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« on: August 23, 2025, 09:11:03 am »
The game was much more competitive than the score line suggested ? After conceding a sloppy first try Rotherham broke away and scored two try’s from our Aussie Winger, three more followed although we weren’t dominating the ball, but at this stage it looked all over !
Second half began and Sheffield knocked us back and put us on the back foot, before the very techy Zak Poole dove over and scored, he was a slimmed down version of the one we had ! and was well up for the game. Sheffield pack looked quite a bit bigger than ours but somehow we also ended pushing them backwards ! The extra intensity shown by Sheffield in the second half with very hard running and slick passing eventually was matched and then surpassed by Rotherham who had to raise their standards to compete. Some very slick try’s followed with the second half full back looking very dangerous and a player that stands out amongst some excellent new players. Another new player appeared in the second half, an Aussie apparently and played stand off and took over kicking duties despite fooling us by wearing the number nine shirt ! We have definitely recruited some pace and match winners this season but I also think the very large squad will bring its own problems ?