Could not get to Wigan : Tue Mar 13, 2018 2:54 pm
Luckily as I was unable to get to Wigan I was able to get a match report from my son who knows a great deal more than me concerning RL ( hard to believe I know ), for what its worth he made the following observations :- First 30 minutes were a great advert for the game, fantastic Rugby played by two good, equally matched teams.
- Ref was brilliant in first 30 minutes, very few penalties
- Our game management in first half was excellent, keep it simple when necessary and played more expansive Rugby at correct time and right part of the field
- Randal really improves our defence
- Miller floated around a bit, not direct enough
- Ref had a complete change of approach after 30 minutes and started to penalize and became to pedantic this carried on throughout the second half spoiling a great contest ; players started to try and win penalties which is the biggest fault with our game
- Coaching staff may have cocked up when substituting Arona with Horo, it did not luck like Arona was injured - we were defending our line - as a result we got our marking wrong, possibly confused as new player on the field resulting in a huge gap for Tautai to stroll through. Basic rule ( to add to always take the two, is only put a sub on when we have the ball )
- Arundel is a better defender than Lynne and works better in defense with BJB.
- It looked like we were very unlucky with the forward pass disallowed tries ( that said not easy to tell from behind the sticks )
All in all another strong, encouraging performance that highlighted that we as fans have a lot to look forward to as we have a good team that is giving their all.
My questions are, does anyone think that Rocky should be given a start at 6 as he his direct and a good game manager, is Miller a better option coming off the bench
Anybody else agree that Arundel should start against - Wigan , Leeds, Saints, Hull, Cas as he is our best defensive Centre.
Should Fafita start ? I have the impression that his most effective games are when he comes off the bench and often is utterly devastating, i like it when Huby and England start and then we unleash the Fafita beast.