why did we take rauhihi off? : Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:09 pm  

cant understand why we took rauhihi off when we did. i understand the guy needs a break but he was killing the saints defense everytime he got the ball. after he went off saints went on to score 4 tries in 21 minutes

Re: why did we take rauhihi off? : Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:00 am  

jAmEs-LaD wrote:

cant understand why we took rauhihi off when we did. i understand the guy needs a break but he was killing the saints defense everytime he got the ball. after he went off saints went on to score 4 tries in 21 minutes

He 36 years old, he will have to be spelled to have the impact he had tonight. You could play him longer, but that would just mean he'd take longer to recover and you'd have to rest him sooner.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:13 am  

There are many reasons you could moan about.

I felt things really started to swing when that knock on was given against Briers for tackling Long, I just felt it took it out of the lads mentally, you could see that things were going Saints' way and the lads looked powerless.


Also, when Kev got onto that kick in the corner, did he get that down for a try? I didn't really see the replay...

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:35 am  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Also, when Kev got onto that kick in the corner, did he get that down for a try? I didn't really see the replay...

No, he got it down onto Ade Gardner's arm.

Re: why did we take rauhihi off? : Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:47 am  

jAmEs-LaD wrote:

cant understand why we took rauhihi off when we did. i understand the guy needs a break but he was killing the saints defense everytime he got the ball. after he went off saints went on to score 4 tries in 21 minutes

Yeah, totally agree with you, he was creating havoc for saints & if i'm correct I think he was subbed after only 8min into 2nd half & came back on when it was all over!

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:17 am  

Totally agree. Rah was awesome and causing havoc. Morley came on and had one of the worst games he has ever had in a wire shirt. We always seem to think we ‘need’ our big name players on for the maximum amount of game time. Poor tactics and reaction to the game by the coach IMO.