The biggest mystery to me was "What was happening with our defence down the right side in the first half."

I don't think that it was solely the fault of the centre and wingman - as on occasions the Aussies had 3 or 4 against 2. A long pass was bound to find us out and did so.

Could Smith not see what was happening from his vantage point and send out a message to get it sorted. The Aussies on the field could see it and exploited it.

He appears to have taken some measures at half time but by then it was too late.

For what it's worth I thought Burgess had quite a good game.

Cheers

Ch.

Even the best players can take a breather. It's not like it doesn't happen in the NRL.

Would have - could have - should have.

I've heard it all before.

Not for 40 minutes.

Slaters reactions at being regularly pinned back in his own 10 in the second half showed that he wasn't just taking it easy.

I think that's more a case of him being a bit of a pr!ck.