Quote ="18th Man"I agree, in one spell they kept us out for four close sets on their line and stopped our forwards far easier than I expected. I also thought they looked fitter than I thought they would and managed some great offloads and kicks in play.
I honestly think the score flattered us, we looked lost on many last tackles and scored quite a few tries from scrappy wrestling over the line rather than creative flair. Wood and Wildie did little and far too many silly handling errors occurred. I don't think many of the non-regulars did anything to push for a regular place or even a contract in a game in which they should have been trying to prove themselves. Our forwards ran it in hard and I thought Lee Smith looked by far the best player on the pitch.
I actually felt more positive after losing to Warrington than I do today after seeing us score 11 tries!
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I really don't get that. Good as Hemel played they were not playing anything close to a full Trinity team so a bit of respect to our lads. Full time or not 11 tries takes some scoring from a formation that has never played together before against a well drilled if part time outfit.
Smith, Mathers, Fox, Cockayne, Collis, Kirmond, Ali, Anakin, Aiton, Washbrook, Sykes all out. The only absolute regulars were the four props and Smith. It wasn't just fitness that won the day it was also a lack of cohesion to start with allowed Hemel a more level playing field.
Just my opinion but it was a good performance from both teams IMHO.
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