Big Pete
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- Mar 12, 2008
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If nothing else, the Roosters are one of the more entertaining teams in the NYC.
It's on the back of their backline which is incredibly skillful, although in the case of Milne, maybe too much for their own good. Taane has the ability to get his arms free which can be great but the temptation to throw offloads every opportunity hurts his game. The pick of the bunch has to be Manu who has all the skills, great foot-work and seems to have really good awareness around him.
Everyone else did their jobs as well. Forwards bent the line, halves lead the side around the field well, it was just a good performance from them.
If there was any concerning signs, it was the way they let the Warriors back into the game late. It's hardly unheard of to see teams pile on tries in the NYC but if you want to be one of the better teams, you've got to overcome that and some of the efforts in defence were pretty poor. Against a more confident side, they would have paid by more.
It's on the back of their backline which is incredibly skillful, although in the case of Milne, maybe too much for their own good. Taane has the ability to get his arms free which can be great but the temptation to throw offloads every opportunity hurts his game. The pick of the bunch has to be Manu who has all the skills, great foot-work and seems to have really good awareness around him.
Everyone else did their jobs as well. Forwards bent the line, halves lead the side around the field well, it was just a good performance from them.
If there was any concerning signs, it was the way they let the Warriors back into the game late. It's hardly unheard of to see teams pile on tries in the NYC but if you want to be one of the better teams, you've got to overcome that and some of the efforts in defence were pretty poor. Against a more confident side, they would have paid by more.