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Just wanted to give a special shout out to Waqa Blake who I thought really came into his own at the back end of the season. He copped a lot of criticism at the start of the season for his defence and I was genuinely confused as to how he wasn’t going better than he was. I remember when he used to play for the Panthers he would always carve us up and I didn’t think it was a case of him losing his talent. He showed what he was capable of when he carved up Crichton and single handedly beat Penrith last season. It seems like when he and Fergo were separated he found a new lease of life and he started running good lines and being a threat with the ball in hand again. His defence at the back end of the season was outstanding as well. We’ve been waiting for the emergence of a strike centre pairing for a few years and and things are looking up with Blake and Penisini. If there’s one criticism I still have it’s that I think he needs to add a passing game to set up his winger a bit more. Here’s hoping he can keep it up and maybe even get better next season.