Thought we could have done with him last night. When O'Meley was off the field we really struggled to get hudds on the back foot. Dowes and cusack may shore up the defence but really offer very little going forward

Not sure he would have broken their defence tbh..Hame tried a couple of times, Hudds have one of the best defence in sl..

Noticed the 2nd half they kept running at Hame, interesting tactic which worked imo.

I believe we lost momentum more as a result of Berro being off. Big Sam has to improve defensively before he deposes Yak and Dowes in the team. There is far more to a props role than rolling through the opposition.



Alos when the Yak takes the ball up, which is far more often than Sam does he takes three or four men with him. Think about how much of their energy he is using up compared to his own and the benefit that has for our team. Its not massive yardage but it is so effective in grinding down the opposition.

I thought we missed Radders the most. He looked to be playing another blinder until he picked up a knock. First 20 minutes he was getting over the advantage line with ease.

i like big sam and hope he gets a run out next week ,but to dislodge any of the current props he needs to up his workrate, he carrys the ball stronger than anyone but is not as fit as cussack or dowes or radders this is where the club have probs been working hard with him ,i think he may play next week if radders is injured ,tbf not a bad swop hope we have no more injuries Agar said on radio that long and horne had dead legs hope there fit

I was one who would have liked Moa in the 17 for this game , And for the reasons you have said.

I though our pack muscled up really well against once of the best drilled defences in SL.

And there's far more to being a prop than tackling. Moa is an impact player and we had little impact last night. 3 props who basically play the same game. Moa would have given us something different IMO

Said last week we missed his punch and showed again last night, thought cusack very average and will never punch a hole, also seems easy to bring down.



For me him and o Meley interchange makes the oposition worry.

after seeing the last two games, i'd definately keep cusack in the squad



even if radford has picked up a knock, selection headache or what.



after two wins, and a game against crusaders, i think a bit of solidarity is necessary. he can help steady the ship and like someone said, he attracts a few defenders. there's plenty of other players in our squad with attacking finesse

I'd put Moa in for the Crusaders game for one of Radford, Cusack or Dowes. Not that they've done out wrong just think its good to mix it up a bit and Moa will give us some more impact which we lacked when O'Meley was off.

Thought cusack did quite well last night, haven't seen the stats but probably made some good yards.

Having said that, definatley looking forward to seeing sam have a few shunts when he finally gets on the field