Just got home from the game. From the forwards I would say Bothma and Evans were the stand outs and were busy throughout. We had alot of rotation in the second row with HIA and the sin bin. Lambert carried frequently in the first half and there were a couple of nice touches from Dombrant when he came on. Clifford's injury just before the break looked pretty bad. Line-outs were very poor again, rarely taking clean ball from our own and frequently not competing on LI throw in. Lang made a fantastic try saving tackle for us then to lose our line-out 5m from our line.
First half Saili took alot of ball at first reciever but couldn't get his off-loads going. Herron was steady, not a great performance from the tee, but got the crucial one at the end. Great finish from Ibitoye for his try. Murley went off at half time, not sure if he picked up a knock. Interesting line up at the end with Morris at 13, Ismaiel looked comfortable when he came on. We really increased the intensity in the last 10 mins. The crowd was so small you could hear our boys becoming more vocal.
LI probably deserved more, the knock on just before the line would have been gutting. Did anyone see who made that tackle?
Defence was pretty good, especially when down to 13.
I suspect we will see a few more of our big guns next week. Hopefully that will sort out the line-outs!