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Message: [QUOTE="Rally Towel, post: 2653883, member: 8569"] Pretty pleased overall. Wasn't perfect by any stretch, but was as close as we'll get to a real match simulation, and in pretty unforgiving conditions. General ruminations : - Liked what I saw from Kahu. Considering his previous issues and lack of game time, he did really well. Highly involved and didn't shie away from the physicality of the contest. Will do wonders for his confidence. - You can argue whether Milford is better at 6 or 1, but he played to his strengths, found his feet in the second half, and didn't too badly defending in the front line. On a dry track, his two breaks would likely have yielded points. Room for improvement, but some good signs early. - Hodges looked sharp, as he did at All Stars. Shown up by Burgess, but we all know the mileage in his legs, and Vidot left him covering too much. Hopefully we see him chime in at the back throughout the season. - Forward pack went well in general. Some more so than others, but I'm really glad we're not carrying absolute spuds like Anderson and Lui these days. Can't say I was overly impressed by Dodds or Blair (save for that offload), but others seem to be, so perhaps my focus was elsewhere. - Special mention to Glenn. Circa 2011/12 he was a dynamic hole runner, and despite a disappointing 2013 he turned things around in 2014 with a less fancy, workhorse style approach. I think today we saw the product of both. Not afraid to do the hard yakka but running good lines again. I'd have him starting over Thaiday or Gillett. Flip side, our kicking game is still our Achilles heel, and we did look a little flat in attack. The latter should be mitigated by the return of Copley, Oates and Gillett, but we really need to work on the former. [/QUOTE]

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