Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:58 pm  

It's a game of small margins, twice back to back tries for us too. It's a momentum thing.

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:59 pm  

Rochdale stuffing Dewsbury 22-0!
So our next game isnt going to be easy

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:00 pm  

Other HT scores

Halifax 6 Fev 16
Oldham 4 Sheffield 6
Rochdale 22 Dewsbury 0
Swinton 16 London 10

Looks like we'll be 14 points behind Rochdale, the team that we seem to be thinking we might catch.

Lose to them next week and we'd be 16 points behind. Yikes!

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:07 pm  

Just what hull KR needs today. More decisions.

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:07 pm  

Smack him Jimmy wrote:

But didnt put his flag up immediately! cos he wasnt sure; Ref was going to give it - then Linesman belatedly puts flag up??


- dont disagree that was wrong decision - but that didnt rob HKR of any points did it?

Well that we'll never know, but rovers have scored pretty much every time we've got near the line - a penalty would have put us on your line. Bradford deserve a lot of credit for their performance so far though, they've slowed the game and look good near our line. The championship is certainly a lot slower then SL, and we are gonna have to get use to that.

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:08 pm  

Very happy with this. Didn't have a team 3 weeks ago. Got a lot of young kids playing here. And they have showed up really well. Effort is there and I feared an absolute pasting in the first half when I saw the teamsheets.

Bradford have made 4 errors with an 86% completion rate. Not bad from a young side with hardly any pre-season and 4 lads who are new this week to the team.

One key moment in the game has changed the tide and that was the Macani disallowed try. That would have put us at 16/18 points. And got the ball back. But good effort from the lads!

Smack Him Jimmy - no game will be easy for us mate haha!

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:15 pm  

Hull KR score through James Greenwood. Ellis converts.

Hull KR then break through with quick play Moss backs up. Gives it to Heffernan who is brought down. Crossfield kick is tapped back by Shaw but ref calls a knock on from Thomas.

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:16 pm  

JJR puts a good tackle in and Hull KR drop the ball. Scrum for Bradford.

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:20 pm  

moxi1 wrote:

Well that we'll never know..

Yes we do know, That specific decision if it had gone your way was worth zero points; yes you could have gone on to score, but that specific wrong decision cost you nothing. Period.
However the wrong decision against us cost us at least 4 points. Simple.

You will go on to win as expected, but wrong decisions dont help either of our teams.
I've got nothing against HKR, they have several good (ex-Bradford) players.

Another two HKR tries since second half kicked off.

42-12

Re: Round 1 vs. Hull KR - Game Thread : Sun Feb 05, 2017 4:20 pm  

Inside ball to Quinlan who breaks, draws Thomas and passes to Ellis who scores and converts.

Hull KR 42-12 Bradford.