Yes that was true for last week (against The Bank), but the Bank showed some glimmers but not enough good cattle over the whole park. The Bank look like they have a fairly young team? (someone confirm) and were not very well structures and somewhat fragmented. That said Wests still had to win it, and they did.
I think (Wests) will still struggle with teams like Jeeps, UQ, Easts and potentially Bond. Thought the back-row (for Wests) had a really good game, set piece was good and the 9-10 combination had strong games. Wests line-out was a bit predictable (thrown to the 7 a majority of time), so this may be a target for other teams. They have some big timber, but lack the speed in the forwards to get the grind work done, that's where I think they will be vulnerable. If they come up with a team (such as UQ, Bond and Easts) that are quicker to the break-down, keep it tight and drive through the middle, then their big timber may become redundant. Young Carter had a very good game; controlled things well, good, if somewhat conservative kicking, kept them going forward. Took some good options so he has vision and dimension and didn't take any smarts from the opposition, which was refreshing to see. Beyond what I would have expected from him at this stage of his career.
Be interesting to see how Wests go against Brothers this week. I'm tipping Brothers, just, in a fairly close affair. Want to see Brothers putting pressure on them at the break-down (through the ruck) and be interesting to see how the scrums go for both packs, as both have been dominant thus far.