Good effort to win with only 12 men, but I thought Canberra made a lot of errors which made our job easier. Having said that though, the defense was pretty committed and aside from a 15-20 minute period in the middle of the second half we looked in control. Points of note
* Thought Ballin had his best game so far this year, some good committed running from dummy half. Amazing what a bit of contract speculation can do.
* Thought Perry was the pick of the forwards.
* The send off of Cuthbo was a knee jerk to the crowd. Hampster was pretty ordinary last night and that was a poor decision. Definitely reportable, but you will see plenty worse than that not get marched.
* Watmough still has those frustrating handling errors in his game, such as another play the ball balls up last night. He just needs to concentrate on the ball and not let his excitement overcome him. He missed a couple of poor attempts at tackle last night too. But he did run the holes well last night and Ox straightened the attack nicely to him (just have to make sure the passes hit his chest every time)
* Couldn't believe they went to the video ref to check that Goodwin bombed try from the kick infield. If they ruled that a no knock on then I'd give up. He should have been penalised for bringing the game into disrepute for exhibiting complete spasticity in attempting to catch a ball.
* Williams unlucky to get his try called back....I don't know what the guy is supposed to do in a situation like that. Where is the benefit of the doubt to the attacking team ?? He is bringing the ball back from a miskick by Canberra through traffic and absolutley no intention of trying to use his player as a sheild and he gets penalised because, first Best misses a tackle and then Campese gets himself in an awkward situation with Lyon.
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* Thought Ballin had his best game so far this year, some good committed running from dummy half. Amazing what a bit of contract speculation can do.
* Thought Perry was the pick of the forwards.
* The send off of Cuthbo was a knee jerk to the crowd. Hampster was pretty ordinary last night and that was a poor decision. Definitely reportable, but you will see plenty worse than that not get marched.
* Watmough still has those frustrating handling errors in his game, such as another play the ball balls up last night. He just needs to concentrate on the ball and not let his excitement overcome him. He missed a couple of poor attempts at tackle last night too. But he did run the holes well last night and Ox straightened the attack nicely to him (just have to make sure the passes hit his chest every time)
* Couldn't believe they went to the video ref to check that Goodwin bombed try from the kick infield. If they ruled that a no knock on then I'd give up. He should have been penalised for bringing the game into disrepute for exhibiting complete spasticity in attempting to catch a ball.
* Williams unlucky to get his try called back....I don't know what the guy is supposed to do in a situation like that. Where is the benefit of the doubt to the attacking team ?? He is bringing the ball back from a miskick by Canberra through traffic and absolutley no intention of trying to use his player as a sheild and he gets penalised because, first Best misses a tackle and then Campese gets himself in an awkward situation with Lyon.
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