Tohu came on shortly after
Walker made an error.
Walker went hard and was great but the error showed he was tiring so
Tohu is put on to be a tacklebot and help hold the line in defence and try to keep our lead. He wasn't the only interchange at that point either. Someone made the effort to say they scored a try against us while he was on (no mention of any of the other interchanged players lol) but that try was not down the middle, were any?
Walker was able to then come back refreshed as was
AFB etc.
Tohu has been the 80min player for years and its good to see him be used more strategically.
On another post, saw something about slow ptb's. Not saying
Tohu isn't slower (mostly due to injury imo) but a forward playing the ball slower is sometimes to reset defensive lines too. When the defence is being hammered those extra few seconds are sometimes deliberate, different if you're on attack and want a quick ball.
Sometimes wonder if we're all watching the same game sometimes but hei aha, each to their own opinion.
Loving the
TMM and
CHT combo, wonder sometimes if they could unlock their outside backs a little more and on defence out wide, are the edge forwards out there to give an extra man in the line so the wingers & centres can hold their opposites better? Need to have another look.
Re the age thing in our team, there's still quite a few older than ours playing in other teams and the changes in the rules has sped things up so younger players are key but an older head or two with nous & the top 2 ins still have a place.
Lots of improvement to go and hopefully it happens.
Go the Warriors!