Plenty of work to be done as a unit in several regards but a win is a win and one that we will take. If other results go our way, we could be in the top eight. Onwards & upwards.
Here are the stats you all love and enjoy:
Tries
The Eels finished up with five tries to the Warriors four. Radradra, Hoffman, Auva'a, Gutherson & Moeroa all scored for the Eels.
Tuivasa-Sheck, Maumalo, Hoffman & Mannering with the tries for the Warriors.
Try Assists
The Eels had four try assists to the Warriors 3. Bevan French, Clint Gutherson, Will Smith & Tepai Moeroa all had one try assist for the Eels.
Kieran Foran had two for the Warriors and Shaun Johnson had the other.
Line-Breaks
The Warriors had 6 line-breaks to the Eels 5.
6 different Warriors players had 1 line-break each. Clint Gutherson led the Eels and the game 2 line-breaks. Moeroa, Auva'a & Hoffman with the other three.
Line-Break Assists
The Warriors had 5 line-break assists to the Eels 3.
Kieran Foran and Issac Luke both had 2 line-break assists for the Warriors.
Moeroa, French & Smith all had one each for the Eels.
Offloads
There were 20 offloads; 10 apiece for both sides.
Simon Mannering & Albert Vete both had 2 offloads for the Warriors.
Semi Radradra had an Eels high and game high with 3 offloads.
Tackle Breaks
The Eels made 21 tackle breaks to the Warriors 19; 40 total for the match.
Semi Radradra and Clint Gutherson both had 3 tackle breaks for the Eels.
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Solomone Kata had 4 for the Warriors.
Total Run Metres
The Warriors made 1403m from 146 total runs at an average of 9.61m per run.
The Eels made 1616m from 152 total runs at an average of 10.63m per run.
Tackles
The Warriors made 307 tackles to the Eels 301.
Simon Mannering made the most in the game with 45 tackles.
Will Smith had the most for the Eels with 41 tackles.
Missed Tackles
The Warriors missed 23 tackles compared to the Eels 21.
Both Nathan Brown & Tepai Moeroa missed 3 tackles each.
Shaun Johnson & Bodene Thompson both missed 4 tackles each.
Errors
The Warriors made 10 errors to the Eels 7.
7 players each made 1 error for the Eels.
Shaun Johnson made a total of 3 errors in the game.
Penalties Conceded
The Eels won the penalty count 9-7.
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, Simon Mannering & Ben Matulino both conceded 2 penalties each.
Tepai Moeroa also conceded 2 for the Eels.
Possession
The possession was dead even in the game; 50% each.
Completions
The Eels completed 30 of 37 sets at 81%.
The Warriors completed 24/33 at 73%.
Time In Opposition Half
The Eels spent 44m 26 seconds in the Warriors half compared to the Warriors spending 36m 24 seconds spent in the Eels half.
Player Stats
1. Bevan French - 80 minutes, 131m from 13 runs (10.08m per run), 1 try assist, 2 tackle breaks, 5 tackles, 1 offload, 1 line-break assist, 1 error & 2 missed tackles.
2. Semi Radradra - 80 minutes, 205m from 13 runs (15.80m per run), 1 try, 3 tackle breaks, 7 tackles, 3 offloads & 0 missed tackles.
3. Brad Takairangi - 80 minutes, 81 from 9 runs (9m per run), 1 tackle break, 3 tackles, 2 offloads, 1 error, 1 penalty conceded & 0 missed tackles.
4. Kirisome Auva'a - 80 minutes, 98m from 9 runs (10.89m per run), 1 try, 2 tackle breaks, 10 tackles, 1 line-break & 1 missed tackle.
5. Josh Hoffman - 30 minutes, 31m from 4 runs (7.75m per run), 1 try, 1 tackle break, 2 tackles, 1 line-break & 0 missed tackles.
6. Clint Gutherson - 80 minutes, 108m from 9 runs (12m per run), 1 try, 6/6 goals, 1 try assist, 3 tackle breaks, 11 tackles, 2 line-breaks, 1 penalty conceded & 0 missed tackles.
7. Mitch Moses - 80 minutes, 0m from 1 run (0m per run), 16 tackles, 1 error, 1 penalty conceded & 2 missed tackles.
8. Suaia Matagi - 43 minutes, 146m from 14 runs (10.43m per run), 17 tackles, 1 penalty conceded & 2 missed tackles.
9. Kaysa Pritchard - 9 minutes, 0m from 0 runs (0m per run), 6 tackles & 0 missed tackles.
15. Daniel Alvaro - 46 minutes, 120m from 15 runs (8m per run), 34 tackles & 2 missed tackles.
11. Manu Ma'u - 80 minutes, 76m from 7 runs (10.86m per run), 24 tackles & 2 missed tackles.
12. Tepai Moeroa - 80 minutes, 67m from 9 runs (7.44m per run), 1 try, 1 try assist, 1 tackle break, 30 tackles, 1 line-break, 1 line-break assist, 2 penalties conceded & 3 missed tackles.
13. Nathan Brown - 80 minutes, 153m from 18 runs (8.5m per run), 2 tackle breaks, 38 tackles, 1 offload, 1 error & 3 missed tackles.
14. Beau Scott - 42 minutes, 102m from 9 runs (11.33m per run), 2 tackle breaks, 26 tackles, 1 error, 1 penalty conceded & 2 missed tackles.
16. Kenny Edwards - 60 minutes, 141m from 13 runs (10.85m per run), 2 tackle breaks, 16 tackles, 1 error & 1 missed tackle.
18. David Gower - 24 minutes, 69m from 6 runs (11.5m per run), 1 tackle break, 15 tackles, 1 offload & 0 missed tackles.
19. Will Smith - 67 minutes, 78m from 2 runs (39m per run), 1 try assist, 1 tackle break, 41 tackles, 1 line-break assist, 1 error & 2 missed tackles.
Replies
Could have sworn Moses had more than 2 missed tackles. Last week he looked good in defence whilst this week it looked as if missed heaps.
Nope, just the 2 missed tackles.
Much better protection on his inside and outside, so the defensive frailties have lessened.
Also interesting is that Moses made only 1 run for 0 metres?! That's not his usual game style. I guess he didn't want to hurt his shoulder/ribs any more than it was.
Yeah, not really many opportunities to take the line on and it does differ from his normal game, yeah.
But I suspect we'll see that improve and maintained in coming weeks.
Ma'u is used to the 80 minutes but Brown & Tep playing for that long is a good feat.
It's not that he isn't playing well or in decent form. It's just his approach and attitude and the rather silly things he can do that irk people, and thus have them complaining about him.
Hey, Ricky, this might be a big project but I'd be really interested to know this:
What are the win/loss rations when each player in the team is in/out.
I think Kenny's impact in the team is too often under-rated. I think a lot of games that could go either way, often go our way when Edwards is in the team, because he has an ability to break down defensive lines.
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