Tupou not doing anything wrong in Game 1 is irrelevant, it is what he didn't do, or rather can't do, that is the problem. He simply does not put the defence in doubt at to whether the NSW halves are going to kick in behind the line. JAC has the speed (as any Bulldog's supporter will tell you) to force his opposition winger to defend back from the line, Tupou does not have that. As a result the rushing straight line defence that Qld employed is less effective if JAC plays. In Game 1 the Qld wingers were both big bodies which means slower to turn and chase, prime candidates.
If you want a good example of the "JAC effect" look at the Tigers yesterday, the fullback's defence was biased to JAC's side of the field and their RHS winger also often hung back. Plus the inside defence has to slide to that side to cover the winger defending back. Creating opportunities on our RHS, up the middle as well as on the short LHS with the winger back out of the line. How many of us were waiting for that play, but Burton didn't kick in behind the line for JAC to chase once yesterday, simply because the threat of us doing it created other opportunities which we exploited.
Noddy did his homework, he knew what a threat Burton kicking to JAC was from watching the video. So he modified their defence to nullify it, but Potter was one step ahead, planned on that and used it to our advantage.
Always a Bulldog