Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:26 pm  

Douglas Black wrote:

Was the 2009 cup semi final.

It certainly was!! Great day

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:45 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

After last season, a win was welcome, if it was only in a warm up game. The second half shut out was a positive, given the way we collapsed on too many occasions in 2022, but McGuire's red card was a blot on the evening.

We won the first 3 league games last season.
Just saying.

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:52 pm  

What grading does a dissent charge carry nowadays , must of been quite bad for a straight red

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:54 pm  

I don’t buy this ‘wait for the warmer drier weather’
We live in a county of frequent rain and the Grand Final is played in Autumn.
Nothing is won in a fortnight of summer in June.

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:58 pm  

easyWire wrote:

Powell said he’s had a hip flexor issue all week. Maybe he shouldn’t have been risked, but it’s a friendly and that gives Powell the opportunity to see how he goes. I get the feeling Kasiano will thrive in warmer, drier conditions in the summer.

Just to be clear, Kasiano was the player with the hip injury. Mikaele (the player whose aerobic fitness was being called into question) was, so far as we are aware, 'fit'.

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 5:45 pm  

wire-till-i-die wrote:

What grading does a dissent charge carry nowadays , must of been quite bad for a straight red

Not sure but yeah a Red card for dissent,, it must have been pretty bad. Just don't get what he could have said seeing it was right after we scored. Hopefully just a 1 match ban so he's ready for leeds Fingers crossed.

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:11 pm  

I quite enjoyed it. Big packs have their flaws, the odd missed tackle the grain is to be expected. Outweighed by momentum and some heavy artillery for their defensive line.

One thing that concerned me early on was the defensive consistency on the right. There were times where Drinkwater, Matautia and Nicholson were all doing different things, but it seemed to improve as the game went on. That’s what these games are for though.

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:17 pm  

easyWire wrote:

Powell said he’s had a hip flexor issue all week. Maybe he shouldn’t have been risked, but it’s a friendly and that gives Powell the opportunity to see how he goes. I get the feeling Kasiano will thrive in warmer, drier conditions in the summer.

I think we all will !

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:57 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

We won the first 3 league games last season.
Just saying.

We did, but the performances in those games were not great, and a portent of how the season was to go.

Re: Todays game : Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:44 pm  

Or thane wrote:

Not sure but yeah a Red card for dissent,, it must have been pretty bad. Just don't get what he could have said seeing it was right after we scored. Hopefully just a 1 match ban so he's ready for leeds Fingers crossed.

A lot of talk around the club about this.