Joined: Apr 01 2003 Posts: 2155 Location: The Land Of The Sand
To lose 43-0 in a half is unacceptable at any level, especially if you've won the 1st 12-0. Radford won't resign, he hasn't got what it takes upstairs to admit he isn't up to the job
Diablo1967 said ''A pub-landlord running a professional sporting outfit in the best league in the hemisphere? Laughable''
You've got to wonder about the mental state of a few of those players. The first half if we're honest wasn't actually that brilliant, but we were physical and enthusiastic and it looked like we would choke Leeds out of the game even if we were lacking a bit of structure and guile.
Then we come out for the second half, Michaels for some reason jumps the line on the blind side leaving a big hole behind the ruck and they score. At this stage, yes it's a bad start to the half but you still have a 6 point lead. You know Leeds are going to come strong but you just have to front up for the next few sets, take the sting out of the game and control from the front. Instead we give a stupid penalty away on the last, Leeds score again and from there we looked a beaten team. No one from 45 minutes onwards showed any heart for the battle and we basically let them do as they pleased.
Yes we were lacking a bit of size and had some important players missing, and Leeds played some really good rugby in the second half, but it's just not good enough. Some serious questions have got to be asked now.
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