Wow, wow, wow. Whatta night!!! We went into that going up against a top four team who has quality all over the park, we had a weakened side and were massive underdogs, and yet we completely outclassed them! What a performance from the lads to show our Premiership credentials and really put the competition on notice. I know the Eels haven't been awesome lately but this is still a huge win for us.
You don't need me to tell you that once again the attack was on fire! And once again, it all started with our ball control. I think we completed at around 90% again (I'll have to check) and this was the catalyst for the big win, everything just flowed off the back of that. The forwards dominated and some of the plays we put on were just sublime. Great Footy to watch. Putting 38 on the best defensive team in the comp is a remarkable effort which just goes to show how good we were.
Don't have to say to much about our defence because that was class as well. As I said earlier, I know Parra's attack hasn't been fully clicking but we did such a great job to frustrate them into playing that way in a mega defensive performance. We barely looked shakey, managed to turn them away a lot and our defensive dicipline was good as well which is pleasing.
Mitchell: All class once again. Some great touches there with the quick hands for the opening try and then that incredible run out of the in-goal, that was amazing. Was great to see him pushing up around the ruck more too. The night ended sour though with his injury which I admit, does look pretty serious. Not going to let it spoil this win though, I'll worry about Latrell later.
Allan: Was really good! Got plenty of opportunities out there and while he couldn't ice a lot of them, he didn't do a bad job. His defence was great, defused a few high kicks with great takes and crossed for a try. I thought he was pretty solid when he had to move to fullback too, the try assist was awesome.
Graham: Speaking of awesome, Campbell was once again great tonight. A couple of tries and he just terrorised that right edge of Parra with a fantastic running game, defence on song too and I can't fault his performance.
Marsters: Backed up a solid debut with an even better second game! No defensive issues at all. He did a great job on his opposites and I honestly can't remember him missing a tackle which was so good to see. Had a damaging running game all night and the pass to set up Paulo for his try was incredible.
Paulo: Certainly the best game of his career so far. Was pretty busy in terms of hit ups and that took a lot of pressure off the rest of the side. Great defence, particularly early with that incredible try saver on Sivo. Was awesome to see him bag his first ever try with a great finish and then that pass to put Reyno over was just sublime.
Walker: Sublime is exactly how I'm going to describe Cody's performance. He was faultless really. Was certainly the focal point of our attack tonight and it was him who was putting on the plays and creating chances. Had some beautiful touches and some beautiful passes down that left edge, showed great vision. His running game was there too, most noteably on his try where he just burst throught that hole brilliantly and then burned his was through. What a try! I enjoyed Cody's defence too.
Reynolds: Another fantastic captains knock. Probably our best tonight. He just managed that game so well with a brilliant short and long kicking game and helped to back that up in defence. Then, in attack it was a masterclass. I really enjoyed the way he dug into the line which engaged a lof of defenders and created space. I could watch his play for Cody's try all day. Fantastic game from him.
Tatola: Once again, just a good, solid performance form Junior. He didn't do anything special like a lot of our forwards but he just did his job and was a big reason while we kept rolling forward.
Cook: Didn't have a huge impact tonight but he didn't have to. Everyone else around him was playing so well and his opportunites were limited so he just gave great surface all night and was busy in defence. That's all we need from Cookie on nights like that so he had a great game.
Burgess: See my comments about Tatola as I'ts pretty much say the same for Tommy.
Su'A: Parra found it really hard to contain him tonight that's for sure. He looked barnstorming tongiht in all his hit ups as he just charged through the line. I also thought his attack close to the line was very dangerous, scoring a try himslf and almost setting up another few.
Sironen: Great game there on the edge. I noticed he had increased minutes and was pretty busy in defence but he still managed to be so effective on attack with his running game.
Murray: Another good, trypical game from Cam. Enough said, all class despite another move to the centres. Really enjoyed his play for one of Grahams's tries.
Nicholls: A good solid game where he just charged off the bench and did his job.
Knight: A fantastic return game! He had great impact from the bench as he just went hard from the get go. Knighty's running game was full of aggression and it was great to watch him slip a few of those offloads again too.
Mago: Didn't play many minutes but still made his presence felt.
Koloamatangi: Continues to impress. Honestly I am blown away by him. That continued tonight as he just got stuck into his work and I can't believe the strength of him. He was once again carrying defenders with him!!
So yea, that is a huge win, seriously massive. As I said, we've just made a serious statement!! A seriously incredible performance.
but that should be finals in the bag
