I see my post has been removed - bit to harsh on the Cas big mouth was it. Hell lots not defend the team aye.

You're right about the 3 halves Williams will get better Finn played well. The pre season friendly did its job plenty to take from it and also plenty to work on.

Up the Trin

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I do believe we outscored them 7 tries to 5!

Trinity fans get local bragging rights ... for now and Powell will probably have come away the happier of the 2 coaches.
As long as neither side had any injuries it's all good.

It was all about execution.

When Wood came on we visibly improved and when Finn came on we had a brain.

Truth is Finn is the key man and for me it's who plays with him. We know Miller can and I thought Williams was far better when with Finn. I see fin as fidget choce H/B and Williams his partner. Miller may well the round peg but then it may be Miller.

Wood looked first choice 9 all the way and bothered the hell out of Cas, Sio to give him a rest.

Over all I'm happy to have beaten them by 7 - 5 tries especially after being 30 points down, shows some spirit no matter what the positions alleged status.

I give up big brother wins.

Did anyone notice Gale grab at Kirmonds beard to goad him.

Maybe hes wanting to make a wig.

On a serious note, wasnt Tadulala banned for pulling big Eorls hair.

Yes I seem to rememberhe was.

Obviously terrible first half. Our own worst enemy at times especially our kicking game. We looked flat and ready to roll over and take a battering. Game changer as others have said was the introduction of Finn and the offloading from Huby.

To quote Stevo, Finn could have played in a dinner suit today. Just controlled everything. Milky was poor but everyone has a bad day every now and again. Thought our frontrow put in a massive shift with Allgood going off and Hurst not putting in a long shift. Huby wasn't just offloading, he was offloading late which killed Cas and allowed our halves and hookers to chew up the yards.

Not a great overall performance however must give the lads confidence going into the season to comeback into it like they did.

Kirmo would have pulled his head off if got the chance, some cheap shots in the same tackle by the upside down head.

McShane went in every time with the elbow. I'd have love to see one of out big lads give him one back.

Did anyone else think that the ref changed his "style" in the second half ?
Cas were doing all sorts to slow the play down in the first half but, after the break, we seemed to get some penalties.
Also, has there been a change to the "advantage" rule as the ref allowed play to go on after an offence and then went back and gave pelalties afterwards (instead of blowing up when the offence was committed).

lets get this straight when it was the best squads vs best squads we were 30-4 down after 30 or so mins- massive concerns

Marvellous that internet stuff isn't it.

I thought huby did ok today.
First game and ended up doing big minutes because of injuries to allgood, (who put some good tackles in until he we t off).
First half cas did have a great kicking game(gale 40 20)but we didn't help ourselves with the mistakes (cation brown dropped ball) and penalties (holding down).
Second half ...started to catch cas out with the offload.. And wood and Finn stood out with arona doing plenty of work as always...
A few of our players taking knocks, hope nothing too serious ..

Yes lets hope all is good with Allgood. Didnt Hirst go off too and TJ appeared to pick up a knock.

Arona went well again. I like Arona. Not our biggest forward but got a big heart and hits hard, all with a smile on his face. He was trying to gee up the North Stand as we were on with the comeback.

Allgood went off with a head injury. Stopped a certain try with a big hit.
Hirst went off just before half time with what looked like a turned ankle.

Not at all. Cas were red hot and we were crap, but we came out flat and got what we deserved. I'm glad that happened to us today as it would have been misleading to sail through pre-season.

With Allgood, Huby and Hirst all being spelled and without England and Fifita we were not able to play the style we wanted, which is a good thing in the long run.

Very happy with the way we came back and looked like we wanted to win, despite it being a 'friendly'.

IF we could live with Cas, then we would be in for a stellar season - they are contenders in most people's eyes - so no disgrace to be given a lesson.

Chester reported Allgood got concussed and failed his head test. Not playing him v Featherstone but hoping to against Sheffield.

Good grief, just wait till you meet the mighty Leythers.

Night life must be buzzing on a Sunday night

And?

Short for go away

Only a short post mate but you've made more sense than at least one on here who must have gone through several bib changes in the last 24 hours.
I've now watched both coaches interviews and they have both taken positives but also realise there is more to work on.
It may just be force of habit but Chessy does seem to have his head in his hands quite a lot when answering the questions but Powell is the opposite. All down to experience I suppose.
Good luck.

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