavy after last weeks snowfall so I'd be tempted to go with a bench loaded with forwards to hopefully win us the arm wrestle. I'd go with:

Holmes
Blackmore
Arundel
Gill
Tindall
Patton
Lilley
Scurr
Flanagan Sr
Foster
Butler
Wallace
Appo

C. Johnson
J. Johnson
Rodgers
Baldwinson

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:48 am  

Pickersgill gone to Fax so may meet him in next round.

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:21 am  

Peter Goddard wrote:

Pickersgill gone to Fax so may meet him in next round.

Decent acquisition for the Blue Sox. I knew his days were numbered when Fev brought in Aekins and Kheiralllah.

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:31 pm  

Ruan starting in 2nd row today, interesting game to predict, may lack some experience in the pack. Tight game to call but looking forward to it.

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:50 pm  

If we have any ambitions of pushing for a top 5 finish we should be winning games like this. Over to you now boys. Hope we do the business.

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:00 pm  

24-12 to the Bulls at half time. We started like a house on fire and Sheffield have crept back into the game after being 20-0 down.

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:45 pm  

Finished 32-18 to the Bulls

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:50 pm  

Great two points. Made hard work of it, but Sheffield are no mugs. Whitehaven beating York shows how tough this league is. Joint third having played all the top half apart from 1 is good going. 3 of our best players in Walker, Lawrence and Thompson missing today.

Re: Sheffield (H) : Sun Mar 19, 2023 5:39 pm  

A really enjoyable game to watch. After we smashed Sheffield in the first 30 minutes, they recovered well into the 2nd half. We'd probably have capitulated last year, but the whole team dug in, and saw the game home.
Well done the team and Dunning.