Quote: secondstanza "We don't actually have that many missing though. We played pretty much the whole season without McIllorum and Tomkins and look how that turned out. We had our 2 second rowers. Basically, all were missing is Lockers and the 3/4s. Would we have won that by having Burgess and Manfredi on the wings? Doubt it because our props, Tautai aside look like theyre running through treacle and defend like they're scared of contact. Backs can only operate on go forward which our forwards aren't providing and haven't provided for 3-4 games.'"
Come on, we're missing our 2, 3, 4 and 5 which always makes a massive difference in yardage in our own end and down the other end in composure and experience in attacking situations at the top level.
However, our forwards didn't stand up tonight, thats why we lost the game. We couldn't control the ruck at all, their speed killed us and their play the ball was far, far quicker than ours. Props aren't doing enough at the minute.
Massive effort again from a young team, nobody can fault it. Cas on fire at the minute and fair play to them whereas were going through a tough spell. The tables will turn during the season, thats where the questions will be asked of Cas. It's still very early days in the season so no team should be getting carried away.
