Karetaker. You are absolutely right. Yep the intensity of that game will stand us in good stead but we were taught a valuable lesson on Sat night. The lesson that Saints taught us is what you can get away with in a play off game. The reason so few teams have won the grand final is that yes they are very good teams but they learn those tricks. They know they can stay on in a tackle for another half a second and not suffer a set restart. They know they can get off their line that little bit quicker without conceding a penalty. From memory we had two incorrect play the balls on Sat and against Leigh a few weeks ago we had the same thing 3 or 4 times because we were trying to speed up the PTB after the officials have started to officiate the game in play off mode.
We won the game whilst being given a lesson. We just need to make sure we take that information and use it to be a bit smarter

I’ve found the use of Musgrove this season rather baffling, I’m not going to argue with Super Sam’s methods but I bet he’s the most underused prop in SL when in the starting 17.

I saw Vaughan coming off the field after his first stint off the bench and he was fuming shaking his head at Burgess in the box. Obviously took exception to being subbed.

He wasn't that effective in his first stint. If it was Philbin who came on in his place, then I'd say Burgess amide the right call.

We have Liam Moore as ref again on Friday.

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