this saturday a rare home friendly! so for that reason alone has to be supported

only one side of the ground is open for this one, lower tier in the riverside (whatever its called now)

good reports from the hull kr friendly win

anderson to narrow the team down in terms of players used

expect to see crabtree, kyle wood and robinson get a run out this time?

should be a good test

Out of curiousity do you know the entry price for this game? Can't find it on your website so assume pay on the gate only?

£15 adults
£10 over 65 and under 23's
£1 under 16 (under 14 need to be accompanied by an adult)

brough not playing

wood to partner ellis for this game

crabtree back

still no robinson..must be struggling with his injuries..why did we hand out another contract? with leeming and wood wasnt really needed.

Robbo was hobbling at the panto last week.

Looked like quite a sore knock.

A good run out today. Lots of positives and great to play well without Broughy.

Connor, Ellis, Mcgillvery, Murphy all palyed well. Good pack performance.

Grixy played well until he went off.

I thought Leroy was a strange man of the match choice. Two tries but a few mistakes early in the first half.

All round very good. Very impressed with connor at half back

A testing workout vs a solid Catalan team.

Thought we looked good. Some decent shapes attacking out wide and solid down the middle. Hincliffe looks class.

Just think our squad looks a bit light weight. A couple of injuries and we will struggle. Young lads did OK.

Score ?

26-16 to giants

looked good, connor played well at half back

usual strong performances from cudjoe and mcgillvary

still think we need a strike 2nd rower, lawrence isnt that man to replace ferres on that side of the field.

hope roberts injury not too bad, grix looked to be ok.

attendance?

Grix just looke like cramp to me. Roberts was walking ok when he went off looked like he had taken a heavy knock.
Decent work out and good play in patches. A lot of the players really seem to have bulked up.
We had a quick play the ball from Hinchcliffe and the forwards ran hard. Only disappointment for me was performance of Simpson.

does that mean he played poorly after he went off

No he didn't play at all when he went off.

If you had been at the game you would know that.

I must have been missing something because I thought Connor was way off the pace - particularly in defence.

I thought that whole side looked shaky in defence- only some poor handling/decisions from Catalan saved our blushes...

Defense wasn't as good as last week but then Cats were a far better attacking side that KR.

We also came up with a lot more errors as well.

Leroy was a strange MOM - I'd have given it to Jerry.

Can't complain at a 26-16 win when not at your best and without Danny.

Thought McIntosh looked a good prospect. Even outdid Leroy with a Leroy out of the back pass to Jerry.

grix looked badly injured but was ok in the end.
roberts was making a tackle and stretching out with his arm to make it, might be ok too.
thought connor had bulked up alot.
yes simpson didnt make a good impression when grix came off

dont see whats wrong with giving cudjoe mom, thought he played very well !

alot of chopping and changing bound to be a few gaps open up in defence, also with a player like carney in the opposition it will happen.

a win against a good side without brough.

connors defence always been shaky, tried his best to stop broughton going over in the corner but suppose broughton is a good finisher

I agree re McIntosh tbc.Also all the young guns played well.All in all a good run out.

I thought we defended ok against an attack marshalled by Carney and myler.

Nice to see Jodie on form too. Think he will get game time and tries en francais.

Thought we was by far the better team, our forwards outmuscled Catalans and they seemed to only make ground off the back of some dodgy penalties. Thought Connor and Ellis looked very good in the halves and we could have scored more had last pass gone to man. Rapira a massive plus for me a good old fashioned non nonsense ball playing prop forward who will compliment Huby very well. Jerry back to doing what he did all last season and Leroy doesnt get the credit he deserves for giving the quick ball to put Jerry away. Smurph Mr reliable as always and Hinchcliffe very good organiser. Grixy also deserves a mention as went well till got his knock. But the BIG plus was we look 2 yards faster than we did last year. Catalans tipped by many to go well this year but second best Saturday by a country mile

What actually happened to Grix I saw nothing.

No one near him- Went down like he'd been shot....... someone in the crowd?

Has Brearley got an alibi ?

As I say the way he went down in agony clutching his leg and after treatment walked freely off the pitch suggests cramp to me. He also stayed out in the dugout which he would not have done if the injury was a concern.

My money would have been on you Durham....