Another enjoyable game.  Apart from the knock on from the kick off we started ok I thought.  At 8-0 we were in control and then for some reason switched off in defence.  The left side looked all at sea with Meadows and Gill doing a bit of ball watching.  Once the 2nd half got going after the delay to treat Matongo (how unlucky with injury is he!) we came right back into it.  Thought that a couple of refs decisions that went against us fired us up (in the right way for once).  Fulton in particular seemed to be everywhere.

Losing Lawrence in the warm up seemed to inspire a few, Ronan Michael did a massive shift and I thought Mason and Bayliss were influential.  I thought Bayley Liu was a bit unfortunate to be dropped to the bench given recent form but he looked strong when he came on.


Not sure of why Peposhi was sin-binned for a head clash.  If an opponent ducks into the tackle a split second before contact that's on him surely?  Either way it didn't matter thankfully.  Lilley had another good game and his pass to send Okunbor down the wing for him to back up and score was great.  The next try to Hooley was even better.  His pass to Blake and then the backing up was top class.  


Would love to keep Hooley.   While he's not as quick as Holmes he offers more as a ball player and is a bit more reliable under the kick.  It'll be a headache for the coaches to sort out when Holmes is fit.  

Well, Lui was unlucky only in that he was doing a decent job at centre, but as soon as a specialist centre became available he was back in contention with Fulton & Gee at 2nd row. And he did a good job in the pack. Definitely done enough to stay in the 17, but will require a big effort to grab a starting 2nd row spot at the moment. Gee I suppose is a possibility but Fulton is churning out 8/10 performances every week. 

I think when Fulton was ruled to have knocked on and he took exception to it his reaction was superb.  He channelled all that frustration into winning the game and that try saving tackle epitomised that approach.    Just shows that if you concentrate on rugby rather than getting into a battle with the official it has better results.  

Peposhi grade D two match ban... 

Ah.  just seen this.  Has anyone seen footage of it?  Seemed totally accidental.  Not sure what issuing a ban achieves really apart from persuading anyone wanting to sue the game that it's making efforts to respond to incidents where concussion occurs.    Whether a ban is the right thing is open for debate.

Disciplinary are all over the place to be honest. I know it a hard job as we all have different opinions on foul play. But when you look at the Liam Knight red card where he's escaped a ban because apparently he attempted to wrap his arms. Unless they're looking at a different angle, he definitely doesn't attempt to wrap. 


All season a late tackle on the passer has at least been points on your record. Toulouse man gets sin binned for hitting Featherstone player after that ball had gone. Got a sin-bin yet not even a single point on his record? 


Clash of heads has resulted in bans previously as defenders responsibility etc but that's usually if both players are upright. Matongo falls into Peposhi. Seems vehy harsh.