:00:38. > :00:39.The top dogs have been crowned at Crufts, and six weeks
:00:40. > :00:42.into the season, we are starting to find out who is biting
:00:43. > :00:44.and who is just barking in super league.
:00:45. > :00:53.The table topping Widnes Vikings are out to prove their pedigree
:00:54. > :01:00.It's the Grand Final rematch, as Wigan defend their perfect
:01:01. > :01:15.We remember the time when the answer to that question was Wakefield.
:01:16. > :01:19.The Castleford number one Luke Dorn is with us.
:01:20. > :01:21.He's alongside the man who's been topping the Championship charts,
:01:22. > :01:27.The flying start made by Widnes has been one of the stories
:01:28. > :01:32.The Vikings were out to prove they're the real deal against Hull
:01:33. > :01:43.Widnes, again, having to defend.
:01:44. > :01:45.In these early stages, it's being kept alive here.
:01:46. > :01:51.Driven in by Bowden, who is going to be held
:01:52. > :02:00.Danny Houghton looking left. It s Pritchard!
:02:01. > :02:04.And the Tank has just rolled right through those Widnes footsoldiers
:02:05. > :02:14.Houghton. The next tackle will be the last, so
:02:15. > :02:17.Oh, and it's been knocked forward.
:02:18. > :02:18.And picked up by Sica Manu.
:02:19. > :02:20.And Sica Manu is over to score.
:02:21. > :02:22.Well, Hull thoroughly deserving that second try,
:02:23. > :02:28.They have been the dominant force
:02:29. > :02:32.The tackle in the air is what they're
:02:33. > :02:41.Was there contact there before Stefan Marsh's foot
:02:42. > :02:45.hits the ground? I think there might have been.
:02:46. > :02:48.So no try, which is a shame for Hull. Because they deserve that
:02:49. > :02:55.Building up the numbers again on this right-hand side.
:02:56. > :02:58.It's taken on by Chris Dean and the insidd ball
:02:59. > :03:02.from Mellor. Joe Mellor scampering in. Putting Widnds on the
:03:03. > :03:09.board for the first time with 1 minutes played.
:03:10. > :03:11.Hull, knocking on this door again.
:03:12. > :03:14.It's an interception by Kevin Brown.
:03:15. > :03:16.He's not got the legs to go the distance,
:03:17. > :03:25.But he's closed down and cut off.
:03:26. > :03:30.But Widnes still have a wonderful opportunity.
:03:31. > :03:32.Look at that for a kick from Kevin Brown!
:03:33. > :03:40.And Corey Thompson is over.
:03:41. > :03:51.Look at the vision here from Kevin Brown.
:03:52. > :03:54.Corey Thompson was just behind, but not just the
:03:55. > :03:56.vision, the execution from Brown is perfect.
:03:57. > :03:59.And Thompson is in, and the try is given.
:04:00. > :04:03.It's his ninth of the season.
:04:04. > :04:10.It has gone back to Brown.
:04:11. > :04:12.Steps back on the inside, looking for a way through.
:04:13. > :04:21.Mellor, his kick, this time. It's another
:04:22. > :04:26.It's ten tries for the Australian flyer.
:04:27. > :04:28.And boy, did he fly on that occasion!
:04:29. > :04:44.Widnes taking a real stranglehold of this game at the moment.
:04:45. > :04:51.Within sight of the nine, ten yards away.
:04:52. > :04:54.This is the sixth tackle. It's Kevin Brown's kick again.
:04:55. > :04:57.It is kept alive by Houston and finishdd
:04:58. > :05:12.That was left onside for Houston, and his little
:05:13. > :05:17.offload is wonderful and it's the fifth Widnes try of this first half
:05:18. > :05:29.from Hanbury. Rhys Hanbury's fourth of the season.
:05:30. > :05:38.Shaul misjudged that. It has gone to ground.
