Good hit out for the lads!!

Plenty of try scorers

Should be....otherwise that'd be alot of drop goals!!

Sounds like a good run out. I fear that the game at Leigh could be somewhat closer...

How did young Latus go?

1 or 2 players could have scored a few between them, so not quite!!

A good run out yes, but with a score like that you can only guess not a hard hit out. I expect the guys maybe happy with that,just to get on a pitch and to play some rugby. Can only guess once they had got a lead,they were able to try out some plays they may want to try against Leigh.

But like surreyben has said it will be harder up at Leigh and alot closer. As Leigh would have had at least 2/3 warm up games before they met us so will be a bit more match fit, therefore maybe could give the guys a better hit out.

But still well done guys and hope the young guys got a good workout from this,can only do them good.

Quins got a decent work out for a first game. In particular Skolars had a lot of the game for the first half hour and for a long time it was just 12-6. Some random observations from the game:-

1) Ganson was ref and was very whistle happy giving plenty of penalties
2) Mike Burnett looked very impressive running out wide
3) When he entered the fray young prop Rob Thomas also looked impressive with line busting runs
4) Initially our new Aussies struggled with ball retention but Chris Bailey in particular looked more than useful in later spells
5) Nice to see Mark Calderwood on the field in Quins colours

No surprise there then !!! Must have been bloody confusing for him, reffing two London clubs on the same pitch together. His dilemma was who to give the penalties against.........oh no....wait.....they naturally went against us !!!!

I take it that Mr Ganson got a taxi to the station safely ???

now now lets not start having a go at the ref!
all the penalties were as per the rules of the game! In the second half he let the game flow a little bit more giving the boys a little more lea way in the tackle and time to release.

Observations!
Too many penalties given away, Mr Ganson set his stall out very early and blew up for not releasing quick enough! Profesional players should be able to react to that. If you lay on/turtle/or have a hand on the ball in a normal tackle then you will be penalised
Players need to know the rules of the game, whats the difference with a surrender/dominant and normal tackle and what they can do when they are called.

Skolars looked pretty competative in the first half and some bloody good hits went in!
What was nice was support play when the guys broke the line

I bloody well hope so mate. lol

You say that in one breath and then say Ganson didn't blow so much in the second half-surely therefore thats interpretation of the rules and not the rules-And there lies the problem

Quins on the attack were very quick and looked better than last year

Wire-quin
I think if you watch all games the play the ball slows down as the game goes on, due to fatigue on both sides!

The ref will generally call the tackle complete! either by calling the tackle count! or something along the lines of "stand up" then the tackle count if its a dominant or surrender tackle! this is when the player should move if they have not already.
In the quote you highlighted, the ref did blow in the second half a couple of times for quins players spinning on top of a grounded player, this is what I am referring to with players knowing the rules, you can only do this on certain type of tackle!!!
In my opinion he did blow too much in the first half but it was the same for both teams so I dont think we have any complaints. In the second half he allowed the game to run a bit more, and again was the same with both teams! Thats all really you can ask!

So you are saying the ref was consistent in his making it up as he went along ?

It was Ganson, of course he was.

it could have been down to the fact the players realised that they were breaking the rules of the game and errr maybe stopped doing it as much so the ref did not have to blow as much

I just think its quite funny, we run in 70 points but we still knock the officials, the boys give away probably half a dozen penalties that they should not have done, they were correct calls on the penalties! you cant blame Ganson for that! We never seem to be able to play to how the officials interpret the rules! If a ref blows early in a game for laying on then dont do it for rest of the game.
If another ref allows a bit more time, then use it! Its called smart rugby.

Ganson has the reputation for being keen to blow, especially for not releasing quick enough!! Why dont the players play to that!? Its not as if its the first time he has reffed us!!!

Anyhow enough of that.
Lets see how we get on against Leigh! I would like to see 50 points

50 points against leigh and I would be delighed. too be honest good win will do

I wasn't blaming the referee. I merely passed comment that there was an awful lot of whistle with actually infringements on both sides. It sure stopped the game from flowing though which was a shame. Mind you the majority of the RU fans present are well used to breaks in play!

There was a bit of talk going around that Pryce + Mellor (half back Im told) are joining from Wigan plus 2 from Wire and possibly a prop from ?. Interesting week ahead.

Pryce? Oh dear. That's unless Powell can give him a bit of bottle, something no other coach has managed. (I wouldn't say that to his face, mind.)

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kenda, was not having a go at you mate,and I agree with the comment, he was whistle happy, the next post was the one that took up on that point!

I think Pryce could be good for us
Calderwood looked ok
Wonder if they have found a big mongrel prop!!! I really hope so

And the 2011 shirt looked like?
Anyone take any photos?

Good news about rob thomas....always liked his attitude....but what did the coach learn from a 70 - 6 poiint hammering

Just to give you a little bit of background info on Joe Mellor, Back in 09 when Sam Tomkins broke into the first team those that went to the reserves tipped Tomkins & Mellor to be the Wigan half-back pairing for years to come, as Mellor has all the capabilities of being the next Sam Tomkins now obviously 2010 was a different story for young Joe but if he has got over the injury, & at his age there is no reason why he shouldn't then given game time then you have definitely got a real talent on your hands assuming the deal happens of course. Joe is without question a future International good luck to Joe & good luck to Quins for 2011 Super League needs a competitive Quins & with Joe on board those odds increase.

GF-The top has the 4 quarters as per usual with black shoulders. the shoulders slope a bit like the Tottenham football top. On the back of the shoulders it slopes again but in green-If that makes any sense

In summary it is no different!!!

Thinking about it I didn't see any sponsors on the tops-Maybe why they are not on sale yet

MOM for me was Burnett(sp) He looked very very good-running with the ball out wide he reminded me of Hoppo-Hughsey said we tried to buy him but Hull wouldnt let him go
The 2 Aussies looked OK-Im sure as it firms up and they get used to SL they will be good-
The team looked like it had some genuine speed-OK it was only Skolars and some of the offloads will have to be controlled plus the fancy moves will be closed down
Concern-Defence looked week at times particularly around the goal line worryingly-Skolars went over and close more than the score suggests