I thought we got it slightly wrong in this regard tonight. Most will be unhappy with Symonds not getting on earlier but I'm ok with the point he came on
Lawrence and Kite set a great platform in the 1st 20, at that point Lawrence came off for Fa'aoso which was spot on. However 5 mins later when Kite came off Buhrer replaced him and we lost a lot of our go forward, that is an error from Tooves for me, noticeably when Rose came on in the 35th he had a big impact getting us going forward and that continued into the opening 10 of the second half where he was great again. I would have liked to see another little burst from Rose near the end but the Watmough situation could have scuppered those plans if they were there
Next week I feel that our 1st 2 interchanges need to be Fa'aoso and Rose, we can't afford to have only 1 genuine front rower on the park after 25mins when the Rabbits are rolling their 2nd big wave in
Lawrence and Kite set a great platform in the 1st 20, at that point Lawrence came off for Fa'aoso which was spot on. However 5 mins later when Kite came off Buhrer replaced him and we lost a lot of our go forward, that is an error from Tooves for me, noticeably when Rose came on in the 35th he had a big impact getting us going forward and that continued into the opening 10 of the second half where he was great again. I would have liked to see another little burst from Rose near the end but the Watmough situation could have scuppered those plans if they were there
Next week I feel that our 1st 2 interchanges need to be Fa'aoso and Rose, we can't afford to have only 1 genuine front rower on the park after 25mins when the Rabbits are rolling their 2nd big wave in