toocoldhere wrote:Mata is coming back from an ankle injury so he was always going to take some time to get back up to speed and shed a bit of weight, I felt that even over the match you could see him progressing.
Great to see Bradbury getting back to where he left of, hopefully that will give him so more confidence.
Blain looked solid and you wouldn't have thought he was only on his 7th cap. Blair on the other hand is a shadow of his former self, and he needs to offload at the opportune moments, twice he took contact rather than passing out to Duhan. We're criminally under using him at the moment!
That game management at the end, I felt like we were watching Munster from about 5 years ago. Full credit to the team for making that work
Thought Kinghorn was okay - don't think stepping in is the worst option as teams overcommit on VdM now. Bit agree it's not his best form and the SRU need to be concerned they had a hugely exciting young gun regress the way Kinghorn has. There needs to be improvement.
I like Blain too - I'm a bit concerned about his pace at the top level as he was absolutely gassed by JvR but we'll see. Stood up well.
Really agree about Bradbury he's a 6 and was dominant in defence but we need an 8! Bradbury, Crosbie and Ritchie are all excellent but all 6s.
Hodgson was great for me. Powerful. He should be seeing a lot more game time.
Disappointed for Shiel as he's a 9 in the fast ball mould but the backs are just so deep. It's maddening the skills are there Dean's hands when the team were flat for the try were very good. It's so poor tactically.