It is not the critic that counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up...
I think line speed usually comes down to a few individuals leading the line in a team. It takes a lot of energy. You look at the sharks game - one of the stronger sides we fielded all year - and API made 41 tackles in 66 minutes missed 2. Papali was next 32 tackles played 60 something minutes...
I was at the game, the reffing went very one-sided once a few tigers players got into the ref. We missed out on a lot of clear six again calls through the second half and the non offside and knock on call on Api looked unexplainable live. We need to keep it professional so that doesn’t happen...
I like this, a bit of controversy I know
8 Steph
9 API
10 Lodge
11 Blore
12 Papali
13 Hastings
1 Laurie
2 Nofo
3 Naden
4 Douhi
5 Maumalo
6 Dylan Brown
7 Luke Brooks
14 Fa Brown
15 Jo Ofa
16 Pole
17 Twal
Getting the spoon could be the best thing that ever happened to us. It’s part of the cycle and sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to improve and for attitudes and process to actually change in the club. The good news is there isn’t a massive difference between the worst and the bottom half of...