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Message: [QUOTE="Broncoman, post: 2744695, member: 7803"] Here are my thoughts on the game last night [B]The game in general [/B] It was one of the worst displays of international Rugby League I've seen for years if not ever. It was barely test standard and there was little intensity in the game, it barely felt like a test match. On a positive note though it was good to see us get a win over those Kiwis for the first time in a couple of years and to break our 3 game losing streak against them even if it wasn't pretty. Keeping them scoreless was also good especially when they were on attack when Semi was in the bin. @ Super Freak, when is the last time New Zealand were scoreless in a test? [B]Semi Radradra?[/B] Apart from being put in the bin early I thought Radradra had a decent debut. He didn't get any chances to attack but he made some good charges when we were in our half and went in for work trying to lift the team. I can see him getting more games in the future. 6.5/10 [B]The debutaunts? [/B] [B]Blake Ferguson: [/B]Like Radradra he didn't have a good start but he managed to play well enough to show he can play in the future. He likes the physical stuff and went in for the ball when were in our half and tried to spark something. He did well to score that try at the end as well. 6/10 [B]Josh McGuire: [/B]Looking at the player stats he did a lot better than I thought he did. In 30 minutes he racked up 13 carries for 131 meters and made 19 tackles. Good stuff for a reserve. 6.5/10 [B]Michael Morgan: [/B]Same as Origin last year IMO, he came of the bench and didn't mess anything up. 5/10 [B] Australia's performance? [/B] Very ordinary. Backs ran the wrong lines, halves can contribute a lot more than that and the forwards apart from Gallen didn't have much impact. Apart from a handful it was a very underwhelming performance by almost everyone. Defended very well though especially when they were a man down and to keep a team in test footy to nil is always a good feeling. Very surprised that we finished with an 81% completion rate. If they were any good by any means they would've won by at least 4 tries. [B]New Zealand's performance? [/B]Gutsy but poor. They had nothing in attack and I was expecting their attack to struggle without Foran so i'm not surprised. To their credit they didn't give up and pushed Australia the whole game. Kahu was by far and away their best player which is good to see from a Broncos perspective and in general after all the injuries he has had. Without him the Kiwis would've lost by close to 30. [B]My 3, 2 and 1 Paul Gallen 3: [/B]Gallen was playing his first test since 2014 and he was awesome in the middle of the park. I feel the Kangaroos have lacked dominance in the middle of the field since this corresponding test in 2014 and Gallen brought that. In 58 minutes he made 228 meters (almost a hundred more than any other Australian forward) from 21 carries and he made 32 tackles (2nd most from an Australian) and he offloaded the ball twice. My man of the match easily and was a deserving winner of the official award as well. [B]Darius Boyd 2: [/B]Didn't really like the selection of Boyd but he justified himself with a solid and reliable performance at the back. He did very well to score through pure strength and threw a beauty for Fergo at the end of the game. Apart from Gal he is the only player who should've been discussed for MOM. Ended up running for 178 meters and was safe as a brick and didn't let us down once. He now has played 18 tests and has won all 18. [B]Greg Inglis 1: [/B]Played his best game of the year. He was a real handful for the Kiwis the whole game and showed what he can do. I would like to know how many tackles he broke and he made almost 200 meters, scored a try and broke the line twice which is a great effort playing outside halves who played average games. [/QUOTE]

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