And the next match on sky for the Cougars is Halifax at the Shay on 8th April. ko 19-30.

Well done to both sets of players.

Not a classic,,,,,but lets thank Mr Murdoch that we do not play in those conditions very often.

Well done tonight I thought your lads we're well up for it for 80 minutes. Jones looked very good but Shickell was IMMENSE!! He gave 150% tonight and really impressed me! Conditions we're terrible though, hope it improves before the weekend

i didnt watch the game tonight, will be there when we play you on sky though.



if its another night like tonight was wet and miserable then you stand a chance,



if its not raining and the pitch is firm, you will put 100% in but i still think in dry conditions that we will beat you comfortably

...I thought one of Batley's tries came up short, but they deserved the one that came after I thought, so fair play to them.

Enjoyed that game, if only because the conditions were verging on the hilarious - couldn't even tell who was on which team by half way through the second half.

I bet you said the same when going to play Hunslet

Shickell was outstanding FACT.

Don't get me wrong, Shickell had a very good game. However I thought there were players who put in better performances.



For example, there was a marked improvement (and has been all season) in the way we played when Wray was on the field as opposed to Buster.



The fact is the sponsored Man of the Match is becoming a bit a joke when it appears someone has to score a hat trick to take it off Shickell. There were half a dozen of us talking about it in stand who pretty much all said that Jermaine was the best player on the park but Shickell will get it.



It's making a complete mockery of the award to be honest

When Jermaine comes on, there's an immediate difference in tempo; everything is much more intense and crisp. He

's here, then he's over there... then somewhere else, banging tackles in, distributing the ball, encouraging...

star player!

I think Shickell was awesome along with Jamaine.



Personally Jamaine should get more time on the pitch as he causes havoc and gives us more go forward when he is pitch.



No one had a bad game but the most pleasing thing was the intensity from the start was there and the players have to do this every game because our first win is not far away.

Me and a few others said we would be happy with a bonus point before kick off,but by the end i was gutted we lost .



If we scored during that early second half pressure i think we could have sneaked it . A s it is well done to both sets of players for an exciting game in those conditions

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MOM..George for me at fullback,he had a blinder.

It's also good to see that we're matching teams in the fitness and stamina stakes. Especially when you consider that most teams are a good bit bigger than our lads. A lot of hard work has obviously gone in there.