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A good oportunity for him to gain experience which will benefit for him and no doubt the Gary Hetherington connection coming into play.

It’s Sunday folks. That can only mean one thing. Match Day! A bit of an upset yesterday as London beat Halifax. Donny also ran Toulouse close in France. As it stands the Knights sit third in the table although a win at Sheffield would move us back up to second. Up the Knights!

Penalty goals won it! Roosters 5 tries Tigers 4 tries Score Summary D. Tupou 35M. Nawaqanitawase 39H. Savala 56M. Nawaqanitawase 75J. Tedesco 80 Tries C. Staines 10L. Fainu 24Si. Fainu 30Sa. Fainu 44 S. Smith 40S. Smith 58S. Smith 76S. Smith 80 Conversions A. Doueihi 12A. Doueihi 26A. Doueihi 32A. Doueihi 45 Penalty Goals A. Doueihi 18A. Doueihi 49A. Doueihi 79

The biggest frustration for me in recent weeks (and I'm sure for Cartwright too) has been the unforced error count. We knew when Asiata went down that our attack would be adversely affected, and you can see we have lost that attacking shape and speed with him not being there. But we are not giving ourselves a chance with the amount of ball we are putting down. We have got to get back to completing sets and getting good kicks in and slowly building pressure. I'm really happy with what we are doing defensively, and the effort everyone is giving can't be faulted. It's night and day from previous seasons. We know we are a work in progress and that it's going to take at least another 2 recruitment cycles for us to really be a force. But we need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot. A playoff place is very much attainable this year and that would be a big boost to everyone after the garbage served up over the last 3 or 4 seasons.

Well surely we will beat Salford Wakefield is a 50/50 imo. Huddersfield we should beat, although they are improving and we've struggled against them twice already this year. The Leigh game is winnable if we've got Asiata and Pryce back by then, which hopefully we will have.

Cracking game, Donny were brilliant but credit to Toulouse who showed character with a makeshift side due to absences in key areas. Marion slotted in well at scrum half and Laguerre looked solid at fullback. A few dodgy decisions for both sides but Donny suffering more imo . Handling errors costing both sides with Paoli dropping the ball close to the line close to the end which was crucial. Not a bad player on the pitch but special mention to Rob Butler who was awesome. Isaac Misky terrorized TO and looked explosive with the ball. Young Hugo Garrigues, another kid from the academy looked the real deal. Well done as usual to the travelling bunch, did any of you make it to the Melting Pot before closing time ?

Tigers have won 30-28

Tigers ahead with just 6 minutes of the game left although Roosters have just scored a try through Mark N

I've been thinking about this. We're in for an interesting decade of the international game. I've noticed it here with SOO. Outside of the top 17 players there is a massive nosedive in quality in most positions. Especially the spine. Australia gets by because of the sheer number of players. England aren't so lucky. The Pacific islands seem to be on a different trajectory. Watching Fainu steer the Tigers to a (likely) win against the Roosters along with arguably the best half in the NRL right now, Isaiya Kato, both Tongan, I wouldn't be surprised to see them leapfrog England and occupy 2nd - 4th in the international rankings permanently. I remember reading there are more Samoan eligible players in the NRL than Qld eligible. Times are changing.

Nope, but I remember her twin sister, Zola!

…..but not alone. I think eligibility should be limited to where you were born…….that would put the final nail in the coffin of rugby union. Everything else is open to abuse…..remember Lola Bud.

I find all three commentators good….its their partners Id like to avoid in some cases…….blocker and ennis in particular. Blocker obviously took one too many hits in his playing career. Ennis is pure drivel.

Can’t remember.

Nice win, good performance, first half in particular. But wow, Catalans are a shambles. Thats up there with one of the most half-hearted performances i’ve seen by a visiting team at Belle Vue. And i use the word team lightly because they aren’t that at all, just a group of mostly well paid individuals happy to pick up their wage for minimal effort.

Lions RU, hopefully England RL, Australia Cricket

7 of their 17 matches (and 11 Wins) have come against the bottom 4 sides in the comp this year tbf. 4 wins against the rest of the comp pretty much confirms them as a mid table average. I always think you should judge a side by its absolute best. For Leeds for example I think, especially at Headingley, we could beat anyone in the competition at our best - our issue is that best not being replicable every week especially away from home. I just don't see that confidence from Saints fans towards their team at the moment. There isn't that belief that they could be Wigan or KR.

This is what I was talk ing about.

Championship of 8 playing each other 4 times. I bet fans will flock to those repetitive games. Dear me.

Catalans are awful.

"oh artfur"

Any tips for lottery numbers? If you can suggest 53 numbers, I'll pick the other 6.

Myself, I'm someone who was brought up at Watersheddings. Oldham RLFC was my first love and go watch them now. I like St Helens because Tommy Martyn and Chris Joynt played for them but I'm also a Latics fan and I would pick No1 because Rugby League and Oldham matters more to me than the brand.

It has one good feature, the ref can shut up whinging players by simply asking do you want to challenge, the minute the player says no he has no choice but to STFU.

Never watched 'On the Buses', so don't get the reference.

get your act together Conner and run that ball out - you stupid great lump