I've no problem with Arona at prop...think he's been one of our best players this season...was excellent when he first came...very consistent...had a dip in form over a season or two but had a horrid time with injuries. Capable of doing a very good job at prop for me though when the whole pack is playing well...
Without Dave we do lack a bit of size but a smaller mobile pack doesn't automatically say you're going to lose against a bigger pack....in games we've played well in, the forwards have run hard. got decent quick play the balls and at times got good offloads out...when we play like that we're a handful. Last night we just seemed to lack energy from the start....the play the balls were the slowest we've had this season by a country mile...we were completely dominated in the rucks and not one forward got an offload away all night so no second phase stuff which made us easy to defend against. That's why I'd put last night down to the short turnaround rather than anything else.....
