Far from our best, but we kept Inglis quiet for most of the night, and bagged a 22 point win. I'll take that any day of the week.
Great effort from the forwards tonight. Showed no respect for the much fancied Burgii and bullied them out of the game. McGuire, Parker, Wallace and Joe O, all can hold their heads high. Ese'ese quite solid too, did his job, no errors or penalties.
Most pleasing was Hunt's performance. Took the line on, passing on point, kicked well. Vision to kick ahead for Roberts was fantastic. He's got his mojo back.
Macca is a big loss. He's got his detractors but he's a big part if our structure. He was making good metres from dummy half tonight. I thought his loss may have been pivotal but we responded well.
Next few weeks will be telling though. Cronulla, Manly, NQ, Tigers and Warriors are our next five. Not exactly a murderers row, but I could see Cronulla and Cowboys exploiting his loss.
It will be interesting to see how we fill the 9 and 14 (or 17) in his absence.
