If you got the feeling no one really wanted to do the player ratings for this one, then you were right.
So here’s my shot from the hip: it was so much easier to find the negatives in this game. Really does make you wonder how we stayed so close. What did you have?
Player Comment Score
Benn Robinson While the scrums weren't shambolic, he's lost his way around the park and is leaking penalties. 4
Tatafu Polota-Nau No skewed throws and some solid hit ups 6
Sekope Kepu Pinged in the scrum and butterfingers in the loose 4
Sitaleki Timani A few good hits and an offload, but I suspect Scott Allen could re-run his previous analysis on the effective work rate 4
Nathan Sharpe He was immense and the try was no accident. Saving the best till last? 8 - G&GRs MoM
Dave Dennis One of those blindside games that goes unnoticed but got work done 6
David Pocock Not Poey's best game - certainly not helped by a knee injury and a superior AB pack 6
Scott Higginbotham Strangely, I've seen him play wider, but the howler of that dropped pill sticks in the mind. 4
Will Genia Apart from the line-break he had a lousy night with some very strange decision making 4
Berrick Barnes Good touch finding and goal kicking, the odd run but that howler of a pass to KB to set up the keystone cops 6
Anthony Faingaa Bustle as usual, but missed tackles and sinfully wasted turnover ball with that grubber 4
Rob Horne Couldn't find a lot wrong, but not a lot to commend either 5
Digby Ioane Where everyone else was running in mud, he was still blistering 8
Adam Ashley-Cooper Never managed to break free but didn't do a lot wrong 5
Kurtley Beale What do you call it when you're responsible for letting in two tries and you drop the pill cold? A SHOCKER 2
G&GR Patented Player ratings scale
10 – A legendary performance to go down in the history books
9 – Outstanding performance: Man of the match shoo-in
8 – Excellent all-round game
7 – Good game with a few sparkles
6 – Solid performance
5 – Average – ho hum
4 – Below par
3 – Had a bad game
2 – Tell your story walking pal
1 – A complete joke
