Oswin said:
They had the team, on paper, to mow over us by 20 points. We gave them a towelling.
I'm sorry, but I just don't get why ya'll rate Parra so high. The facts are, this year, just like us, they've beaten average teams. They've also been pasted by average teams, just like us. Our 1-17 outperformed them convincingly to a man, and i'm not surprised in the least.
They've got the worst halves in the comp, a powder puff forward pack (Hindmarsh did nothing against us, as per usual thoroughly outplayed by Simpson) and an untested inexperienced backline. Whereas we've got a top forward pack, improving halves and, i'll admit, a pretty terrible backline.