I would use the match to give the young guns more SL experience:

Sheriff
Johnson, Salter, Heil, Webster
Hall, Dobson
Beaumont, Hodgson, Taylor
Griffin, Galea
Petersen
Bench: Mika, Lovegrove, O'hara, Griffin.

Griffin's got his work cut out, lets hope the coach rotates the bench correctly so we don't end up with 12 men on the pitch.

A win from us and a loss from Bulls (they're at Catalns) would put us in 9th. I know it actually means nothing in the grand scheme of things, but sounds marginally better than 10th.

On points difference we should have been in 7th, above Huddersfield. Shows how close we've been all season, besides the injuries etc we've had.

We just need to remember how to actually close these games out.

I expect quite a big win at London this weekend.

Where's James Green gone? Did well against Bradford, copped a ban an never been seen since. This kid should be playing in these games.

Id play whichever youth players Sandercock thinks will be 1st teamers next year

Sheriff
Salter
Heil
Horne
Johnson
Hall
Dobson
Paea
Withers
Taylor
Galea
Mika
Lovegrove

O'Hara
Beaumont
Hodgson
Peterson

12-0 down. Looks like a game being used for experience, looking at that team. Though on the other hand, if Webster is an enforced absence, maybe we had no choice. And tbh, it's not like he alone would have been likely to make much of difference.

Its now 18 -0 time to go home me thinks, glad i changed my mind in going

roll on next season its got to be better then this i hope

24-12 to the Broncos at HT, after trailing 24-0 on the half hour.

Should have let them get 27 in front before we started the comeback!



Get the next try and we've a chance - so LB will no doubt score within a couple of minutes of the re-start. On t'other hand, last time I was this ruefully negative, we came back to beat Warrington.

I recon we have had it now unless you believe in miracles

I mean, seriously, how often do we concede shortly after the start of a half?

Was that not an issue last year, even?

You get primed and it's 'here we GO... oh.'

That is a massively inexperienced back line, in fairness, and I guess there's only one way to get experience.

48-42 London FT.

Two poor teams, with that abysmal first half hour proving costly to Rovers in the end.

48-42 to London! Only lost out on goals in the end, as the teams split 16 tries.

End of season, shackles off a bit I guess. only 21 league points, but a +24 points difference.

Both most points for (by nearly 100, I think!) and against in SL.

To score 36 then 42 in our final two games and end up losing them both is criminal and says all you need to know about Rovers defence this year.

Roll on next season

A terrible season is now over, thank god! Mr Sandercock, the work starts now for you. Another season like this one and you will be gone!

I wouldn't go so far as to say terrible.

The emergence of several academy products that look as if they can and will cope at this level have saved it.

I agree though, another season like this and he won't be getting another contract.

I agree. 1 win from the last 10 was particularly dispiriting. Only 1 more point than we managed in 2007, despite there being, IMO, more weak teams. But tbf, we went very close a number of times in that bad run, we had probably our worst SL season for injuries and CS inherited the problems created by some indifferent post-2008 recruitment.

We're looking at accelerating the process of bringing in the young players according NH, and CS has to balance the need to do that (with results that inevitably won't always be pretty), with making sure we win a dozen games or so.

I admire your positivity, but im looking at rovers at a glass half empty scenario. And i hope i`m wrong, but i just dont have any confidence in Sandercock. Its up to him now to put me and the doubters wrong next season, but i just cant see it.

i think the seasons being ok rugbys a lot better to watch than morgans robotic style a lot of young players bloodied so in my mind we have sacrificed play offs this year but the young players will be prepared for next season .We might have a couple of seasons like this but it will be better in the long run and to everyone whos moaning just remember the 90s

Totally agree frankie

We've been competetive in practically every game this season, no real hammerings, and a more expansive style of rugby being played. Plus next year the coach will have more players of his own choosing to pick from, the team will be used to his style of play, defensive patterns etc, and a lot of youngsters will have some super league experience under their belts. Much as the league position is disapointing, I don't get all the negativity that's been spouted, we're a mid table team at the moment, live with it people, and just think back a few years to where we've come from.
If there are a few seasons of marking time to get the finances in order, and this means fielding teams of mainly home grown talent, so long as they give 100% we can't ask anymore, just look at Bradford and see what happens when you live beyond your means.

Got to agree when you look at the points we have scored this season who would have thought we would put 36 points against wigan when we learn how to tackle we will be up their with them again so its not all doom

Good turn out from your fans given it was a nothing game and an early start.

The thing is we've been saying well be a good team once we learn how to tackle for the last few years, how long does it take lol