Totally dominant display and considering that it was the first run out they looked sharper than I can recall at this stage of the season for a long time. All the pack looked good with a number of bone crunching hits in D and Brandon Douglas looking a real handful driving the ball in. Same across the backline with a lot of fast hands and movement. Zac took a bit of a knock and Salty had a slight hamstring pull but both stayed on and looked okay.

Played some good stuff against a mediocre Cougars. Douglas played like a man on fire, big hits and strong carries and was my M.O.M. Joufrett just carried on from last season. Mcomb brought what he does, 100%effort enthusiasm and carried strongly. The new lads all showed up pretty well. Salty managed some walk ins and when confronted with a 40 m clear run decided his hamstring might hurt.!!The backs looked pretty solid and with Calcott back should have a very competitive pack. The captaincy seemed to bring the best out of Crooks, a good decision I think. Not sure swapping positions of JWH and Joufrett brings the best out of the team, a work in progress? The line speed was much improved from last season which was good to see. All in all a good day at the office for our new coach.

Any truth in James Lowes there as number 2 ?

Managed to watch it on a livestream from keighley ( unfortunately halifax decided not to tell us about that , infact they don't communicate a great deal at the moment) might do this next bit as a mick gledhill parody A gigantic performance from the unstoppable Bradford Douglas, i mean Brandon ( although he once visited the alambra theatre i believe) The ex Bradford stalwart james saltairestall romping home with 4 barnstorming tries . Ex Bradford talisman Thornton rd hooker adam obrien setting the tempo for a ten try romp . All in all a satisfying performance for kyle eastmonds men albeit against a school aged keighley side with no first team players whatsoever on the pitch .

https://youtu.be/PuyyUbjFI1s?si=SmHxcIBvP74KsBrL

https://youtu.be/PuyyUbjFI1s?si=SmHxcIBvP74KsBrL