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Message: [QUOTE="TariqT, post: 3113429, member: 10485"] Mostly agree with everything everyone is saying, but there were a few standouts for me. The team looked sharp with ball in hand. Getting the ball in traffic and pushing through the advantage line constantly, and often looking dangerous for an offload. The forward pack played like a pack. I'm yet to see much of Carrigan but have been reading endlessly about what a champ of a player he is. I thought it was some kind of communal man-crush thing, but after witnessing his game last night - I understand the hype. He's a superb player, with great football intelligence and timing. Croft looked great at halfback. That was an almost 10 performance. His defence was as solid as his game planning, and attack. First class. The forwards, in general, looked really strong and were pushing the Cows back consistently at the point of contact. They looked up for that tussle every tackle. Milfs kicking game once again looked sharp. Those bombs he throws up are becoming ever increasingly difficult to read, let alone catch. Flegler and Kennedy were the surprises of the night for me. Last year their ball handling was shocking at times. Last night it was exemplary. They continually hit hard in defence and carried defenders in attack. They played excellently. Arthurs was fantastic on the wing and when he came into centre. Awesome game reads and super energetic and enthusiastic in both defence in attack. He's a very skilful player. Farnworth was good when he came on, but there was one thing he did in defence that was superb. They were shot on the right, and he somehow backtracked and jumped about 1-2 meters sideways to shut down a play and save a try. That kind of stuff is hard to notice, but to be able to do that takes a lot of strength, agility, but most importantly intelligence. He's a good player. Boyd was solid (as I expected) and will continue to be so. He locked up the Cows attack down that side. If Oates had been playing more intelligently, Darius's game would have been even better. Isaako was a revelation. Sure he dropped it at the end (I swear that was cramp - if you have never had a serious cramp don't comment. You'll be screaming for your neighbourhood to come help get it out if you get one if you're home alone), but his reading of the game from fullback looked a lot better from the wing. He got the chance to put attack into effect, and other that time the cows ran an obstruction (should have been a penalty a few times for that) he looked solid under the hight ball. Team looked fit, committed, aware of their roles, and confident to put a game plan in effect. Which was much of what we were missing last year. [/QUOTE]

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