I thought the referee was atrocious. Personally, and unusual for me to say, I don’t think he favored either side but was just bad. He had no feel for the game and guessed too many calls.
As for our our performance, it was simply deja vu. You can win without a solid 17 and have to better than the opposition across all positions.
It’s a sad situation when we have Hoppa and Elliot as our best, but that’s where we are.
Wakeham needs more time and went okay. However I fear the speed of the game with the new rules won’t suit him, he’s very slow. A good half needs to do many things well, but running the ball and threatening the line is key.
Reimis, JMK and Crichton are not 1st grade standard full stop.
The rest tried hard but that’s not going to win us games