They won't though, it'll ultimately lead to it ruining games for the first 5 games of the season and then refs will just stop penalising it like 2 seasons ago and like the 2 feet on the try line for POTB within 10.

Looked better with seymour on, Miss a genuine offload threat without Watts and moa.

I thought u'd convinced yourself he wasn't good enough for us? Best 7 at the club. Got to start for mine.

Then the players are seriously thick.
It's been pinged in most of the friendlies if they are still struggling with it then I dispair.
IIRC 2 years ago it was dropped on the teams at the start season. At least this time they have started enforcing a rule (Not a new rule you will notice) before the season starts.

Lost first half 22-6, won 2nd 12-6.

Looked better with Seymour and Holdsworth, Shannon was good going forward, Azza and Houghton sharing the hooking. Plenty to work on, just looked a bit out of shape and a bit impatient at times.

Listening to some of those sat around us you'd think it was cut the season pass in to pieces time.

Thanks . I thought the same tbh about 11k ish

I have no issue with ref's enforcing a rule that's been around since time began, but usually its penalised infrequently and unfairly and often these 'clampdowns' on last a few weeks before they forget about it again.

Easily 11k. At least we win on that one

Rugby League has a long history of being ahem 'creative' with friendly crowds.

Did you notice rovers took most of the 1st team off in the 2nd half and played their reserves.?

Of course they never , they were too busy watching man of steel Ellis.

I appreciate you're always going to with a smedgling of bias think the radio team is against your team but how can you say it's all pro Rovers? Murdoch is worse than Gwillam for bias..had to laugh when twice in a matter of seconds he goes 'and Yeaman crashes over for Hull...oh wait he hasn't, Mcdonnell hits the gap puts the ball down oh wait again it's back to the 10'..FWIW Radio Humberside is embarrassingly amateurish on all fronts, despise listening to it.

Yep. What's your point?
We were swapping and changing through the game. You played better overall. I'm not worried in the slightest and I'm happy with our squad.

imo one team played it like a league match the other like a friendly, we didnt get any injuries and had a good hit out,

There are a few rules in rugby league that you might call "technical" but being in an upright position and playing the ball with your foot is a basic schoolboy rule...if the coaches can,t get the point across or the players cant be bothered to do it, then fair play. As long as its policed correctly thru the season and not as pointed out dropped after a few games i dont have a problem. Consistency is all we ask for...

I've not read the thread, but those scum with the flare should get a life ban. Utter scum, life ban

I saw enough today to learn we have a decent squad with some very good players, they just need a bit of game time for it all to come together. Thanks for your concern though

Spoken like a true loser

Same as last yr....how did that season pan out.

just telling it as i see it, its a friendly yes would have like to win but we didnt, best team won on the day, cant see where all this loser crap comes from,

no sour grapes from me rovers where the best team today, it was agame of 2 halfs the 1st we had a heavy penalty count against us, 2nd was the same for rovers they are a bit further down the track when it comes to being ready for the season, im not supprised we have had a lot of players comming back from operations and internationals and a few players only joined the squad in january, from our point ill be glad if we come out injury free and ill take on the chin from the KR lads at work tomorrow cause thats all this game was about bragging rights for fans no one will even remember at the end of the season, simple well done rovers hats off

Rovers were better today and deserved the win. Must admit when we started to come back it would have been amusing to beat them after being under the cosh for so much of the game. Not happy with the performance, as I was hoping to see the team gel and step up from last week, but no injuries and no complacency before the first game isn't too bad.

dissapointed to lose, but it was a friendly, no points or trophies at stake, but that wont let the dobbins fans think they will take SL by storm, remember last season, all talk certainly no action!

would like to see seymour and holdsworth in the halves at leeds, heremaia and houghton share the hooking role

too many errors from our squad today and against a team who obviously valued this game more than us!

we need a hard hitting prop who can punch a hole in other teams defence, any spare cash for hock???

we can take more out of this loss and what we need to work on if we had won the game imo, plus no injuries is a small comfort