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Super Impose said:
The Roosters test the refs resolve inside their own red zone - and once they establish that the sin bin will not be used - they are hard to score against .

This was a factor - along with a lack of cohesion on our part ..
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Yeah they killed us with their goal line defence, aided by no limit to the set restarts they could give and things like marker playing at hookers arms not being penalised
 
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burgess1978 said:
I would play him there until Finucane returns - but based on last week's 13 it seems like he is going back to the edge.

I'd give Jesse a shot at playing Finucane's role, but that's really only based on his one outstanding trial game. I haven't seem him play for the Jets this year. He is playing big minutes and keeping Pele on the bench though, so you'd have to think he is doing something right.
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Seems like the best option all round. Wade wouldn't have to play 80, or could rotate back to the edge if that's the sticking point. That'd get Teig back on the edge for longer. Wade still has good hands for ballplaying and like I said before, has that cool NFL style swim action through tackles that makes him really hard to wrap up, so there's good opportunity for some offloads. Defences would be in three minds every time he touched the ball. He'd also get good support in defence now he's a step or three slower... What's not to like Fitzy!
 
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burgess1978 said:
There are two mistaken assumptions here:

1 - When you pin a team in their corner it usually isn't the bigger forwards doing the early work coming out of trouble. Primarily it's the back 5, maybe with help from a back rower. The middles don't usually get involved until late in the count.
2 - There is no evidence to suggest that smaller forwards are more effective at the back end of games than at the start. If that was actually true, the majority of NRL coaches would bring their smaller guys off the bench so as to avoid the "ineffective" period early on when the opposition is fresh. If anything the opposite is true. Smaller guys play a similar role across the 80, but we see coaches making well-timed subs of big boppers for impact.

The way to tire out opposition forwards is to hold the ball, win the ruck and to ask questions everywhere on the field and in different ways. When you do that, it takes the sting out of those play 4 or 5 hit-ups and you start winning the field position battle too. Pinning teams in their end is part of the picture and it can certainly have a mental/momentum effect - but it doesn't wear out big forwards. They just walk back and rest for a few tackles while the back 5 do the hard yards.
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1 - Agree and disagree too. I get the backs are usually the ones backing up those hit ups. But pinning the opposition down in their half causes that suffocation. Both mentally and physically it tires you as a player. When you kick early you are also turning the team around and then they gotta run back on side constantly. I can't elaborate as well via post.
2 - I wasn't talking so much of back end of the game. Was more explaining that the suffocating defence tires the opposition, which means when they are defending, our smaller forwards will have more of an impact in their runs.

Apologies if I haven't explained as well, just difficult on here. I hate long posts lol
 
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We’re starting to go backwards.
Our defence is non existent and our attack inside the opposite 30 is barely nsw cup worthy. We’re a mess atm.
 
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