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Brains > Brawn
We were out of the game from the 16th minute until half-time. We were down about to about 35% possession. At one stage we were 9% possession in the last 10 minutes. Repeatedly, Warriors started their set of 6 on their own 40 if not half way yet we defended for our lives. We only managed to leak 2 tries up to half time.
Second half where do i start? It was a tough arm-wrestle. Warriors making meters from simple hit-ups and us making meters from passing and moving their defenders around the park.
What won us the game:
Roosters:
Kane Evans hit-ups and offloads
RTS 3 try-savers + scored a try himself from dummy-half.
Taripo's tap back into the field of play. (Wouldn't have scored the try that made us go beyond a converted try in-front)
Napa's offload.
Ryley's kicking game.
Structured attack/defense.
Warriors.
Poor kicking game.
Poor discipline.
No real skill besides smashing it up in the middle. (10-15 meters each hit-up)
Although I do believe a lot of other teams would've struggled against the Warriors today. Maybe not in the first 15 minutes but for the rest of the game.
We were out of the game from the 16th minute until half-time. We were down about to about 35% possession. At one stage we were 9% possession in the last 10 minutes. Repeatedly, Warriors started their set of 6 on their own 40 if not half way yet we defended for our lives. We only managed to leak 2 tries up to half time.
Second half where do i start? It was a tough arm-wrestle. Warriors making meters from simple hit-ups and us making meters from passing and moving their defenders around the park.
What won us the game:
Roosters:
Kane Evans hit-ups and offloads
RTS 3 try-savers + scored a try himself from dummy-half.
Taripo's tap back into the field of play. (Wouldn't have scored the try that made us go beyond a converted try in-front)
Napa's offload.
Ryley's kicking game.
Structured attack/defense.
Warriors.
Poor kicking game.
Poor discipline.
No real skill besides smashing it up in the middle. (10-15 meters each hit-up)
Although I do believe a lot of other teams would've struggled against the Warriors today. Maybe not in the first 15 minutes but for the rest of the game.