Until they cut loose all they had to do was play basic rugby and we never looked like winning even when it was close. They ran harder, got quick PTB's, made easy metres, started us off deep in our half and dominated us in defence. Our PTB's were slow, we only got upfield via penalties then spilt it as soon as we got decent field position.
Their forwards bullied us. We thought we were light in the pack before the season but I think today's the first time it's showed up. Brought did what he wanted. Every time he got the ball had time to pick his pass/kick, pathetic. Must have been a surprise tactic by them caught us off guard.
They wore us down and cashed in at the end. At 12-6 after we scored we had 5 mins where we played with energy and looked like we might score again. Once they saw that off we never got a look in. At 18-6 we were dropping out under the posts early ish in 2nd half, we were all hands on hips trudging back, looked beaten already. Only 12 points in it but they didn't look like they believed they could do it.
Minns was impressive, Greenwood went well, Campese was quality for 40 mins. Other than that errr.. Bad.
Get Dixon in the team. Shaw is just as bad under the high ball and defending with half the pace. Couple of times Thornley put him in a bit of space he didn't have the pace to go for it down the line. If we insist on ignoring sio on the other side at least have a strike weapon there. Madness.
Cockayne made errors but the thing that bugs me is his pass selection. They don't show up on stats or error counts but so many times he gets the ball out the back and messes the pass up or picks the wrong man. He hit Thornley a few times yesterday where Shaw was completely free. It's so poor and costly, wasted chances.
