I've just finished watching the televised coverage of the match, having watched the match live.
From the 10th to the 60th minute we played well. We were six points ahead and could have stretched it to double figures with the Harpo penalty 'try'. We were certainly on top and had the wind in our favour. Even that dribbler Johns admitted it looked like we'd run away with the match.
Doesn'tmatta just stepped on the gas, led by their two big front rowers. Penny Lane was brilliant, as was Dylan Brown. And as much as it hurts to admit it, Gutherson provided the spark we were lacking (and have been missing ever since the Turbo injury).
What went wrong for us? Not having our best prop available proved telling. Froggy, Guacca, Sandwich and Walker were all nursing injuries by the 60th minutes mark, while Foran suffered one later. Selecting Burbo over The Shoe defies logic. The Shoe is a potential match-turner while Burbo is not yet up to this level of football.
The team tried hard and were not quite good enough. Losing like this is not nearly as gut-wrenching as the first "loss" to Ben Cummins' cheating.