Not entirely sure about that (Keyes and Lilley). Ryan, Bustin, Flanagan, Wildie and Green all had good games too.

Like a previous poster said, we have some big game players to come back ourselves but I'm not getting too excited yet as I think it will be a lot closer when we play you at The Shay.

Early days yet for both sides

Fax will be a different side with Murrell in there, no mistake.

The most exciting thing about this team is the number of young players that seem to be coming through together and if we can keep them they have years ahead to play together.

We were missing senior players too, and we did have Keyes and Lilley so that doesn't wash. Don;t know why you are getting defensive it is a pre season game and will have no reflection on the games during the year

In defence of Fax they seemed to make more changes than us which never helps. The first 10-15mins we had to defend very well. I imagine they’d be slicker with their regular halfbacks. Then again we’d be stronger too.

There were a few standout performers for us. I liked the look of Wildie who’s a very neat player at dummy half. The passes were quick and accurate – something we struggled with a bit last year. Ryan’s try was another super effort in the corner. Flanagan looked really sharp when he came on and Bustin was the pick of the forwards. I was pleased with how fit we looked.

Kear’s going to have some real selection headaches.

The first bulls fan who talks sense unlike the ones on facebook

Judging by your first post on this thread you belong with those on Facebook

I thought we played well. It was a competitive game between two decent sides who were giving no quarter. For us, I thought the young lads in the forwards showed up especially well and easily gave as good as they got. Result is largely irrelevant for a pre-season game, but the way we played should give us good heart for the much more important games to come.

If you are struggling in pre season due the the lack of depth in your squad then i think its going to be a long season a head and you might be looking at mid table rather then the top 5.

If we didnt have Lilley and Keyes it would have been Chisholm and Milnes. You know them, the 2 halves that guided us around the field and led us to a resounding victory against York.

Credible or not, I believe the attendance was 3500 yesterday and 1500 at Dewsbury. I'd like to wager a bet that will beat the attendance of at lease 5 SL games (#NewBeginnings) and that's even excluding London home games.

They've used it as way to raise more funds for themselves with SL set to take the. Championship money when they inevitably fail at negotiating an improved TV contract.

I don't disagree that marketing it as such seems to have been a success. At the end of the day, the friendly games are rarely a big attraction to anyone other than those desperate for the season to begin again, so anything clubs can do to improve attendances is a good idea. Bigging this up as a competition, regardless of how credible anyone sees it, seems to have done the trick and boosted the footfall and therefore the bank accounts. Perhaps the RFL who are currently being mega criticised for not bigging up their competitions enough, could take note.