keighley 34-12 bradfordbulls.

Craig Moss try. Dubious pass in build up. Linesman almost gave but decided against. Lawton conversion.

Wow our academy side can't compete with the Co-Operative Championship 1 team :/

keighley 40-12 bradfordbulls.

James Feather try. Conv by Lawton.

Why?

Not because of the Leeds result is it?

I think it's the physical aspect really. That's why alot of academy players go out on loan

Good point. Remember Cru didn't have Scifkofski, Mellers or Sammut in the team.

No just think they will both struggle. Who would you predict?

Wakey and Quins.




Leeds we're without JJB, Bailey, Hauraki who hopefully will all be playing against you guys in Cardiff.

"Wakey and Quins"

Yeah Quins will be down there too. It's probably a three way tie!

good point but it will be a good game in Cardiff

But you havn't got your jammy git McGuire

keighley 46-12 bradfordbulls.

Gavin Duffy try after Finigan slipped. Came after a tackle which was after hooter. Drake conv. Full time.

Id even throw Catalans in the mix. The have lost a few important guys.



Or JP



But Leeds looked to have created a lot of chances tonight, 32-0 and bombed a few. We'll be alright without McGuire, luckily Leeds have had a full pre season to mold Sinfield into a stand off (even though he had the qualities before hand).

Pre season results mean nothing. Even if Leeds would have got beaten 32-0 tonight it would have meant nothing.

I agree with you tbh. Just looking forward to seeing us play Wakey on sunday

Men vs boys.

Not much to say about our lot, Burgess made good metres, crookes looked better than the rest.

Keighley were well drilled, error free and their forwards dominated ours - you could see the size difference before kick off.

Not sure if our lads will have gained much from that

Apparently only Burgess and Crossley matched them physically. Good to see Demitriou has done work on the errors and the pack as I feel that is where they went wrong last year. I do believe that our boys would have learnt something from the game even if its just about positioning.

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New players, new coach, different team.

Sykes will not play 6 for us again. We won't have Sheriffe or Worrincy in the team, we won't have to be forced to play the youngest second-row partnership in SL ever. We won't chuck a young centre in if his winger can't defend.

Results from last year mean nack all. New Team pal

I know. I think Bradford will go a lot better this year (although IMO Worrincy was your best player in the second game

). Just questioning the OP's seemingly random prediction.

Agree about the men vs. boys comparison. Size difference was clear for all to see. Even with that though, we were our own worst enemies. A LOT of errors, which you could put down to cold hands (as it was absolutely freezing) but Keighley didn't drop it nearly that much.

Thought Rob Hawthorne had a good game at right centre, but apart from him, I struggle to find someone to pick out. We never looked in the game and all three of our tries took some individual skill to score, nothing really came from good teamwork.

Not a good outing from our boys, but hard to put into proper perspective when they were clearly outmatched physically and experience wise.

I did hear a Cougars fan as I was leaving, seriously telling her friend "I'd be worried if I were a Bradford fan after that". Apparently not grasping the fact that it was miles away from our first team.

The defence from 2 & 3 was (imo) apalling.

Crookes would be the one i'd pick out.

I thought the opposite of Hawthorne (who was 3). He made some belting tackles on much bigger men than him in the first half.

Only just seen this, but thanks for the offer anyways. Luckily my 3G held up nicely!

Could be the brother of the Bulls fan who wrote Leeds off after our second team lost to Fev

As a Dewsbury Fan, what i saw of Bradford last week i don't think any Bulls fan has to worry about the new season.
You seem to have got rid of the dead wood like worrincy. I think you'll finish in the top 4.
But i don't think your academy is as good as other seasons though.
Your academy in the past have always given the Rams a close game in our annual pre season game, but it sounds like Keighley have given your youngsters a bit of a thumping tonight.