O'Meley was fantastic tonight as was Fitzy and Manu. Cant take the mom away from Horney though 2 tries and 2 assists from his grubbers.

This will upset a few people on here especially the Cusack/Radders knockers but i dont think Sam Moa is up to it at the minute (yes i know its his 1st game) and he will get better. I just believe Cusack offers us more in workrate and experience. You dont play in all those Aussie grand finals if your a poor player. Id love to ask Adrian Morley what he thinks of Peter Cusack a real players player in my opinion.

And Richard Silverwood.....well the less said the better.

I thought most of the problem came from Turner defending in the centres, I lost count of the amount of times he drifted in and left Briscoe to defend two or three men. As for Ainscoughs' try, for me it was created by a fantastic kick (and chase) from Sherwin; his vision from the other side of the field to see Briscoe out on his own and totally isolate him was a quality play.
If I have any criticism of Briscoe it's that he should probably be calling his centre out more, rather than being dragged infield.

You can tell briscoe has played centre all his life by his defensive positioning. He always drifts infield

O'Meeley's 2nd spell changed the game, he was outstanding in everything he did. The pace he showed for Horn'e first try was impressive too. We lacked enthusiasm in the first half I thought, it was reminicent on the Crusaders match especially in defence when we had zero line speed.

In the second half we were much better and some of the hits were superb. The agression shown by Fitz with and without the ball was fantastic.

Still as well as Shrek and Fitz played I thought Horne was outstanding and his 2nd try was sheer class.

Considering we missed three other good try scoring opportunities we coul have racked up a really big score last night but still the first half was a bit hit and miss.

First half I thought there was a lack of spark from our 9,7 and 6. I thought Berro was a bit off the pace with some of his distribution inaccurate and laboured and little dummy running. Although Horney created the kick try I thought he wasn't taking the line on well or looking like he wanted to run with ball in hand. Turner was similar to last week doing some good things but again not imposing himself on the game.

Second half it seemed clear to me that the coach had given the playmakers a bit of a rocket. Horne suddenly started taking the ball to the line and asking their defence to make some decisions instead of us playing in front of them. In addition the toughness of our first half pack performance started to tell as the number of defenders they were getting into the tackle was reduced. In turn we got a slightly faster ptb and Berro started running out of acting half instead of the slow first half passes.

Throughout the game penalties cost us in terms of tries conceded as near our line they attacked well which we knew would be the case. Well done to the coach for upping the ante in the second half and getting the hooker/halves doing their jobs. Like the Hudds game I think we would have lost this game last year as our pack would have lost the battle but instead the relentless power and aggression reaped dividends. I was pleased to see that for the first time in a long time we seemed to have another gear to step up to and that without Longy.

I think Fitz proved beyond doubt that he is far far more than a battering ram at 13. If there was any doubt then there can no longer be what with his involvement in set plays, his kick chase, his support play.

As for Horne he was excellent in the second half and deserved his MOM but first half he berro and turner were not doing enough.

As for Ogre the guy is sheer quality and we are lucky to have him here.