Match Discussion: Finals Week 1 vs North Qld @ Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville / Wulgurukaba

[K-Man]

That Hetherington error was exactly what we needed to not do early in the second half. If we could have just kept the first 10 minutes nice and boring, that's all we had to do. Unfortunately that's in his game and it's in ours to undo such good work so quickly.

I can see the Cowboys really turning up the heat now, and possibly taking it away from us before we realise what happened.

 

[Tom155]

Another miss from Smith

 

[K-Man]

Honestly I feel like the Hetherington error might've cost us the game, even this far out. We had to avoid that early try, we really did.

 

[Nuke]

Is the ref even watching this game?
3 challenges. 3 successful challenges.

 

[Loose Cannon]

Jones has been strong.

 

[Burns]

Another bad, bad error

 

[Burns]

I think that might be the game tbh

 

[Tom155]

Going south quickly

 

[Loose Cannon]

Two mistakes, two tries.

 

[Nuke]

Halftime killing us again.

 

[perverse]

Yep, that drop ball from Hetherington was a sliding doors moment. Critical error.

 

[Zoidberg]

We can’t let them in again or it could blow out quick

 

[Haffa]

How was that kick into our legs played at!?

 

[Apey]

Dud kick by Cogger, dud tackles on Feldt and KPP in no man's land on the try.

 

[K-Man]

Sad but it's our own poor discipline that has ruined it for us, and we have seen this before like in the Sharks game. We didn't come out and nail the little things in the second half, and we had to. We lose it from here and that's a shame, but it's our own fault.

 

[Woody90]

I think we’re done but I hope it doesn’t blow out. Doesn’t deserve that.

 

[Walk On Home Boy]

Even worse than Hetherington is the officiating. We are getting caned.

 

[Haffa]

How many forward passes in that series?

 

[Burns]

Falling apart

 

[K-Man]

For years we've been bad at finishing sets in a way that doesn't invite massive momentum and field position (and points) to the opposition. I don't know what it is, we get that part of the game consistently wrong. We weren't even slightly ready to make up for the Cogger kick, we allowed that to hurt us with shocking defence.