Thought the three props were really good (Lynch, Kopczak and Hargreaves) it wasn't Scrutes best performance but he didn't really do anything wrong either. Diskin was excellent when you consider the game time he played today.

Agree with the Ainscough/Platt partnership looking strong, we have some good strike options on both wings now and Raynors appetite for work is excellent

The error count was worrying though and against better sides that will cost us but it was Herberts first SL game, he will settle but I think this took the pressure of the pack and it showed. Some of the ref decisions were plain wrong and allowed them back into it as they struggled to get out of their half on their own.

But there were more positives than negatives - a win, good pack performance, 40 pts

Pretty much as others are saying

Very much a work-in-progress, but a definite improvement from last week and, at the end of the day, you can only hope for a week on week improvement at this stage. So I suspect Mick Potter will be pretty pleased in the post match conference.

There were a few points where we looked like cutting loose and really putting Wakefield to the sword - only to throw it away with elementary errors and some unfathomable refereeing decisions. But the pack dominated and got through a ton of work, whilst Kearney looked dangerous every time he got the ball. Good to have plenty of pace out wide - Raynor's chase back deserved better than a try the next play!

And pleased to see Kopczak nabbing a hat trick, hopefully that will give him a the confidence boost that it sometimes seems like he needs.

Probably the one slight 'downside' was that Herbert looked very rusty, and some of his kicking was very poor. Hopefully he'll get up to speed for next week.

Ainscough has been brilliant in his first 2 games, he's electric and deserves to keep his spot on the wing. 2 tries in 2 games for him aswell. His defence has certainly got better too.

Good game. Some outstanding tries once again. I'm not sure I like this "seat of the pants" style of rugby though. What happened to route one up the middle? Oh the good old days...
Ainscough and Raynor were both outstanding, two pacy wingers both hungry for work? What's that all about?
And the forwards dominated just about every collision. Well played Koppy for his hat trick but didn't think he was the best of the props.
Good stuff. Roll on Hudds next week - that will be a proper test to see where we are. We will not be able to afford as many errors against them.

Much improved from last week. Defence was excellent for large parts of the game, and our forwards completely dominated. We'll still need to keep improving, especially with Hudds up next.

Lynch was absolutely outstanding, got through more work than it shuold be possible for 1 prop to do! Made huge metres and gave some great offloads.

There was some entertaining rugby played today. Ainscough's break down the wing was great to watch - haven't seen wing play like that at Odsal in a long time. Hugged the touchline, and had the strength to stay in the field of play at the end of it. I like Ainscough's style of play - he just never stops twisting & turning in the tackle and it makes it hard for the opposition to stop him.

The Royston try from Kearney's chip was outstanding. And so was Kearney for most of the game. Apart from a couple of poor kicks in the last 10 minutes he didn't put a foot wrong. I think once we have Briggs back then the combos between 1, 6, 7 & 9 will be a joy to watch. Royston will find it hard to get in the side, but with how he played today he'll be making people fight for their place. He's there chasing every kick and waiting behind the ball carrier time & time again.

I think we've found our wingers in Raynor & Ainscough too - both have real pace and any defensive 'issues' Ainscough had are long gone imo. He's done ver well when he's been outnumbered - not committing himself too early and most of the time making the tackle.

Herbert was rusty, but thats expected. It helped to have somebody on the pitch capable of some good quality long passes though (and those great short ones).

Addy made a real impact when he came on early in the 1st half. That offload for Koppy's 2nd try (I think) was awesome.

Olbison deserves a mention too - he doesn't look fazed by SL at all and showed us why Mick Potter had the faith to give him his first start.

Platty played well again - but that goes without saying lately. He's developed into a good centre, and a very consistent player.

What about taking the Lee kick on the full in the second half with the sun in his face = AMAZING.

That was excellent.

Not looking to criticise ex players, but can you imagine any of our wing options from last season doing that? Or the Raynor chase back, or Ainscough's break down the wing.

Ainscough & Raynor are both looking like very good signings and we are alot stronger out wide than last season.

Did Addy come on at hooker? He seemed to do some damage there, unless it was someone else.

Yeah.

He made a real impact straight away today.

Any of the Wakey players stand out in a beaten side?

Morro, balls up aside.

Still a bit scrappy but we're getting there. Lots of errors at the beginning of the second half may have been punished by a better side but the goal line defence looked better. As has been said Kopczak had a good game for his three tries but I thought Lynch and Hargreaves were equally if not more impressive.

Diskin was very good indeed around the ruck, what a great signing he's looking. The wingers too are beginning to bed in nicely. They're both improving with each performance. Great to see us with genuine pace out wide.

It'll be a lot tougher versus Hudders who are a well drilled side that don't make many errors so we'll need to step up for next week. Having said that we're on the up and we're much more enjoyable to watch. The build up that led to the Olbison try was superb as was the Kearney kick to Raynor for Royston's first. What a difference to last season so far!

As for Wakey it looks like a long season for them. They never gave up but look to lack a bit of firepower out wide in the centres or with a wide running second row. I do like the look of Luke George on the wing tho.

Have to say, he can carry that weight well, good job from the big fella tonight.

There's a thread on Wakey's board saying there were never 12,000 today.

We had it from Radio Leeds for the Wigan game.

Are Opposition fans jealous or does the sheer size of the bowl make the crowd seem smaller?

There was easily 12000 there. How would a bunch of fans from miles away that turn upto Odsal once a year know what 12k looks like?

I actually thought there was more than 12k today. Anyway i wish we would get the ball out wide to Ainscough and Raynor more, theyve got speed to burn so lets use it.

Tommy Lee had his moments with the high bombs as did Ben Gledhill and Paul Johnson who never stopped going forward.

Josh Griffin went 90m before a superb try saving tackle from Raynor.

12,000+ there

I thought there was more that 12k as well I though more 13k but still a good crowd and the atmosphere is returning!

Raynor and Ainy are speedsters! I was gutted for Raynor when he chased back to stop that intercept but they scored after!

IMO, Raynor should have held Griffin down and took the 10 minutes for a proffessional foul. At least he'd allowed his team the chance to get back and the chance to stop a try.

It was great to hear "COME ON YOU BULLS" reverberating around the old girl today.

We needed more than just Raynor, Ainscough and Platt back for the Luke George try which was a walk in but credit to Raynor for making the effort because I'll tell you something if that happend last year not one player would have chased back to stop the try.

Nice to see Shad Royston scoring for you. Something he did for fun when playing for Fax.

27 tries last season for you guys, he's a special player.

I hope he gets 27 for us this year.

He's already on three after four games so it's looking good.

He makes up for his size in his ever present support play.