Quote: FIL "Me too PT, and Josh Wood wasn't far behind him....didn't really notice Pitts or Navarette so they can't have done too much wrong either and can't decide if Atkins was at fault for Crooks' 4 tries, or was it a case of the defence not sliding across to help the winger, as usual ??'"
That happened right in front of us
I’m not sure in the second half but I don’t believe Atkins was to blame, certainly not in the first half
He was out numbered 3 to 1 with about 15 yards of our try line cover
You could see that first try coming in the play before
Brough was involved in the tackle and did get back in the defensive line but any one of three wakey players should have plugged that gap for him imo, Atkins was screaming to cover the line
I don’t get why we have so many issues with our sliding defence out wide
It was the same last year
Hull ran the same play again 5 mins later although our cover tackling was excellent
Reece saw what as coming and was absolutely screaming at brough and Pitts to move out
They both ignored him though and didn’t move
Perhaps we have communication issues between our centres and back rows?