Oakes too

Bulls name their squad for clash with the Eagles:

Evans in for Mustapha would be the only change I'd make to the 17 - injuries permitting.

I see Fleming got a one match ban so he'll miss the Leigh game.

Hopefully Scurr back for the Leigh game. If not maybe West Bowling can loan us a prop who will do just a good job as Flemming. Hes a liability.

Does anybody know how far away Kibula is from playing?

Think he is down to play against Midland Hurricanes next Saturday.

Would make sense ease him back in

Elliot Kear
Matty Dawson-Jones
Rhys Evans
Kieron Gill
Ryan Miller
Dec Patton
Billy Jowitt
Anthony Walker
George Flanagan
Steve Crossley
Brad England
AJ Wallace
Tom Doyle

Cory Johnson
Dan Fleming
Ben Evans
Jordan Baldwinson

I would go for this tomorrow give miller a run out against his old club see how he gets on and gives us chance to access best combo for big test against Leigh the week after.

Conditions could play a part in today’s game. 40mph winds and rain forecast for 3pm. Bring on summer rugby!

Respect to anyone stood in that on the terracing, probably see some snow as well knowing Odsal!

Fairly similar 17 as last week with the exceptions of B.Evans in for Mustapha, MDJ moving to FB and Millar comes in on the wing. No Elliot Kear today.

Dawson-Jones
Foggin-Johnston
R. Evans
Gill
Millar
Patton
Jowitt
Walker
Flanagan
Crossley
England
Wallace
Doyle

Johnson
B. Evans
Fleming
Baldwinson

Looking forward to seeing (well hearing) how Millar gets on. Always liked him at Sheffield. Hopefully he plays as well for us too.

Is this being broadcast on radio anywhere?

Mixlr - West Yorkshire Rugby League

I wouldn’t bother we are a woefully midtable team who can’t even take a kickoff

Wow. All lasts weeks good work completely thrown away.

Felt bad for giving it a miss due to the weather.

Great job by the lads to make it a worthwhile decision.

If we’re conceding 4 tries at home, in awful conditions, against bang average teams then we’re in for an absolute hammering against Leigh & Fev.

Well, that was dreadful.

Welp, that was utterly awful. Awful weather (I can not feel my toes still), awful attitude from the bulls, Odsal looks awful, crowd numbers (unsurprisingly) awful. It was just awful. I cannot think of anything good to take from today. It was dire. I suppose the only good thing to take from it was that it was Sheffield: had it been a better team we world have been thoroughly hammered. Is that a good thing? On second thoughts, no...

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Was it a case of poor attitude? Or a case of not playing the conditions? On the radio it sounded like effort was there just very poor in game management and playing the conditions (which in still inexcusable in my eyes).

Very poor result. Expected a win here. Can't see us beating Leigh on Monday. But I hope we beat Barrow and Batley at home followed by another tough test away at Workington.

What's up with Scott? Why isn't he playing at all at the moment?

The both picky up hamstring injuries in training

About as bad as it gets. The decision to take the 2 after spending 25 mins in our own 20 metre area has to be the worst call by a coach I've ever seen. The only other time in the half we'd been in Sheffield's half we'd scored and he decides to put us back on our own goal line where we'd failed to come out of for the previous hour.

There were sets of six today where our defensive line did not advance at all. Just stood, passively. Pleased for the lads Kear let go but it's past time he followed them.

This type of result is precisely why we are still miles off challenging the top couple of teams in the league. Hugely disappointing opening home game against a fairly ordinary Sheffield outfit.

Early signs suggest it will be a similar season to last year.

As much as I like Kear I am begining to doubt his antiquated coaching methods. Very rarely any attempt for a repeat set, he would rather turn ball over in oppositions 10. His strong point has always been motivation but that effort today was woefull. Terrible line speed, no kicking game and no depth to our attack, just passing the ball flat along the line. We missed a real opportunity today to build some momentum but failed again.