Sths went in that night in Rd.23 up on the Cowboy's home ground knowing that they had to play with some flair & more open style to have any chance at all--& they did!!
It worked a treat. It's a pity they didn't have that mindset more often. Then they amazingly dropped away from that form within a week. GI was in top form at that stage.
When do we hear about signing Sam,Teo ,Taupau etc. it's seems to be a long time coming--it's about 2 wks since we were going to hear within one week!!
Weird how people can see things so differently
I thought the win over the Cowboys was a throwback to the aggressive bash and barge style that worked so well for us in the 2014 finals.
Auva came back and and made a nuisance of himself in attack.
Luke and keary were also playing with real aggression, luke getting a roll on out of dummy half
Guys like stewart and turner were stinging in defence.
Turner had his best running game since coming back.
But what won us that game was the twins. It was easily their best game of the season. And all.the did was run straight with aggression and purpose. Their bash and barge style of play left the Cowboys forwards on the floor, and enable the fast play the balls that had us playing a bit of attractive football.
It was getting the bash and barge perfected in that game that got us the win.
Unfortunately we no longer have the players to play that bash and barge style anymore. In 2014 it was down to Inglis, the twins, sam and teo that had us playing that style. With inglis getting older and injured and with a slightly different role in the team, plus ben and sam gone the whole bash and barge fell to the twins this year and it was to much. Both were targeted easily and both had runs of inconsistentsy through the year.
So hopefully maguire has something planned for next year.
