Congratulations Oatesey on a great career. Was always one of my favourites. It’s a shame that the result overshadowed his grand final try which was one of the all time greats. Glad he will remain involved with the club.
Coates and Herbie have improved their biggest shortcomings since leaving. Coates was excellent at leaping athletically and dropping the ball. He had a poor carry out of trouble. Now he is a real aerial threat because he’s catching the ball from those athletic leaps. And his tough carries are...
With Kev’s certainty we were making finals even up until the end, it wouldn’t shock me if he signed off on clauses that entitled him to little if we missed the finals.
100%. On face value it might be overs, but he was the big fish we needed to keep at the time. His performances in the back end of this season weren’t far off his contact value imo.
Cynical time wasting by giving away deliberate penalties is a blight of the game. Storm, Penrith and the Roosters have perfected the art. But sure, bin a player from one of the dunce teams for it. That will show them
How good is Hassan?! Taking on the 5000m, 10000m and marathon is insane let alone getting a medal in all three. Including gold in the marathon. That finish was epic!
I’ve seen two players draw a penalty tonight for just letting go of the ball while the defenders locked onto it. Staggs gets called out for it last week. Be consistent
Great coaching by Ciraldo today. I bet his plan with the early shifts was to turn Kikau and Preston under once we adjusted our defensive spacing. But it never even happened. I bet even he was shocked. He didn’t even have to adjust on the run. Literally just keep on doing the same!
Players moving off the mark and taking out the markers is my pet hate. Capewell held 9m out, plays the ball 7m out. Markers can’t get in place. Created that try.