I've had some pretty shit stuff going on over the weekend so that win was very welcome relief. After a long time between drinks, it felt so good to finally experience a victory and just remember what that feeling is like. I felt like I couldn't fully enjoy it the way I normally would, but it's still a good feeling.
Great to do it in such a special Round for our club too. It's a proud week and the boys certainly lifted for it. They put in a proud performance and as a result, we should all be proud.
Our attack really clicked, which is crazy when you think about it. No Cody, numerous position changes going into the game, and even more changes on the fly, but it well and truly worked. Scintillating attack at times, some of the tries we scored were beautiful, the kind of execution we haven't seen before. A few were gritty tries as well, straight through the front door. I've got to give our forwards a wrap, they laid the platform for that win. Look what happens when they actually lift and win a forward battle! It was amazing.
Keaon was the deserved man of the match, that's the best I've seen him play since Origin 3 last year. Incredible really, he was massive. Jack did great at 5/8 before he was concussed, Kep played his best game for us, I thought Cooky was very good despite all the changes, and Trell probably had his best game of the year too in his Round. Hats off to him.
Our defence still leaves a bit to be desired. After we got out to 22-0, there's no way we should have let them claw it back to the point where they were still in the game for much of the second half. That was a little disappointing, but a win's a win, I guess.
I was mostly just impressed with the attitude. It was spot on. We haven't seen that kind of attitude and that kind of application from all the boys in a long time. But if we do that going forward, there's no doubt we win more games and probably don't cop the spoon.
Thank God for that!!