A lot has been said about the individual contributions of a lot of players, but I think one guy that really hasn't received any kudos was Michael Jennings.
His stats are outstanding - 162 metres from 17 hitups. That was the most metreage of any outside back in the game and for a centre that is a huge effort.
Essentially, the Eels don't have a lot of ammunition at their disposal for working out from the kick return. Semi obviously is given the ball as much as possible, but then you've got French and Hoffman who are relative lightweights and Takarangi, who probably needs to do as little of the tough stuff as possible, given his propensity for injury. That really means that Jennings, at least in this game, needed to do a lot of the tough stuff, and was getting back for as many second tackle hit ups as possible.
It's not glamorous but Jennings' contribution to the overall team performance was outstanding, as the quality of that second hit-up from a kick return has enormous ramification on the rest of your set when you're coming out of your danger area.
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Im seriously concerned Jennings is going to break a leg next week now.
Agree, hes quality