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Message: [QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 2493302, member: 1847"] I am not blaming the halves individually for the loss. I am blaming the halves and hooker. I see them as a unit - 2/3 of the "spine" if you like. I thought Wallace did really well with the little he had to work with. I thought Hunt did ok for a rookie first grade 5/8. I thought Macca was dreadful except for his defence. At the same time, I agree with what NNN observes about our halves. Their forwards monstered ours largely [B]because[/B] Ennis gave them the opportunities to hit us harder than Macca did for ours; also, their back rowers were used so much better than ours, partly because of our shit game plan, and partly because their halves organize their edges so much better than ours. Their forwards had the momentum given to them by a damn good hooker, [B]and[/B] a better structure than ours, which in turn allowed their halves to use their edge forwards more effectively than we did(n't). Yes, the refs were crap, but we lost the game mainly because of the negative chain reaction starting at the focal point of poor dummy half service and a stilted, outdated game plan. [/QUOTE]

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