That Brown guy was good.
The burgess' and brown beat us
I agree. I thought he was absolutely inspirational, particularly when we were under pressure and coming off our own line. In a team that has in recent weeks been criticised for having a poor attitude, his type of player is so valuable. He is definitely a representative player for the future. I'd go so far as to say that he'd be a better pick for NSW than Bryce Cartwright.
I hate to be the one that complains about the referees but I thought Ben Cummins had a shocker. In recent weeks we have had no one but ourselves to blame for our rubbish performances but if we had lost tonight we could have blamed the referee. For starters, we were penalised all night for the most innocuous ruck infringements, then there was Greg Inglis getting penalised for making a good tackle, Jennings' forward pass for Semi's second try was missed, Nathan Brown getting penalised for a supposed swinging arm that hit De Gois in the chest, Adam Reynolds getting denied a try which by the letter of the law was a clear try, Brad Takairangi's knock on at the end where the referee calls "knock on both ways" yet awards the scrum to Parra...the list goes on. I think its fair to say that we were doing it tough in terms of rub of the green in regards to the refereeing decisions. My question is, would Peats have been the difference between the two teams if he was playing tonight?