:05:39. > :05:42.That ball just drifting in the air and
:05:43. > :05:45.Jamie Shaul just couldn't qtite get there.
:05:46. > :05:57.Looking to power their way forward again, here.
:05:58. > :06:04.Up to his feet. Heremaia again. Goes for that left-h`nd side.
:06:05. > :06:09.Kevin Brown puts the little stop on, and Kevin Brown is over!
:06:10. > :06:12.He's created a bagful this season and now he's
:06:13. > :06:21.And it was wonderful footwork from Kevin Brown.
:06:22. > :06:32.Back for Heremaia, who covers a bit lore
:06:33. > :06:34.Whitley gets the pass away.
:06:35. > :06:38.Here comes Mellor, who gets it again. There's a
:06:39. > :06:44.It is put down but within striking range again.
:06:45. > :06:47.Heremaia goes left. Kevin Brown with the pass, `nd
:06:48. > :06:52.Stefan Marsh with his second of the night.
:06:53. > :06:59.But we hesitate to see whether the video referee is going
:07:00. > :07:01.to give this. The grounding is what they're looking at.
:07:02. > :07:04.That looks OK. That looks OK, in the context of how
:07:05. > :07:09.they are judged these days, that was just fine from Stefan Marsh.
:07:10. > :07:21.Whitley has cut through some rather pacx
:07:22. > :07:32.And the youngster Matt Whitley with his first
:07:33. > :07:35.try of the year. Not a night to be the Hull coach.
:07:36. > :07:39.Widnes have cut Hull to ribbons on so many occasions and
:07:40. > :07:41.they are looking to do it again here.
:07:42. > :07:45.Thompson is on a hat-trick, of course, but not this time. Has to go
:07:46. > :07:48.This is Hanbury. They have got so many
:07:49. > :07:53.numbers and they have got a hat-trick hero in Stefan Marsh.
:07:54. > :07:55.Wow! What a performance
:07:56. > :08:04.Widnes have posted tonight. They have taken Hull apart.
:08:05. > :08:06.It has to be said, the mascot seeming to sum up
:08:07. > :08:12.The coach, the players, the fans, it just looks likes a very happy
:08:13. > :08:17.It certainly is, and why wouldn't it be?
:08:18. > :08:19.They are playing a fantastic style, fast, attacking.
:08:20. > :08:21.The skill level is exceptional at the moment.
:08:22. > :08:23.Whether that be their passing, as you have seen, there kicking,
:08:24. > :08:26.everything they are doing is on the money, and they are playing
:08:27. > :08:31.I know that you are a huge fan of Joe Mellor, but we're
:08:32. > :08:35.He was on a drip for part of this week.
:08:36. > :08:37.And he just ran the middle of the park, didn't he?
:08:38. > :08:39.He is a sensational player, he really is.
:08:40. > :08:42.I personally believe he's bden underused in the international game.
:08:43. > :08:43.Decisions like this, this is tackle one.
:08:44. > :08:45.He sees the space, because there's been a scramble
:08:46. > :08:54.He sees the space and he absolutely puts it on a sixpence.
:08:55. > :08:57.It's a great kick, and it shts up for Thompson.
:08:58. > :09:00.And that vision and the ability to carry out skill like that is really
:09:01. > :09:07.He can do the long cutout pass, he can do a short pass
:09:08. > :09:15.And again you see it, what he's done, they've
:09:16. > :09:17.lost their hips, he shows, goes, steps in again,
:09:18. > :09:24.He is in absolutely ten out of ten form.
:09:25. > :09:26.Mellor's in good form, Lloyd White is in good form,
:09:27. > :09:30.There isn't a weakness at the moment, is that?
:09:31. > :09:32.Not at all, no. They are a joy to watch.
:09:33. > :09:34.They really are. It's an exciting team to watch.
:09:35. > :09:36.They are playing a great brand of Rugby League.
