that was a comprehensive performance. the best we've seen from us so far this year. Boyd has built on his form of the past month and absolutely destroyed the Tigers right hand defence in sweet conjunction with Tahu. that's what Boyd can do... any doubters take serious note. so brilliant to see T wind the clock back and score some points. the assist for Jimmy at the end was classy, too. to be honest, Tahu has been one of our few good eggs for a very alrge portion of the year... but he was just brilliant tonight.
other notes:
- short ball to Houston worked... and I think it's the second time I've now seen it this year! incredible!
- Mullens long kicking was as sharp as ever, but he's putting too much weight on his short ones. still looking for them, though. I'd like to see Boyd and Roberts alleviate Mullos burden on the short kicking game. Boyds grubbers have been good this year.
- Willie, Kade and Cuthbo (yes, Cuthbo) were great for us. Cuthbo finally starting to earn a spot in the team, has been good his last couple of matches.
- everyone aimed up. aside from that super soft try at full time, our boys aimed up well tonight and played for each other. obviously they earned a rousing applause post-match, versus the booing of the previous 2 home games.
i suppose the question is, have we turned a corner... or is it a false dawn? we were good tonight, and put the Tigers to the sword. the Tigers were very poor at times, but we ensured they stayed that way. we could have easily packed our bags at 14 - 0 down. we were getting great starts earlier in the year and not going on with it. now it seems we like to be pummelled early and fire up a bit later. Wayne will be wondering if this is a real step forward, I'm sure.... but either way it was a win we desperately needed.
just as another side note, too... the ground reported an 18k+ crowd, and i believe it to be honest. great effort for a Monday night with 5 losses on the trot.
