Shifty :



i don't think it was a total lack of attacking ideas because we should have scored at least 3 or 4 tries, if we'd have just passed the ball properly, there was that one with Walmsley when he threw a forward to Rourke, when he should have let it go earlier, there was one i  where I think Jowitt threw it to Walmsley but he put too much on it & it went into touch. Tbh, without watching it back, I lost count of the number of tries we butchered, there were just too many. I remember Hood went for a quick pick-up a couple of meters out, to dive over after a good run from Hall, and knocked on when the line was wide open. So many times where we were in their 20 and just made mistakes we just didn't make in the first half, and we should have put another 30 points on them imo. We dominated the game and territory, but we went away from playing the structures we trained and executed in that first half and went looking for that miracle pass a few too many times, plus started making silly erors, and we also let Catalans make us get into a bit of an ugly game for a bit. Seems to happen quite often when teams get so on top in the first half, they just can't keep the standards the same the whole 80, and the scoreboard seems to affect how they play. Still, we nearly put 50 on Catalans, a team we've usually had trouble with, so we can't grumble too much. We got the 2 points, and our points difference is healthy.

That second half, though, leaving to one side the tries we should have scored, etc, seemed to last forever, and had too many drawn-out stoppages. Those Captains' challenges do nothing for the game in their current form, and the amount of time it took the video ref to decide on fairly straightforward things like TJ's last try just sapped the life out of the game. The second half must have lasted 10 minutes longer than the first.



Anyway, with that same team and play how we did for 60 minutes or so, we should do just fine. As I said, I think the drop off was a symptom of going for miracle passes and not playing to structure because we were scoring so easily, knock that on the head and hopefully we can have a little winning streak going in the next few games.

BarnsleyGull:

Lets be honest here, the worst 40 minutes of the season so far, which is a shame with the quality of rugby we have been playing.
In the cold light of day, a game we should have won, but didn't. (Cas should have beat us so we got that one)
Players out of position, dropping the ball, soft pens  and TJ missing cost us the game.
Move on to Shudds and put it right.
Up the Trin!

alegend:

Just watched last Hull try and how he could have Sent it up as a try is baffling.If it had gone up as a no try it would not have been given You could not see the ball .Any body understand what happened with the vido challenge in the second half .I through it was our ball but the ref gave them a free kick..Not blaming ref for a very poor display ,But shows  what damage a 50 /50 call can do

scarrie:



I think that Wakey challenged something, a call of a strip perhaps, which was overturned but in reviewing they spotted at high tackle so it was a successful challenge but still a penalty to Hull.That's just what I surmise happened but I was at the ground and haven't watched the game on TV so I may well be wrong.

scarrie:



I think that Wakey challenged something, a call of a strip perhaps, which was overturned but in reviewing they spotted at high tackle so it was a successful challenge but still a penalty to Hull.That's just what I surmise happened but I was at the ground and haven't watched the game on TV so I may well be wrong.