After watching the replay, here's my full report,
Walker: Not a bad game at all, quite good actually! He was popping up all over the place throughout the game and chiming into the backline well in attack. Having reyno back massively helped his game. He was throwing some nice cut out passes to AJ that we creating a few chances but the Sharks defence was up to the challenge. However, they couldn't stop Cody later in the half as probed from long range down the left and threw a nice ball to Gags that helped him get on the outside of his opposite. Cody then backed up through the middle for a brilliant try, great play!! He was safe under the high ball and I thought when he had to return the ball off a kick, he was strong as he made a couple of half breaks there. Not bad defensively and even made a great tackle along with Cookie on Jack Williams in the first half and somehow they managed to hold him up. That was amazing!! Cody's magic night was capped off with another great try, getting an offload from Junior on the ground to crash over and seal the game. I think Cody has done a really good job at Fullback as a fill in but in saying that, it's obvious he just isn't a fullback. Looking forward to him slotting back into 5/8 next week.
Johnston: AJ was okay, probably nothing special but he did okay. A fantastic finish in the corner for his try! That was a tough pass to take above his head and he still had some work to do to make it too the line but such is the class of AJ, the try was never in doubt. His running game wasn't too bad, he did get dominated a few times though and came up with an error that put us under pressure. Didn't put a foot wrong in defence though which was good to see.
Gagai: I enjoyed Gagai's performance last night back in his usual position. He just looked far more comfortable. His running game and work rate weren't bad despite his stats in that area being a little bit down with 11runs for just 77 meters. An incredible play for Cody's try and that was all Gags. Taking a nice pass from Cody himself, Dane skipped to the outside of his opposite with ease, the movement he put on looked so effortless, it was freakish. Stepping inside, he then found Cody who had a simple stroll to the tryline. Defensively, he was pretty good for most of the game as he came up with some good reads and shut a few plays down on that side. The only defensive error he made lead to the Sharks third try, he probably should have jammed in to close the gap. Otherwise, not a bad game from Gags.
Burns: Moving to the right edge, he looked okay. Again, nothing special but he was pretty solid in ontly his second NRL game back. A lot of his runs were strong, especially the one early ish in the second half where he skipped across field and made a half break. However, I think his work rate could have been better and he could have gone looking for the ball a bit more. He was solid in defence though, coming up with some good stops and there was a couple of times where he got beat but was still able to recover and get his man in the end. The one bad moment in his defensive game was costly though. The Sharks went straight through a yawning gap for their first try, a gap Burnsy could have closed if he'd read the play. His night was ended early with cramp.
Milne: A very, very solid Rabbitohs debut. So solid in fact that I think he's moved himself up in the pecking order of outside backs within the club. Yes, he looked to be carrying a bit of weight and looked a little slow but we have to remember he's coming off a long term injury too. looking a little slow did not take away from his performance last night. He had some really strong runs coming out of our end, a few were barnstorming in fact and he was able to poke his nose through the line. Aside from Cody, he had the most running meters of all the outside backs with 12s off 15 runs. Those are good stats!! No errors from him and we was even able to get a couple of good offloads away. Defused a few high kicks during the game and he looked allgood in defence. The Sharks did some their last try down that edge but it wasn't his fault, we just got caught out and Cartwright was caught jammed in. Good wingers follow their centres in defence which is what Taane did so there wasn't a lot more he could do there.
Marshall: With Reyno back, Benji was free to just play his role without having to run the team and direct them round the park. Right from the start, you could see that our attack was going to benefit massively from that. Benji threatened early on but just couldn't finish the play off. He finally got it right in the sixth minute as he put on a beautiful no look short pass for Keaon to slide in for his first NRL try, that was a slick play. Benji then followed that up with an even better play twelve minutes later as he threw another no look pass, this time a bullet across the face of the Sharks defence to put AJ over. Those were the only two try involvements he was involved in but he still looked pretty dangerous throughout the whole game. He seemed to do a lot of kicking last night too but that was a good thing as both his short and long kicking was on point. That contributed to our great kicking game. Did okay in defence early on but started to look more and more ragged as the game went on. He started missing tackles and didn't slide to close the gap on the Sharks third try. Still, not a bad game. He has also done pretty well the last four weeks but I'm looking forward to having him back in his bench utility role.
Reynolds: What a great return game! It's been a big week for him but to his credit, he turned up and did a fantastic job. The week clearly didn't effect him at all. In fact, was it just me of did he seem to play with more freedom? He just looked like there was no pressure on him as just about every play he come up with was good. He was even running the ball more!! He didn't do anything wrong in defence and man, how good was his kicking game?! It was near perfect, both short and long, goal kicking included. The last two weeks have proved how important Reyno really is to this team and his influence cannot be questioned.