Looking pretty strong at the moment.
Currently thrashing Catalans away 10-34!

Hull playing well. Catalans are very poor though. Didn't even look like doing anything when Hull were down to 12.

I thought Catalans were going to be top 3 this year, and practically impossible to beat at home?!

Wow Catalans are dreadful. Hard to say how Hull are looking really as Batley would've beaten the "French" tonight

Catalan look very poorly coached, look like a middle 8 team at this early point in the season.

Hull look to have an immense pack.

Hull very impressive.

Catalans might've made several new signings but it's same old same old with them. They're their own worst enemy most of the times and very sore losers when behind in a game. Their coach must be the front runner in the sack race.

So go on....how does a team look poorly coached....cliched clap trap.

Our pack is obviously our biggest strength, but we are playing with some real flair and creativity too. Sneyd has started the season like a house on fire, Shaul will cause anyone problems, Tuimavave looks like a great find and whilst I'm biased I don't see many better wingers than Talanoa knocking about Superleague. If he had genuine pace he would be world class imo.

I'm not one of the Joe Westerman haters, I think hes a great player, but without him playing first reciever all the time we are playing with shape and width that we haven't had in a long time.

No defensive or attacking structure. No training ground moves at all...that's all in the coaching staff.

Ever thought that maybe it's a good Hull side who are doing this to the opposition?
Last week they mullered a Salford side who then went on to humiliate St Helens and look decent in the process.
Now they've beaten Catalans in France, which is never easy. Let's see how Catalans get on in round 3 against Leeds.

I've said since pre-season that Hull could easily be challenging for trophies this season. I wasn't too sure about Radford as coach but so far, so good.

Poor Jean

Was it because of Hull Catalan had no structure last week too then? Lose the victim complex.

Hull were a much better team and played Catalan off the park though.

"Training ground moves" are not what a coach does.

maybe the opposition had something to do with how they played??

Oh god we're already getting the 'not giving us credit' cries from Hull fans after just two games against usual under achievers.

We know that wasnt a great Catalans performance. We also know that the big clubs (Catalans included) will improve no end as the season goes on. But Hull really look the part this year, and I don't think anyone would have beaten us the way we have played the last two weeks (three if you include the KR friendly).

Most teams will come back from France with their tail between their legs this year, I would have snapped your hand off for 2 point win, so forgive us for getting a little excited after that performance.

i like to think of it another way, fans of teams who seem comfortable in the top 6 or top 4 are getting a bit edgy!


true its only two games in, but i think it took us 4 or 5 games to register 80 points last season, so we are doing something right!

Like I said...cliched clap trap. Your post is embarrassing.

To be fair they aren't really.
Credit where it's due and all that!

well no one gets any credit on this board for a win, i'm actually surprised that the phrase '2 poor teams' hasn't been mentioned yet like it usually is. i'll be happy with no credit and 2 comp points every week ta. we've got wigan in round 4 we'll see where we are after that. before that we've got a game against Cas and i would expect a big crowd at the KC for that one. this attacking style of rugby will hopefully bring the crowds back for our next 2 games and then beyond.

Hull look very strong. Catalans looked cack, but that was partly due to Hull's dominance.

It's early days, but I can see Hull's challenge being robust, given the way they're set up.

At least it offers some mitigation for our pre-season hammering. Some trepidation about the real derbies though. Early Easter this year too. Umm.

Way too early to be getting carried away. 2 good wins but meaningless if we don't keep it up. Our start to the season looked reasonable so we have to make the most of those early games and get some points on the board

Tuimavave looks like a great signing so far. Talanoa is going to get plenty of tries playing outside him once he learns how to finish.

the Kangaroos were pretty much abysmal but Hull were pretty good, so a lot of credit to Hull, but in all honesty, Catalans heads dropped quicker than a Wigan bird once the game was up.
Hull do look strong this year but they did last year and within 4 week the Radford out stuff started, for the Hull fans' sake i hope it's at least 6 weeks this year.