Quote: Bent&Bongser "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.