We won last week because of our power game. We stuck it to them, the supposed best in the business, that's how we won. That's how we were able to have a bit of room in attack, how we were able to fatigue them so TPJ could barge over, and Roberts could step through them. We had numbers in the tackles, we wrestled them around to slow down their PTB's, and we got up in their faces to chop them down before they had momentum. That's all the work of our forwards.
Without all of the forwards contributing, we'll simply be overpowered, like we were against the Dragons. No amount of passes at the line, late footwork, inside balls, and tricky plays will matter if we're getting smashed the moment we catch the ball. For those things to work, we need space, we need momentum, and 5 forwards vs 6 isn't going to give us that.