Quote: Mr. Zucchini Head "The stats make better reading for the forwards this week. Still struggling to make significant inroads, the metres per carry were not impressive, but pretty much all of them put their hand up and did plenty of work.
Paea, 12 carries for 64 metres.
Masi, 10 for 51
Thompson, 14 for 65
Ellis, 9 for 55
Mini, 21 for 116
Manu, 19 for 101
Lane, 7 for 46
Westerman, 17 for 70
Also not one of them made a handling error and they conceded only 4 penalties between them.
Nothing there is headline grabbing, none of them managed much more than 6 metres per carry, but it just proves that if they can just hold their own, we have enough quality elsewhere to get the job done.'"
Penalty count sounds good but when 50% of your penalties result in tries for the opposition then its costly.
The number times we pin the oppositon in their twenty with good defence then give away a stupid penalty to relieve all the pressure and give them a leg upfield.
