Well not many saw that one coming! Superb performance from 1-17, a total contrast to Sunday and that's what will frustrate many of us. We know this team has got it in them. Yeah Leeds were poor, but that is no fluke, we hit them hard for the first 15 minutes and they didn't want to know for the rest of the game. What we now want to see is performances on a much more consistent basis.

Joe Lovodua could genuinely go down as a cult hero at this club. This is a young lad who's travelled to the other side of the world and hadn't played a competitive game for near enough 2 years. 5 games in and near enough 5 different positions and he's looked comfortable in every one of them.

On a sadder note, absolutely gutted for Cator, rotten luck. Hopefully the others who copped knocks aren't as serious.

Go back to page 11.

How good where Connors kicks on the last, and the kick chase and following defence often led by Lovodua and Mitch, quality lads, still buzzing

Cracking performance from your lot, annoying to watch though when your smashing Leeds and the Sky commentary team are still banging on and on about Leeds still getting to the grand final.

Yeah, there’s many on Sky who still wouldn’t bet against a Leeds v Hull KR Grand Final this year!

Was it just me or did Wilkin have verbal diarrhoea last night as he just to seem to be permanently be talking in the background throughout the game and found it a little irritating.

I said the same. Loves the sound of his own voice and pontificates when he could say things a lot quicker and simpler, but compared to JJB, he is a better option for the pundits, he at least sounds educated and speaks clearly,

https://twitter.com/hullfcofficial/stat ... LV0Eg&s=19 119m post contact

https://twitter.com/hullfcofficial/stat ... LV0Eg&s=19 119m post contact

To be fair I don't usually mind him say pre match or at halftime (as I can do something else) but last night he just seemed to be talking all the way through the game in the background rather than just coming in at certain points, it was a constant drone.

Barrie usually gets out his book of cliches etc but after the game I actually thought he questioned Moorehouse quite well with genuine valid pionts and concerns. Think it would be fair to say that neither he or Carney were impressed with her comments as it all lacked any real substance to the cause.

Unfortunately RL is a physical contact sport and that is what attracts not only fans to the game but players and its a fine line between player safety in terms of taking out genuine foul play and general play that carries a risk.
Both Moorhouse and Cullen failed to grasp or accept its not the offences that have always been red/yellow card offences that are the issue its things like the two yellows last night that were not and should not be yellows that is killing the game.
After watching the Evans one several times its actually Walker running in to Evans chest and him bouncing off him so how is a defending player supposed to avoid that? I didn't see any direct contact to the head from Evans shoulder or arm, thought Prior was a little unlucky too as there wasn't any awful lot in that either.

That's got to be his best performance for us as he was outstanding and on a 4 day turnaround with pitches that are still looking pretty heavy.

I'd have him over Walmsley everyday of the week

On the replays, I thought both Evans and Prior were both unlucky to be binned for those tackles. However, I suspect they’ll both still get a one match ban on Monday.

I genuinely think , when they are on it, Sao and Satae are as good a front row as any, including Saints.
Awesome running game last night, how Walker tackled big Chris yards from the line , at full tilt, was amazing. It had try written all over it and the fullback did an amazing job to stop it. Jake Connor though!

Yes, 235m but all about Walker. Weird.

Not as appalling as previously, the last 4 seasons we have won our games there:

2019 - 24 - 26
2020 - 4 - 30 (we lost there 40 - 22 in the October but that was the Hull home fixture due to Covid



)
2021 - 12 - 18
2022 - 8 - 31

Just need to sort our home record out now!

Not weird at all, the tackle was incredible and by the slightest player on the pitch, on one of the biggest.
Raps to our props, but at the time, that looked like a try all day long. Leeds' props couldn't handle Satae and Sao was superb, a real gem of a signing who is streets ahead of most props, with a few exceptions and I wouldn't swap either player for any other prop in SL. But praising a tackle that stopped a certain try is not weird , and one of the only few highlights of Leeds display.

Oh yes, I'm still scarred by the 11 year losing streak or whatever it was.


Also Barrie Mac saying Headingley the best RL ground in the country. Away support accommodation on a par with Post Office Road in the 90s.

Last night in the umbrella end was so cool, the whole fabulous stadium emptied, leaving thousands of adoring black & white supporters dancing in the moonlight.

Nearly twelve years. We won there in September 2007 back in the days of Peter Sharp, Shaun Briscoe, Matty Head and Tommy Lee then no away wins over Leeds until July 2019.

Our record in all games against Leeds under Richard Agar (2008-2011) was played ten lost ten, points scored 186 points conceded 371. In the ten games we conceded at least 30 points eight times and at least 40 points five times.

Awful times. Felt like all of them were in a downpour as well, maybe not the case but it seemed so.

Our Albert with a ripper of an interception try this morning for the Broncos, just need rovers to lose and it’s a perfect weekend before it’s even begun

Is it to counter Phil Clarke's rabid hatred of us? It's either one extreme or the other. We were crap but that shouldn't detract from Hull's performance especially Connor. That "no look" pass out to the wing was worth the entry money alone! Almost as good was Austin's attempt at a similar pass but Fusitu'a had decided to stop to have treatment on his eye! I think Jake said something to Blake about it! I wish Connor could keep that level of performance up and then Wane would have no choice but to pick him. Felt for the young kid Cator too. Hope he makes a speedy recovery. Galey should be able to mentor him about how to deal with such a setback!

Hull up to fourth

All things considered I think we can be fairly happy with the start we've made to the season. We've had a lot of adversity but on the whole we've showed up pretty well. The Saints game was dreadful, but we probably wouldn't have beaten Saints even if we played great. Not without Connor. Wakefield away was a well ground out win and we've put in 2 really good performances against Salford and Leeds. The only really frustrating one was the slip up against Castleford.

We should start to get a few guys back in the coming weeks, if we can start to get a bit of luck on the injury front then I'll be quite optimistic going into the summer. From what I've seen so far Saints are head and shoulders above anyone, Wigan and Catalans are probably next. After that we look as good as anyone else. Leeds are poor, Warrington look too lightweight, Castleford will be up and down, Rovers look to have regressed. I haven't seen much of Huddersfield who also look decent. That will be a big game next weekend.

did anyone notice that ball Jake tried to slip on 27 mins ?
it was his best work on display
If you have the recording go to around 27.10 and see how he plays the 3 on 3

it’s beyond sublime and i had to watch it 3x more just to admire it properly

the Leeds player has to knock it on to stop a clean break from out of almost nothing

Yes it's all down to consistency both in terms of performance and team selection. We need a good run with a settled 1-6-7-9. I've no idea how long Reynolds will be out but Gale only has next Sunday in terms of SL games left on his ban.