Virtually identical performance to the corresponding game at Mount Pleasant. It didn't help with losing Hood in the warm-up and MickeyMouseless was up to his usual standard but credit to the lads who came in and helped turn it around in the second half.
I would have given Pratt M.O.M personally, especially after that 95 metre solo effort

Another win that we can attribute to our fitness and conditioning guys. Hope there's a plan B for the trip to full time Toulouse.

Onto the game I’d happily pay into a fund to keep Mickey Mouse away from any Trin games in the future.

Some truly strange decisions today.

Pratt regathering ball after fumble in air given as a knock on was truly bizarre.

Rodwell playing ball go pulled over by his shirt (and still played ball correctly) got given as a knock on which was a wild decision.

Batley could have laid on a week almost before a penalty was given.

I’m sure that we are getting reffed more harshly this season which is strange as we are the team playing at a faster pace but not winning the 6 agains (even against retreating players). Is 6 again phasing out as there’s very few given even when you’d expect. They should just bin it altogether.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7qZf6fQ2Y4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7qZf6fQ2Y4

Correction to my earlier post...Olly Pratt ran 100 metres for his try and not 95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95jj6Lqo1yk

Correction to my earlier post...Olly Pratt ran 100 metres for his try and not 95 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95jj6Lqo1yk

Some of the Batley fans on social media are claiming that a Trinity player (they don't say who ) injured Butterworth by deliberately twisting his ankle after the tackle was made, I didn't see the incident at all, toilet break, so can't comment really, but it doesn't sound like something any of our team would do DELIBERATELY

First half we were rubish, probably the worst half we have played since the first half of the Featherstone cup game. 2nd half we were a bit better and did enough to win comfortably in the end but we were still below par. We will certailnly need to be much better in the next few games or we will come unstuck.

I really hope that Lino is fit for Bradford because as much as Kay gives it a go he isn't a half. I do fear if we were to go into a big game with any of Lino, Gale or Jowitt missing then we might be in trouble.

Amazing how people were quick to dismiss Lino as the weak link in the squad ,and looking for a replacement ,and now we are hoping for a swift return to the team to steady the ship .Just remember his last outing against the Bulls he beat them on one leg .It is a worry though how we are starting games but then manage to reel teams in later in the game ,that is surely going to bite us at some point if that persists

Fundamentally we can't be on it week in week out otherwise we'd be goosed when it comes to the business end, a few sub par performances mid season while still winning isn't to be sniffed at, but the next three games will be the most difficult of our remaining matches. The team will know that, and the supporters should get tge jepody they crave.

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It’s no surprise Ketty that people are hoping Liko is back when we have 1 half back only and are struggling for any creativity at all on the right.

It’s more a case that Lino offers more than what we currently have rather than him being the answer in SL and beyond this year.

The two aren’t to be confused and are seperate discussions in terms of now and the near future.

Terrible first half but, huge improvement in the second 40.
Maybe they should have their half time brew before kick off.

We missed some firepower up front and we missed Hood in the middle too but, a win is a win.

If we can get through July unbeaten, it would be stunning.

One game at a time though

By the look of the stats ..53% completion rate Trojan I’d say there are more players in our squad that fall below expectations and may not be the answer next season .lets be honest here if money was no object and we were a Wigan or Saints who are magnets for top quality player ,he probably wouldn’t have been signed in the first place , along with lots more may I add ,but we cut our cloth accordingly at this present time

53% isn’t good enough but that’s unusually low for this season on average if you look back. You can’t isolate one game of low completion and use that to beat a stick saying that players may not be the answer next season imo.

Also in that 53% which isn’t good enough there was half the starting team missing with no second half and our 3rd choice 9 (who went well).

McGillvray
Lino
Lawford
Atoni
Bowden
Hood
Doyle
Vagana
Boothroyd

All missing. To win by 22 against a team who’s not lost many this past few games despite not playing well in areas is actually a solid result.

Nobody is saying that this years squad is of the quality to achieve the clubs ambitions in SL next season. But it’s not SL and it doesn’t have to be. What’s true to fact is we sit unbeaten at the top of table by a distance and all players are of high enough quality for this season.

Next season recruitment is underway to strengthen and some players in this seasons squad will not be with us next season. That’s the reality but their focus is this season. I don’t disagree that some won’t be here next season in SL and probably would struggle to step up (or back up) but I do think that they should be judged on this season in this league currently and congratulated for what they are part of and not criticised for what they might not be part of.

