Recent content by griffins

De Crespigny and Donaldson having quieter games after stsrting the year well. Harris has been busy for the Force

His engine and athleticism mean he can do things no other lock can, which means you can accept some trade off with his core jobs. Just not as much of a trade off as we have to accept at the moment. Still as noted he did more good than bad last night and was part of a pack that dominated their...

I know Meredith kicked well, but the Brums backs looked like they'd never met before for most of that game. Part of that was individual errors from Ikitau that he has never made before but the combinations are miles off. Which after that win is a good thing as theres plenty of improvement in them.

Im hoping the win is enough to bring the great man back to the forum

Well now its less if than who cares. Credible last week and winning at a place where all Aus teams struggle to win at is huge. I will leave it to the Blues fans in the thread to dissect their performance but I would suggest it wasnt great... though a decent portion of that was forved by the...

Thats unbelievable. Brums pack won them the game hands down. Front row plus Hooper and Scott immense and Reimer great off the bench. Cale CATCHING THE FUCKING KICKOFF at the end and busy otherwise also good. Outside that both 9s were good, particularly with their contestables, and as mentioned...

Agree on the first one, the second one they were shot to shit from the previous phase and he didnt have much choice. Brilliant 35 minutes from Lonergan undone by underthrowing that last lineout...

Mmmm he had a clean shot at him and he isn't exactly a lumbering lock. Agree Barrett is still a tough one on one prospect

Frost with another miss

Not much of a tackle from the Aussie captain on Tizzano there. De Crespigny continues to flatten blokes too.

I understand the plan to some degree, Muirhead recovering an earlier one from Lonergan was important in the lead up to the Pollard/Scott linebreak and Toole's eventual walk-in try in the corner. Its been a fundamental of our gameplan for years and Lonergan in the main executes them pretty well...

If you'd offered me that performance pre-game I'd have taken it. Ultimately though we come away with nothing and have to go to Eden Park next week. Back 5 in the pack worked their arses off but we are desperately missing Valetini and to a lesser but still noticeable extent Hooper.

Frost can't keep dropping these kickoffs

Larkham's starter play genius coming to the fore there

Make that 3 times for Sapsford