Always thought we were capable of turning KR over today. We got off to a fantastic start that set us up well for the rest of the game. Very happy with the solid defensive display in the second half. We barely touched the ball in their half from the 40th to the 65th minute and weathered the storm very well. That for me is the difference this year. We targeted Alex Brown down the left side all day. His positioning for each score was poor and he was the weak link in the KR squad.

We were unlucky to get 40 points with Fosters bombed try and the missed conversions. Can't complain though as we still remain in third position. Big game next week against the Dragons. Another big test for this squad.

My only concern is the injuries. Lulia and Donaldson look to be the casualties this week.

What did they have on offer?

Chicken masala, rice and samosa £4.

Great performance, especially in the 1st half. Thought Scruton was immense in his first stint and Olbison stood out too. Great stuff. It's a shame we bombed it last week, as we would be 2nd, but hey, who thought we would have been 3rd! Brilliant.

Best team won.well done guys !!

No complaints whatsoever,good luck for the rest of the year !

Thought we did v well today. The attack in the first half was great. HKR made a more of a fight of it in the second half when we couldn't get our hands on the ball.

Thought the forwards did well considering the players missing. I was pleased to see Donaldson looking fully recovered from his head knock at the end. Lulia was struggling though!

Olbison did very well taking the ball up. He made a few good sidesteps and made good ground. O'Briens tackle on Burns was quite something. Good to see Purtell ease back in.

Thought Thaler had a decent game as ref. No real baffling decisions, quite a contrast with Roby!

Thanks for your support!!! Very greatly received

Lulia has a dead leg according to the T&A and Donno seemed fine after the match. Hopefully not too long an injury for Lulia, but I guess on the plus side we may have players coming back next week (Blythe, Langley....).

I thought we played well today, great to see Purts and Bateman back. Although Purts was quiet, I thought Bateman had a good game. Tom Olbison deserved man of the match too, great performance from him.

Was saying to those nearby today, Olbison has come on no end. Great game today, some great footwork and he's really matured as a player. I remember chatting to him at a Bullbuilder event a couple of years ago, when he was hopeful of just getting some first team games under his belt. Said at the time really nice, decent lad, so dead chuffed for him.

Him and Scrutes had pretty good games. Great to see Bateman and especially Purts back. He must have been uplifted by the reaction of the crowd. Was encouraging that we continue to look far better at creating tries than we have done for quite some time, and our defence more solid too. Good all-round team effort, against an admittedly good-in-parts but otherewise disappointing HKR side. Not sure where they'd be without Dobson.

See the sodding injury musical chairs continues. Lulia has to be a serious doubt for France, I suspect? I see above that Donno seemed OK, although Kearney took several knocks and was limping (again) a lot. Worrying. Thought we'd lost Whitehead too at the end, when he made a barnstorming tackle from half way down the field...on the upright post pad. Seemed to be OK though.

The next three weeks are scary though, with Cats away then two away and one home game in 8 days (fekking absolute madness IMO). We need some bodies back, because thge rate we are going with injuries I dread to think who'll be fit to make the trip to London.

But, for now, third still (on points difference) is quite amazing, and a far better place to go into the mad mad period than where probably most people expected us to be right now.

I think Addy is developing into an excellent and versatile player. When we get Gal back I think e need to give him the Loose Forward position. Great all round team performance today. Well done Lads and especially to Purts, welcome back.

I guess Walker may be back next week and I don't know the magnitude of Blythe and Langley's injuries. Keith only has a dead leg (it could have been worse) and says on twitter that he's hopeful of playing next week. Hope BK is ok as well but not surprised he takes all these knocks with the amount of work he puts in.

I understand Blythe was touch and go for this match so he might be back for France.

Good to hear. Could cover for Lulia if he's out injured.

Are we really that far from being at full strength now? As far as I can remember, we only have Gale, Platt and Evans as long term absentees. Two of those would struggle to be in the 17 anyway.
All our other injuries seem to be only minor. Hopefully we can get some bodies back just in time for the Easter schedule to screw us up again

I believe Ben Evans could return in a few weeks time. Blythe, Walker and Langley all seem to have minor knocks, so hopefully they'll be back for Catalans. Just hope Lulia's injury isn't too long term and hopefully Donno is OK too.

If he's back then I'd give Evans a run out against Salford, but tbh the guy has never even played a SL game before and if Langley is back fit I'd rather have him as our fourth prop.
Is Evans eligible for our under 19s? Either that or a few games at Dewsbury I guess.

Cant complain at all about this team, 3rd in the league, 2nd best attack, and we have played the teams who will be fighting it our for the playoffs and we have beat them aswel as the run away leaders hudds. 35 pd behind wigan but they have played the whipping boys (salford and london), but 11pd ahead of wire not bad for a team down to the bones with injuries and a small squad.

Very happy with today. Olbison produced some nice footwork. Scruton looks like he could be knocking on the England door this year, being immense (Although with Mcnamrara in charge it will go to a player who eas playing well 4 years a go like Gareth Carvell)

Bateman looks the real deal, i wouldn't be surprised if he plays in the WC final this year he's that good! Certainly no worse than JJB.

Still think we need Gale back or a full set of backs to get Addy away from 6, but apart from that a very very good win.

What's also impressive is that we've kept Hull KR, the top scorers in Super League, down to just 12 points.

Played us off the park today fellas, no complaints from me. You took advantage of us coughing up posession twice in the 1st 10 mins and never looked back. The enthusiasm shown by your pack was key and we never looked remotely interested in matching you.

Great to see Purtill come back, rapturous applause from both sets of fans. I enjoyed some good banter with some of your lot today, as it should be. Apologies for the foul mouthed oaf stood in front of me. He offended us, never mind the Bulls fans in earshot.

My thoughts as well. There now seems to be some extra depth with O'brien, Olbison, Addy,and Donaldson making huge improvements + the return of Bateman
With Diskin, Walker, Langley, Blythe, Platt, Gale and Evans out we still had a pretty strong team on the field today.

The problem with the Catalan matchs is that the Bulls usually come back with a win but the Team is busted, I remember Morro getting what we thought was a career ending injury and several others were carrying heavy knocks but the Bulls still had the spirit to win, so hopefully last years loss was a blip and the wins in Perpignan continue!

Monday mornings seem a whole lot better after a game like that. Not sure if we will be in the top four at the end of the season but for most of the game we actually looked like a team which deserves to be near the top - kept the shape well, restricted the top scoring team in the league to two tries, some nice sustained handling moves, and a good team spirit.

The only thing which was a bit disappointing was the size of the crowd, with very few away fans. After last year's crisis - small gates and the inept "fire-sale" in the store just make me hope our old friend the "cash flow" isn't a problem again.

Can't believe what's happened to the crowds

7500 for Cas game (on sky so that didn't help)
8000 and a bit for saints game (city at wembley next day)
7800 for hull KR (no excuses)

Over 10,000 for first game against Wakie,don't think Wakie brought 4000,so where have our own fans gone

Could of had no team to support this season,we are joint second (for now) what do some people want

My first thoughts about the sale was that probably the new leisure wear had finally come in and they want to clear the decks?
As for the match, it was a good win against a side who have shown decent form recently and been scoring plenty of points. Great to see Purts back and definitely good to see some top notch performances from several players, too many to mention, which is terrific to be able to say that.

Hopefully, if our home form remains largely positive, and the weather gets a bit better/warmer the size of the crowd will take care of itself. There's no doubt, those who choose not to come are missing a treat.