With Catalans coming off a performance that was arguably even worse than ours and also missing 7 players themselves we should be beating them on our own patch, especially given the weather conditions expected. I don’t expect a high scoring game but i’ll go for a 10 point win.

You'd think so but it depends which Trinity team runs out on the pitch.

Catalans (from): Langi, Yaha, Maloney, Drinkwater, Casty, McIlorum, Whitley, J Tomkins, Garcia, Bousquet, Simon, Jullien, Albert, Seguier, Romano, Maria, Baitieri, Mourgue, Marguerite, Kasiano, S Tomkins.

Some quality players in there....hopefully the conditions will be a bit of a leveller ??

I probably agree that Atkins is wasted on the wing but, I wouldn't have him on the bench as a second rower - how much has he played in the pack ??
Him and Lyne, who I appreciate are a new centre wing partnership, looked far from comfortable together. It was as though both wanted to play centre or, perhaps neither wanted to play on the wing ??

Chezzie on Sky Sports now.

What did he have to say.
Thank you

He’s on the panel on Hull derby game if you’ve got sky sports DS, if not you’re welcome to watch it with me

He said he is "expecting Catalans to play it through the forwards so we will have to try something different"......like not dropping the ball, perhaps, but the weather could put paid to that ???

Early doors in the hull derby but HKR are going toe to toe with hull , If we can show the same effort and determination on Sun we will be in with a real shout .

Think I’ve just seen a contender for try of the season from HKR , a lesson in how to keep the ball alive and finishing ,top draw .

The game shows how an half back can create gaps for others to run through.

I Would like us to stop standing in a virtual straight line n all when we have the ball. Other teams have players running onto the ball from at least 10m out.

Was a good match that.

One of the best televised games I've seen in a long time.

Some good play by both sides.

If Hull KR play like that I think they'll do better than a lot think.

I know it’s easy to get up for a derby game but HKR will in my eyes be a decent side in this years comp

They could be but they are pretty lightweight in the pack. Garbutt and Livett are decent but they wont win many games just chucking it about.

Their secret weapon is their coach, Tony Smith, who has been pretty damn good wherever he has been.
Turned Leeds from overpaid mercenaries into a champion side and almost managed the same at Wire, having previously improved Huddersfield.

He's a great coach and one of the few who seems to work for the game as a whole, rather than just his own club.
Seem to remember him helping us with players, although we have reciprocated this over the last few years.

I know what you mean. Shame we haven't always looked up for it, in derby games against those over the other side of the common in recent years.

I said on the whole last week, that I think overall, their recruitment in the close season was better than ours overall, and I stand by that.

Agree about Smith his teams have always played free flowing rugby.Think that kind of rugby will stop them going down . The more seasons he is there the stronger they will get. Was great to see and just shows how far we are behind.The backing up of both teams was out standing

Eastern Wildcat I agree but there again I think every body's have

Actually think the opposite, drags them down to our level and that’s what we need right now I’m sad to say.

I expected a loss last weekend tbh but like most I didn’t like the nature of it. We really are missing the leadership of player like Fifita and Arona.

Like you always do until we get a few wins and then you do your typical about turn. You’ve been doing it for years and I think most of us are now wise to it, stick to chip shop pontification if I were you.

I'm not alone on this thought though for this year, am I Vasty. Just read comments from others on here.

I actually praised recruitment in 2017 and 2018, based upon budget, my main concern in 2018, was I thought it may have been a season too far for Grix and Finn, with them not missing too many games and representing Ireland. I also thought Pauli was a gamble, especially to a club like us, where every penny counts when it comes to recruitment. Without blowing my own trumpet, I think I got all them calls right.

As said only the other day, I barely have fish and chips these days, maybe the owner of George A Green could vouch for that, not to mention some on here who use the same chippy and hear the same

Yeah thats true, last night showed it really. Perfect tactics that nearly came off against a much more powerful FC team. Losing to them at theirs doesnt seem so bad after that. I still think we were our own worst enemy with the handling last week.

If you no longer use that chippy how can you hear the same as those on here that do use that chippy? just an observation really.

I agree, we often look very clueless going forward.