Quote: brian2 "Think criticism of Howell unfair. He had a poor game by his standards, but he nade the decisive break for the winning try, and he is a consistent try scorer.
Thought bailey at stand-off looked good, Cad at 7 still doesnt feel right ]
Howell hasn't been his old self for a while on attack, but maybe his crucial contribution is in defence. It was Howell who defused the short kick-off and Howell who came out of nowhere to stifle a dangerous attack on the wing. Those were the incidents that jumped out at me so likely there were more.
I didn't spot this at the match but the TV highlights show that it was Bailey's cut-out pass that made the space for Howell to run into for the Dorn try - a real stand-off's effort.
Is the future - Gayle and Bailey in the halves and Chad back at dummy half now he's regained his effectiveness there?
