The boys put in a very tough effort, we completed well and won the big moments in the match. However, it was far from a convincing win.
Many of us also might feel like the game was there for the taking for the Sharks but they blew 3 trys and arguably the match.
So what does the team need to do in the prelim to win? Our defence was tested and IMO it needs to improve a lot further. I doubt Robbo was happy with a few defensive areas:
- on the line - our right side were back tracking in defence very quickly and gave up way too much space. The Sharks attacked us with pace down out right side and we didn't respond well to that. We'll need to fix that up;
- on the inside - sharp inside balls exploited some of our lazy and tired defenders on the inside. Important that our defenders don't overly commit to outside attackers and our d needs to be more attentive to inside runners;
- kicks behind the line - not sure what to make of this. But they sure did get us a few times (Lee and almost Lewis).
In attack:
- I think Keary has lost some confidence and his running game isn't where it used to be;
- Lattrell has been heavily contained; and
- I think we could employ more variability in our attack rather than block plays. Surely we have some attacking tricks up our sleeves that we're ready to unleash.
Robbo and the team have a lot to look at over the next two weeks
Many of us also might feel like the game was there for the taking for the Sharks but they blew 3 trys and arguably the match.
So what does the team need to do in the prelim to win? Our defence was tested and IMO it needs to improve a lot further. I doubt Robbo was happy with a few defensive areas:
- on the line - our right side were back tracking in defence very quickly and gave up way too much space. The Sharks attacked us with pace down out right side and we didn't respond well to that. We'll need to fix that up;
- on the inside - sharp inside balls exploited some of our lazy and tired defenders on the inside. Important that our defenders don't overly commit to outside attackers and our d needs to be more attentive to inside runners;
- kicks behind the line - not sure what to make of this. But they sure did get us a few times (Lee and almost Lewis).
In attack:
- I think Keary has lost some confidence and his running game isn't where it used to be;
- Lattrell has been heavily contained; and
- I think we could employ more variability in our attack rather than block plays. Surely we have some attacking tricks up our sleeves that we're ready to unleash.
Robbo and the team have a lot to look at over the next two weeks
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