I thought the (Wire) game was run by Gidley, without his organisational skills and kicking we would have been dreadful. Since Gidley took all the goal kicks and Dagger the kick offs I can only assume that Patton is still carrying a leg injury.
I thought Atkins was excellent again today and Clark off the bench worked well as he made some good runs through a tiring Catalan defence. From the younger kids, Julien was very good making good yards with the ball and a lot of tackles. He backed up Atkins nicely for his try as well. Philbin worked hard, Dagger seems to be settling in nicely and Brad Dwyer showed lots of energy and enthusiasm, particularly tackling. Savelio was elusive in attack, but he never quite makes full use of half breaks by e.g. getting the ball away. I am not totally convinced by him despite a good try at the end. And there were some pretty uninspiring performances from Hughes and Cooper. Penny got negligible service, but his running the ball back was 'not great'. He didn't seem really interested, plus he seemed to head straight towards the largest forwards he could find on the pitch. I am guessing he will be leaving at the end of the year.
Anyway, looks as though we are in the bottom four now with only the actual position to be decided. If we can get Peta Hiku up and running perhaps we can finish 9th.
