The kick was also pretty special. How many field goal attempts have you seen these last few weeks miss.
If Fien starts at Hooker for the Saints it will make it easier for them to win on Sunday. I hate seeing Young at hooker. Young is a great backrower and should stay there. Fien is the best No.9 by far and would easily play 80mins.
Slip , I see your point , but I reckon we should think back to the most recent game against the Chooks .... they were on a huuuuuge roll ( kind of like what the journos and commentators are on about now ! ) and we were "struggling " .
The chooks started on fire , got a dubious try and had good field position . We held them out and gradually got into a rhythm , and even though it was tight , you could see from their body language that they were gone from about 30 minutes on .
When Fien came on , his presence confused the chooks , as they didn't know how to react to what he was doing , and then they had to re-adjust when he went off . Great tactics , as they were thrown off THEIR game by having to worry about what WE were going to do .
The closeness of the scores that day belied the fact - or at least the way I felt -that the chooks were physically and mentally smacked that day .
I think it will be the same on Sunday , and I can even see Fien pop up at number 7 on the odd occasion, perhaps on the opposite side to Hornby , to throw some more confusion into the chooks minds .
Unlike all the media who are crowing about their "new found defensive grit" , I think they are still VERY prone to make defensive errors - they should never have got back into the game against the Tigers, who everyone now knows can't defend ANY sort of a lead , and even though the Titans were just pathetic the other night , the score was flattering to the chooks .
A BIG factor that no one in the media mentions ... since Wayne , in our 4 games , they have never scored more than 12 points . In those 4 games we have scored 110 - 30 . THIS year it is 47 -18 . ( BORING huh ????? lol )
Can't wait 'til Sunday !!