:09:37. > :09:39.Helped, I think, by the pitch, but the good thing this year is,
:09:40. > :09:41.they're winning away from home as well.
:09:42. > :09:44.They've got Wigan, Warrington, St Helens,
:09:45. > :09:45.Catalan next.
:09:46. > :11:50.It's going to be a test of exactly where they are at.
:11:51. > :12:14.Justin Horo cuts through swathes of cover.
:12:15. > :12:18.And a try made in Australia,
:12:19. > :12:21.finished in Perpignan. And Catalans back ahead.
:12:22. > :12:23.They're into a groove at the moment.
:12:24. > :12:43.Chris Hill and Joe Westerman hung on too long in that tackle.
:12:44. > :12:45.It is an easy shot for the two.
:12:46. > :12:56.Pat Richards, no problem with that one.
:12:57. > :12:58.And the gap moves out to eight for Warrington.
:12:59. > :13:00.It is a charge down. Ratchford against
:13:01. > :13:03.Gigot. And Gigot will pouncd on it, but it has squirted away.
:13:04. > :13:06.And Warrington have turned the ball over
:13:07. > :13:12.And here is Sandow. Sandow onto Ben Currie.
:13:13. > :13:13.And he will drop the ball down.
:13:14. > :13:22.And that is a fine breakawax try for Warrington.
:13:23. > :13:30.the little chip over the top from Myler.
:13:31. > :13:32.He is taken out in the process.
:13:33. > :13:37.James Child has pulled play back.
:13:38. > :13:42.There is a scuffle, and right at the heart of that, Remi Casty.
:13:43. > :13:45.As Richie Myler goes to chip, there is Chris Hill.
:13:46. > :13:46.Former team-mates, of course. No love lost,
:13:47. > :13:51.there. And that one goes on report.
:13:52. > :13:56.Stuart has seen this shape before from Catalan.
:13:57. > :14:00.Stewart plays the ball. Mitchell Dodds is down. Here goes Pelissier.
:14:01. > :14:10.Childs has stopped the clock year. And as Juli`n
:14:11. > :14:12.Bousquet goes through,, Mitchell Dodds
:14:13. > :14:14.And that looks a painful one.
:14:15. > :14:16.Mitchell Dodds only had his debut two weeks ago.
:14:17. > :14:19.He had a wrist injury that kept him out.
:14:20. > :14:26.Stuart out to this left-hand side.
:14:27. > :14:28.Here is Todd Carney. Gets it away
:14:29. > :14:30.to Vincent Duport. And they move further ahead.
:14:31. > :14:35.Moves the pass out of this left-hand side.
:14:36. > :14:41.There's Matthew Russell.
:14:42. > :14:43.He's run out of options, down the cul-de-sac
:14:44. > :14:51.Can they work the ball out to this right hand side?
:14:52. > :14:55.Evans has got space in front of him, and he's got the ball now
:14:56. > :14:57.And the gap reduces again.
:14:58. > :15:05.Brad Dwyer thinks so!
:15:06. > :15:12.And Joe Childs has gone to the video referee.
:15:13. > :15:14.It looks as though Pelissier has got a hand
:15:15. > :15:17.Whether they can say this wasn't the try
:15:18. > :15:24.That does look as though George King has the required
:15:25. > :15:37.And that is a very disconsolate looking Laurent Fresinou. Catalan,
:15:38. > :15:41.looking for a late route back into this game. That is a loose pass Can
:15:42. > :15:45.Sandow put the final word on it It looks like he has, as he scampers to
:15:46. > :15:51.the line. Not 100% of control there, but Chris child has awarded the try,
:15:52. > :15:54.the line. Not 100% of control there, but James Child has awarded the try,
:15:55. > :16:00.and Warrington get a preciots win on foreign soil.
:16:01. > :16:02.My thoughts with Mitchell Dodds because that did look
:16:03. > :16:06.remember when Kirk Gidley was in with us on week one,
:16:07. > :16:09.I remember chatting off air and remember him saying how
:16:10. > :16:11.impressed he had been with the conditioning that
:16:12. > :16:16.And yet again, in the last 20 minutes, they have come good.
