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Got to be 12 v 12

Has a team ever played an hour with a man advantage and been nilled?

I missed that myself tbf. Although I am trying to watch 2 games at once

Tell you what. I don't think he was offside there.

Yeah I thought it was off they never even mentioned it. Seemed like a pretty straightforward 8 point try decision to me.

Even with the man advantage Cas don't look capable of creating much.

That's my concern, that he is a shadow of the player he was. If he was a model pro you could write it off as "not what he was, but loads of experience, will help the younger players develop, etc." And if he was still a top player you could gloss over his indiscretions. But this seems like worst of both worlds. A potential loose cannon who doesn't offer much on the field any more.

What does he want to look at there really? Plain as day it's a try. Edit. It was a lot more dubious that I thought! Still definitely a try though.

No chance Lewis was scoring there. He was about to get his bells rung if Litten passed it.

So far I've been ok with our recruitment. Asiata, Holmes and Briscoe are all decent signings, and the short term ones all made sense for one reason or another. We needed a few bodies to help support the youngsters who can't do it on their own. This one I'm not happy about. I'm all for second chances and helping people with problems rather that kicking them to the curb. But this guy has got a rap sheet as long as your arm. And on the field he is half the player he was 5 years ago. I havent heard about any recent indesgretions so maybe he has grown up in recent years, I hope so, but either way I'm not thrilled.

A month ago I'd have been very concerned about this one, but we have made baby steps forward whereas London seem to be getting worse. They will be targeting this as probably their most winnable game of the season, but even so, we should have too much for them. Hull by 18

Dolphins probably wishing halftime could have come 10 minutes later. Great burst from them.

And Ollie Russell apparently.

I've given up even trying to keep up with our comings and goings, so if you've got a player who isn't getting a lot of gametime at the minute, just assume Hull have probably signed him on loan.

Yusuf Aydin has signed permanently for Hull, with Jack Brown going to Hull KR. Not sure either team has particularly gained or lost there tbh. I really liked Brown when he first broke through but he has definitely stagnated and his discipline (in terms of silly penalties and 6 agains) is poor. Maybe the move will help him. I need to see more of Aydin to make a judgement. In his two loan appearances I feel like he has done OK without really being a standout.