We got our prop rotation totally wrong in that game, we started Masi and Fash who are both terrible at getting any momentum with the ball and by the time Satae and Sao both came on the game was already over.

Exactly should have started with Sao or Satae or both, I hope Last has learnt from that lesson.

It was a masterplan.
Been there and done the CC, b2b.
Just lulling them into a false sense of security for the bigger fish/prize further down the season line.

Of course. But equally if they had our bench would not have been good enough so we'd have lost the middle of the game.

And the start still.

Maybe,who knows we could have been 12-0, anyway that's one game, I'd guess the only game where you have our 5th and 8th prop are starting.

If we had paired Sao and Masi / Satae and Fash it would have given us a more balanced look and wouldn't as Dave K says leave us relying on our 5th and 7/8th choice props together at the same time.

Mantongo doesn't have any aggression and you can't coach that into him. Bowden has had a few good games but that isn't enough to excuse 3 years of mediocre performances. Taylor is getting injured a lot.

Does Taylor get injured alot, had one bad injury this year, what about the other years?

We have to prioritize our signings, we wont be spending much and I'd like to see us sign a 6, then another forward, probably a backrower should Jones leave, as that would leave us very short of backrowers.

..... it's a bit like "3 years of mediocre performances", he missed well over a year with a serious knee injury, but let's ignore that.