:16:17. > :16:20.Is that as much down to fitness as anything else?
:16:21. > :16:21.Joe Clarke was singing John's praises.
:16:22. > :16:23.He had an impact that the Warrington Wolves.
:16:24. > :16:26.It helps with your condition if you look after the ball `s well.
:16:27. > :16:28.And I think Warrington dominated possession in that game.
:16:29. > :16:31.When you look after the ball, it is a lot easier, then,
:16:32. > :16:33.to look fresh and energetic when defending.
:16:34. > :16:37.So, yes, the conditioning is very important, but also,
:16:38. > :16:39.tactically, how you play is important.
:16:40. > :16:41.And how important, given the season they had last season,
:16:42. > :16:47.We spoke about Widnes being the team everyone is sitting up
:16:48. > :17:00.We expect Wigan, season in, season out.
:17:01. > :17:01.But Warrington have been revitalised.
:17:02. > :17:05.That is two games they have been beaten at home.
:17:06. > :17:08.It will be concerning for them, the fact that they had
:17:09. > :17:19.They bank on winning most of their home games
:17:20. > :17:21.in years gone by, and it will be a concern for them.
:17:22. > :17:24.And maybe it is a bit of their personalities,
:17:25. > :17:26.trying to gel the Australians with the French guys.
:17:27. > :17:28.Maybe that is not at its best yet, I'm not sure.
:17:29. > :17:30.Brian Smith walked out on Wakefield last week,
:17:31. > :17:33.with a warning that costs were being cut to the bone
:17:34. > :17:36.at the club, and that they were in a serious situation.
:17:37. > :17:37.The chairman Michael Carter is expecting
:17:38. > :17:41.after what he said were a frosty few months
:17:42. > :17:50.I sat in the office working, and I kind of got a strange text
:17:51. > :17:52.message from the CEO of another club,
:17:53. > :17:54.offering the services of one of his coaches,
:17:55. > :17:58.and it came as a bit of a surprise for me.
:17:59. > :18:01.And probably an hour later, Brian walked into the office
:18:02. > :18:04.and said he was terminating his contract and walked out,
:18:05. > :18:15.Scott has just scored a ?1 million try!
:18:16. > :18:19.Prior to Christmas, I thought myself and
:18:20. > :18:21.Brian had a good relationship and we had worked well
:18:22. > :18:27.But since Christmas, it has been very frosty.
:18:28. > :18:29.I guess there are varying reasons for that.
:18:30. > :18:32.I have tried to back Brian to the hilt.
:18:33. > :18:36.Unfortunately, he has deciddd that for whatever reasons,
:18:37. > :18:38.what we are providing isn't good enough.
:18:39. > :18:46.We have to rally together, get behind the team as much
:18:47. > :18:49.as we can, and let's hope wd can see some improvement in our fortunes
:18:50. > :19:01.Luke, were you surprised to see him walk out in the manner that he did?
:19:02. > :19:03.I don't think anything Brian does is overly surprising.
:19:04. > :19:06.I was a bit surprised at how quickly it came,
:19:07. > :19:13.But you always expect something unusual with him.
:19:14. > :19:17.And it was obviously a relationship on the decline.
:19:18. > :19:19.Do you think that hastened his departure?
:19:20. > :19:25.If the working relationship was untenable, there
:19:26. > :19:32.As a coach, John will have better insight than me,
:19:33. > :19:37.but if you don't have power or control with your CEO,
:19:38. > :19:42.it is probably not a place you want to coach.
:19:43. > :19:44.Were you surprised that he went to the beginning of the season
:19:45. > :19:48.Allegedly, it was from Christmas time, and we are now in March.
