63' FLANAGAN - SHOW AND GO - YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!

missed conv ... so after swintons try and conv we are level pegging 22-22

68' Great defence yet again as Bradford force a knock on to regain possession on their 30m ... down to the last 10

71' INTERCHANGE - Hamlett is off and Sam Smith is on ... don't have money on my mind et al

72' Swinton are awarded a penalty and move into Bradford's half ... drop goal???

oh testicles ...73' Try Swinton - Lloyd scores in the corner.

no conv? .. 22-26

few mins left ... Swinton are gonna take the spoils

ft .. 22-26

a year out with no contact games is gonna hurt for the players involved ... so good warm up, result really doesn't matter although being a fan any loss hurts

did we really have a 27 man squad for the game and all had hit out?

Thought we looked OK. Obviously all the changes affected cohesion, particularly on our right edge where we were caught out a few times.

Quite a few forwards carrying some excess weight.

We looked comfortable until all the changes and the academy lads took to the field. Some poor misses in defence which need tightening up. Good to get a hit out and no injuries is always the main thing.

Need to learn how to defend 40-20s.
Brough looks good and you could tell the lack of communication when he went off. Think he could do some damage for us this year.
Thought Lilley was quite poor.

Swinton always a tough team and unsurprising the academy lads struggled. Hopefully some of the lads who missed this week are back for Keighley and we get a more consistent line up.

First and foremost, I’m glad the Bulls are back playing after so long away. That was a long stretch to withstand without any team to support.

We looked OK in the first 40 mins when we had pretty much our starting 13 playing. As others have said, we fell away quite a bit in the final quarter. The result really doesn’t matter as we need to give everyone a run out but I felt we should have been strong enough to win the game. On to the Keighley game next week!

Yeah clearly once you get past the first 17 we have a bit of a drop in quality. Thought some of the regulars looked sharp like Pickersgill, Oakes and Flanagan.

Scurr looked decent when he came on. The new winger Wallis was OK and Hamlett in the centres was alright in the first half. Dawson Jones looked good.

Agree about Lilley who was off it. The yellow card was needless and the rest of his game wasn't great.

Ant Walker looked alright but I was surprised how fat he was. He's not going to survive on the field with the new rules in that condition.

Useful run out for everyone.

with the 27 man squad and all getting game time its just what it is ... a chance for full contact again

here here to ddooooommmmmmms sentiments ie a long time without being able to support the lads.

sorry not up to speed but what new rules

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Quote ="ChinaBull"sorry not up to speed but what new rules'" https://www.rugby-league.com/article/57 ... he--season

cheers ... no scrums understandable due to covid, thank god no 2 point drop outside 40 ... we'll heading to the union game *yawn*

actually looking at that twitter photo at the end of the game, all players are carrying excess timber. again understandable

The six again rule will really expose those players who aren't fit.

Imo that 6 again rule wasn’t used at all today

Well it was from what I saw.

the amount of laying on Swinton we’re doing and to be honest poor errors on our part

Having taken time time to read and digest the state of the comments on here and across social media, im left with 2 main questions.

1. Did the people commenting actually watch the game.

2. Do people realise its a pre season game having not played for 12 months.

Some off the stuff ive read is nothing short of embarrassing. So called fans have no f***ing idea.

Decent run out for a friendly and an entertaining game. Flanagan is still a very important member of this team. His go forward from hb is first class. Mick mentioned a middle player from a superleague team coming to us. My guess is its Adam Tangata.