Hope that it isn't too late as the thread is now a day old, my 'vote' is for Ratchford as our No1. Other than that anyone in the back division for numbers 2 and 3 in the poll. I would probably go Evans with Briers/Bridge tied for third

I thought Ratchford shaded Bridge as the best player. Bridge was immense and he's devastating at centre but I was very impressed with Stefan yesterday too. I thought he influenced a lot of the things we did well and he's a difficult sod to handle which is fine with me. That exchange with Rhys Evans that was started and finished by Ratchford was sublime stuff. It really lit the place up on a day which was cold enough to freeze your ar$e cheeks together!

Speaking of Evans, how exciting is this kid?! I know he broke onto the scene last year but I felt yesterday was arguably his best so far. His pace, footwork and timing are top notch and more importantly, he has a real willingness to get stuck in with the tough stuff. It'll take something extraordinary to take the wing spot off him in my opinion.

All in all, after a sluggish start I think we had far more class across the park. We look like we can score from anywhere and its exciting to watch. I honestly don't care if our completion isn't spot on either if we keep this up. I still think it'll be tougher this season however I saw more than enough yesterday, in poor conditions, to convince me that we'll be right up there again.

Quick thumbs up to the stadium expansion too. Having seen it empty last Saturday during a stadium tour, I was really looking forward to seeing it with spectators in, and I wasn't dissapointed in the slightest. I was in the west stand and it looked very very impressive.

1- Ratchford
2- Westwood
3-Atkins
On yesterday's performance Hodgson can take as much time as he wants to get himself 100% Ratchford was outstanding at FB and I should imagine Riley will now be 3rd choice fullback !

1 Westwood
2 Bridge
3 Ratchford

Good all round performance but we'll have to play better on Saturday to take the points.

The one thing that stops Bridge from getting it for me and probably anyone who watched him from the East/South East areas of the ground was his poor/unnecessary passing.

1-Sir Lee
2-Ratch
3-Bridgey

Bridge- set up or was involved in a few of the tries
Ratch- played awesome at full back an was very safe under the high ball
Rhys- had a great game attacking and defending