Forward or not, they created the space to score, passing the ball slightly forward wasn't the difference in scoring, coaching group won't be looking at the ball going forward, they will be looking why the defence was all over the shop...
Line speed of the dogs was good, i paid attention to it at the game, i noticed especially in our half they came out hard, they were not offside, just more enthused than us, on the other hand we took a couple of steps and waited, we gave them cheap meters, also especially in the first half when we tackled them we were rolling off them too quick, we could have held them for slightly longer, where as dogs held us for that fraction more.
Our forwards were again so disappointing. It might have had to do with Couchman's injury. Also why was Cook on for so long? In the first 20 he was excellent. In the next 20 average. In the second half before he went off, he was outright bad. For me, Cook starts and plays 30 min then comes back on, maybe as a forward for the last 20 and possibly moves back to hooker if Liddle needs a rest.
Couchman injury through a spanner in the works for sure
Last year we had a pretty good run with injuries, this year already we have lost RyanC and both Lawrie and Sele have yet to appear, Frank has gone awol, VFifita is another missing, thats 5 of our middles out already, i said it a few weeks back that we needed 2 props to come into our squad, at the time we didn't have any top 30 positions available and still don't, hopefully Klemmer comes in tomorrow and then we bring in another one, or somehow Sele, Lawrie & ,VFifita recover from injury and find some form or this will be a long season..
Yep I'll be watching really closely to see Flanno does here.. once Franks gone does that free spot go to Lawson (was it promised to him previously?) or does Lawson need to wait for Ravalawa to go first..
Is Rava also injured or can't even make reserve grade now?
My understanding is that with Ramsay back getting game time and Sloan locked on the right wing for practice Rava can't even get a run. He isn't gonna push Finau out of his spot either, so I don't see how he fits in without injury tbh.
Great news if true. Please get it done and the papers signed before Thursday!
I dont think there is a better rig out there! But Rava missing NSW Cup has hopefully triggered something in his psyche to buck up and get better.... but he still has to meet Bennett and prove he has the mindset to be given a souths top30 spot... so im not counting my chickens until that deal is done.. potentially we will be paying a big chunk of the 2yrs but I reckon its worth it to us tbh to clear that spot up... and remove probably a 6th choice winger.
Agree
I said in another earlier post or on another forum, probably the latter that Tonga is a young man growing into his body still, he needs time to grow and more importantly learn his trade so the longer we can keep him in ressies and he continues to improve the better the team and club will be in future years.
Speaking from the view of an old coach you are spot on. You look at how the try was scored, what led to the opposition being in that position to actually score. So I use to look at the time the obtain possession of the pill and how they structured their attack to be in a position to score. Was it eyes up footy or a structured attacking set. Its not just the last pass it's the overall set or sets, and if any player used the excuse but coach the pass was forward then around the field they would go.