I thought you looked very decent tonight, your front row may not have a huge monster, but there was no drop in level at interchange which really wore Widnes down. You used Ali Lauatiti well and all your playmakers contributed.

Aiton dictated the game for me. The other thing that struck me was Fox & Kirmond, just seemed to link very well, sometimes some players just link well and those two seemed to, with Lauatiti on the other flank you had credible options both sides.

Only doubt for me was how good were the opposition, but a very good start for you. Looks like an enjoyable weekend in Wakefield and hopefully a strengthening of Super League if you keep that level up. Well played.

Me too. Was expecting a mate coming for the weekend, then got a call saying he'd had car trouble and wasn't going to make it. A few beers later and the downstairs flat must think they live below a lunatic!

Our fitness looked awesome, especialiy with all that defence in the 1st half. Southern = tackling machine. Our halfbacks did more good things in this game than Smith and Lee did in a full season last year

A good result for us and some promisings signs. I was worried at the start that we weren't big enough to compete, but the fitness levels were far superior to those of Widnes. I think we need to be realistic though and accept the top sides could thump us. Aiton looked a different class for me, and Southern got through an exceptional amount of work. Big Ali looked the part and Kirmond is twice the player he was two years ago.

On a different note, does anyone else find Chris Dean really irritating?

Ditto, I think I nearly put my foot through the floor with all my jumping around!

Yes the work that Amor, Southern, Kirmond and Johnson put in was really impressive, looks like we've finally got some really good fitness behind us, been a massive problem the last few years. The amount of tackling we put in that first half, would have normally come back to hurt us but not today.

Apart from the fitness, the really encouraging thing was the speed we played at, from the ply of the ball to the players in motion, which will be essential this year for us to compete against some of the better sides. In attack it was almost a shock to see all the players in motion, hitting all different lines & gaps, I really enjoyed it.

I think it was expected that Widnes would come out all guns blazing but it seemed that once the adrenaline went there was nothing much left, which trinity capitalized on.

Yes his wig is very annoying.

I also have a big fear that Leeds are gonna whip Amor out of our hands after this season, his consistency is very noticable. Beats Griffin and Moore hands down.

SSSSHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Na he's rubbish, if I was them I wouldn't pay any attention to him.

So where are you Hull fans with your 5 drives and a kick??

Only one worrying factor is our lack of a experienced goal kicker, which could prove the difference in a lot of games for us. We have definitely stepped up in class this season and we will get close to a lot of teams.

We won our first 5 games in 2009 only to end up 2nd bottom at the end of the season. I wouldn't get too cocky after a scratchy win against the worst side in SL with an overwhelming amount of posession or it might just come back to bite you in the ass.

I think Widnes will cause some upsets this year but when it came down to stamina they could not match our lot.Southern and Amor worked their socks off all game

Who's getting cocky

no ones interested anyway.

Ateotd, 2 points in the bag, only Leeds can say the same.

On Tuesday at fans forum agar said they were bringing in a RU kicking coach to help our kickers.

Sounds a good idea, the lad has obviously stood up to take them and with the correct coaching could improve.He looked nervous (and so was I) though even with the ones in front of the sticks

Buzzing

What a great come back for the Trin and our fans was fantastic, roll on Hull KR

Fans who claim we did 5 drives and a kick never watched the game!!...We were expansive under Agar although the problem was we never had settled h/backs so often struggled to find the whitewash..

I think you have a decent team to build on, your defense was good, and in the second half you played at times some sublime stuff to find the line. I really liked the look of Tim Smith and I think if he keeps fit he will be the key to your success..

Thoughts from me
We won the game as were the fitter defensive unit – alongside some stand out performances in defence from Amor, Aiton and Southern 1st half in particular, We were stronger in the carry and when we stopped making mistakes (ball control in particular) around the 60 minute mark we clicked and showed pleasing quality..
I thought Tim Smiths step for his try was real class, Fox and Mathers took theirs really well also, Lauititititi played more game time last night than I have seen in all the years he was at Leeds – looked hungry – in the right way … not the Solomona way
We seemed very “together” which pleased me … a lot of back slapping and celebrating key points in the game (forcing mistakes etc) hope this continues
Fans were great .. pleasing to wake up horse

Great win it was all very encouraging ,we played some really good stuff.Mathers recovered well after his error and always looked threatening when coming into the line, Smith Aiton and John took us around the pitch and the pack just ate up the yards in the second half. I know it was only the first game but we played some really good stuff and cannot wait for Sunday bring on HKR.

at the moaners on the first two pages! Oh yee of little faith!

It brings a smile knowing you're always hanging around here waiting for any opportunity! I bet yer gonna cream yer pants when we lose a game!