: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:36 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Not too disappointed with that. Some silly errors but at least Deacon seems to be improving. We went error free for the first half hour or so and Saints giving away cheap penalties actually slowed us down. Our disallowed try should have stood and one of Saints shouldn't. It was a more even contest than the scoreline dictates. Eastmond should have been in the bin and others could have been close, for whatever reason Saints seemed dirty today.

so the eight tries we scored didnt count then?

the biggest bunch of sour grapes ive seen from a poster..

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:43 pm  

redeverready wrote:

I think you'll find of both occasions it was the ingoal judge who made the calls who IMO is a little closer than us. As for the Bradford try it wasn't obvious what it was ruled out for but the IGJ saw something. The Saints one Thaler was going to rule knock on it was the IGJ who said it was grounded.

It was nowhere near grounded. Shocking call.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:48 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

Saint's knocked on and Morro(?) I think got it down : TRY.

Jon Wilkin obstructed Langley and then whoever scored the apparent try knocked on over the line but the idiot (sorry I mean ref) gave it.

I also heard that in 2002 they robbed you as well

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:48 pm  

RIGSBY wrote:

so the eight tries we scored didnt count then?

the biggest bunch of sour grapes ive seen from a poster..

I don't think anyone on here is denying you your victory. The best side won on the day for sure. At times, the Bulls just could not live with your pace and power. Big Maurie coming on just tore us apart. What I would give for a player like like (ala Paul Anderson) top come on for us. We are lacking that at the moment.

However, momentum matters and had we been rightly given the try that was disallowed, we would have been 18 points up with the ball back. Instead, after an error by us, you are given a try that you should never have had and its a different game. I'm pretty sure we would still have lost but it would have been tighter.

And another ref, another day, Eastmond might have walked. That would have changed things for sure. I really didn't see it from where I was though so who knows...

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:49 pm  

On the whole it wasn't a bad performance I thought. We had spells when we looked useful and played some good Rugby, I particularly enjoyed the tries from the Menzies break and the lovely bit of centre play by Nero for Semi's try. But those silly errors in the 1st half cost us dear and probably took the game away from us.

I thought Burgess looked a little flat which was a problem because we struggled to compete with Saints big men. We still lack that impact prop that we can bring on from the bench to lift the side like Maurie and Puletua did for Saints.

On a positive note I thought Deacon showed glimpses of his old self without ever fully imposing himself on the game. I thought Nero carried on his excellent form and looks to have formed a dangerous partnership with Semi.

I don't think we learnt anything we didn't already know though today. If you make mistakes against a Saints team who in form, then you're unlikely to come out on top. It is hard to look past Saints for the trophies this year from what I have seen so far.

The lads now have to find some energy for the short turnaround against Leeds on Friday. Looks likely that we will be without Rinaldi and Morrison for that match too. With only one hooker available we will need top class performances from BJ and Deacon if we're to compete.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:51 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

On the whole it wasn't a bad performance I thought. We had spells when we looked useful and played some good Rugby, I particularly enjoyed the tries from the Menzies break and the lovely bit of centre play by Nero for Semi's try. But those silly errors in the 1st half cost us dear and probably took the game away from us.

I thought Burgess looked a little flat which was a problem because we struggled to compete with Saints big men. We still lack that impact prop that we can bring on from the bench to lift the side like Maurie and Puletua did for Saints.
On a positive note I thought Deacon showed glimpses of his old self without ever fully imposing himself on the game. I thought Nero carried on his excellent form and looks to have formed a dangerous partnership with Semi.

I don't think we learnt anything we didn't already know though today. If you make mistakes against a Saints team who in form, then you're unlikely to come out on top. It is hard to look past Saints for the trophies this year from what I have seen so far.

The lads now have to find some energy for the short turnaround against Leeds on Friday. Looks likely that we will be without Rinaldi and Morrison for that match too. With only one hooker available we will need top class performances from BJ and Deacon if we're to compete.

Yep, thats what I just said!

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:52 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

On the whole it wasn't a bad performance I thought. We had spells when we looked useful and played some good Rugby, I particularly enjoyed the tries from the Menzies break and the lovely bit of centre play by Nero for Semi's try. But those silly errors in the 1st half cost us dear and probably took the game away from us.

I thought Burgess looked a little flat which was a problem because we struggled to compete with Saints big men. We still lack that impact prop that we can bring on from the bench to lift the side like Maurie and Puletua did for Saints.

On a positive note I thought Deacon showed glimpses of his old self without ever fully imposing himself on the game. I thought Nero carried on his excellent form and looks to have formed a dangerous partnership with Semi.

I don't think we learnt anything we didn't already know though today. If you make mistakes against a Saints team who in form, then you're unlikely to come out on top. It is hard to look past Saints for the trophies this year from what I have seen so far.

The lads now have to find some energy for the short turnaround against Leeds on Friday. Looks likely that we will be without Rinaldi and Morrison for that match too. With only one hooker available we will need top class performances from BJ and Deacon if we're to compete.

What's up with them? I wondered why Morrison didn't come back on.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:52 pm  

debaser wrote:

Yep, thats what I just said!

Indeed but judging by the times.. I'd already typed it.

So don't steal my thoughts ok?

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:55 pm  

debaser wrote:

What's up with them? I wondered why Morrison didn't come back on.

Well I don't have the medical knowledge of Stevo but Rinaldi was a leg injury of some sort but he was walking on it by the end albeit struggling. He didn't look like someone who could play on Fri though. Morrison looked to be holding his ribs?

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:56 pm  

debaser wrote:

It was nowhere near grounded. Shocking call.

Were you as close as the IGJ.