Oates has improved this year with his defence, especially his defensive reads.
5 minutes left, Raiders spread the ball right and have us shot for numbers where they ended up having a 3-on-1. Oates sees this and he comes flying in to shut it down, and while he doesn't tackle Xavier to stop the pass, he ends up putting enough pressure on Xavier to force him to throw a bad pass which Timoko had no chance of reeling in and he knocks it on. That saved the game for us.
Brilliant effort from him. His turnaround this year has been spectacular to say the least.