Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:02 pm  

Decent point that. 5 points clear of 7th now and still within sight of second.

Tough side are fax and losing Holmes forcing us to play with a Hooker at FB and 1 HB. Will take it.

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:12 pm  

3 bombed tries according to twitter. Anyone at the game think they should have been tries or correctly ruled out?

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:13 pm  

Cheating, robbing gets.

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:31 pm  

Encouraged wrote:

Cheating, robbing gets.

Aww is someone a little upset?

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:48 pm  

Ckt2487 wrote:

Aww is someone a little upset?

Yeah me. Oh well doubt it will have much of a bearing come the end of the season.

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:52 pm  

Encouraged wrote:

Yeah me. Oh well doubt it will have much of a bearing come the end of the season.

yeah you’re right I’m sure you will be more than one point behind!

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:21 pm  

A really enjoyable game, spoilt only by some dubious refereeing decisions. But not even warm rain managed to dampen the spirits.
I really fancied us for the win, until the half back pairing was announced. For me, Lilley is a hooker, not a SO or SH. We have Flanagan jnr who could cover at FB, this would enable a more balanced attacking set up.
For the number of attacks we had, I thought we should have had the game sewn up by half time. Patton managed to underwhelm, something becoming too regular. Lilley does try hard, but he's not quick and agile enough. We need Holmes in a more attacking role.
Speaking of which, anyone know why he went off?

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:28 pm  

I thought it was a really entertaining match, a proper derby.

Not quite sure how we managed to be behind at HT but Halifax dragged themselves back into the contest with a bit of rub from the official. The 2nd half Halifax looked a lot better and the lads had to dig deep to stay in the contest.

I thought O'Brien was probably the best player on the pitch for Fax. We'd have won it if they hadn't had him in on a loan...don't they have any youngsters of their own to play..?

3-1 in the league, can't grumble too much.

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 6:00 pm  

Holmes has been carrying the same injury since the Halifax cup game. He agrivated it agsin today early on. He was a passenger for most of the game, hobbling around and not taking the line on which is not like him. I am surprised we had not really made provision for him going off. Wynne or Flanagan Jr on the bench might have been a good idea knowing the injury has caused him problems. Could have cost us the game. I don't think he should be risked against Toulouse until it is sorted. He is too valuable a player to take this chance.

Re: Halifax (H) : Sun Jun 18, 2023 6:05 pm  

First time in a while Halifax have failed to beat us at least once in a regular league season. I thought it was a riveting game, tight, competitive. Again, we have developed some resilience. That was a deserved point after some in-game adversity