Reading through the posts I see a lot of where was Latrell tonight comments
To answer that question’he was in the centres’and this was the largest contributing factor in the loss
JDs made quite a few blunders this year with selections, interchange use and tactics
But moving Latrell from fullback was his biggest
It totally through out our structures and shapes and changed the whole way we attacked
Nikorima at times got lost on plays and missed his assignments
In tight matches you want your best player to get his hands on the ball as much as possible not standing in the centres
We also need to work on our shapes on the last
Ilia’s, Cody and Trell need to form a triangle is they aren’t going to run it so there’s numerous options if the first choice gets rushed
There’s still a lot of work to do before the finals
The good news is apart from a full strength Penrith the rest of the 8 are average to rubbish
Had we stayed composed and played our structures on Saturday night we would of win by 40