That's a good win away at a form side in conditions that weren't going to suit expansive rugby. It didn't sound like we were at out best on the radio but a good win nonetheless. Plus saints lost so a good night all round.

winning ugly is the best kind of winning.

No idea how many minutes he got but happy Whitehead got a run out this time.

Vaughan again outstanding but not going to lie was worried about Harrison not playing tonight as he been equally as good. But yeh winning tough il take that.

4 out of 4 now at a tough place in tough conditions. Things are looking promising, though a long way still to go.

Going to be interesting v Leigh next game as their past 2 games have posted impressive results.

Am I right in thinking 4 out of 6 was the consensus for an acceptable start to 2023. I think we are looking good at this stage, but I'll be interested to see how we handle the slip ups in terms of bouncing back.

I don't think any of us can complain though, can we?

it appears that we have a side now that goes out of their skin to win a game... been a while since we had one of those.

Dont like listening to matches on radio, but I always thought this would be a sticky one. Read bits in the WG and sounds like we found a way to win despite some sloppy play. That's a good omen - especially with Harrison out.
And next week we should have Philbin and Dudson available, so that should help the bench at the very least.

4out of 4..made up with the start and there's some steel in the team..long may it continue..also it seems they want to play for dp

Looks like the bad influences have been removed and a strong team spirit has taken hold. I imagine Powell has been able to focus on coaching now, rather than battle with players unwilling to fully commit to the cause. It was uncomfortable watching last season but the necessary actions were taken to (hopefully) rid the club of rotten apples - it certainly looks like it's working so far.

Well done to Powell too for winning manager of the month.

Wonder what cooper and king are thinking this weekend

Thinking we should not have behaved like petulant children???

Ha ha ha I thought the exact same thing when he said it, i was like, that's exactly something he's known for ha ha

Do HKR fans have there own website like a few of the other teams do, would like to go read their views on tonight’s game, i did hear them calling the referee a W at half time so clearly not happy about some decisions.

4-4 on the penalties. So I guess it was the six agains they didn’t like. But we did get pinged several times for our play the balls, so that evens it up.

Looking forward to going to the Leigh game next week. Great result for them tonight, should be a good match up.

Exactly what went through my mind this evening.
Although I myself expected nothing less that 6/6 from those fixtures.

The only real negative for me was Drinkwaters defence, it was poor and that’s being generous. Hopefully it’s just a one off but he needs to improve.

That’s like critiquing a midfielder for not saving penalties.
Halfbacks are generally the best minds on defence in the game, because they set up the defensive to do the tackling for them.
If they are faced to tackle, it’s quite often because the defenders around him have left the halfback vulnerable.

Paul Cullen was asked in an interview after his career of playing had ended. ‘Who was the best defender he ever played against and with?…”Jonathan Davis”…because he would set up the defensive line and I would do his tackling for him’

The best defence for a halfback is to attack, if he is tackling, he is burning up what he needs to do to win the game.

Cooper will be thinking about underpants and King, well..

Paul Vaughan for MOS. Bloke is absolute top class.

I am also looking forward to this Grand Final rehearsal

You could bring out your own brand of underpants too named: Just browny

Good game last night, thought we (HKR) couldve won it in the end, Coote can't kick a goal to save his life and had a couple of passes stuck, well its all ifs a buts.
Could this year really be your year, maybe. A lot will depend on keeping Smith fit, been your MoM 2 weeks on the bounce now.

Your second try was a mile forward so bit rich to moan about the ref