I would guess 50% completion rate is our norm for most if not all our 1st 40 minute stints. Add that to the penalty count against us and it adds to some real dour rugby until these part timers get tired.

Possibly due to injuries, but there seems to be a decline in our play since the 1895 final. yesterday's six tackle completion rate was probably the worst this season.

I don't think there's no doubt that injuries have caught up with us with the amount of not just our starting 17 out, which is about 8 atm, but also their backups as well. So we haven't been able to rotate players like probably DP wanted to, so there'll be some tired legs out there, after 22 games. Also, some of the older players like Pitts and Ashurst have played about 20 games already, so I think it's just caught up with us a bit and it's gonna be interesting if we can keep this streak up.

I thought we were fairly poor the week after Wembley against Widnes but that was almost expected and then we were a little better against Halifax. Then against Barrow, I thought we did well, nothing flash but a solid performance but against Batley that first half was about the worst we've played this season.

Tbh though most games apart from a few, I don't think we get out of 3rd gear, apart from when we need to and we change gear, then we stick a few moves together in 20 minutes and pull away. So hopefully these next 3 weeks the guys can up their game and we can get some bodies back on the park and put a more complete performance

Just listened to the WTH podcast and we've scored 166 tries in 22 games and Max has 38 assists and 11 tries, he's having a cracking season. Plus we have 5 players that are in double figures for tries. Also, they touch on Olpherts and the season he's having, which even just watching him I thought he's been having an eye-catching season for us, but he's averaging about 170 meters a game and 50 post-contact meters, he's turned out to be a really great buy.

I don't think Batley are getting enough credit. They played well early on to put pressure on us. With only 1 half back and 1 hooker it was always going to be difficult.

No doubt they did, but let's be honest a completion rate of just over 50% is complete rubbish, no matter how well Batley played that first half. We couldn't hold on to the ball, we got pinged for so many penalties and even taking into account all the disruption before the game, plus the guys we've got out that was awfully frustrating to watch.

A lot of people have been saying that this was our worst performance of the season, especially at home. But still they came through a lot of adversity to pull away by 20 points.
Losing Liam Hood before kick off meant a lot of adjusting around the rook, and having to bring in Isaac Shaw ( lucky we had a forward as 18th man ) We also had 2 players coming back for their first game back since Wembley, so maybe a bit rusty, add to this we didnt have our first choice front row playing or back up hooker, so credit to Batley as they disrupted our play in the first half and exposed some inexperienced positons.
After half time they established there strength and pulled away. I reckon they did well when faced with adversity and showed there professionalism over 80 minutes. One thing that I always like to see in a first team squad is a strong bench with at least 3 forwards and a utility if possible, I said at the time that we might struggle having only 2 forwards on the bench.

Shaw was on the bench. Booth was 18th Man. But your point is still correct.
We lost a hooker and had to replaced with a fullback.

Do not think we missed Hood Think it was more down to playing 21games this season with 14 still to go.We are missing our big hitting forwards big time because of been injured .Teams know now we have no pace down the middle of field ,and when we move the ball are moving up fast on Gale ,or Max so disturbin

g the ball movement . Know this will not go down well with some but we are missing Lino sorry but he is the best we have got at present.In the second half we ran more direct and looked better for it.Enjoyed watching Smith looks a real fine .Prat gets better every game and think the winger we got from Leeds is going well, and fit every week not like some I can make .Think it is a case of do not rush players back ,if we lose a few matches so be it and be ready to go when it matters at the end of the season

Nothing against Liam Kay but you can see he is not comfortable at half, we have lost pretty much the attack down that side without Lino, Gale can only do so much as can Kay in his capabilities but you can see (and the tries Olpherts has scored) where the focus of attack is mostly. The team balance is off in regards to attack, which then rush plays leads to errors.
For me Batley played very well and only gave when fatigue kicked in, they never really looked 'dangerous' on attack but took the chances they got (admittedly off penalties for field position)

Once Lino is back, and as much as people may gripe, he does assist many tries. a couple of testers coming up (Particularly in Toulouse) but frankly Bradford don't really pose many threats to what they have the last twice we have practically blown them away (Mostly 2nd half as per most games)