From the first set it was clear the tigers were not up to it physically. I basically wonder if they were a bit scared or intimidated. It's a weird look for a professional team.
Api was very sloppy with his passing, not a good game from him, he must be given a break somewhere. I reckon the first 15 off because I'd love to see him playing fresh at the end of the 1st half.
Across the board we were poor, and I wonder if it's unfair to be critical of individual performances given how dominant roosters were, but then you look at S Fainu and he still manages to play with intensity and effort, even after multiple hospital passes.
Roosters were all over our very limited attacking movements. They got to the spots before our players even did. And then in attack they went straight to our weaknesses and tore them apart. Manu was unstoppable. It was brutal out coaching by Robinson. Roosters absolutely knew what we were doing before we were even doing it.
It was hard to see how we intended to attack them, even given a glut of opportunity. The play of 1, 6, 7, 9 was perhaps as bad as I've ever seen. I think you must look at it and say it's not acceptable.
