richie keay

I agree you can't keep blaming the ref for a defeat, we were very poor overall today, and played our best rugby in the last 15 mins, which was too late, who knows another 5 mins and the result could have been very different, but that would have been unfair on Sheffield who deserved the victory.

Not the best performance of the season especially the first half where we gifted Donny 2 long range tries, although I thought the 1st was a forward pass. The completion rate was very poor before the break. Fortunately we turned things round in the 2nd half, and just about deserved the victory. Thought King had a great game before he went off injured closely followed by Teare. What disappointed me most was the attendance which was just over 1600, we should be getting more through the gates considering we are now 2nd in the league.

I'm sure Steve Andrews would be able to answer those questions for you.

I've just replied to a Widnes fan on there Facebook page calling us a no mark team, just like Bradford a couple of weeks ago giving us no credit for beating them.

Tremendous performance, very well done.

Front-rower Joe Bullock has completed a short-term move to Barrow Raiders, as part of the dual-registration agreement in place with Salford Red Devils. Having impressed on loan during the second half of last season, the Red Devils landed the towering prop on a two-year deal from fellow Betfred Super League side Warrington Wolves. He has gone on to feature five times in all competitions this season, all from the bench. Bullock previously enjoyed great success at the Raiders, making well over 100 appearances for the club between 2014-18 before earning a move to Wigan Warriors ahead of the 2019 campaign. The 32-year-old goes straight into contention to feature in the Raiders’ upcoming trip to Widnes Vikings in Round 6 of the Betfred Championship. Barrow Raiders director of rugby Andy Gaffney said: “It’s no secret that we are short on numbers in the forward pack, given the injuries we are having to contend with and Jamie Pye’s return to his parent club earlier this week. “To bring in a player of Joe’s immense experience and quality will be of real benefit for us as a group as preparations continue for Sunday’s game against Widnes. “I’d like to thank Paul Rowley and everyone at Salford for helping to get this move over the line.”

Joe has been signed by the club on a short term move as part of the duel reg with Salford, this is great news for us as we are very short in numbers especially in the pack. Having impressed on loan during the second half of last season, the Red Devils landed the towering prop on a two-year deal from fellow Betfred Super League side Warrington Wolves. He has gone on to feature five times in all competitions this season, all from the bench. Bullock previously enjoyed great success at the Raiders, making well over 100 appearances for the club between 2014-18 before earning a move to Wigan Warriors ahead of the 2019 campaign. The 32-year-old goes straight into contention to feature in the Raiders’ upcoming trip to Widnes Vikings in Round 6 of the Betfred Championship. Barrow Raiders director of rugby Andy Gaffney said: “It’s no secret that we are short on numbers in the forward pack, given the injuries we are having to contend with and Jamie Pye’s return to his parent club earlier this week. “To bring in a player of Joe’s immense experience and quality will be of real benefit for us as a group as preparations continue for Sunday’s game against Widnes. “I’d like to thank Paul Rowley and everyone at Salford for helping to get this move over the line.”

The club can confirm that front-rower Jamie Pye has been recalled by parent club Salford Red Devils with immediate effect.

A total lack of respect from some Bulls fans, some even blaming the ref who awarded 2 dodgy tries, your team clearly underestimated us, we tackled our hearts out just like we did against Oldham, and thoroughly deserved the win.

I get really p****ed off when individual players get slagged off on forums and social media like Facebook, these players put their bodies on the line in a brutal sport for our great club. Imagine coming face to face with a beast like Bradford forward Pele who has to be one of the biggest forwards we have seen at Craven Park for a good few seasons. Rugby League players are paid peanuts compared to high level footballers for example. I'm sure players read these threads, we need our players to be praised not berated as we come to the business end of the season.

Yes we certainly threw that game away, but the Fev and Sheff results made up for that.

So after yesterday's nail biting victory, these are our remaining fixtures. Doncaster (A) July 28th Bradford (H) Aug 4th Halifax (A) Aug 11th Dewsbury (A) Aug 18th Swinton (H) Aug 25th Featherstone (A) Sept 1st Toulouse (H) Sept 7th Whitehaven (H) Sept 15th Wakefield (A) Sept 21st Widnes (H) Sept 29th This has to be the closest end to a season ever with so many umpredictable results like yesterday's and the Fev game at home, I think we need a minimum of 4 more wins to stay out of the bottom 3 but which ones God only knows.

I think for overall consistency Cresswell has been the standout player this season by a distance.

What are the rules regarding a charge down, the Sheffield player who charged the ball down resulting in the try appeared to be way offside.

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