Originally Posted by
Burgs
Not in my opinion, no.
There was a lot of positives in the first 50 to work with.
They had 20 minutes of 14 men, one of which (Marika) was an instinctive play the ball that 99% of players would have been guilty of. The second (Tupou) was a bit of a brain snap by an injured player trying his best to avoid going to 14 man uncontested scrums while nursing what appeared to be a broken rib.
I stopped reading the drivel on Fbk as I think the "experts" there may have watched a different match...
Basically, yes we were outclassed for the final 30 odd and especially 14 points in 2 minutes, but there is plenty to be optimistic about tomorrow morning.