Okay, here’s my thoughts without watching a replay.
When
Ben Murdoch-Masila got sent off, I actually thought it was a smart play even though it earned him time in the Bin. Some of you will probably remember a game against the Bulldogs at MtS when Locke ran down Barber after a line break. Locke got rolled of Barber because he made no attempt to hold Barber down, a quick PTB, two passes latter and the Bulldogs were in under the posts and we lost the game.
Ben Murdoch-Masila was either going to give away a penalty at least plus earn a rest in the Bin but either way, he would have earnt the team more time too get players back into the defensive line.
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck amazed me with his run make inside and an pivoting enough not to throw a forward pass to
Murchie for his try. Although gassed in the second half (20 minutes down to 12 didn’t help), the line
Murchie ran to get on the outside instead of staying on the inside caused that try.
Egan’s try showed just how scared Wests were of
Walsh and
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck when they stacked their defence to our left,
Kodi saw it and put through that little kick back to the right.
Walsh, sign him up for two more years now before other teams start circling. Throws a long pass that nearly leads to a runaway try to the Tigers but still has the guts/balls/skills to do it again.
Brown needs to repeatedly show JamesT’s try over and over again this week and push on to the players that when they’re defending that close to the line they need to not start getting off the attacker until the ref says the tackle has been completed.
Loved the way
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck came in from the wing at times on attack. With
Walsh up in the line as well, there were times it was almost like we had four playmakers there which caused all sorts of confusion for Wests defence.
BTW,
how many forward passes did the ref and touch judges let the Tigers get away with in that last minute of play? Talk about deliberately leaving the whistle in your pocket.