Quote: Chris71 "The other main point which for me made a difference between winning or losing was the difference in the defensive line speed. Warrington as soon as we ptb they were on top of us and in our face and we very rarely had anyone steaming into a ball at pace. Where as we let Warrington ptb and conceded at least 12-15M each and every time by just standing and waiting for them. That’s how they made so much ground each set as we were just surrending field position. That’s why Warrington were more effective with their kicking game as they were more often able to put in attacking kicks under no pressure to trouble us where as Sneyd/Kelly were more often having to kick from outside their 40 line.
It’s something we’ve been guilty of since last season and it needs addressing as it seems to empty our tank and may explain why we can’t do 80 mins consistently with the effort needed to make up the ground we concede.
Warrington had the right game plan and executed it and fir the full 80 mins and deserved the win.'"
Also, as someone else just alluded to, we aren't very good at game management. Other teams have more patience than us and try grubbers into the in goal to get repeat sets whilst we seem anxious to score from kicks to the wing every set, even if the last tackle play isn't on for it.
Defending multiple sets on your own line is very mentally and physically draining. If we forced more repeat sets we'd wear down the opposition more.