Our defence is probably as good as I have seen in a few years, Hunslet simply never looked like scoring and it was just a matter of time before we broke them.
We missed Craven badly as I think we have looked a lot better attack wise with the 3 attacking options of Murrell, Craven, and Johnston. I thought the new guys had decent games and slotted in well. I agree with Encouraged in some respects but you put any top playmaker in this team and they will not be the player to lead us to SL, no player would be in a part time team. I reckon if you aked the players who the most important person in the team is they would all come back with the same answer. I think its more a case of Craven took some of the pressure off Murrell and its no coincidence the last few games how well he had been playing.
Other pluses, Tyrer had a really good game and has been good all season, Johnson tackled everything that moved and our fringe defence read just about every play that hunslet could come up with perfectly. Our "penalty machine" prop is the best prop in the league bar none and I would love to see an argument otherwise, Manning is simply a machine, Kaye is not the player of the last couple of years and Tangata is starting to settle in to the team well. Speaking of which he has got a pair of hands on him hasnt he? Not to mention the yards he makes us both in attack and with strong defence at times. Plus if he hits someone when he sets off like a missile he is going to muller them.
A win is a win, it wasnt spectacular but we had to win.
