Congratulations to jeeps, too fast and too smart at the breakdown; this is when experience counts and they got it right. They scrummaged well and won all the 50-50 balls.
Brothers I think are in a lill trouble; young guns are good for the future, but may not be good for this season. Too many “no passes” (passes that weren’t on ) instead of controlling possession, taking their time. Too many handling errors when it counted; maybe jeeps pressure made Brothers think they needed to pass.
A few comments: thought that whilst the refereeing was good, 3-4 penalty’s late in the first half (when brothers were attacking) and 5-6 penalty’s in the second half, inside the 22m without a yellow card is an astonishing achievement by the diplomacy of the jeeps team;
Second why didn’t the brothers captain take some points (with these penalty’s) instead of the trench warfare that Brothers weren’t going to win? May have freed up the game for them instead of the energy sapping style of game they chose to play.
Brothers clearly weren’t as fit as the jeeps boys, even though they may have looked fitter. The forward pack is going to struggle this year against any team with some brawn and fitness. The backrow was either not as involved at the breakdown or were easily neutralised.
I don’t think there are too many others in the cupboard for brothers and I don’t think the answers are in second grade, at this stage.
Jeeps may not of won the trophy, but they won the 1st, 4th grade (?) and a surprise victory in colts 1, so still a lot of good news for them this year.
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