:19:49. > :19:51.So for the two primary people to be unable to work together,
:19:52. > :19:56.So it is a bit of a surprise and it will be interesting to see
:19:57. > :20:03.Without wishing to put you on the spot, who do you think
:20:04. > :20:10.who is well aware of the situation is and circumstances at Wakefield.
:20:11. > :20:14.It is never going to be a club with vast resources and the best
:20:15. > :20:16.environment with regard to training, etc.
:20:17. > :20:20.I remember when I was there, I was ringing up local schools.
:20:21. > :20:28.We had peripatetic trainers everywhere.
:20:29. > :20:32.But you have to accept that and just get on with it,
:20:33. > :20:35.and not take that as a hindrance, but embrace it and say,
:20:36. > :20:38.we are up against it, we will show that siege mentality
:20:39. > :20:42.Do you think they made a mistake going to Brian Smith?
:20:43. > :20:44.No, because he kept them in the Super League.
:20:45. > :20:48.That was the main requirement for him.
:20:49. > :20:55.So that was a success, but in the fullness of time,
:20:56. > :20:58.the frosty relationship, perhaps it took too long.
:20:59. > :21:01.The end of the last season might have been the time to go.
:21:02. > :21:04.Stuart Dickens was in charge of Wakefield for the trip
:21:05. > :21:07.The Wildcats have never won at Langtree Park
:21:08. > :21:09.and no real surprise at how this one went,
:21:10. > :21:17.They look a dispirited bunch at the minute.
:21:18. > :21:19.A lot of these tries, as you'll see coming up here,
:21:20. > :21:23.they did come from near the try line.
:21:24. > :21:26.There's the injury to Adam Swift, which is never great to see.
:21:27. > :21:29.You see a Wildcat player straight away, holding his hand up.
:21:30. > :21:32.He'll be missing for a considerable amount
:21:33. > :21:37.You see they're playing the balls near the Wakefield line,
:21:38. > :21:40.so online defence is an issue at this moment in time,
:21:41. > :21:42.although you've got to say that there's some
:21:43. > :21:44.deft interplay from St Helens as well.
:21:45. > :21:47.There just seems a lack of trgency and a lack of work ethic in that
:21:48. > :21:50.That should be where it's at its greatest.
:21:51. > :21:52.And for St Helens, Keiron Ctnningham said they were professional.
:21:53. > :21:56.I suppose that's all they needed to be here.
:21:57. > :22:01.As John said, in this part of the field, they're clinical.
:22:02. > :22:04.They run these shapes and last week, they did
:22:05. > :22:08.They know their strengths and how to play to
:22:09. > :22:14.At this stage of the year, they just want to get the points
:22:15. > :22:16.They'll worry about the performances later.
:22:17. > :22:18.Is there anything you can learn from St Helens
:22:19. > :22:22.When you're not at your best, you can still
:22:23. > :22:28.Saints have been good at it over the last few years.
:22:29. > :22:32.They get to a grand final and play their style and they stick
:22:33. > :22:34.to it, no matter what is going on.
:22:35. > :22:38.They have some halves that play really well.
:22:39. > :22:43.You can learn to stick in the game as long as thesd
:22:44. > :22:45.guys do, and they'll find ways to score.
:22:46. > :22:47.As you said, you just watch Wakefield's defence.
:22:48. > :22:50.That's where they need to go back to basics.
:22:51. > :22:52.Yes, it needs to be simplified in every way.
:22:53. > :22:58.With St Helens, James Roby is instrumental
:22:59. > :23:06.When he was missing, they did stutter and stall.
:23:07. > :23:09.But when he's out there, they are a heck of a task
:23:10. > :23:14.Wakefield fans can come out from behind the sofa now,
:23:15. > :23:17.because we've got a reminder of happier times at Belle Vte.
:23:18. > :23:28.This is from 1983, when Rugby League royalty came to town.
