I thought it were a really controlled performance for most of the game and its still clear to see we can do even better than this. I just hope we can make it click against a big team.
Fieldhouse went well again and is going to get a ton of tries this season. I bet he cant wait to play on a decent pitch. I thought Patto went ok and looks a bit short of confidence. Heaton looked to be carrying a knock but I think he can get better and better if he has the right coaching and could be a real handful in the centre. Maybe we have found Bowman a position after like 5 or so seasons of been on the fringe. his tackling obviously needs work but I thought he did real well with it yesterday and stood up to the task. Using Manning for most of the game in defence on that side will help him no doubt. Ball in hand we know he can play. Worrincy was his normal quality self. I still dont think he gets the credit he deserves for the amount of work he puts in. For the size of him he should always hit as hard as he did yesterday.
Im not sure what it is with Thackery. At times he looks brilliant but he bombed one try yesterday and threw out a number of awful passes. He just seems to panic when he is under pressure and needs to learn to have a bit more composure because if he had the same presence as say Ben Black he could be fantastic at this level. Murrell is quality not much more to say. Handforth looks a different player and has been one of our best all season.
Ambler was quiet but that is no surprise really but has been great all season. Tonks looked like a man possesed and was a tower of strength. Manning was a machine as usual. I didnt notice Casey or Ashall were playing tbh.
On the bench I thought Sheriffe had his best game for us and to be honest he probably did deserve dropping as he hasnt been all that good. Divorty had a steady game again that was to be expected. I thought Robbo got through a lot of work and Barlow also had his best game for us this season.