I don't know if players can be judged in effort due to stats at all times.
Ice I think, was off the field for a bit of the 2nd half.
Halfway through the 2nd half a stat came up that we had 4/4 completions to the Dogs 13/15 (could have been higher). The important thing was- 4/4, halfway through the 2nd half.
No possession- no hit ups.
The whistle kept the ball out of our hands. The 'very fast' Bulldogs line speed coupled with slow service at dummy half lead to our attack stopping after 1 pass.
Sezar kicked with 3 Bulldogs in his face all 2nd half. Bula tackled BEHIND the ruck after receiving the 1st pass of a set. There was zero momentum in attack due to a few factors.
They only scored 22. They had a multitude of very good reasons
Sezar was brought in for a job- to be the bridge between Latu Fainu being not ready to ready. Galvin's ascent was probably unthought of at the time. It might be time to just hand the keys to Latu now & have Sezar as the bench player. His defence & running game could open up that "Hastings Lock Role" that Sheens wanted.