Re-watching the game, we got 2 penalties in the first 3 minutes.............then 1 penalty in the remaining 77 minutes....... this lopsided stuff is what turns a lot of people off, they were really holding us down a lot and slowing the play the ball. Every time we were getting back on top in the 1st half, trapping the Eels down in their half, the ref blew the whistle to get them out of trouble, meanwhile Faataape gets tackled without the ball and we get nothing (around the 15th minute).
2nd half at the 32nd minute, we should have been given a disruptor penalty, if that happened, Galvin wouldn't have made the hip drop tackle.
Too many unforced errors though, especially in that first 20 minutes, kept letting the Eels back in, but good to grind it out like we did despite the attack being off. Awesome defensive effort.
As for that last penalty, that should have gone to us as Bula was grabbed without the ball.
2nd half at the 32nd minute, we should have been given a disruptor penalty, if that happened, Galvin wouldn't have made the hip drop tackle.
Too many unforced errors though, especially in that first 20 minutes, kept letting the Eels back in, but good to grind it out like we did despite the attack being off. Awesome defensive effort.
As for that last penalty, that should have gone to us as Bula was grabbed without the ball.
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