It is hard as no-one had great tournament, it's filtering the good, above average, average and poor players.
Good: Simona, Naiqama, Chee Kam, Sue
Above Average: Cherrington, Ado Carr, Littlejohn, Griffin
Average: Lovett, Ava, Drinkwater, Hunt
Poor: Milone, Buchanan, Liolevave, Heleta
N/A: Lawrence, Cassel
I like that Ado Carr kept trying even though he was having a shocker in the first game. Easy to get your head down but he kept putting his hand up for another go. That's a good sign.
Chee Kam was excellent defensively and decent in attack. We wouldn't have beaten the Cows if not for his last second tackle.
Cherrington looked like he'd never played with most of these guys before. Was on a completely different wave length - for better or worse.
Heleta and Liolevave both only played about 2 mins all up, but they both made crucial errors in the 3rd game which cost us any chance of winning- as did the ludicrously deep restart by Littlejohn (?).
Milone justified his selection in the WTF category. Not at all suited to the 9s.
We picked far too many plodders and not enough impact players. Going one out hit ups with Lovett and Buchanan is not a good game-plan in 9's. The rookies looked incredibly nervous and there was no leadership on the field. But then we didn't train or really give a stuff about this tournament and it showed in the squad selection and the performances on the pitch.
