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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 3676444, member: 1899"] [B]Round 1 2012 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs. Sydney Roosters[/B] I decided to go back to the very beginning to Madge's first game as coach which coincidentally was Reynolds first game in the NRL. This was the infamous clash where the Rabbitohs had the game wrapped up at 20-12, only for the Roosters to score back to back in the dying seconds to steal it. Fast forward a few months later and the Rabbitohs would return serve. After being beaten to the ball to concede the match-winning try, Reynolds would score to exact the ultimate revenge. The left-hand side of the Rabbitohs was stacked. They had Sutton, D. Taylor, GI and King which is an embarrassment of riches but it was to a fault. It made it easy for the Roosters to stack that edge, knowing the Rabbitohs would struggle to take advantage of the other edge. The Rabbitohs ran with their left, kicked to their right and just didn't know how to deliver the knock out blow. The big take-away for the Rabbitohs was the performance of Sam Burgess. He played everywhere in the pack, smashed the Roosters in defence and was a real handful with the footy. Burgess had practically missed the entire 2011 season, so his inclusion immediately turned a weakness into a strength. When they were at their best, it was when they had the younger players on the field out-working the Roosters. The likes of Clark, Tyrell, Peats, Burgess etc. just rolling up the sleeve and laying a platform for Sutton to work off of. As for Reynolds, it seemed like he was given very basic instructions. He was kicking to his corner and his only other involvement was a very basic shift which he didn't quite have the spacing or timing down pat. They also gave him some protection with Corrigan as his centre, who was more of your defensive style centre. All in all, a mixed game but he did get a try assist kicking to Chris McQueen like he would to Corey Oates but as you have to expect with rookies, he didn't set the house on fire. [/QUOTE]

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