New contender with Ratchford losing the ball behind their back with no one near.

The problem with the Bridge thing was exacerbated by the fact that we weren't as far in front on the scoreboard that our earlier play and dominance deserved. That one score they were back in it and fully encouraged.

the semi final losses in 13 and 14 (14 especially) left me really dejected, the 14 one v leeds was bloody terrible, missed most of the first half in the beer queue due to inept organization, and then we kept killing ourselves with soft forward passes, during the game.

I loved Bateman to bits, but in his early days he did have a habit of making a fantastic break but leaving the ball behind! (Don’t ask for specifics, my memory isn’t up to it!).

As good as Bateman was he never backed himself fully when he was through the line. He'd often get tackled whilst in two minds about passing (he rarely did) and would be looking for the pass when he'd have been better just putting the afterburners on. Wonderful player but I found him a little frustrating because I thought he could be even better.

I suspect this was the ingrained RU aspect where the worst sin was to be “isolated”!