Quote morrisseyisawire="morrisseyisawire"I thought we started to wobble when Austin came on, he looked like he was on a mission and not a mission to win the game.
At least we closed the game out with 12 men and got the last try, at one point I thought the SKY team was going to demand a recount.'"
Inclined to agree with this to a point. He is full of effort, but he’s not a second row forward unfortunately. Credit to him for putting his hand up to play where asked, but… we had a second row on the bench, a pretty good one in great form.
Wrench struggled with Matautia and JSL, if it wasn’t for that winger having an absolute stinker, it could have been different, so if Price was desperate to shoehorn Austin in, he could have put him there, but more realistically, it was a landslide when he came on, he should have took off Widdop/Williams/Ratchford for a break.
I do struggle with Price and his rationale behind “the fourth sub”. And I fear Ashton will be compelled to that spot next week in order to appease him for how he played, but to revert to plan A. It is just a waste though, another big body, even Doro, would be better on the bench if you’re not going to use the back. Let’s face it, it’s likely to be Sita, Walker, Mulhearn and Ashton next week though.