Did he see the turnaround coming?
100 per cent. At half time, I thought we were attacking well, we were troubling them, we scored a couple and had one or two close calls. Defensively we were pretty sound despite conceding four tries, one of which was an attacking error and two on last plays where we lacked awareness and a tough double movement call. The scoreline isn't always reflective, it's not always a reflection of the game and I thought it was a good, close game first half.
The perfect response to last week?
I want a response after every week, to play well regardless of last week's outcome. That performance won't count at all when we go to KR on Friday. But what it did show is that there's a lot of belief in the group. When we went to twelve men we actually played better, that was a good sign.
The performance during the 12-man stint
You don't know how that period will pan out. It's important you finish your sets and maintain possession when you have it. YOu see it in other sports, the ten-man team in football can do a good job, you see people do more when they have to. When backs are against the well you see what people are made of. We played a very good team today.
