I said the same live. Looked to have come off a Catalan player at some point.

Had that game been televised I'd have put a bet on no try.

“Over the dead ball line”!
He’s nearly in the changing rooms!

We should have dealt with it quite easily by making sure we got the ball dead without the possibility of Catalan getting near it. The problem is that the referee does not have the benefit of video replay and if any doubt they are suppose to favour the attacking team.

I agree even though its not a try it should of never got to that point,kershaw was ambeling back with out a care in the world

Agreed

Kershaw was not up to speed in defence all game.

It's never the winger on an overlap.
From behind the post everyone was pointing to say we lined up incorrectly. They just passes until they hit the last man. Nothing Kershaw could do.

I agree. I said the same from northstand. You could see before the ball got to Kershaw we were going to be a man short. I’m not sure whether it’s the the SR, Centre or Lino who aren’t pushing out quick enough.

The one major change was Tanginoa for Batchelor. I though Batchelors effort in right edge defence was excellent last week with him sliding effectively and I can’t think why after our best performance of the season in defence why he’d change that.

Poching effectively took our best defensive performance of the year and moved Batchelor to the middle and Crowther to the bench. Changing 2 positions from the starting 13 was unnecessary in my opinion.

Despite what some in the North stand try and sing, Kelepi aint a second rower.

I think he’s a left second rower (where he was immense after he signed for us) what we tried to turn into a prop and then we have tried to swap him to right second row. There’s been an element of mismanagement of Kalepi over last 2 years but presently I would be starting Batchelor at right second row. Kalepi should be on bench as an impact plsyer imo.

Batchelor has always been an edge second row on the right and for some reason this year the coaches have in in their heads that he’s suddenly become a middle. Batch does a good job in the middle but he’s a much better player in the right second row. It’s a little frustrating.

Definitely correct, i was in the North stand and i could see it was going to be a try long before the ball was moved out towards Kershaw.

However just a point, last week many were praising Jamie Shaul for his organising ability. I saw very little of that yesterday ,our line defence was all over the place . He also set the tone of the game by dropping his first high ball catch. He also dropped a couple at Cas. Ok he has good touches in attack but i am not sure he is an improvement on Max.