I thought we played pretty well this week. I was especially impressed with our forwards, finally we got to see some imaginative play from them and there were times when we really carved up the middle. I reckon this was our highest offloading game in the last few years, and they were quality offloads too and we actually had players pushing up in support of the ball carrier.
A few guys had their best games of the year imo. Barnett, Fitz, Dan Saifiti, Levi and maybe even Herman.
The score was a little deceiving because the Titans did score a couple of fortuitous tries. Outside of that 15 mins or so after half time we looked like the better team imo and it was pleasing that we finished strong in both halves.
Levi has arguably played his best two career games in the last two weeks. If he keeps this level going for the last 6 rounds I think he’s just about impossible to leave out of the starting side next season. Slade probably won’t be back from injury at the start of next year anyway but I would think that Levi would be just about an automatic selection considering what he’s currently bringing to the side.
Tbh I can’t really think of anyone who had a really bad game, even Denniss chipped in with some tough runs and quick play the balls when coming out of our half. It’s a shame he’s just about useless when we get the ball in an attacking position though.
I think moving forward we simply must have either Herman or Dan on the field at any given time. Those two have just been running rampant recently and are clearly our two most damaging middle forwards. Even if we don’t sign a big name prop I think we can build a forward pack around those two. I just hope they get enough support next year, Glasby will help but outside of that our stocks are still very thin.
Our 2019 backline on the other hand looks ace!
1. Ponga
2. Lee
3. Ramien
4. Moga
5. SKD
6. Watson
7. Pearce
Then we still have Sione who can slot in at centre if we need him to and Ross/Sio as injury cover on the wing.
