Our pack was superb today. It completely dominated the KR pack and they never got anywhere near the game.

Rovers fans were complaining about the referee. No doubt Child caned them, but it was purely down to some quite awful discipline. They got walloped in the penalty count and it could have been a hell of a lot more. If I were a coach in charge of a team with discipline like that, I'd have been absolutely fuming.

The one decision I thought they had right to be peeved at though was our last try. How was that pass from Whitehead not called forward?

Oh and I completely missed what Webster was sent off for as I was looking at the clock at the time!

Looked a mile forward but we're due some luck.

Pretty bad head high tackle on Donaldson. The Hull KR players seemed intent on injuring somebody towards the end so I am glad Child had the balls to send him off.

Firstly, the thing that pleased me most today was the defence - absolutely top notch.

Secondly our pack - It dominated theirs for just about the full 80 and Scrutons hit in the first 15 inutes was superb.

Worrincy has been given the kick up the backside he needed and he has responded well. Good work in defence made a good break and didn't look out of his depth. How good is Elliott Whitehead though? This guy is going to be world class, excellent work rate in defence, great first try. MoM by far for me.

Nobody had a bad game today and I have no complaints. Sheriffe's finishing is alot better and we are playing well from 1-17.

Starting to look very daft letting Macca go isn't it, when he's building such a special team.

As Hood said in the programme, it wasn't a case of letting him go. McNamara has had this ambition for some time now and he effectively made the boards mind up for them by signing the England contract before the board had chance to offer him one.


As you say, we have a special team, which I believe will continue to be special under our new coach.

I dunno...pee last week, clock this week...!



Outrageous high shot on Whitehead.

Back end of the game, their discipline went to pieces and I was sure they were going to badly injure someone.

To all the armchair experts from other clubs who rubbished our "lightweight" pack earlier on - you were saying? Totally dominant today against a supposedly immense pack.

The firmer pitches are clearly suiting us, and moving Kearney to full back has been crucial. Our defence was nothing short of outstanding! Soaked up all the pressure from them, then when we had our chances we took them. It got a bit dour in the middle, but we were just grinding out the sets and wearing them down. And the last quarter was electric.

Very very pleased today. 1-17 can hold their heads high - they deserve it.

The board have been extremely naive to not give Macca a contract before England came calling. After backing him through the period of turbulence and trauma, why let him slip through the grasp now.

Also 5 points clear of Leeds

Arent Leeds on 11 and us on 15.

Personally im not interested in where Leeds are just where Bradford are and any problems we may have.

Check again...

I'm sure that Leeds were only mentioned as a consequence of their being the side directly outside the play-off spots.

i agree, it doesnt really matter where leeds are in the table...but you cant tell me that your smile doesnt stretch half a centimetre further because of it?

Not many bad things from the rovers fans today either..oh apart from trying to climb over the turnstyles without paying and throwing a bottle of beer at police who asked someone to move his van.

JT i love seeing Leeds lose and as i won my bet at work makes it even better but Leeds will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season so not too interested about there league position.

Thoroughly enjoyed the game today, it was great not to panic. Well done lads and as Oliver once said, can we have more




Not that I am greedy mind

absolutely right mate, but how much sweeter will it be when we beat them in the grand final?...ok, i had better take my anti-delusion pills before i completely loose control!!

What a brilliant, brilliant performance.
From 1 to 17, I haven't seen a complete 80 minute performance from the Bulls quite like that in a long, long time.
I think Scruton's enormous hit early on summed up the entire match perfectly - they just couldn't handle us at all.
Whitehead was simply immense, completely faultless in defence, making good yard with his drives, and running some brilliant lines that saw him make 2 clear breaks. He also sold Briscoe one of the best dummies I've seen this year. Well worth his MOTM award.

Every one of them really stepped up today, we scored some brilliant tries and they just had no answer to it.

Also need to mention Nero's incredible volley when Lynch was put under pressure and chipped the ball over to him. I've never seen that happen before and probably never will!

Really hope we can build on this now and really put it to Crusaders up in Scotland.

An excellent performance from 1-17 but particularly the pack who absolutely bossed them. Is there a better front row out there currently playing better than Scruton, Le Strange and Lynch or for that matter a better young second row than Whitehead and Donaldson? That Menzies bloke is ok too!

Before any HKR fans point it out though, I thought that Childs had a poor game and that we were the beneficiaries of some wrong decisions. That said, HKR didn't help themselves with their discipline around the PTB and it was nice to be stood with some opposition fans who acknowledged this and were even gloomier than half the Bulls fans have been in the last few years.

Can only echo comments from others. Best 80 min performance in a long time.

Orford ran it ( Great signing ). Kearney has that touch of class at fullback. Forwards dominated. Great defence.

Scruton's hit on Clinton was an absolute monster worth the admission price.

I thought crowd give Worrincy too much stick though. I mean some of them wanted him to be involved in every tackle, getting involved in tackles he shouldn't. I mean his main problem has been being sucked in by opposition players and flying out of the line. Today he stuck to his job especially in defence.

Hull KR never really showed up and were just well beaten. Suprised at how little they offered really, but only had dobson in a creative role it seemed. I said straight away it was a red card. It wasn't the worst i've seen, but he didn't get stepped or anything. Just a bad high shot.

NOW I'M REALLY WORRIED, Great scoreline.

A Leigh fan.

If you had seen the game you would be REALLY, REALY worried

If we played like that week in week out, you should be . . . . . . but we don't, so you've no need to



Looking forward to seeing your guys on Thursday nights SKY game. It'll be interesting to see how you're currently playing.

thanks Guys, the only person I'm pleased for is Robbie Paul, i bet he's really 'made up' with this fixture. I went to Wakefield last season in the challenge cup on a friday night, and we lost 54-0 !!!! Bradford have provided the most enjoyable moment for me on SKY this year, that LATE win against Wigan !!

p.s.
Who is favourite/who would you fans like (apart from brian noble) to replace Steve McNamara next season.
Not seen any 'speculation' as to who it might be. Now you are 'back on track' this season, this is one BIG decision.

Pretty sure the high shot was on Donaldson not Whitehead, could tell due Donaldson wearing deacs old scrum cap! TBF to donaldson he jumped straight back up and I didnt think it would be a red, my first impression was that it was a tired and lazy arm whilst he was being stepped by Donaldson. I'll have to see it again to see what the ref saw.

The ref wasn't great today, but most of Hull KR's problems were self inflicted I reckon, poor disipline and poor control of the ball = many penalties.

And I definatly agree with your last sentance. Oh and McNamara or the "highly rated" (tm) Justin Morgan? No contest today.