Quote: itsmeagain "Their commentators were more positive about our team than our own fans going by whats on here. Listening to it I thought we had a really good first half and lost concentration for 10 minutes in the second half and they punished us for it'"
Sorry to repeat myself, basic mistakes caused us the problems. First carry in our own 10/20m, Mason drops the ball and a minute later, HKR scored. On the plus side, we again showed a defensive resilience, especially as HKR started to play some random off the cuff footie and really stretched us. BUT if we are taking this league seriously we shouldn't be making this kind of error. In attack we looked really good, and I would have expected better from ex NRL player Yates, who spilled the ball twice with the line calling him.
Second half, Lovell was on. His positional understanding is lacking, as, seemingly are his basic skills. He dropped the ball and the next set HKR scored. I know he is an academy product, but he simply is not good enough. The concession of 3 tries in a shortish period of time resulted from our lack of ability to manage a set of six and end a set deep in the opposition half. Alex looked to be carrying a hand injury form most of the second half.
Another 40/20, this time from Fozzard, but we bombed it (one of Yates knock ons).
Plenty to be positive about, but changes required and I would suggest a couple more properly experienced bodies.
