Southern Reiver wrote:
Featherstone came with a game plan and stuck to it. Closed us down. Hit Gower at every opportunity, late a few times but also ensuring he ended up doing a lot of tackling. They played well and controlled the ball well throughout the first half. They were up for it and we were a bit lifeless. Joked on way we'd spill the ball from kick off and err.
Bit more passion and more importantly controlled the ball when we had it. Started to play our sets and had better field position. Dorm coming on gave far more penetration. A win is a win and hopefully they learn from it.
Agreed. Awful 1st half. didn't complete a set until after 15 mins. Camped on our own line far too long , gave them too many repeat sets with penalties and drop outs. No line breaks.
2nd half we were quicker and remembered how to play. Like Dollapi, young , got a lot go forward . Some of the other forwards can only play for less than 40 minutes which is disappointing given their pedigree. Dorn's second try , from a grubber kick was brilliant. Fev carved through us twice easily in he centres, scoring one.
Surprised with 1200 crowd, thought about 800 with 300 from Fev. At least our reduced gate , percentage wise, is less than some of the' heartland teams' , when you don't get the game in the season ticket, for the cup games.
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Home tie against a championship side please.
