Back in the eight, and our highest points total against a SL side since... ?

Defensively we were shocking at times but thankfully we built up a big enough margin to still get the win. To concede 32 points and at the same time have enough possession to score 46 at home will not please Potter.

The two points are in the bag though and that is the main thing. Big improvement needed for the next few games in June though, hopefully we will improve.

We miss Langley for his workrate in defence, however the players we had available should have been capable of putting in a much better defensive effort than they did.

Some sublime attacking in the first half, some of the best attacking rugby i have seen from the bulls in 2012.

On the back of that, there was some woeful defending. I might be a little too critical here, but i thought all the Cas tries were poor and could have been easily avoided!

IMO, Cas only had 2 players worth writing home about, Chase and their prop (no 10). A very average side who should not have scored 30+ points.

2 points needed after this weekends results. Extra defense training this week please Mr P.

Seem to have gone from brilliant defence & very little attack.. to brilliant attack, poor defence. Nice to see them score some tries though & we have 2 crucial points.

Lets hope they work on the defence this week though because against saints if we defend like tonight we'll be in trouble.

Kearney's 2 tries were nothing short of class, Bateman did really well for his and Ainscoughs 3 tries were pretty quality too

Mind you so was Lulias.

Tbh there was only Chase's 1st try which was class for them. All others were from silly mistakes or not reading an easy play.

If you kept the Wino's out of the top 8 I'd donate more money to your cause.

Considering we lost 5 players last week, the Purtell situation, the carry on in the T and A plus the Bateman to Wire stuff I think the players deserve a lot of credit. The right hand side was a mess in defence and we desperately need Langley back to stiffen up the ruck area but we overcame a crisis in the second half and got the 2 points.

Kearney gives a cutting edge and Gale looked better but I have to say having him, Platt, Ainy all defending right of the ruck is not a good idea.

Kearney is a different class, despite some occasional suggestions that we can do without him; yesterday illustrated we can't.

Offensively Ainscough offers a good carry and energy; defensively he is absolutely horrendous.

That all said, a good win and a game 12 months ago we would have lost (and did).

Plaudits once again to Mick Potter in the face of significant adversity.

Under the circumstances I was very happy for us to get the points, with the injuries and off the field problems I was worried that we might slip up yesterday.

Kearney was quality, looks like he's hitting form again and seems to be enjoying his rugby. Gale didn't impress yet again and was out-shone by Jeffries who played well, his kicking game was once again impressive.

It was good to see Ainscough getting some tries, his weaknesses are there for all to see and the reasons he will never be a top class winger, but he really does come across as a likable character and he always gives 100%.

I thought Gales long kicking game was excellent and he seemed to push us around the field well IMO

Ainscough is a poorer version of Chris Riley (and that takes some doing) but as you say, his energy goes a long way to masking over some of his obvious negatives.

Luke Gale is still adapting to the new structures. He went pretty well yesterday and shifted us around the green rectangle pretty well. I'd be more than happy to see him given a run with Sammut when he returns from injury.

Yeah no doubt Potter will go with Gale and Sammut as I presume that has been the plan all along. For me it would be a shame to see Jeffries dropped ahead of Gale. On the plus side it will make a change for us to have options at 6 and 7, that is if we can keep them all fit at the same time.

Better than last year. We still have 10 players out so a god win in hindsight. Hope we can keep it up.

With the off-field issues and the injury carnage I have to say the team really stepped up to the plate last night. Sure we shipped a few cheap tries and I am pretty certain Mr P did not tell them at half time to stand back and watch Rangi run but some great tries and they came back well at the end to close the game out.
Work still to do to get into the play-offs but at least this season we are contenders and while not 100% yet there looks to be a much better team spirit than has been evident for several seasons.

Not sure I agree with this, his defence yesterday was poor but the lad is a try machine. In any team he will always score tries.

I've seen some pretty decent defensive performances from Ainscough this year, yesterday was just a bad day, and in all honesty he wasn't the only one to make the defensive mistake!

I think Ainscough offers us more on the pitch than Kear. Kear is a still a little raw for me.

The last sentence I agree with.

I've always felt Ainscough has talent with ball in hand, I just wish his defensive characteristics were polished a little more. That said, with a stronger centre around him, who knows.

Lets not get carried away chaps, cas are a lightweight poor side at the moment. I was gutted that they scored 12pts against us...

Given the disruption I was just glad to take both points. I thought Ainey was OK, he's got so much commitment and gives his all for the cause so I'll not go overboard on his (undoubted) errors, for sure he's not the best defender in the squad but neither are the players around him to be fair.

I think Gale is improving game by game, and in case we forget, he's already missed a large portion of the season with injury, so it bodes well for the future. Kearney took his chances well and also cleared up well in defence, and there was little to complain about with anything we did with ball in hand. We were strong all across the field on attack.

Wish I could say the same about the defence, but you can't replace so many players one week to the next without it having some effect on the structures. Just hope it's patched up before Saints on Friday - Mon/Fri, who came up with that stupid idea?

Good win under the circumstances. Players coming in from the cold, new partnerships, off field worries etc. Defensively we should improve before Friday, but given the quick turn around and little option of rotation due to the mass injury list I can see us being on the end of an ugly scoreline on Friday. Hope I am wrong, but think we might get a bit of a hiding.

There is always hope, and looking at their last few results it would seem the Saints have been adopting some of our defensive patterns?

To be fair to Ainscough i don't think he was helped by Platt, one of the tries Platt did a 360 and had his back to the defence. If Ainscough was outside Lulia, his defence problems would be ironed out as Lulia is one of the best defensive centres around. His pace is a lethal weapon and gives us so many options and he runs his blood to water coming in looking for work.

Gale needs to work on his defence as he was one of the worst last night and got caught completely out of posiion (and to be fair not for the first time this year)

Kearney was class and i thought L'estrange ripped them to pieces from the ruck. Slightly disappointed as i feel 1t 22 - 4 or 34 -16 we should have kicked on and improved our points difference. Tackl bags should be out this week.

Great attacking play tonight, particularly when Kearney came in the line. Defensively we were very poor and we'll get stuffed at Saints if we defend like that.

As has been said we miss Langley's defence up the middle and we were giving cheap yards away around the ruck. On the fringes we looked weak too, Gale, Jeffries, Platt and Ainscough don't inspire great confidence. I can see Saints throwing a lot their way.

Thought L'Estrange had a great game.

That's always been the case, and is primarily why we (Wigan) let him go to Cas, and probably why Cas let him go to you. Don't expect him to change much, just hope that he scores more tries than he concedes.

Well done on pushing Leeds out of the top 8, and hope you guys do manage to survive financially!

L'Estrange, Kearney, Gale worked well together. Thought Jeffries showed some nice touches too, but we'd look better with Sammuts spark and pace.

Like others have said, in attack we were very good (especially first half) but much work needed on defence.

Thought Olby looked strong, but Sibbit looked to have gone backwards. L'Estrange ripped them to bits in his first spell but when Addy came on we lost direction (who was captain anyway?). Next week i'd like to see addy into Sibbits place and O'Brien on bench as hooker.

Oh, and Pryce will not win anyone over when he watches a high bomb bounce right in front of him. Summed up difference between him and Ainy. Both have weaknesses, but Ainy will work his b0llocks off to try and make up for them.