Post Match Knights v Warriors - [Round 20, 2025]
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Yeah, he's not clutch at the moment. But, I'd argue that he's a bit better at bread and butter playmaker stuff than LM.
Example: DWZ shanked three perfectly placed 'Bomb to Manu' type kicks in the corner on the weekend. If we have a half decent winger on the recieving end of those, we are sitting pretty and not being so critical on him.
Tanahs kicking game, up until the requirement to clutch, was not bad (my opinion) - given that the rest of the team was playing on the back foot after that collection of negative calls/no try.
Cam Smith says we're still a chance this year even with all our injuries:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gqr4NJAa_8
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gqr4NJAa_8
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How many players have kicked more than 1 drop goal in a Warriors jersey?
The answer is 4: Ngamu (3), Maloney (7), Jones (14), Johnson (17).
Boyd kicked 3 in his last 3 seasons with the Titans, and has kicked one in the NSW Cup this season.
I was a bit surprised he didn't get the job done against the Knights (especially the penalty), as I thought it might be one of the skills he brings.
The silver lining was we got the Leka try highlight and the win. I'd back Boyd in the same situation next time.
It seems like the missed kicks have taken some heat of DWZ, who just had a shocker all over the park. He's really not having a good season, I hope he can turn it around before the end of the year, otherwise the coaches need to seriously consider leaving him out. I'd be all for Taine and CNK in over Dallin at this stage but I've never seen Webster drop a senior player on form rather than injury.
The answer is 4: Ngamu (3), Maloney (7), Jones (14), Johnson (17).
Boyd kicked 3 in his last 3 seasons with the Titans, and has kicked one in the NSW Cup this season.
I was a bit surprised he didn't get the job done against the Knights (especially the penalty), as I thought it might be one of the skills he brings.
The silver lining was we got the Leka try highlight and the win. I'd back Boyd in the same situation next time.
It seems like the missed kicks have taken some heat of DWZ, who just had a shocker all over the park. He's really not having a good season, I hope he can turn it around before the end of the year, otherwise the coaches need to seriously consider leaving him out. I'd be all for Taine and CNK in over Dallin at this stage but I've never seen Webster drop a senior player on form rather than injury.
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In the moment, I thought this was close to our worst performance this year (barring Vegas) even though we won. But having rewatched that game, I actually thought it wasn't that bad. Things always get clouded by emotions on game day, especially given what was at stake if we lost that game.
For long periods, we did execute our gameplan quite well. For the first 20 minutes and for most of the 2nd half, we were winning the collisions in the ruck and pinning the Knights into their corners. Had it not been for that dreadful Egan no try call, that early dominance would have converted into a 12-0 advantage. We were rolling through their middle at that pt, so under that counterfactual we probably go on to a dominant victory. Unfortunately for us that no try call changed the entire trajectory of the game.
Obviously our discipline was uncharasterically off. Two errors led directly to two of their tries- DWZ's roll ball and Ford's drop ball. We probably should have challenged the Ford drop ball as it was clearly stripped out. But Webby has clearly instructed the team to not risk challenges in the first half. Turns out it came in handy at the end of the game, ensuring that we maintained possession until the final whistle.
As for the defensive breakdown on the right edge, I have a suspicion that Capewell was carrying an injury into this game. Normally he gets right into the face of the opposing centre. But in this game, he seemed a little passive and slow to get back into line which might explain why DWZ was jamming in harder than usual to help him out.
All in all, the main problems from the game seem eminently fixable and I'm sure Webby is on top of it. I'm a little less concerned about that performance after rewatching the whole game.
For long periods, we did execute our gameplan quite well. For the first 20 minutes and for most of the 2nd half, we were winning the collisions in the ruck and pinning the Knights into their corners. Had it not been for that dreadful Egan no try call, that early dominance would have converted into a 12-0 advantage. We were rolling through their middle at that pt, so under that counterfactual we probably go on to a dominant victory. Unfortunately for us that no try call changed the entire trajectory of the game.
Obviously our discipline was uncharasterically off. Two errors led directly to two of their tries- DWZ's roll ball and Ford's drop ball. We probably should have challenged the Ford drop ball as it was clearly stripped out. But Webby has clearly instructed the team to not risk challenges in the first half. Turns out it came in handy at the end of the game, ensuring that we maintained possession until the final whistle.
As for the defensive breakdown on the right edge, I have a suspicion that Capewell was carrying an injury into this game. Normally he gets right into the face of the opposing centre. But in this game, he seemed a little passive and slow to get back into line which might explain why DWZ was jamming in harder than usual to help him out.
All in all, the main problems from the game seem eminently fixable and I'm sure Webby is on top of it. I'm a little less concerned about that performance after rewatching the whole game.
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