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Message: [QUOTE="Morkel, post: 2612202, member: 8215"] I didn't think the Broncos were too bad against the likely minor premiers. They were able to get some really decent go-forward, gave themselves plenty of opportunities, and for most of the game were the better team. Our biggest issue is the clutch plays where the game is on the line, but second to that we have real trouble with teams who are grubby in the ruck. We had plenty of tackles on Manly's line, but they were able to get themselves all twisted up and take an age to let us play the ball. A lot of that goes on the refs heads - it was pretty ridiculous at one point, fucking Matai had it in his head that the ball was his, and despite the ref calling it our ball and to play it, Matai was allowed to grab at it and try to reef it out for a good 5 seconds. And the refs did nothing. The net result of those things is that we can't get fast play-the-balls, therefore their defence is able to reset comfortably for every play, and we can't put in an attacking "set" where the defence is moved around, staggered, and tested. We have to learn to overcome the grubby techniques - either work out how to expose them and earn penalties, or practise ways of counter-acting those holds altogether. But I expected us to get flogged. I wouldn't say that I'm impressed with how we played, but it was nowhere near our worst performance of the year. The scoreline flattered them greatly, but in reality there were probably three tiny moments that decided that, had they gone differently, would have changed the result completely. It's up to our guys to isolate those moments and learn from them. [/QUOTE]

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