Quins beat Hull : Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:04 pm  

What a grind but well done to the understrength team. Great effort by everyone and Super Chad Randall best player by miles.That was hard work. Had to watch it at home sadly as not too well but that cheered me up no end Bring on the warm weather please

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:08 pm  

Excellent result, first half sounded tough? Couldn't get to the game as I was delayed at work. Sky showed a crowd figure of 3,593 tonight

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:12 pm  

Well done from Up North! I was hoping you'd win after your blip last week as you're a much better side than that score showed. It was a tough grind in the sludge but you were definitely the better team and there was some really smart play. Such a shame that kick try from the scrum didn't come off. A brilliant idea!

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:14 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Well done from Up North! I was hoping you'd win after your blip last week as you're a much better side than that score showed. It was a tough grind in the sludge but you were definitely the better team and there was some really smart play. Such a shame that kick try from the scrum didn't come off. A brilliant idea!

Would have been in the top 20 tries of the season list if it had. Really bad bounce

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:35 pm  

A good job done by the lads

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:49 pm  

Totally out played is, well done Quins.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:03 pm  

Big Dave T wrote:

Totally out played is, well done Quins.

I wouldnt say totally out played us but played great tactics and won the arm wrestle!

That Randall 40/20 was brilliant and Chad more then made up for the Wigan game.

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:16 pm  

knocker norton wrote:

I wouldnt say totally out played us but played great tactics and won the arm wrestle!

That Randall 40/20 was brilliant and Chad more then made up for the Wigan game.

I thought Hull looked very impressive for the first half, although perhaps lacking real penetration when close to the tryline with Quins also defending well.

For once Quins really stepped it up in the second half, coming out looking alert and getting an early try after the break. A compelling game to watch on a chilly evening in difficult slippery conditions; I thought the visitors' heads perhaps dropped a bit (or maybe they just ran out of ideas) once Quins were two scores in front. They were however far superior in one aspect, that of kicking for field position. Apart from Randall's 40/20 and Dorn's brilliant narrow failure to score from his own kick off the back of a scrum around thirty metres out, all our kicks seemed to go straight down defenders' throats or out of play, whereas Hull consistently probed the vacant areas around the ten metre line or beyond, putting us under pressure as we had to retrieve the bouncing ball from near our own tryline.

Excellent win though. That's the best team we've beaten this season and I'm feeling a lot more confident for the cup tie than I was after the final hooter last Sunday!

: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:59 pm  

knocker norton wrote:

I wouldnt say totally out played us but played great tactics and won the arm wrestle!

That Randall 40/20 was brilliant and Chad more then made up for the Wigan game.

Quins did everything right at the right times better than us through the full game. We maybe won the arm wrestle first 20 but that was us done.

: Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:18 am  

I was another watching at home. Thought that without our back three forwards plus Sharp and then Gafa we just couldn't win it. How wrong I was - hero Purdo somehow played, the last Chad standing was superb (Manly. why did you ever release him?) - excellent tactical victory.

Hull started with the idea of kicking to young O'C at every opportunity. It didn't work for them then they had no plan B.

Well done lads.