Qld on top early. Clearly going to try and slow the play right down, play the balls have been EXTREMELY slow to begin the game.
is maloney even playing? pearce has been doing everything. even on hayne's break on maloney's side it was pearce who got to dummy half and maloney wasn't even there to receive
He made some really good cover tackles but got smashed in attack.. ie. typical Myles since about 2014.
Lol at the Pearce love-fest. He's been busy but jeez how much of a platform do you need? He's still kicked like shite. Fifita is killing us. Our middle third is a basket case. Gillett and O'Neill have been disgraceful in defence. Napa ripping in. Milford having a real go. Smith predictably missing kicks Thurston pots in his sleep. That try before HT will cost us. I don't even know how we're in this giving up 60m a set.
Maloney has just been backing up on the inside on most plays. He seems to have such a weird role in this side at the moment.
Forward pack has been immense. Scoreline really doesn't reflect our dominance which is a concern because QLD are having a lot of success down our left edge defence, points on offer if they can secure some momentum. We have done a really good job of isolating Anthony Milford, I reckon he made more 1 on 1 tackles than any other player in the first half, question will be if he still has the desire to keep pulling off those efforts in another 20minutes time. Fifita has been brilliant, makes you wonder how highly he would be rated as a forward had he been playing as direct as he has been this year over his whole career, fuck drifting across the field.
We will surely play more to the edges when in good ball in the 2nd half, very dominant middle third game plan in the first half.