playing your 1st game in a blues jumper,north of the boarder in a pack that was getting smashed by a fired up reds team and two refs who wanted a decider in Sydney was never going to be easy. Woods rolled up his sleeves and had a dig, but it wasnt a brilliant debut, but it was not a shocker either.
Farah, playing well below his best, but still one of the blues better players.Bird,fifita,Lewis and Farah were our better players.All the backs barring Dugan were average,but with the forwards going backwards,it was always going to be hard.
Too late now to make massive changes, people were up in arms about our kicking game,it was crap because we were making no yardage in our defensive sets,so we were being forced to kick from way back in our own territory,so they were returning the ball at close range every set.
The two clowns in the middle, killed what ever chance we had by letting the Reds play off side for the first 30 minutes,but in saying that the Reds were very good