:23:29. > :23:30.The ban on the signing of players from Australia has been lifted
:23:31. > :23:33.and as a result, some clubs have been
:23:34. > :23:39.splashing about an awful lot of money on stars from down under.
:23:40. > :23:41.Surely the most remarkable signing of them all has been Wakefield's
:23:42. > :23:45.acquisition of the man you saw making that pass,
:23:46. > :23:52.Wakefield's turnout for the debut of the man billed as the world's
:23:53. > :23:54.number one was double its usual size,
:23:55. > :23:59.deal for the club, even thotgh the Australian's wages
:24:00. > :24:02.are the highest in rugby league history.
:24:03. > :24:04.With a few days like today, we'll make the money back
:24:05. > :24:11.Lewis was first to show his class by setting
:24:12. > :24:13.up a try for his travelling companion, his kid brother,
:24:14. > :24:22.A lot of players can pass a long ball, but a lot of them
:24:23. > :24:30.From the stand-off half position in the
:24:31. > :24:32.middle of the field, Wally Lewis will see plenty
:24:33. > :24:36.His expensive mission is to keep them in the First Division,
:24:37. > :24:40.although defeat on his debut leaves room for improvement.
:24:41. > :24:52.What about the man himself, possibly the best player
:24:53. > :24:54.in the world, almost certainly the best halfback?
:24:55. > :25:00.I can remember playing a game in Brisbane with my club side,
:25:01. > :25:07.We played a side there which was the usual regular stand-off.
:25:08. > :25:11.They brought up a guy into the third team,
:25:12. > :25:14.and he made me look like a complete goose.
:25:15. > :25:16.So one could say that he was rated the best
:25:17. > :25:26.I don't really agree with world ratings.
:25:27. > :25:29.The difference in class between this fellow and the bread and butter
:25:30. > :25:31.players of the English rugbx league, we're not concerned.
:25:32. > :25:41.We were playing rugby league and he was playing Wallyball!
:25:42. > :25:48.He really was the fulcrum of everything Wakefield did.
:25:49. > :25:51.I think he played 12 or 14 games for the Wildcats
:25:52. > :25:54.or Wakefield Trinity, as it was then.
:25:55. > :25:57.I remember it was Boxing Day at Castleford, and the ground
:25:58. > :26:02.We came away with the win, even though they had
:26:03. > :26:09.Time for episode one in the Super League box set
:26:10. > :26:14.They met five times last year, with the Rhinos winning the season
:26:15. > :26:51.RETRO COMPUTER GAME MUSIC. Stadium on Friday.
:26:52. > :27:00.Wigan's Sean O'Loughlin will not be a Pac-Man tonight.
:27:01. > :27:02.He's in because of a late injury to George Williams,
:27:03. > :27:05.Leeds desperate to climb the leaderboard with only one
:27:06. > :27:10.It's a game in which Leeds have been under the cosh,
:27:11. > :27:18.So they can take some consolation from that.
:27:19. > :27:21.Burrows might have been searching for a 40-20,
:27:22. > :27:25.but he found instead Dominic Manfredi, looking to return.
:27:26. > :27:36.Manfredi suddenly travelling downfield by a distance.
:27:37. > :27:48.And Hardaker eventually pulls him down.
:27:49. > :27:55.Wigan finally get the score, with nearly half an hour
:27:56. > :28:09.Bateman has got the pass away here to Sutton.
:28:10. > :28:13.Wigan again gathering a little momentum.
:28:14. > :28:17.They've spent a lot of time down here without scoring.
:28:18. > :28:52.And Manfredi has scored himself this time!
:28:53. > :29:21.The referee is going for the video replay here.
:29:22. > :29:23.It looks as though it has touched a bit
:29:24. > :29:43.That was embarrassing from the Leeds defence.
:29:44. > :29:46.Gelling scores without a hand being put on him.
:29:47. > :29:55.Not a night to remember for the Australian's debut.
:29:56. > :30:08.Zak Hardaker will score a late, late try.
