That was an impressive pass given he was in a tackle
Kick in the guys having O'Connor kick the conversation
Why are we giving them so much space and overlap out wide?
Heads up boys..
Good one Mr Williams!
Our scrum has been pretty good
Nice try Harry!
It would be nice to finish with another
Overall, apart from the 15-20 minutes after half time, we didn't play too badly. Lineouts struggled a bit, obviously our defence needs some work
Well the coaches clearly put that one in the "L" column early doors, so not terribly disappointing. Not surprising our finishers were outclassed but stayed in the fight.
One area to work on is how easily the boys are being exposed on the flanks - sometimes even when they win!
"The main difference between playing League and Union is that now I get my hangovers on Monday instead of Sunday - Tom David
Never gave up but some work ons and need the missing the players left at home. Here’s hoping for a return to winning ways next week
It was a very interesting match, considering the outs for the match and an on fire Crusaders back three it was not as bad an effort as the score line reflects.
The third quarter we let ourselves down until the bench players started to settle a bit and find a bit of rhythm.
Highlight was Divad Palu's 16 minute cameo, he looks to have so much potential. I just hope it was not a serious injury that cut short his match time, as he seems to be a bit injury prone.
Koteka after missing 1000 plus days worked hard, tackled hard but the pace to the breakdown seems to have caught him out. Will get better as he gets back into it.
Harris another decent outing, starting to live up to his potential.
Pasitoa a decent outing at 12, and likely to cement a bench spot with Stewart returning.
Robertson (Dr) and Pearce good around the park again held the scrum well with BPA.
Being one who favours taller fullbacks, I would not mind seeing Potter and Greally switched for the next couple of games, however I assume Potter is considered a wing prospect for the Wallabies so I assume they will stay as is for now.
Stats to follow later in the day
We scrum for posession, run for the try zone, bleed for the team and live for the game
Team Stats:
Attack:
Defence:
Kicking:
Overall:
Tries: 5th: 21
Clean Breaks: 11th: 18
Carries 4th: 614
Metres Gained: 9th: 1972
Defenders Beaten: 5th: 104
Turnovers won: 8th: 85.5%
Lineouts won: 2nd: 89.8%
Offloads: 9th: 32
Scrums won: 11th: 76%
Rucks won: 1st: 98%
We scrum for posession, run for the try zone, bleed for the team and live for the game
Player Stats:
Attack:
Defence:
Overall:
Tries:
Tizzano: 1st: 6
Line outs won:
Swain: 1st: 21
Metres Gained:
Grealy: 9th: 268
Points:
Donaldson: 4th: 42
Tizzano: 10th: 30
Tackles won:
Tizzano: 1st: 77
Robertson: 2nd: 76
Nic Champion de Crespigny: 4th: 73
We scrum for posession, run for the try zone, bleed for the team and live for the game
I was pretty disappointed in the performance. There were a few things;
- * spot kicking was poor.
* I think Potters defense is soft, there seems to be no sting in it.
* We are getting exposed on the edges a lot.
* Burey looked under pressure and was not able to get the ball away in time. Probably an aspect of game time
* lineout struggled
* poolman on the edge where we are weakest is not a good proposition.
But there was more intent than last week which is good, but the scoreline tells a story - we got beaten (spanked even) on the edges and gave away way too many tries.
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