Lincoln Withers wants Hull KR to get an even share of play at Wakefield
LINCOLN Withers says Hull KR must ensure they get an even share of possession at Wakefield this weekend if they are to secure their first Super League points.
Rovers were guilty of making life too easy for Catalan as they strolled to a 32-24 victory at MS3 Craven Park on Sunday.
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TOO MUCH TACKLING: Lincoln Withers, right, Con Mika and Liam Salter try to stop Catalan.
In the first half alone, Catalan had 11 repeat sets which helped them have twice as many sets with the ball in hand as their hosts.
And having also crossed for their first two tries on the back of penalties conceded by KR, Withers says big changes are needed against the Wildcats at the Rapid Solicitors Stadium on Saturday.
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"Catalan had a lot of repeat sets and we have to make sure Wakefield don't have that against us," Withers told the Mail.
"We need to look at our intensity and we need to address the way we defend the ruck and win the play-the-ball.
"Those are the areas that win games these days. We need to make sure we have an even share of possession."
It wasn't just the first two Dragons tries that came easily to the visitors.
Their third came on the first play of a scrum 10 metres from Rovers' own try-line, and the fifth after Con Mika dropped a pass 20 metres from his own line.
"Catalan didn't score many good tries," Withers added
"They were scrappy, some came from kicks and some from dropped balls.
"They didn't beat us with great skill, so we let ourselves down in certain areas.
"We have a week to sort things out and get our first win on Saturday."
Whilst Rovers are desperate to make amends, so are Richard Agar's Wakefield, who will be smarting from their 40-6 defeat at Bradford.
And with that in mind, Withers believes it will come down to the side which wants it most.
"It's up to the way we turn up and the attitude we have to the game that wins matches," he said.
"Wakefield will be up for it after their defeat at Bradford. It's the start of the season and we have already seen that some teams have shown up and some haven't.
"We will look at the way we approached the Catalan game and try and get it right.
"We had good starts in the friendlies and that might have given us false belief.
"We have to change a few things this week."
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by abnormalnorm
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 5:06PM
“whoever he is, his posts are really odd.”
by BurlingtonRed
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 4:40PM
“by abnormalnormWednesday, February 06 2013, 3:37PM
"who is this"SlammersFolly" nutter?"
His name is eddy and a 100% Fruitbat, he is under observation at Rampton Secure Hospital.
Looks like he's escaped into the computer room again.”
by abnormalnorm
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 3:37PM
“who is this"SlammersFolly" nutter?”
by Forest1113
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 3:04PM
“Whickerman
Rovers didn't do it enough last season.
Gateshull did it too much”
by kevsguitar
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 2:38PM
“Rovers did the right thing by taking the points early on! Everyone expected the game to be much closer than it actually was, particularly at that time when Rovers had moved up in to the Cats 20 quickly, thanks to Craig Hall. You get the ball back and expect to do the same again, but unfortunately it all went wrong and Rovers were hit by a jugganaut!
However, it was obvious that Cats were very wary of Craig's skill and pace and I definately think he would have been better utilised at 6!”
by albaz
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 2:22PM
“Scott Dureau did the the damage last season,but was absent on Sunday. Bit clearer .
As for the the referee on Sunday,he gave Catalan a bit of leeway with offside and one penalty was plain wrong but he had nothing to do with Rovers performance.Refs make mistakes but so do players. Referees don't knock on at scrums or carelessly squander possession,but players certainly do.”
by albaz
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 2:08PM
“In answer to the early kick at goal,Rovers have for a long time and almost all of last season ignored the points and have run the ball.As already stated odd times it's right but it was a surprise so early on Sunday.
By coincidence (and very annoying) against this team last season,in a tight game we ignored two easy penalties and one other kickable one and it cost us the game.
The man that did the damage for them was absent on Sunday
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by australianoz
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 1:59PM
“I had the dubious pleasure of staying up all sunday night watching a dvd of the game and seeing someone anylise it bit by bit,i can tell you he wasen't impressed by either the way KR played or the manner in which they lost,as he knew what the game plan was prior to kick off and the things that had been worked on in pre season.Like sunday night a lot of time is spent going over minute details with each player and then going over it as a unit....The overiding conclusion was a very simple one..the players had not carried out the game plan and there were far to many individual mistakes....I asked the question "what about the missing players" I got the answer "you have a squad of players not 17 and they all knew what to do,its nothing to do with whos missing,those there didnt do there jobs"..All through the disecting of the game notes were being made and information gained so they can be worked on in training.....Bottom line was,you can do all this work but once they are on the field you can only watch and hope they carry out your instructions.....It was an interesting night,with 3 hours sleep he was back at the ground preparing for the trip to Wakefield.”
by hullkr117
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 12:42PM
“Tis i Tezza of OZ .I see 3biesgalah is being a bad sportsman again .best team always win on the day ,thats what my dad taught me .We cant play the game with out the refs if you can do better ,take the referee whistle up . maybe Rovers n Hull might win win this weekend fingers crossed”
by 3biesgalore
Wednesday, February 06 2013, 11:40AM
“lincoln,then just send for Ganson,and you will get more than an even share.”