For 65 minutes that was a really interesting and competitive match. Walker, Albert and Ferreira didn't make the final 17.
At 0-12 a looked like only one winner. But two unconverted tries made it 8-12 at half time. Early second half and London had a chance to lead. Macani (possibly) crossed the line on the far side but was called back for an infringement. A teasing grubber kick pinned Bradford behind their own goal line.
With less than fifteen minutes to go Bradford scored and the Broncos basically capitulated conceding a further three trys. The game opened up as Bradford spread the ball and the Broncos looked exhausted as the solid tackling earlier in the game became non-existent.
Personally I though they played significantly better than in the Whitehaven match against what looked like better opposition. After three matches I'm still yet to see a Broncos kick clear the cross bar!
Bienek (from what I've seen) and Albert (from my expectations) would have helped a lot. The addition of Walker and Ferreira in the backs also. Half Backs seemed to do okay but still an area that could do with an upgrade.
Gahan played Hooker and was very involved. With my Union hat on (apologies) he played like a scrum half on offence.
Was surprised to see Pallumbo at Centre. And playing a Hooker (Parata) at Loose Forward, is that unusual?
I want to see a competitive match and I felt today was. Yes the last 15 minutes was incredibly one side; and it truly was, but I enjoyed that match far more than the first two.
MyPie was back, but I wonder how many London fans bought a pie (or were even aware of them). I'd expect their best business would have come from the Bradford fans due to being behind the South Stand.
Here's an interesting one. Less than an hour before the match (and before we bought our tickets) over 600 tickets had been sold (or at least showed as unavailable) which was more than the announced attendance. 194 were "sold" in the South Stand. Not sure there were quite that many Bradford fans present.
