Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:20 am  

Did anyone feel that Ferguson's fitness isn't up to scratch yet against Fev? He didn't drive as hard as we saw last season and though he was reasonably ok in defence, he looked knackered by the end of the first half - if you watch the set where we conceded the second try, Fev ran at him all set and by the end he was out on his feet and his sluggishness ultimately conceded the try.

Anyway, what I was getting on to is that he might be better rested

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:23 pm  

I wouldn't expect many players to be at full fitness at the beginning of the year. Everything we do will be mainly geared towards the middle 8's and that will include getting the players to as close as peak condition in Aug/Sept. I'm sure the players will be a bit more match fit in a few weeks time.

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:50 pm  

DrFeelgood wrote:

Did anyone feel that Ferguson's fitness isn't up to scratch yet against Fev? He didn't drive as hard as we saw last season and though he was reasonably ok in defence, he looked knackered by the end of the first half - if you watch the set where we conceded the second try, Fev ran at him all set and by the end he was out on his feet and his sluggishness ultimately conceded the try.

Anyway, what I was getting on to is that he might be better rested

Big guys struggle on the heavy pitches, he had to do extra minutes because Kavanagh was injured, Lauaki was being Lauaki, and Olbison actually moved to prop at one stage.

Oh, and it was the first game of the season.

I think that's probably enough reasons

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:16 pm  

Bulls starting line up:

34. – Richie Mathers
22. – James Clare
3. – Adrian Purtell
4. – Kris Welham
2. – Omari Caro
6. – Lee Gaskell
13. – Danny Addy
10. – Adam Sidlow
9. – Adam O’Brien
11. – Tom Olbison
12. – Dale Ferguson
28. – Kurt Haggerty
14. – Jay Pitts
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15. – Matty Blythe
35. – Rhys Lovegrove
20. – Mitch Clark
23. – Alex Mellor

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:35 pm  

James Clare try. Addy converts.

Whitehaven 0 Bradford 6

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:47 pm  

Lee Gaskell try. Addy converts again.

Whitehaven 0 Bradford 12

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:49 pm  

Jay Pitts try. Addy converts.

Whitehaven 0 Bradford 18

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:57 pm  

Ferguson in now.

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:59 pm  

Bradford scoring a point a minute. Could be a long day at the office for Whitehaven.

Whitehaven 0 Bradford 24 with 20 mins gone.

Re: Whitehaven (A) : Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:09 pm  

Whitehaven try.

Whitehaven 6 Bradford 24