Very tough to watch, hopefully it’s just down to rust.

Wonder if Bevan could defend there and Field at full back?

I'm wondering whether Peet will want to keep Morgan Smithies on that right side to possibly the limit the damage a little bit. In hindsight, Mcnamara completely outclassed Peet on Saturday by targeting the right edge of Nsemba, Field, King and Miski.

Every team tries to target the half on the edges, its hardly a masterclass.

I think "Field is a defensive turnstile" is being a touch overstated by some, he was OK in defence at 6 & 1 before his injury.
Saturday was his first game back in 2 months he was always going to be targeted, we're already light in the pack and we kept coughing up possession against a much bigger pack meaning we got mullered up the middle and the sliding defence struggled to shift over to cover that side. Also for some mad reason Peet decide to play cust at hooker instead of O'Neill when we're already weak in the middle.

Going forwards If we can keep our completion rate high and discipline clean we'll trouble any team because we've shown we can stick in games and have the strike players to take chances.

If the team had come with the right attitude and showed some desire to be first to the punch, Field isn’t a sitting duck. The collective was to blame, not one guy.

Yeah, the attitude wasn't right, it looked similar to the Leeds game where it seemed like they said this game is gone, target the next one. Risky because once you drop your standards its very hard to pick them up again, as they showed in the first half of the cup game.

As I thought, French named at 6 for tonight.