1. Boyd - It was definitely an improved effort from Darius, despite clearly taking a back seat in attack. Shock horror he even made a couple of good 1 on 1 tackles. His biggest problem though remains consistency, and he needs to put the mood swings away and find it. 6
2. Oates - His best game all year. Gobbled up the metres coming out of our end, was apart of that amazing set play with Milf, and was solid as a rock under the high ball. Very unlucky to not be featured in many peoples votes. 8
3. Roberts - A nicely solid return to the starting side for Jimmy. Scored a nice try down the short side and made his tackles stick a lot better than he usually does. Didn't seem to aggravate any injuries either. Happy to have him back. 7
4. Bird - Certainly can't fault his effort. He seemed to get his hands on the ball a tonne more last night and made a few decent half breaks, but I'm concerned that he has a habit of ineffectually running sideways way too much. Did well to get Corey into space a few times however. 6
5. Isaako - At his sharpshooter best for goalkicking but his effect on his wing is barely noticed, and he still has a serious problem with his hands under the high ball, although to his credit he only had 1 really bad drop last night. Hopefully it's just a confidence thing and we see him get back to his 2018 electric best before the year is out. 6
6. Milford - Well deserved MOTM. His kicking was superb, he showed signs of control/game management by targeting the Sharks debutant winger all night, organizing that wet dream set play with Oates and slotting the field goal with zero pressure applied. Very happy to see. Lets hope he can make it a regularity. His quiet 2nd half prevents the perfect score. 9
7. Nikorima - I don't know if his partner just comfortably overshadowed him or if he really did have a bit of a nothing night. I tend to lean a bit more to the latter. He had opportunities to stamp his own authority and he just didn't take them. He hardly shamed himself either but probably quite easily the most underwhelming of the night. 4
8. Haas - Man this kid is gonna be some player. He already is in effect and he has only a handful of first grade games clocked. Bends the line pretty much at will and gave the Sharks pack who are no slouches nightmares all night. If he can make the 80 minute games a regularity, he is gonna be an incredible asset. He's on a mission to make his off field indiscretions up to the club and he's doing a damn good job of doing just that. 8
9. McC - I'm not gonna shit on him, despite him and Nikorima obviously being the weakest links in the side. He had a decent night last night by his standards however. Brick wall in defence as usual and had the ruck under control. His running game remains embarrassing however. Every time he darts from dummy half looks like he's playing in a sand pit. 5
21. Lodge - A glorious return for the big bloke. Our best performing forward with 180+ metres, led the way for the young blokes around him and kept us on the front foot. Also gave it to the grubs in the Sharks pack a few times which I fucking loved. 9
11. Glenn - Seemed like a classic slightly above average Glenn performance. Didn't do anything overly spectacular on his edge, but definitely didn't play like shit either. Really don't have much to say about him which is pretty much a Glenn staple. 6
12. Gillett - He is flirting with his pre-injury best, but he also seems to be struggling to break through to get back there. Muffed up a sitter try off a Sharks error and made an ugly drop in the first half when it looked like he was gonna go over. He definitely did his part to support his half in defence however and that keeps his score from being quite low. 5
13. TPJ - Another one I'm very happy to see back. Hit hard in attack and defence and had the Sharks doing everything they could to try and keep him out of the contest. Ran for plenty of metres and made a tonne of tackles with only 1 ineffective. Love the big blokes intensity. 8
14. Staggs - I sadly didn't catch much of his time at dummy half because I was out on a bottle-o run, but from all reports he didn't do too badly. Lets hope he kicks on with the role just to both keep McC honest and have an option there to give him a break at the 60th minute mark. 6
15. Fifita - Apart from one good run in the second half against tired defenders, he seemed to have a pretty quiet night, although I put that down more to his fellow forwards just leaving him in the dust and coming off the bench. Would like to see him find maybe one more gear to really give his opposition numbers problems. 5
16. Flegler - Another youngster who is gonna be a hell of a player in not too much longer. Made some really nice line breaks and bent the line plenty. He is a classic enforcer in the making and I can't wait to see him at his peak. 8
17. Joe O - Comfortably his best game all year. Racking up 100+ metres from the bench is nothing to sneeze at. A perpetual Leeson ah Mau style bench option may be his best suited role. Another one unlucky to feature in votes. 8