Mary blasts St George Illawarra Dragons for ‘no intent’ and being ‘nowhere near good enough’
Dragons
- August 24, 2019 10:51pm
- by George Clarke
- Source: FOX SPORTS
Dragons players look on after conceding a try against the RoostersSource: AAP
Paul McGregor has taken aim at his St George Illawarra Dragons’ defensive efforts after they slumped to another defeat, this time at the hands of the Sydney Roosters in a 34-12 shellacking.
The Dragons trailed 28-0 at the interval before standing up to the reigning premiers and posting some points of their own.
The defeat leaves the Red V in 15th spot, and the underfire McGregor said that he expects much better from his side.
“We had no intent in our defence,” said a dejected McGregor, whose side have now lost 15 this season.
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“It’s pretty simple. You’ve got to have a bit more want than that.
“At different stages there we had four blokes in the tackle and they were just standing, playing the ball quick, we weren’t getting onside, weren’t adjusting, weren't travelling in numbers to get forward hard, our one-on-one shifts weren’t good enough.
“Our first 40 minutes was nowhere near to a standard we can expect.
“The second half was a bit of scoreboard stuff, we won the second half 12-6.
“Our last three losses, we were fighting for a win until the last five minutes, but we were never in the game tonight.
“The other scores tonight were all 40 plus, we didn’t quite reach that. But we were nowhere near good enough.”
The only positive for McGregor to take from the performance was the display of young gun Tristan Sailor.
The son of Wendell scored a try in his NRL debut, and after a disappointing season for the Red V, McGregor sees Sailor as one of the club’s bright lights.
“He was sound, good debut, got a try and made a couple of nice touches,” said McGregor.
“But he made a really sound debut. Tris is strong in the gym, he’s still young, he has to develop a few areas around his game.
“He does all the right things to give himself the best opportunity, his career is quite bright because he can play multiple positions, No. 6, wing, centre.”
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