Levrier wrote:
Interesting game. Answers some questions but poses a few more like what has happened to our right edge defense?
It stands to reason that the right edge is where the problems are. Last season Gelling, Leuluai and Bateman were generally defending that edge whereas today it was Sarge (then Isa), Powell (then S Tomkins), J Tomkins (then Wells, then Hamlin). The left edge was Faz, Williams and Gildart which it generally has been for years.
Bateman returning should help as he's strong defensively and experienced. I'm not convinced about Joel's lateral movement at second row and Wells is less experienced so more likely to make mistakes (I thought he was a step up from Joel though)