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Firstly congrats to the Kings, the script I read said we only had to turn up but the Kings were not the easy-beats they were supposed to be, they put in a passionate performance and got the win. Wonder what the Shorks think about their black strip?
I'm certainly not an expert but as a forum member it's my duty to try and sound like one so here goes;
With the line-out it seems we had more success in retaining possession when Charles threw short.
Most of the calls were for Charles to throw long to the back of the line-out and it invariably turned to shit, either an overthrow, not straight or the opposition were able to disrupt it. Until we become more skilled in this area why not keep it simple and just throw short?
I beleive chook Fowler is the kicking coach, he needs to be working overtime with all our kickers, it really is unacceptable for a team at this level not to be able to kick a farking goal. I don't think Kyle should have the added responsibility of goal kicking at this stage, down the track he will probably become our main kicker but Fowler needs to sort out his technique.
It was also a bit strange seeing the outside centre doing most of the positional kicking or was it just that when it came to him he didn't see many other options?
I know we've all complained about too much kicking away possession in the past but there are times in the game when you need to put a well placed kick in behind the opposition and it's usually the 10 that does this.
Give Sias a run-on start against the Bulls and give him more than 4 mins to form a conbination with Godwin. We need his place kicking and also his positional kicking, if I remember he has a pretty good long pass as well.
Some people have suggested we put Benny Mac in the second row. While I have a lot of respect for Ben he is too light for a lock. I think he is listed at around 106 kgs. Look at the size of some of these Saffa locks they'll push our scrum around the park if we put lightweights in the second row. Perhaps MMM and Lynn?
Early days yet but I'm undecied on Tuopo at fullback I think that if Fowler could work on Mafi's positional kicking I would still like to see him at 15. Working some backline moves with Mafi entering the backline at pace would be good to see.
Someone said they would like to see Alby make more sniping runs and I agree, I don't remember any at all in that game and it would certainly help to mix up the attack and keep the defence guessing.