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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2879395, member: 1899"] A much improved second half performance from Brisbane and it was no surprise to see Matty Gillett leading the charge. I liked how honest Matt was in his post-match interview. He conceded that his first half was poor, that he wasn't hitting and sticking, providing Penrith with far too many inroads. However he tightened his game up and the Broncos got their act together. It was far from a convincing effort from the Broncos. For the most part it seemed like they were on autopilot, just looking to get to their kick which wasn't really that great and whenver they tried to go off-script it rarely paid off. In the end, the two scoring plays of the second half can be fairly fortunate. The try was well orchestrated, but came off a missed penalty kick from Kahu which I'm pretty sure came from a really silly penalty from Harawira-Naera. Milford did nothing to earn that penalty, the kick would have gone dead before he got there, but Harawira-Naera played the man and drew the penalty. And the field goal came off a 50/50 call where it appeared Kahu had hold of the ball and Edwards knocked it out in the air. Still, the Broncos made the most of the play and I liked that they didn't wait to take their opportunity. They got into position and Jordan Kahu like chehkov's gun made the most his prior experience to steer the boys home. And that may have been the difference. There's no doubt Penrith received their share of calls and non-calls, but they kept running the same predictable plays and just didn't have the level of execution required to get past their opposition. On the Whare/Oates incident, I've got to say the replay after the game looked worst for Brisbane than I initially thought. It looked like Oates spilled it right as he got to ground, instead of conceding the knock on, regathering it and then having it pinched. I'd have to see a replay before I have a concrete opinion but I can see both sides, albeit the other side of it is pretty heartless. I thought Oates' injury was a real turning point in that first half. He was causing Penrith all sorts of issues down that side of the field and if he had have stayed on there's no telling what sort of impact it would have had. Instead Brisbane really struggled to win those early tackles and Penrith were making it out of their half easily. [USER=9116]@meady[/USER] did well to diminish the loss...especially when he took that shocker of a flick pass from Moga. I hope you gave him a dirty look or three mate after that! [/QUOTE]

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