Catalans fixtures are our banana skin game of the season more often than not.  14 defeats in a row isn't it?  


Really hoped Truman would have been available for this game to give us a bit extra.  The hammering of Shudds, who themselves had improved recently, will have given them a lift so I'm not looking forward to Saturday at all.

Croft is just one of those players you need.
Stand him next to someone like Tanginoa and most would laugh and pick Kelepi but Croft makes no mistakes and doesn't drop his effort areas for the whole game.


If you have a line breaker in the team you also need a Croft.

The most physically impactful pack we can pick IMO, if everyone was fit, is McMeeken, Hood, Uele, Storton, Vangana, Pitts. That said, everyone brings a quality of their own. Croft, Nikotimo, Griffin, Rodwell, Fa’atili, Cozza, Smith, Doyle and even Lingard are all proving their worth. 


It’s the best forward line up I can remember in my 50+ years at Trinity. 


Yes we’ve had some amazing forwards in that time, Burke, Ashurst, Kelly, Skerrett, Idle, Rayne twins, McCurrie, Fritz, Jackson but to have a line up like we do all at the same time is outstanding. 

Rourke was top draw well played trinity 

Rourke was top draw well played trinity 

I may have missed it but was Pratt injured or just rested for this game ?
I must admit that Hall and LW are making a good partnership and it was obvious that most of the problems for Catalan came down our right.