The secret to winning big games like that is not about playing brilliantly all the time but doing the basics right under the enhanced pressure of the situation.

Failure to do that is why we struggled. The following are observations and not criticisms as the individuals concerned have been great this year.

Robes - knock on and 3 bad passes all which turned over possession
Walsh - kicking on the full in to in goal releasing pressure several times
Swift - snoozing at the re start and letting the ball go dead
Lance - couple of poor defensive reads
Lomax - turned his back at POB leading to a try ( repeat of two previous v dragons and Wakey)
Mose - knock on at POB
Sia - pass into touch
Flanno - pushing at POB

In isolation they are part and parcel of game but add them all together and it explains why we put ourselves under pressure. Take Tommy Mak for instance - has had a totally error free season - which is just as important as the spectacular finishes and why he is being talked about as a possible international.

I don't have it recorded so can't check but as long as his knees aren't on the floor then it's fine. If you are on your feet (even if not fully standing) you can play the ball.

Having you been drinking meths?

Hi Ho was shocking, even Wello was better!

I couldn't believe he kept Lance on; he had clearly "gone" - when taking passes in the 2nd half, he just stood around indecisively like he didn't know what to do, but I optimistically put this down to fatigue.

But you have to pick the ball up from the floor before playing it with the foot.

Which he does, he tucks it under his arm usually before plonking it down.

Some of our defending on the fringes was terrible. Lost count of how many times Murphy seemed to scythe through on our left flank.