It was noticeable how much the ruck was slowed in the second half compared to the first and I think it was a tactical change from Hull. It worked, they took their chances. The 50-50 plays come off in another game, but overall I was pleased with our game. 


Rourke looked great in attack and comfortable under the high ball, but I think we missed Jowitt's passing skills to create the space. I was surprised how easily he got skinned by Chamberlain,  which again I think Jowitt would've covered that. 


Add Vagana, Jowitt and Stornton into that team I think the result would be different. 

'Busted flush' Tom Johnstone. 

Tom must be averaging about 150 meters a game so far and he's just easing his way in, big post contact from him as well. 

Some really good meters and post-contact from Griff for his first game back in ages.
Rodwell's only gonna get better from that.

Renouf had a big game down the middle 132 meters from 14 carries and Caleb was good as usual 116 meters from just 10 carries, both with big post-contact meters. Seems to be a theme so far this season that our middles are making on average around 10 meters per carry, really impressive compared to our previous years in SL.
As most thought, moving Big Mike to the second row stopped his usual effectiveness down the middle, which we needed in that second half with Rodwell just coming back.


Pitts did another 100 meters and I also think he had around 50 tackles which is crazy.

Biggest difference between the teams was Sezer. In the second half he absolutely bossed it, and his kicking game kept us pinned back for large parts of the game. I thought we pretty much matched them other than that, it was a good contest between two teams missing key players. 


The only other comment I would make is that it's embarrassing watching Rugby League players throwing themselves on the floor to win a penalty.

We played a very Similar game against the Giants, but managed to get the better of them in the end. Hull Fc are a decent team, Ese Ese is colossal for them, with their edges very good too. Sezer pulled the strings perfectly both with his kicking game, running game and passing plays. That defeat for me hurt the most out of any others so far, as we should have been out of sight by HT. We really have the potential to be a top quality top 6 team, but feel we have quality issues on our edges throughout the games so far this season. Most of the mistakes or just poor plays have come from our edges and that’s what the difference is.


Im not naming players specifically but we simply need to be better in those areas as our forwards are putting us in great field positions but then knock on’s, offsides and drag outs just don’t get us to the level which we all envisage our team being at. Those 1%’s add up and make you pay once 80 minutes is up.