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John Thornett (49)
This exactly it our kicking game is hopeless. To'omua’s exits were woeful and put us under so much pressure.
Both his and Powell kicks were terrible last night. One of Powell’s box kicks late in the piece looked like it went sideways from where I was sitting.
The blues wanted to play with ball in hand and were on top so instead of kicking the ball away as soon as we got possession we had to maintain possession.
I felt as much as it was too little to late we looked better late in the game with Gordon on, I would start him next week push To'omua out to 12
its not the execution that is the issue more the plan for me. To'omua can pin point a kick better than anyone in the country but its generally at a max of 35-40m & when it he is under pressure from within his own goal line the plan is clearly get the ball out of bounds around the 22 & set up hoping for a mistake from the opposition. Interms of joey's box kicking that would have been his 1st back half clearing box kick all year! & yes it was terrible but he never practices it.