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Maloney is an Aussie and cops it because of that.
I thought his kicking over 60% of the game was great. He did not lose us the game or Manu.
It was Blueys rotation of players the lateness in Auckland time/bed time and our defence on Tupous side that caused the loss.
Not good for my blood pressure watching the boys give up good leads.
Anyone know when Sammy Rapira/Steve Rapira/Ropati are back, have we got anyone to replace Tupou..........are Omar/Fish over their injuries.
i think we are a couple of quality players short in our back line.........maybe Inu should have been kept........he might have owned Matai like he did in last years GF.....but we will never know.
I'm not sure about Steve R, but it was quoted in this week's SMH that Sam R is back Rd 24 and Ropati's gone for season.
Luck's due back next week and we might be able to give him a bit of a send-off. Poor Maloney had to do a lot of defending against Williams in the middle of the park, that's an obvious mismatch and Maloney did good.
Maybe we're bagging Maloney to make us feel better about losing him? I think an overwhelming majority of Warriors supporters would have preferred he stayed with us.
Inu tallied another 16 points tonight, including a try from a bomb. Nielson looked average at best last night against the Dragons.