What a absolute nob in the corner

I think we can forget a blip on the dream team centre.
Next...?

Seemed strange having him on the right

It's frustrating but he has scored enough important tries and also some tries he had no right to score. We should forgive him this one (even though it was a proper shocker), so long as he doesn't make a habit of it.

Funniest 'no try' of the season?

Think he was already starting to stick his tongue out but,,,Wallop!

His try celebration music could be "Flying without wings"

Brain fart, why didn't he just dive for the line. No place on the pitch for show boating, especially when the team are loosing. It's a new start for everyone, should be dropped for next week as an example that the management won't take antics like that, harsh, but the team needs to be more ruthless.

All he needed to do was step and pass to Russell. I think it must have gone against everything his muscle memory tells him to do, when playing on the left I don't recall him ever trying something like that.

In context, if I 'd have done something so stupid in my job it would have meant the sack. Especially at such a crucial time. Think you got a goodun in Bryson seemed to play really well

Goodwin must have been looking across think "what the feckin hell is he doing". A simple pass inside and we are in under the posts, unbelievable!

A true centre would have drawn the defence by cutting back inside slightly and firing it out to his winger.

But no. what does Atkins do? he scavs the ball like always because he thinks hes bigger than the team and runs his winger out the picture. Needs to be dropped for that.

It was one of the strangest things (and I've seen a few) on a rugby field for some time.

It was like watching your middle-aged, paunchy, slack-jeaned, drunken uncle bernard at a family wedding, on the dancefloor, pint in hand showing everyone how he could do a Kevin Penny style dive.

One of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen in rugby

Should be sent to Rochdale for a month

He was silly. It was a massive brain fart.

More galling as he's one of our senior players, who in those big, game-defining moments you'd expect to be composed enough to deliver a try.

However, bit of an overreaction on here to it. A mistake - already forgotten.

He will feel like a massive tool today so doesn't need any extra punishment.

If we drop him to 'send a message' then all we do is bring in a lesser player which just helps the opposition.

Agreed, we do seem to have 3 left centres though and no natural right centre! I think the back 5 needs a resfhuffle, personally I would go with

Atkins, goodwin, brown, ratchford, lineham

Our back 5 wasn't great last night, I didn't enjoy ratchford at FB or Russel on the wing or Atkins on the right. Russel wasn't atrocious by any means, we know what he does well and he does that well consistently but he is too limited for my liking. Jack Johnson has impressed me at FB too when he has played there so could possibly play FB ahead of mitch brown. Atkins and goodwin can swap centre and wing like King and Atkins used to.

We need to find combinations that work and some willingness to run off the ball to give options to the halves. Clark made a few breaks and found himself alone which is disappointing. It was all a little bit blunt in attack last night but save 3 or 4 brainfarts defence was good.

Think he better go with Easy Jet next time, RYAN Air doesn't really work for him

Just seen a re-run. His torso is half over the try line when he gets hit. The problem with Ryan is that he has an ego and is a showboater. I hope he learns his lesson but I don't think he will. I don't think he is that intelligent.

I would put Currie on the right centre.

He wasn't far off though!



Still shouldn't effect his reputation as one of the best centre's in the league.

To be fair to Atkins and I know it wasn't difficult, but, last season and the previous season he was one of our better players. Sure, he has limitations most players do, but, at least he looked like he cared

I kind of wish Kevin Penny at least had another season under the new coaching set up to have a good crack at it. He can score those high flying tries.

The high flying part was the problem, a low dive for the line was required.