Quote: Saddened! "1 - Tomkins 3/10 poor. No involvement in attack, no defensive qualities at all. Has potential.
2 - Goulding 2/10. Simply not good enough at this level, offers nothing. Shocking selection over Ryan Hall.
3 - Cudjoe 3/10. Defensively naive but playing out of position. Should have been on wing.
4 - Atkins 1/10. Two of the worst international performances ever. NEVER AGAIN!
5 - Briscoe 3/10. Has potential like Tomkins, but too soon. Made too many errors.
6 - O'Loughlin 5/10. No half back, decent effort however.
7 - Robinson 7/10. Plenty of mistakes but one to show his hand and try something at least.
8 - Graham 6/10. Good effort again but in a limp pack.
9 - Roby 4/10. Too many errors, no real injection from dummy half.
10 - Burgess 3/10. Shocking until it was too late.
11 - Tomkins 1/10. WAY too early for him. In another year he MIGHT be up to this level.
12 - Ellis 3/10. Playing the NRL has done nothing for him.
13 - Westwood 8/10. Can hold his head up, one of very few over the two games.
14 - Lunt 5/10. Reasonable and has potential but debateable if he's up to this level.
15 - Crabtree 6/10. Good effort but needs to have more impact if used from the bench.
16 - Fielden 3/10. Shocking to call him up. Soft, limp, beaten.
17 - Harrison 5/10. Another with potential that is not yet ready.
Of the list I'd only want to keep S Tomkins, Cudjoe, Briscoe, Frodo (Not at 6) Graham, Roby, Burgess and Westwood.
Another year, another abstract failure. Australia didn't put 100% effort into that. They proved in the first half they could score whenever they wanted to. I'd love to see a situation where Australia have to score a set number of points, so we can see where we truly are against them. The refereeing didn't help but we're massively behind still.'"
Joke rating for Joel Tomkins. He was average but did little wrong and got through plenty of work.
I'd rate them-
S Tomkins- 5- He was targeted and had no room to move in.
Goulding-5- A decent superleague player but not upto this level
Cudjoe-4- He really struggled in the first half and looked very nervous
Atkins-3- He had an appaling game. His defence is terrible and he's dumb with the ball
Briscoe-5- He tries hard and will continue to improve- Awful attempt to defuse the first half bomb
O'Loughlin-5- Never a stand off and when he started to play his natural game in the 2nd half looked miles better
Robinson-7- Tries his heart out and caused problems
Burgess-6- Caused problems for the Aussies but too many errors as usual
Roby-7- Big stint in defence and tested them out of dummy half at times but a couple of daft errors
Graham-7- He always gives it his all and showed his ball skills
Ellis-6- Didn't stand out but worked hard
Westwood-8- Our mom for me. He has come on leaps and bounds as a player
J Tomkins-6- Same as Ellis.
subs
Crabtree-5- Did very little
Fielden-6- Thought he had a good 2nd half spell
Harrison-5- Didn't seem to get much chance to make an impact.
Lunt-6- I thought he gave it a real crack and should have been awarded a benefit of the doubt try.
