first and foremost, the 2 points. We won with luke Kelly playing half and without Sandow in which many believed we could not do this season.
After two weeks of being titled a mentally weak team, our mental toughness was really on show tonight. Not many teams can defend for that long in the harsh humidity of NT and still not week, points. On top of that, our line speed never ceased, and we were up in Penrith' face for the whole game.
Our left edge was at it's best, and that was without mau on that side, in which I believe is the most dangerous part of our left edge defence. the norman/taka/robo/semi links today were top notch.
Our forwards were phenomenal, lead by peats and degois, we really won this game through the middle, both in defence and attack. I know it's early, but I'm calling parra to have the best forward pack next year fully fit, especially with the addition of Scott and hasson for depth,
Most importantly, what really plays in our favour is the room for improvement. We were very ill disciplined and dropped plenty of ball (although this can partially be due to fatigue following the onslaught in the opening 30 mins). We weren't as crisp as we could have been, and there were a few breaks/half breaks in which we didn't capitalise on us. If we improve our discipline and execution, whilst keeping the attitude and toughness we had today, I can see us winning a few more games before seasons end.
feel free to comment any positives or negatives I haven't covered.
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Rather be us than the Riff.
Agree, terrible game to watch, which IMO wa as due to the conditions and those first 30 mins, and lucky for us penrith couldn't capatalse
Go on...
"Room for improvement".... I'd say warehouse
What we can take out of it is the return ticket back home. that's it.
That was the worst game of rugby league i've ever seen.
The two points and a hangover, and nothing more, worst game of RL ever.
I think.
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