If my maths is correct, one more win should confirm our playoff place. We are 3 points ahead of Widnes in 4th place and 4 points ahead of York, Sheffield and Fev. We could still snatch 2nd place from Toulouse if some of these fixtures go our way.

Bradford fixtures: Batley (H), Halifax (A) & Swinton (H)
Widnes fixtures: Doncaster (A), Toulouse (H) & Barrow (A)
York fixtures: Wakefield (A), Sheffield (A) & Fev (H)
Fev fixtures: Sheffield (H), Dewsbury (H) & York (A)

a lot of wtf results today ... of course we are still chasing toulouse

Really enjoyed that game. A lot of grit in defence and we ensured that we didn't repeat past mistakes where we've let teams back into the game. The other results around us are a bonus. Looking at Toulouse's fixtures, i think we may be relying on Widnes to get one over them to give us a chance of second place. (Although with the mix of results this year, who knows what will happen).

already said .. look after ourselves .. forget the table ... but today just felt controlled and we really werent under pressure soaking up what they threw at us

3 games .. 3 results (hopefully) .. shudda kudda wudda this season, lets have a good run in

Huge two points. With Fev & Widnes losing, that gives us some breathing space between those below us and allows us to firmly set our sights on Toulouse now. Hopefully Doro isn't too serious, otherwise I was going to say if feels different to last year where we were selecting whoever was fit and down to ourost 4 props, whereas this year we look to be getting everyone for and ready for the crunch part of the season.

Great win today.

i was in and out during the commentary ... have to (hopefully vpn working) see the game

Anyone know why Souter wasn't in the squad this week?

No, but he & Nobby had a deep & meaningful chat pre-match on the pitch before the warm-up. So - dropped? rested? minor niggle? Bit of all 3?

Has his form been that bad? By the sound of it, he really looked the part early on!

On the game, sounded like we went and got the job done. Just what we've all been calling for after some of our more questionable results.

I also thought it was good we finished strongly. This suggests the fitness levels and freshness in the squad at at good levels, which will be a huge positive come the play-offs.

It would be really nice to finisg the best of the rest and secure second wouldn't it!

Ott's been getting more game time of late and has been doing well. If I've got a criticism of Souter it's that he does give away the odd penalty. Souter's played a lot of minutes so maybe this is part of the plan to have him freshened up a bit. Hooker is the toughest position on the field fitness wise so it makes sense to share the burden.

I doubt Souters been dropped. Maybe they've been happy with Otts form, decided to go with 4 big men on the bench and give Souter a bit more time off with the minutes limit in mind.

O'Carroll said weeks ago that Souter would need to miss some matches because of the minutes limit for a player his age - so I guess this is the reason he didn't play. Anyway, it's great to have two more than useful hookers available once again in the camp.

Indeed. Both Souter and Ott are a massive upgrade on GFS.

I see Taufua has been banned for a late hit, think that’s his fourth ban this season, 2 games ☹️

Not the one on Welham surely?

didnt taufua get banned for a hair pull? ... what about the last tackle of the game, not a hair pull?

The first one, no. The second one was more marginal

Is it the one where Welham flings the ball into touch? I can't recall any other late hit.

Even then it's a great tackle. Welham just flings the ball into touch, if he actually caught the ball it would have been bang on.

I see Tafua has picked up another 2 game ban. Watched it on the replay and he rushes in to close down Welham, not high but it was aggressive. Is this really where we are as a sport?

The tackle technique looks identical to the one in the Donny game on Lilley, except he held onto the ball rather than throwing it to nobody. How that is worth of a 2 match ban.. I doubt the Bulls will appeal as they will want Tafua available for the play offs.

Game's gone!

Very interesting point. The lack of consistency is frustrating.

Jayden Myers penalised today for a big tackle that was milli seconds late due to the offload. Looks like he will be the next player to be banned, hope he doesn't miss any play off games for that though, that really would be harsh.