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Match Discussion Round 19: Rabbitohs v Storm

Just watched the replay and I'm happy to say I just can't wipe the smile off my face today! What a wonderful feeling to get one over the Storm! I know they're probably not the side they were right now but they're still the Melbourne Storm at the end of the day.

It was just a great performance, not the flashiest, but up there with our toughest, most gritty, most determined wins of the Season. it had to be against Melbourne. That's not to say we didn't have some flashy plays though, the attack still fired for the most part but I still feel we did leave a few tries out there and the completion rate, while being decent, still wasn't outstanding. I'm just super impressed with the effort and desire shown.

Defence was probably the most impressive thing about that game for me. The two tries we did concede were a bit soft but aside from that it was outstanding! The Storm did ask a lot of questions and had a lot of tackles inside our 20 but we stayed staunch and turned them away more often than not. Some huge effort plays to stop a try, jolt a ball free, cover a kick, it was all there!! Kick chase was outstanding also.

Standouts for me were,

Mitchell: Wasn't quite as flashy as last week but I don't think we win that without him. Some freakish plays to put AJ over twice, especially that flick pass, and again on Jaxson's try. A couple of line breaks, a kick for AJ which he almost scored off, short dropouts and some big defensive plays. Still a standout.

Cartwright: Has copped a lot of criticism on here, from me too, but he really stood up last night. So much so that I think we've found our right center until Graham comes back. Massive on defence!! He had one lapse for the Storm's second try where I think he was too close to Lachie but aside from that, he shut everything down. Kept Olam very quiet and that's not easy to do. Also had that very nice play to take Trell's pass and set up Jaxson.

Ilias: How good is he going?! Was awesome with the ball in hand and his defence but it was his kicking game that was most impressive. Constantly landing it right on the try line or in the 10 meter zone to trap them down their end. Jeez it was so classy and impressive! He also produced a line drop out which we then scored off.

Our entire pack deserves a big wrap for winning the middle battle and dominating their pack. Jai, Keaon and Cam were particularly impressive.

That's a massive win for us ahead of an even bigger challenge next week!
 
One thing I liked out of the game was that other players stood up and more than pulled their weight rather than the Cody show.
it was obvious to me that Lachie was being given an early mark,Kodi is an extremely creative player and his coverage of half,5/8 and f.b. Will be invaluable on the run home!
 
As I mentioned during the game our boys were hitting hard. Definitely harder then any game this year. Not sure if it was the game plan or just massive commitment by them, but it was highly impressive. Murray , Cook and Arrow in particular pulled off some dead set bell ringers.
 
Great win , across the board.

very Happy with Cartwrights game.....great defence and his side would have been seen as our key weakness before the game.

JD is still getting match fitness , so should only get better............great defence, and can pass the ball , setting up his winger.
 
captainsutto said:
I know he’s just a kid but geez I don’t see what others are seeing with Davvy at this stage
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Yeah I thought he was
wheelbarrow said:
Great win , across the board.

very Happy with Cartwrights game.....great defence and his side would have been seen as our key weakness before the game.

JD is still getting match fitness , so should only get better............great defence, and can pass the ball , setting up his winger.
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i think JDs playing days are over…….coaching is his focus now….
 
wheelbarrow said:
Great win , across the board.

very Happy with Cartwrights game.....great defence and his side would have been seen as our key weakness before the game.

JD is still getting match fitness , so should only get better............great defence, and can pass the ball , setting up his winger.
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I am very happy for Jed Cartwright.

I hope the big fella keeps playing great. He is 26 in Oct and hopefully he can make a career in NRL @ SSFC.

I believe Jed played some very good games in NSW cup and it seems he is fitting into our NRL side very well. Let us hope he has an injury free run now.
 
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