Mr_Knightside
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That win was built on effort and enthusiasm, which is a good way to win for us at the moment. We're not going to blow sides off the park with skill or talent just yet but if we turn up with that attitude every week then we've got the pieces in place to grind out those tough wins.
What made me really happy about our performance on Saturday night is that no-one really had a bad game and everyone 1-17 made a contribution. Obviously some contributions were more crucial than others but everyone played for each other and it was a real team effort.
I would have felt aweful for SKD if we'd lost because he made a couple of clangers but to be fair he ran hard and made some really tough carries all night especially getting us out of our red zone. He also came up with that tackle on Jack Bird when it looked like a Broncos try was coming, that was a clutch play and made up for his previous errors imo.
Barnett and Dan Saifiti both showed plenty of aggression which was good to see, and Dan made good metres off the bench too. These were two guys who needed to stand up and they did, now we need to see it more consistently.
The Griffin/Levi combo was interesting, it looked to me like Griffin played the full 80 although I could be wrong, did he go to lock for a while? I thought Levi was pretty solid and deserves another game next week.
Ross also came up with his best game of the year and was excellent in almost all aspects, I was especially impressed with his kick chase.
All in all what a sweet win it was!
What made me really happy about our performance on Saturday night is that no-one really had a bad game and everyone 1-17 made a contribution. Obviously some contributions were more crucial than others but everyone played for each other and it was a real team effort.
I would have felt aweful for SKD if we'd lost because he made a couple of clangers but to be fair he ran hard and made some really tough carries all night especially getting us out of our red zone. He also came up with that tackle on Jack Bird when it looked like a Broncos try was coming, that was a clutch play and made up for his previous errors imo.
Barnett and Dan Saifiti both showed plenty of aggression which was good to see, and Dan made good metres off the bench too. These were two guys who needed to stand up and they did, now we need to see it more consistently.
The Griffin/Levi combo was interesting, it looked to me like Griffin played the full 80 although I could be wrong, did he go to lock for a while? I thought Levi was pretty solid and deserves another game next week.
Ross also came up with his best game of the year and was excellent in almost all aspects, I was especially impressed with his kick chase.
All in all what a sweet win it was!
