I spoke too soon. When I tried to redeem my code it said it had already been used

yes, done mine ready for tonight, easier than my smart tv! it remembered my login details, unlike the tv that seemed to take ages to login

Starting XIII:

1. Jake Connor

21. Adam Swift

3. Carlos Tuimavave

4. Josh Griffin

5. Mahe Fonua

6. Josh Reynolds

7. Marc Sneyd

13. Ligi Sao

9. Danny Houghton

10. Chris Satae

11. Andre Savelio

12. Manu Ma’u

16. Jordan Lane

Interchange:

2. Bureta Faraimo

15. Joe Cator

17. Brad Fash

19. Ben McNamara

20. Jack Brown

22. Josh Bowden

23. Connor Wynne

24. Cameron Scott

26. Jude Ferreira

YOUTH – Jacob Hookem

TRIAL – Mitieli Vulikijapani

Never felt so excited about a friendly in a long time!

Watch us get belted

Well done FC, sent me a new code safty and I’m up and running
C’mon u ullllaaaaaggghhh

Looks a cracking new ground

It does, and a cracking picture on the app.

Champagne rugby league.

That's a cracking finish from Swift with very little space to work with.

TWE

After the first 10 minutes I'm convinced we are going win Super League,

Liking Reynolds kicking game

Aggressive defence so far, good kick chase, good to see the boys back in action

Great try from York. Decent game so far.

good try from York - Marsh looked offside from the kick through though

Certainly seem to have improved the line speed in attack and especially defence

Another try, slick from Connor & Ma'u after the first 40/20 of the year.

Pretty pleasing first half. Some nice touches from Hull.

Reynolds looking handy and that riught hand side with Calos, Fonua and Savelio could be potent this year.

I'm liking seeing Sneyd popping up on both sides of the pitch and not just stuck down the left.

Be plenty of interchanges now I expect. Good first half.

Savelio impressing so far. Satae and Sao both got stuck in early doors as well.

Some pleasing performances with Swift showing up well, although a few errors by Connor his link up play is a plus, Houghton looks more like his old self, Reynolds & Sneyd look to be complementary to each other’s game. Some big physical defensive stints too across the 13.
Have to say York look a good side so far too and should do well.

Attitude to defend has vastly improved, not many times York has had the opportunity to kick in our half. Which appeared to be a broken record for the last 3 seasons.

A few observations from that half.

We have stuck to a fairly basic gameplan. Keeping it down the middle quite a lot and just looking for those quick play the balls to build momentum. The weather has probably played a part in that.

I think our kick chase has been excellent, and there is a massive improvement in our line speed and wrestle. We look like we have spent a long time working on getting numbers in the tackle, holding the man up and having them play the ball on our terms. We have only looked stretched once, and on that occasion you just have to tip your hat to York for a great try. No massive failings on our part for that try imo.

In attack, Connor has looked rusty but he has also had a few lovely touches and I'm excited to see what he does in better conditions. The speed he can get the ball out of his hands will create a lot of opportunities for us. Reynolds looks lively and him and Connor are linking up really well. Mau's try looked very simple on the face of it but our attacking shape on that play was great. Connor had bags of options on that play and that's incredibly hard to defend against. I've also noticed a lot more players sniffing around looking for those half breaks and offloads. Reynolds, Connor, Sneyd, even Swift a few times. All getting right on the shoulder of the forwards looking for that half chance.

Fonua looks fitter than he did all last season. Bowden also looks in great shape.

I'd like to see us put a few more moves on and chance our arm a little bit more, but I'm really positive about what we've done so far.