Quote: Wire-in-the-blood "Part of my concern there is Atkins. He's not looked in good form all season and I think Riley is coming in too often to try and cover Ryan's tackles - not that Ryan would definitely miss the tackle but Riley seems to lack confidence in the man inside him. Their partnership's not paying the dividends it was two seasons ago.
Any word on Ryan's injury btw?'"
I wouldn't agree. We heard similar things with Kev Penny when he played outside Matt King, but King shown himself to be a terrific defender. Both Riley and Atkins have been shown up a bit this year in defence, but I wouldn't blame it on one of them, I'd blame both.