Very very good performances from 1-17.
No one had a bad game.
Many things that stood out for me - in particular.
1. The defensive effort was immense for the full 90 minutes. So many heroics.
2. Our right side defence looked assured - for the first time this year.
3. Thewlis looks more confident with his kicking.
4. Duftys defence and organization has improved immeasurably.
5. Tai was a mare to defend.
6. After 2 knock ons in the first 2 sets and 7 errors in yhe first half, we only made one mistake in the 2nd.
Numerous other things.
You can only play the team in front of you, but -
1. Cats had several key men out eg McIllorum and lost McMeeken in the warm up
2. Da Costa going off HIA so early disrupted them
3. Cats played the last 30 mins with no interchanges due to injuries
4. Cats attack wasn't fully firing (but a large part of that was down to us)
The match could have been quite different.
Not complaining but there's stuff to work on.
The interesting for me is - regardless of the team we put out, can we back it up or do we have a repeat of 'post Saints?'
For now though - let's just savour the win.
