Kilshaw slams ‘weak’ Hornets

ROCHDALE Hornets head coach Alan Kilshaw labelled his side as too soft and weak mentally during their disappointing 40-10 defeat at Dewsbury Rams on Sunday.

Hornets struggled to compete with their opponents during the match at the Tetley’s Stadium, finding themselves 28-0 down at the break and leaving themselves with a mountain to climb.

Kilshaw was extremely frustrated with what he saw from his players, and thought that they let themselves down.

“I’m very disappointed. We’d had a good week and a couple of good performances recently so we didn’t see that coming,” he said. that wasn’t us, it travelling support as they game but we had to Kingstone Press Championship was them. deserved better than what make some changes and table, having won

“We asked for a bit of a we served up.” lost some players so it five, drawn one and lost 14 response at half-time and Kilshaw now hopes was disruptive and not of their 20 matches so far we got that as it was two that the result is just a all plain sailing. this season. tries each in the second one-off situation and a “We met a side who are Dewsbury have now half after we were 28-0 similar performance on a good run and have leapfrogged above Hornets down, but they probably won’t come in their next been playing well since and sit in eighth, having started trying to see the match. picking up a new coach, gained revenge from game out. “You have those days so but we didn’t do the basics their emphatic defeat to

“We were soft and weak we might be able to put it right. Kilshaw’s men on the mentally, and it took Jo to down as a one off, but ultimately “We were a total polar opening day of the season. come on to start putting it still wasn’t acceptable,” opposite of ourselves in Hornets will now himself about as we were he said. “I didn’t recognise the game, as couldn’t finish attempt to get back to getting bullied and didn’t them in the first half. our sets, catch and winning ways when they run hard enough or tackle We scored first in the second pass or even tackle, plus return to the Crown Oil hard enough. half when it was 28-0 we gave a lot of penalties Arena to host Swinton

“You’ve got to turn up to and we have come back away. Lions on Sunday. “The first 15 minutes places like that and be on from a couple of those big “We got nothing from Swinton are second was terrible for both sides it but we weren’t, we were deficits in the past but not the officials either and we bottom in the table, and and it was just a matter of off, so we’ll have to have a often. were second best in every head into the match after who would start finishing look at some of the reasons “I thought we were area.” a high-scoring narrow the sets and kick on to win why in the week and getting some consistency The defeat for Hornets 42-34 loss at Sheffield the game, but unfortunately I can only apologise to the going into the has left them ninth in the Eagles in their last match.

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‘It wasn’t acceptable. I didn’t recognise them in the first half’