Having watched the game on Saturday I would like to give a well done to the team for the comeback, and getting a great result away against one of our the other supposed challengers.
First half we were shocking totally lacking in ideas and I don't think (with the exception of Wynne's break down the nearside) we broke their line at any point. We lacked punch up front, made silly errors (Chrimes tho he did redeem himself) and really didn't trouble the Newcastle defence. They looked comfortable at half time.
Total switch at half time, we looked much better in the 2nd half, more lively and had much more go-forward and we started well, put them on the back foot they never recovered, for as good as we were in the 2nd half, Newcastle were very ordinary, they took the foot off the gas and thought we were out of it. We scored some great tries, Hedges pass to Tali was a highlight, and Kes deserved his try for the way he took the second half by the scruff of the neck. Beharrell played Flynn off the park.
We got outta jail on Saturday we won't be as lucky going forwards, it also looks like we lost a few to injuries, if Howden's knee has gone again we need to move quickly to find a quality 6 (not a DR one) as its such a pivotal position.
I was pleasantly surprised with the result, but it hasn't allayed all my reservations regarding DR as yet.
(Hope I didn't change my mind too much for RichardC......apprently I insulted him on facebook...Carl told me so).
