Positives for me. We went toe to toe with the best side in the division and on another day may have nicked a result. Think we need a full strength side to do that realistically but I thought pretty much everyone gave 100%. Scurr in particularly in the forwards looked good.
Where we fell down a bit was our last tackle options. In the first half we handed the ball over on the 5th far too many times. It was as if John Kear had given us the gameplan but from Greenwood's after match comments I think it was the players losing track of the tackle count and not being composed. Thought we dropped the ball too much in the second half when we had a long period where we had the upper hand. If you don't take your opportunities you can expect to be punished. The Arundal no-try was a difficult one to see properly. They should've had another but Holmes put in a try saver. Fev made plenty of yards up the field but seemed to lack ideas near the line.
For us apart from Scurr I thought DFJ had a good game and wasn't exposed on the wing, Lilley tried hard and Lawrence put in is his usual faultless performance. England played well apart from one arm grab tackle that nearly let Fev in for a try. Was a bit concerned by Appo's performance as he seemed to be running the ball in at 50% and looked off the pace. Maybe not fit.
The less said about the trouble in the crowd the better but let's just say it's not a surprise is it?
