It wasn't and they weren't. Our forwards were the problem. They weren't taking the ball forward with gusto, shall we say, and they were lazy in defence too, some of them. We need an aggressive prop or two who will make yards for us. Perry should have been that man of course but so far he's been a bit wimpy really. But I'd go for a prop if I could only choose one and had to choose for this season.


That was far better than any barge over Meli has ever done. It was very courageous and he spun around to protect the ball and give himself more momentum. Meli just uses his weight and runs forward. He could be a fine prop except that he would go missing in defence.

They ain't the greatest of props tho and that's why we will struggle this year.

Definitely our weakness.

I thought we give up on Waterhouse to retain Puletua as Griffin seemed in the bag and Laffranchi was the cheaper option of the 2.