Just caught a replay of the game (albeit twenty minutes in) and essentially our defence just sucked and we coughed up too much possesion in vital territory. Lockyer wasn't as bad in attack as people made him out to be (in defence though...) yes his bombs early on were ineffective but he learnt and adjusted accordingly. In saying though, he and the rest of the boys certainly missed Wallace, as it was, we weren't able to spread the ball as freely and that's what hurt us in the end.
I thought our best three were...
3. Sam Thaiday
2. Karmichael Hunt
1. Andrew McCullough
With honorable mentions to Clinton, Taylor, Glenn, Kenny and Parker.
As for the 20's, Norman's certainly come of age over the past couple of months and I believe with the right halves partner next season (depending whether B. Hunt will return to the Q Cup or not) I believe he'll be able to grow as a player - which is an exciting thought.
I agree with your assessment on the Toyota Cup forwards GTB, good in attack, craptacular in defence, although in all fairness, they were missing chief defender Guy Ford.
Aside from Hala and Dodds (#10) all those players are elgible next season. We've got some awesome juniors coming through who will obviously come into the TC squad next season and hopefully shake the competition up. In fact, it could be the Broncos most talented squad of Under 20's since the inception of the Toyota Cup, which says something about these juniors and the work of Coach Anthony Griffen who I rate very very highly.
