totally different team this season...hadn't won away for over a year before this season either..lets not forget we have had Kr Wigan x2 and Leigh as our opening games!

It was awful to say the least.


Felt we panicked too much and tried to cut corners too much. Passing was way off and the harder we tried the worse it got.


Think Cartwright made some selection errors tonight, personally would have gone with Moy at full back. Rapana tries hard but for me has lost his pace to play there and was easy to shut down. 


One of those nights, we was never going to be near a finished article after one recruitment cycle. Long journey ahead still and would like to see what we can be like if we ever have our strongest 13 out. 

Was really p.iss poor across the park. As you say Hardaker run his socks off. Not gonna name individuals as there where to many ... Really disappointed after the last 3 matches 

The only thing missing from that poop show was a brain fart send off.

Firstly, credit to Cas for a deserved win. From what I've seen of them in 2025 that looked like one of their best performances of the year so far, so well done to them.


As for us! We didn't look right straight from the kick-off. As someone else said earlier you can usually tell with us what kind of a night it's going to be in the first ten minutes and so it proved tonight. We looked disjointed in attack and vulnerable in defence wide out. We never really got going and the little flurry at the end was simply too little too late stuff.


Think tonight showed how crucial Asiata is to this side. We got away with his absence in France but not tonight. We created little and at times played panic football as the game slowly slipped away from us. I personally don't have too much of a problem with their work rate but too many players had bad nights for the result to end any differently. We don't have the individual quality to dig ourselves out of a hole when it's not going well, we literally either win as a team or we lose as one as tonight.


If we're looking for some positives out of games like this, then it's that this is part of the learning curve and rebuilding process we are currently going through. Unfortunately nights like tonight will come up on the route, think the key is not to get too despondent when we lose and try not to get too over excited when we win, not easy with us lot!!!!


I wonder if this side struggles with going into games as favourites? The two dispiriting performances this year have come in games when we've been expected to win. Maybe being the underdog suits them, they don't feel the pressure so much and subsequently don't clam up like tonight.


A disappointing night unquestionably, but there's thirteen rounds still to play, suspect there will be a few ups and downs over the next three months, it is the Fc rollercoaster after all. I see the usual suspects have already pronounced us dead and buried. Maybe they'll be right, but I wouldn't start dancing on our grave just yet. Hang on in there everyone!! 

Credit to Cas, fully deserved the win..
We were abject, from the opening whistle, the team lacked focus.
The error strewn performance was frankly appalling.
Line speed, and energy levels were concerning.
Individual performances, I thought only Eseh and Laidlaw brought enthusiasm.
Defensively our 'centres ' are poor, very disappointed with Rapana as a marquee player.