The Chad
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Penrith are interesting, stats-wise. Their forwards, who are rated so highly, do not actually get THAT many metres per game- averaging around that 120m per game range for Leota & Fisher-Harris.
BUT- their back 3, the worst metres-per-game is Turuvu at 167m a game. To'o & Edwards are upwards of 200m a game.
The Tigers BEST back 3 player- Bula at 158m per game.
We absolutely need to fix that. Tupou (120m a game) could be a centre in waiting. Nofa isn't going anywhere (125m a game). Staines is officially our 'best' winger at 148m a game. Those numbers are pedestrian. That's 100m a game we are automatically behind teams like Penrith. The Panthers first forward hitup is when they have developed momentum already.
We need a winger that runs with power out the back.
You picked 2 teams that play the game at different ends of the park....
Watch a game, See how many of our sets start between the 10-20m... (If not further back)
Penrith OB's get plenty of kick return metres, Because the opposition is kicking from so far back....
Those teams also have a cracking kick chase - Ours barely exists.
We run down to the 30m stop and wait for them, Just for them to make another 10m post contact on us.
Also agree our OB's are letting us down - tremendously....
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I think both our posts combined probably go close to where the issues lay.
Because our backs don't get great return metres we start further back, or because we don't stop the other team from rolling on us, we start to far back. Both issues go hand in hand.
Kick chase. Simple things like kick chase & forcing teams to play inside their own half. We are very, very bad at that.