We had a great first half 34-6 but lost the second half 16-18 maybe the team give up trying to get in the top 4

Agree with your post VL. I do not think KP is the problem at all. He has actually done incredibly well with an inherited squad, coming off 5 out of 6 opening losses.

Bang on both VL & HRJ but what has happened to the defence that was, at one point under KP, laudable? More or less a full squad back in the running (yes HRJ, let's not rake over old ground) but backward steps (literally) when keeping our Keep.

Fingers tightly crossed for next weekend.

That is a conundrum.
One reason I think is that we are lacking a dominant pack (for one reason or another) and that has put us on the back foot in both defence and attack. More time and room for the opposition halfbacks to get the ball out, and less time for our own to do the same. A dominant pack can set the game tone for a strong, aggressive defence.
What ever the reason it has cost us when playing Toronto for sure and has been very obvious the last few weeks in general.

What i don't get is that we have nilled teams this season, played some good ruthless entertaining rugby, so whats happened over these last few weeks