I always start by saying I’m a fan of both clubs but I do always feel the real animosity between the clubs/fans comes mainly from Latics towards the Rugby. Unfortunately there are plenty of empty heads that go watching Latics and they make a lot of social media noise about their hatred of the Rugby ...

I remember watching Marshall a couple of times in the u20’s and being sat on the side he was playing. Not only was he a huge threat but he was constantly talking and rallying everyone around him. I thought he was a cert to move up in to the first team and was staggered when I read we were releasing ...

Morgan has been given his chance and did not take it I hope that he improves but personally I don’t think he is good enough he doesn’t deem to learn his lesson he keeps making the same mistakes over and over again and also he is not a ball playing 13 which most other teams have very poor for a team...

Really good move for them. To get some first team rugby and to have that experience of living away from home, in a big city, can only help them develop on and away from the field. I’d say these two, along with Tom Forber are the 3 youngsters most likely to make an impression in the first team this s...

Both centres looked good for me particularly Wardle. Cust MOTM for me but worrying that he already playing with last seasons injured elbows heavily strapped. Hopefully just doing that to feel a bit more secure. He looked like a prime Tony Club. Out there, with his arms taped on to his body. If he k...

We can’t be anything but happy. Only knock looked to be to Shorrocks and good minutes for most of the players. I don’t see how we don’t score rafts of points if Field and French stay fit and the new centres will only add to the threat. I was happy to see Mago have a better start to that second half ...

yes mago made mistakes which i think helped with salford getting confidence not sure if it was the bench players fault though as salford are a good team that causes us trouble That’s true. I’ve been impressed with Salford, even given the scoreline. Lafai is a fabulous player. They scare me more tha...

King excellent with the ball so far but needs to relax in defence. Really impressed with Cust as well. Defence looks rusty but that’s to be expected. I’m sure we’ll score plenty of points and eye catching try’s again. On the negative side, that was a woeful spell by Mago and that has been a big drop...

The club has tied it’s hands really when it comes to recruitment. We keep losing British players and when you’ve filled your overseas quota up already, it makes it extremely tricky to try and get players in. To do it we need something unexpected to crop up in this country (like Cooper last season), ...

I thought he was excellent on Sunday. We went over for the game and I’ve watched it back since. That habit of kicking away possession in our area of the field looked to have been shelved and when he did try the little kick through, he collected and scored. His general kicking game looked good, his s...