:30:09. > :30:11.It barely reaches the level of consolation for Leeds.
:30:12. > :30:19.It's been a poor night for them but Wigan won't mind a jot.
:30:20. > :30:22.Much has been made of all the players missing for Leeds
:30:23. > :30:24.with all the injuries they have got, but Wigan
:30:25. > :30:33.George Williams went out in the warm-up.
:30:34. > :30:39.They are such a physical side when you play them at home,
:30:40. > :30:51.They were probably lucky in the first half
:30:52. > :30:53.that Wigan did not put a few more tries in.
:30:54. > :30:57.They dug in there and they just ran out of gas in the end.
:30:58. > :31:00.Much was made in the last couple of seasons about Joe Burgess,
:31:01. > :31:02.but how impressed have you been by young Manfredi
:31:03. > :31:08.I first noticed him when he played up at Workington,
:31:09. > :31:18.He is strong and powerful, but also very quick.
:31:19. > :31:20.Anyone who can see off Zak Hardaker, I know he got chased
:31:21. > :31:27.I also thought he showed great composure, because although they
:31:28. > :31:29.chased him down, he just got up and played the ball
:31:30. > :31:33.quickly, and allowed Bateman to go over.
:31:34. > :31:37.I don't think he will be far from Wayne Bennett's England side
:31:38. > :31:46.in the coming 4 Nations.
:31:47. > :31:48.They are unbeaten and Sean Wayne was happy with their
:31:49. > :31:53.When they get some of those players back, that's looking frightening.
:31:54. > :31:58.They're just unfortunate to have a few
:31:59. > :32:01.But when they get back to full capacity, they
:32:02. > :32:15.He will be unhappy with the defence, but in attack, it's just
:32:16. > :34:53.Paul McShane is going to scamper into space, almost up to halfway.
:34:54. > :35:04.Castleford are going from defence to attack.
:35:05. > :35:12.And Castleford Tigers are right back in the game.
:35:13. > :35:28.Gale continues...and the gap is reduced to four points.
:35:29. > :35:29.Salford, responding here through Griffin.
:35:30. > :35:42.That might be the nail in the coffin.
:35:43. > :35:54.It is a kick downfield, a chase between Adam Milner
:35:55. > :35:57.and Justin Carney.
:35:58. > :35:59.Carney will get there and rub salt in the wound.
:36:00. > :36:05.What was said in the review this morning about that one?
:36:06. > :36:07.We were just disappointed in our own performance.
:36:08. > :36:11.Our energy levels were not where they need to be when you play
:36:12. > :36:14.We were disappointed in how we put ourselves
:36:15. > :36:15.together offensively and defensively.
:36:16. > :36:19.You are having a tough time injury-wise as well.
:36:20. > :36:23.Yeah, they have all happened in the last seven days.
:36:24. > :36:27.We are all early in our injtry recovery, so we will need a bit
:36:28. > :36:33.But Daryl has developed a big squad and that is going to come
:36:34. > :36:43.Yes, like Widnes, they have been one of the packages to really take note
:36:44. > :36:58.I think they have gone from a group of individuals to a team.
:36:59. > :37:00.Tim Sheen is directing the ship with Iain Watson alongside him.
:37:01. > :37:02.They are having a positive effect on them,
:37:03. > :37:05.and they have got some good players and they are playing as a unit.
:37:06. > :37:07.That is the difference from previous years.
:37:08. > :37:14.Having narrowly lost out on a couple of games,
:37:15. > :37:16.how important for them to be seeing games out now?
:37:17. > :37:18.It is important, but the good news is that
:37:19. > :37:21.they are in with a shout right till the end.
:37:22. > :37:24.Over the course of the year, I feel that they will end up
:37:25. > :37:30.I think they are one team to watch for
:37:31. > :37:33.possibly getting into that top four and breaking that cartel up.
