Some much better stats from most of the forwards with the ball this time round. Much better go forward by the majority. Though for all his ‘played much better’ Proctor only carried the ball 6 times in his 50-odd minutes for 48 metres. So yes a bit better when he did have the ball but we need more than that from him.
And then there is Atoni. 22 meters at an average gain of 3. Sorry but what does he actually offer? That just isn’t good enough.
Be interesting to see what Applegarth does at halfback next week now with Gale available. I’ve always been a believer that if you play well you keep your place and Smith played very well and doesn’t deserve to be dropped really. Can’t see him leaving Lino out though. Big call to make.