Top priority… if we haven’t Jowitt yet then Ellis should be camping outside his drive contract in hand and red carpet.
Pratt has that number 4 shirt sewn up. Hes everywhere, the yards, strong defence and breaks he made and he has a huge engine. He had Wood in his pocket pretty much all game. Hall will have a tough job keeping him out of the team and will have to fight hard to get that spot. Hard to look past Pratt at the moment.
Of the new signings. Mckmeeken strong in the middle. Storton had a good game, looked fit, got through plenty of work and he will be a good signing.
Scott and Walmsley look like they will be a very good pairing on the right.
Uele was strong, Rodwell was good too.
I can’t believe I’m going to say this because I’m one of his biggest critics… but Lino seems to work well with Trueman and they both ran the show emphatically thst first half. Hard to look past them starting round one.
Came away feeling for a bit better execution it could have easily been 50. Great to see the defensive resilience and structure from last season was there in abundance too. We will need that.
Not get carried away ofcourse but the signs are that our pre season has prepared us very well.
