**live game feed ** vs the Sharks

[Russell]

Shout-out to Simpkin for being the only player all night to try keep the try as far from the goal-posts as possible.

Well at least now he can say he tried to do something.

Slagging off a young player because he’s challenging your pin up boy is pretty sad Russ.

No acknowledgement.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Shout-out to Simpkin for being the only player all night to try keep the try as far from the goal-posts as possible.

Well at least now he can say he tried to do something.

Slagging off a young player because he’s challenging your pin up boy is pretty sad Russ.

No acknowledgement.

You just did acknowledge it

 

[happy_tiger]

I blame @happy_tiger for this disgusting effort today

Brooks didn't listen ...I literally had him walk within 3 metres of him and I told him to run the ball at HT

Did you leave early ?

No ......you couldn't leave until every player had finished post match interviews as it was gated off

But we have a bit to talk about fans

At least 4 players broke Covid protocols and hi fived fans as they were walking past

Jo O was the WT's culprit ......

Yeah but they’re all Queenslanders atm ?

No mask nothing .....the bloke beside me got photos and even commented on it

I'll be surprised if Douehi plays next game ...he was hobbling badly as he came into the dressing rooms

Did you get a refund ?

For free tickets lol

My take we ran out of steam because of the heat in the last 10 minutes of the 1st half and it didn't improve in the 2nd half

Not too many deserved a paycheck bar Stefano ....Kelma to a lesser extent ...maybe Douehi

Amone went ok when he got on

Just on that. Not sure if its been mentioned but who decided wearing our black jerseys in the heat of Rockhampton was a good idea.

I reckon we need to go George Constanza and get the boys playing in cotton uniforms. That will give us the edge we need. Just make sure they don’t shrink though. No drying machines guys

It got really hot the last 20 minutes before kick off ...was lining up waiting to grab a few Canadians before kick off and was sweating

It was evident its was very warm but it didn't seem to bother the sharks too much

I reckon we warmed up for at least twice as long as the Sharks did .....

 

[jadtiger]

I blame @happy_tiger for this disgusting effort today

Brooks didn't listen ...I literally had him walk within 3 metres of him and I told him to run the ball at HT

Did you leave early ?

No ......you couldn't leave until every player had finished post match interviews as it was gated off

But we have a bit to talk about fans

At least 4 players broke Covid protocols and hi fived fans as they were walking past

Jo O was the WT's culprit ......

Yeah but they’re all Queenslanders atm ?

No mask nothing .....the bloke beside me got photos and even commented on it

I'll be surprised if Douehi plays next game ...he was hobbling badly as he came into the dressing rooms

Did you get a refund ?

For free tickets lol

My take we ran out of steam because of the heat in the last 10 minutes of the 1st half and it didn't improve in the 2nd half

Not too many deserved a paycheck bar Stefano ....Kelma to a lesser extent ...maybe Douehi

Amone went ok when he got on

Just on that. Not sure if its been mentioned but who decided wearing our black jerseys in the heat of Rockhampton was a good idea.

I reckon we need to go George Constanza and get the boys playing in cotton uniforms. That will give us the edge we need. Just make sure they don’t shrink though. No drying machines guys

It got really hot the last 20 minutes before kick off ...was lining up waiting to grab a few Canadians before kick off and was sweating

It was evident its was very warm but it didn't seem to bother the sharks too much

I reckon we warmed up for at least twice as long as the Sharks did .....

We certainly cooled off much faster

 

[WT2019]

On our defence, when we get into our defensive shape we look OK - as we did for the first 30 minutes yesterday when we repelled them under enormous pressure. Where the dam wall breaks is when we can't get into shape. Their 9 gets through the markers, a forward gets a late offload, someone misses a tackle in the middle etc and they make a quick 30-40m.

Blokes like Tuki, Kelma, Mikaele and LL are OK if they're just going up and back but if they need to make up 30 metres our shape turns to mush. They struggle to get back, make poor decisions like rushing in (as it's the 'easy' option) then expose our edges. We lack the fitness and intensity of the better teams and our middle has been soft all year because of it. It's not helped by the young guys playing no reserve grades games and stepping up a level.

The guys with big engines, Twal, Stefano, Liddle and to a lesser extent Joffa, recover much better around the ruck.

The biggest problem is LL. He is so slow off the mark and struggles with lateral movement. Watch the last 3 games ..as soon as the dummy half sees him at A or B defender they take off and the momentum starts. Worse is he is not fast enough to provide the cover needed when teams shift , gets caught in the middle all the time and this puts so much pressure on the outside backs . Look at all the good teams their middle and edge back rowers are continuously sweeping behind the back to cover an overlap. We usually only have Brooks or Liddle and occasionally the fullback who put the effort in to cover.

 

[jrtiger]

On our defence, when we get into our defensive shape we look OK - as we did for the first 30 minutes yesterday when we repelled them under enormous pressure. Where the dam wall breaks is when we can't get into shape. Their 9 gets through the markers, a forward gets a late offload, someone misses a tackle in the middle etc and they make a quick 30-40m.

Blokes like Tuki, Kelma, Mikaele and LL are OK if they're just going up and back but if they need to make up 30 metres our shape turns to mush. They struggle to get back, make poor decisions like rushing in (as it's the 'easy' option) then expose our edges. We lack the fitness and intensity of the better teams and our middle has been soft all year because of it. It's not helped by the young guys playing no reserve grades games and stepping up a level.

The guys with big engines, Twal, Stefano, Liddle and to a lesser extent Joffa, recover much better around the ruck.


The biggest problem is LL. He is so slow off the mark and struggles with lateral movement. Watch the last 3 games ..as soon as the dummy half sees him at A or B defender they take off and the momentum starts. Worse is he is not fast enough to provide the cover needed when teams shift , gets caught in the middle all the time and this puts so much pressure on the outside backs . Look at all the good teams their middle and edge back rowers are continuously sweeping behind the back to cover an overlap. We usually only have Brooks or Liddle and occasionally the fullback who put the effort in to cover.

if you watch Mulitalo's second try, Luciano is in no mans land, travels across field the whole time without pressuring from the inside at any point. his starting position on our line is horrendous. couple that with the pretender Nofoaluma who decides that he will be the only player that goes up and in, and it is just about the worst edge defensively I think I've ever seen.

Maumalo doesn't get a free ride here either, there were two tries where Talau had his man covered and he made the call to come in on the centre and leave the winger unmarked. Tuki and Tuilagi's missed tackles I'll put down to experience, but it doesn't excuse the fact that they are wingers and they poured into those gaps.