:37:34. > :37:35.For Warrington next week, is it going to
:37:36. > :37:37.be the walking wounded, with reorganisation and a fdw people
:37:38. > :37:42.There will probably be a few people in different positions.
:37:43. > :37:45.There will be some new faces and people who will probably come
:37:46. > :37:48.into the squad that have not played for a bit.
:37:49. > :37:56.I think we will stick to the way we like to play.
:37:57. > :37:59.If we can get our attitude and defensive mindset where it needs
:38:00. > :38:06.Back to back defeats for Castleford, but we managed to find a few smiles
:38:07. > :38:19.around the place when the Tigers took their turn at Last Tackle.
:38:20. > :38:53.Anyone as long as I am not on my own.
:38:54. > :39:43.probably not allowed to say on camera.
:39:44. > :39:52.I don't like tomato ketchup, if I am honest.
:39:53. > :40:05.Being stuck in an elevator with Crooks.
:40:06. > :40:15.Ben Crooks gets a pummelling in that!
:40:16. > :40:20.That is a real insight into our day-to-day training,
:40:21. > :40:27.the way Crooksy is dealt with around the place.
:40:28. > :40:29.I have never come across anybody scared of ketchup.
:40:30. > :40:31.Anyone you would hate to be stuck in a lift with?
:40:32. > :40:36.I am quite an amiable chap and I would be happy with anybody
:40:37. > :40:43.Huddersfield and Hull KR gathered just a point between them
:40:44. > :40:48.These were the bottom two tdams at the start of the round.
:40:49. > :40:51.They met on Sunday, and it was pretty much
:40:52. > :40:55.Yeah, they did pretty well in this one.
:40:56. > :40:58.They got a few numbers back and they played really well,
:40:59. > :41:00.Hull KR struggling again with players.
:41:01. > :41:02.It is a tough place to go, Huddersfield.
:41:03. > :41:07.The field looks enormous when you go out there.
:41:08. > :41:11.The coach was saying afterw`rds that both teams were probably nervous
:41:12. > :41:18.to begin with, but for Huddersfield, a rhythm started.
:41:19. > :41:24.I thought they looked pretty good against Leeds the week before,
:41:25. > :41:32.And with other returnees such as Crabtree and Wood,
:41:33. > :41:37.They played some really good rugby league as it unfolded.
:41:38. > :41:40.So they will be feeling a lot more relaxed and
:41:41. > :41:53.especially when you see that one of their main players is going off
:41:54. > :41:58.Do you think that pretty much did for Hull KR,
:41:59. > :42:00.that they might have had a way back in otherwise?
:42:01. > :42:10.He and Kelly are a really good pairing.
:42:11. > :42:12.They make it difficult for other teams.
:42:13. > :42:14.It would have taken a lot ott of the team mentally
:42:15. > :42:18.when they saw him go off and probably
:42:19. > :42:21.thought their chances of winning that one was gond.
:42:22. > :42:23.So good news for Huddersfield in having their troops
:42:24. > :42:29.It is a tough time for James Roby to come into Hull KR.
:42:30. > :42:31.What does he need to concentrate on, lifting the players?
:42:32. > :42:34.The first thing is doing a roll call with
:42:35. > :42:39.They have to go back to basics and establish
:42:40. > :42:40.firstly, some looking after the ball, secondly defending
:42:41. > :42:46.and thirdly giving them a good kicking.
:42:47. > :42:48.Get the principles correct, and then you can look
:42:49. > :42:52.Huddersfield have got Catalan, a test of the new troops coling
:42:53. > :43:02.It will be a good game, and Huddersfield are looking
:43:03. > :43:09.So the Giants are finally off and running.
:43:10. > :43:11.Let's check on the state of play in the First
:43:12. > :43:43.Fingers crossed that your injury isn't too bad and you're back out
:43:44. > :43:48.My thanks to Luke and John for joining us tonight.
:43:49. > :43:54.We'll see you next week, but for now, goodbye.