Plenty of very confident Fax fans on Panthers social media on the back of the very good start they have made. It's their biggest game of the season and they will be up for it without a doubt.


Bradford need to turn up ready to put in a complete performance and show their intent for the season ahead. 


We have the quality on paper but are going to turn up as a team? If the early season Bulls show up, we should be good enough to grind out a good result.

I'm hoping this is a game that brings the best out of us. We haven't seen an 80 minute performance yet, but even while not looking great, we've still comfortably beaten some decent sides. And also served up some dross. We've seen glimpses of how good we can be. I'm just wanting to see the best out us from minute 1 and this has to be the game that really has us fired up, because rest assured, fax will be. 


They're playing some outstanding rugby under Eastmond who has proved many (including me) wrong. 


Meadows has to sort himself out. Giving 7 tackle 20 metre restarts on second tackles will see us well and truly punished in this game. 

For me, Scurr comes in. Do we drop Mason or Hallas?  Hallas' discipline/temper is a liability at times but he has utility value (Loose/hooker/prop) and a decent engine. Mason is an out & out prop and has been slowly gaining match fitness and forcing his way into contention. He seems to have edged ahead of Bayliss (prop) and Waine (prop/2nd row) in the coaches thinking. I think, we drop Hallas. Our discipline is what is losing us matches more than any other factor. 

Yes Scurr in for Hallas and Michael can cover loose forward to give Donno a break.  Gives us three big impact players off the bench.

Agreed. Masons doing well, Michael's been one of our best forwards and Scurr's just Scurr. Hallas 18th man. 

Feel there's a lot more pressure on us than fax. Fax lose they're still at least a point clear of everyone else in 1st. We lose and suddenly are aimlessly wandering in mid-table having just lost to our rivals. How we've spent the week off will be critical.