Overall I think you have to be happy with that. Stand out's for me were kelly ( could be a big signing!) campese was a steadying influence allowing others to steal the show, allgood & green in that second half were very good and dominated against all props they come against. Sio, class - What odd's for him top scorer? Boubedza's distribution looks solid and he look's lively. I thought gudzek when he came on looked excellent and slotted in very well and burke looks very strong and confident with the ball. Donaldson added some enthusiasm when he came on and made a number of top tackles and hard yards - he is a workhorse no doubt.

Negatives - Not to many. Carlile tackles well, but brings nothing in attack. However the fact when he was on the pack were getting dominated does not help. 1st half defenseive fragility with welham & campese down that side, but maybe you can applaud the lines ran by minichello. Dixons defensive fullback abilities are in question, but can you leave him out of your team when he can score tries from anywhere on the pitch which is something we have lacked for a long time. If i am really picky our centre's did not excel, but rarely did to much wrong.

As a 1st hit out together after a rusty start as expected we looked very capable, and the togetherness and character was excellent which is always good to see. Positive signs, but like the team we shouldn't get to carried away. Onwards an Upwards I hope! RRTR

Would much prefer Ben C at full-back but agree, Dixon needs to play somewhere. I am concerned with the hookers though. At the mo of the two I would stick with Carlile as he deserves his chance but really hope Chezzy is still looking to strengthen there

Typical game of 2 half's . first half we bullied you in the middle second half you had all the ball and boy did you use it well. Looking back at the game again I think you guys will trouble teams and I also think if we keep our 13 on we will do well .

I think we should stick with dixon at full back he didn't do to bad yesterday he dropped 1 bomb and fell for minichellos outrageous step, but his pace in centre field will be a massive plus for us this season and sio and either Ben c or manatello will have the wing spots covered, and i will add that when we signed French John i wasn't really pleased about it but seeing him in 2 games now i will admit i was wrong and he looks a good player

I think it was to be expected that you'd have the upper hand in the first half seeing as we were blooding so many new faces.

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I'd agree, well worth persisting for the time being. Miniciello's side step was reminiscent of Galea's at Magic Weekend in 2009 v Warrington.

Ken sio 33-1 at corals,25-1 at ladbrokes top regular season try scorer. Bit of value IMO.

Playing outside goulding whose an excellent assist player, and pinpoint kicks continuing in yesterdays form, and albo kelly making numerous breaks down that side 22/1 or any odds above 20 is well worth a each way bet at least. I'm on it.

With regards dixon, would it maybe be worth in defense moving him to the wing and mantelleno at fullback, if mantelleno is better defensively. ( not saying he is, just has a more conducive frame for getting in the way ) and then in attack allow dixon to play the running type fullback following up on breaks and half breaks etc as well as chiming into the line and mantelleno on the wing to finish and pluck kicks out of the air? A lot of messing about but could be the answer if done correctly. Anyone's thoughts?

Personally i would like to see him stay at fullback and as for the defensive side of his game the opposition have to get past 12 others players before they get to him

Historically, that is something we have been overly giving to other teams - free pass to attack our line, so excuse my pessimism on that subject.

Regardless, it is not a bad conundrum to have. If dixon starts at fullback i am more then happy with that because i believe his positives can outweigh the negatives, however if we can mitigate the negatives somehow it's a brucey bonus.

I can see why people would question him playing at full back but i thought he handled sneyd and prices kicking game pretty well apart from once, but that knock on gets well outweighed by the try he scored from a little bit of broken defence and he was gone which i find really exciting, and on the plus side surely he can never be as bad as our last no1

I was really impressed with all our new signings i think they will all bring something to the team this season the only 1 left me scratching my head a bit was Maurice Blair he played centre in NRL but we signed him as a half back and i think he played loose forward yesterday so I suppose him playing a number of positions is good but the alarming thing was he seemed to of enjoyed the festive period and mince pies far to much and seemed to have a rugby ball stuffed up his jumper

Speaking very generally, I'd say Hull looked bigger and more powerful, Rovers a bit leaner and quicker. There were exceptions, of course - Maurice Blair, most obviously. He trundled it up okay from loose forward, but that wasn't a typical body shape for a 6 or centre, by any stretch. Thought Carlile did okay and I was reassured, that he could do a competent job. Boudebza could be quite special if he had a little more pace I reckon, but even without it he's not bad. Dixon's errors were ones that any full back might make, IMO and his attacking play was very good. Kelly looks an exciting signing.
Hull ran over us a bit in the first half, but seemed to have burned a lot of fuel in doing it and we took advantage in the second.
More positives than negatives for both sides I thought. Sneyd looked very competent and confident for Hull and as Stan says, Minicello's play was reminiscent of Galea.

Just watched the game on Hull KR TV. Thought Campese looked very good, good hands, good kicking, smart decision making, hopefully will improve as well. Kelly/Dixon/Sio all played well.

Thought the forwards lacked a bit of power, and the obvious loss is Josh at hooker, think we will miss him this season. Overall though, pleasantly surprised, I thought we were destined for the bottom 4 following last season!

Hopefully with Adam Walker and Bailey to come in our lack of power up front will be addressed

first half i could agree, but second half our forwards were making massive yards. Allgood, green and burke specifically. One of weymans quieter games to be fair though

Mild rover .Spot on mate

Walker is one of Rovers better forwards and Bailey will add plenty of aggression which was missed in the 1st half but in the 2nd half the other forwards stepped up a level. Looks really promising.

well get a better idea of where we are on Sunday against a decent team

I thought Donaldson was very good when he came he on, I have read about his good defence and it was there for all to see. Must be pushing for a starting place on that performance.

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