Balmain_Bug
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1 Beau Ryan (6.5/10 Played well. Great kick return metres of 191m. Was not tested under the highball much. The Zero line break stat on NRL.com surprised me. A fullback in 1st grade needs to make at least one line break.)
2 Lote Tuqiri (7/10 Very good game again. 197 metres. Was very strong and put us back in the game with the lead up work to Benji's try. has great hands but needs to anticipate the ball at all times.)
3 Chris Lawrence (7.5/10 Awesome defence and great hole running. His defence was great and if Chris was not there today we would have lost)
4 Blake Ayshford (5.5/10 A mixed bag today. Lazy in defence with only 11 tackles. Gave away a crucial penalty through dumb play. He looked confused today.
5 Mitch Brown (6/10 Played well. Defended poorly at times though and a bad read lead to a Canberra try. Tried to take the workload off the forwards with mixed results. Did well with the lead up to a try in the second half. Although he can make poor decisions in defence, this can not be said for his attack as he looks to make the right decisions most times in attack but just lacks that spark that we need.)
6 Benji Marshall (7.5/10 Played well again. Needed the hole runners and the Wests Juniors came to the rescue in the form of Fulton and Lawrence)
7 Tim Moltzen (5/10 An allround poor game and did not give Benji the support he needed. failed miserably to run the ball to the line. Must be injured. He just must be injured. Failed to put his body on the line for anything)
8 Bryce Gibbs (7.5/10 Mad game. One of our best. Did everything well)
9 Robbie Farah © (7.5/10 Good game but a **Bad** kicking game in my opinion. Too many 'nothing' kicks ruined his game. Rubbish plays. When he pressed the button he played well but lacked support up the middle of the ruck at times. Did a great thing when he pleaded with Suttor to give WT more of a go in the ruck area which we then, funnily enough started to get with 20mins left on the clock.)
10 Keith Galloway (7/10 Got 'owned' today by Shillington. great defensive effort and tried very hard in attack but his metres were down on what they should have been. He needed to do more to dominate physically and did not quite reach the mark)
11 Todd Payten (5.5/10 Average to poor game from a player of his standard. Needs to take more of a senior role and roll his sleeves up. Was a passenger in my opinion at vital stages of the 1st half. 4 hit ups for an entire game is just not good enough for a team that was struggling to control the ruck and dominate in the forwards. made 21 tackles most of which were 2nd man in)
12 Gareth Ellis (6.5/10 A good game but was left in the lurch and made to look bad when defending next to Moltzen who refused to put his body on the line. This at times made Ellis wary of Moltzen's dramas and had to cover for both which then left Ellis badly exposed. To his credit he made 30 tackles. Pumped his legs hard when hitting the ball up and gave his all, as per usual in that department.)
13 Chris Heighington (6/10 An average game. Tried hard but got owned by a number of raiders forwards. Must show more Mongrel next week against the cows or I will be starting with Flanagan)
14 Andrew Fifita (7/10 Brilliant in all facets. His statistics up against the minutes he played is Brilliant. Simply outstanding and helped turn the game for us. We needed him in the 1st half when they were controlling the ruck)
15 Liam Fulton (8/10 Joker was my man of the match. he helped turn the game and did everything right. he is one of few players that tries to play that (dare I say it) 2005 style. Quick, quick quick. All class. Must start next week.)
16 Mark Flanagan (6/10 Was very very good again. he did everything right and sparked us again in both attack and defence.)
17 Daniel Fitzhenry (Cant rate did not play long)
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**Brett SUTTOR** (1/10 refereeing performance. The dominance Canberra had in controlling the ruck was killing us. he did not allow us the same leeway until Robbie and SUTTOR came into a 'domestic' dispute over the issue. SUTTOR is a real poor ref who did not manage this game well at all and it was to our great detriment. )
2 Lote Tuqiri (7/10 Very good game again. 197 metres. Was very strong and put us back in the game with the lead up work to Benji's try. has great hands but needs to anticipate the ball at all times.)
3 Chris Lawrence (7.5/10 Awesome defence and great hole running. His defence was great and if Chris was not there today we would have lost)
4 Blake Ayshford (5.5/10 A mixed bag today. Lazy in defence with only 11 tackles. Gave away a crucial penalty through dumb play. He looked confused today.
5 Mitch Brown (6/10 Played well. Defended poorly at times though and a bad read lead to a Canberra try. Tried to take the workload off the forwards with mixed results. Did well with the lead up to a try in the second half. Although he can make poor decisions in defence, this can not be said for his attack as he looks to make the right decisions most times in attack but just lacks that spark that we need.)
6 Benji Marshall (7.5/10 Played well again. Needed the hole runners and the Wests Juniors came to the rescue in the form of Fulton and Lawrence)
7 Tim Moltzen (5/10 An allround poor game and did not give Benji the support he needed. failed miserably to run the ball to the line. Must be injured. He just must be injured. Failed to put his body on the line for anything)
8 Bryce Gibbs (7.5/10 Mad game. One of our best. Did everything well)
9 Robbie Farah © (7.5/10 Good game but a **Bad** kicking game in my opinion. Too many 'nothing' kicks ruined his game. Rubbish plays. When he pressed the button he played well but lacked support up the middle of the ruck at times. Did a great thing when he pleaded with Suttor to give WT more of a go in the ruck area which we then, funnily enough started to get with 20mins left on the clock.)
10 Keith Galloway (7/10 Got 'owned' today by Shillington. great defensive effort and tried very hard in attack but his metres were down on what they should have been. He needed to do more to dominate physically and did not quite reach the mark)
11 Todd Payten (5.5/10 Average to poor game from a player of his standard. Needs to take more of a senior role and roll his sleeves up. Was a passenger in my opinion at vital stages of the 1st half. 4 hit ups for an entire game is just not good enough for a team that was struggling to control the ruck and dominate in the forwards. made 21 tackles most of which were 2nd man in)
12 Gareth Ellis (6.5/10 A good game but was left in the lurch and made to look bad when defending next to Moltzen who refused to put his body on the line. This at times made Ellis wary of Moltzen's dramas and had to cover for both which then left Ellis badly exposed. To his credit he made 30 tackles. Pumped his legs hard when hitting the ball up and gave his all, as per usual in that department.)
13 Chris Heighington (6/10 An average game. Tried hard but got owned by a number of raiders forwards. Must show more Mongrel next week against the cows or I will be starting with Flanagan)
14 Andrew Fifita (7/10 Brilliant in all facets. His statistics up against the minutes he played is Brilliant. Simply outstanding and helped turn the game for us. We needed him in the 1st half when they were controlling the ruck)
15 Liam Fulton (8/10 Joker was my man of the match. he helped turn the game and did everything right. he is one of few players that tries to play that (dare I say it) 2005 style. Quick, quick quick. All class. Must start next week.)
16 Mark Flanagan (6/10 Was very very good again. he did everything right and sparked us again in both attack and defence.)
17 Daniel Fitzhenry (Cant rate did not play long)
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**Brett SUTTOR** (1/10 refereeing performance. The dominance Canberra had in controlling the ruck was killing us. he did not allow us the same leeway until Robbie and SUTTOR came into a 'domestic' dispute over the issue. SUTTOR is a real poor ref who did not manage this game well at all and it was to our great detriment. )
