Ryan Hall is a superb finisher. He has the strength of a second rower with the pace. Given more time who knows he could become a great centre and be the next Mal Maninga, he too was just like a tank with pace.

Yes really. A proper full-back would have had Hall over the touchline yards short of the line (or having to be bumped off after a legitimate attempt round the legs at least.)

Surprised at Boyd as it's his regular position in the NRL at St George with them having the excellent Morris and Nightingale on the flanks.

I disagree to be fair - it was an awesome finish. Hall gave enough of a hand off to Boyd to buy those precious few extra yards. Boyd didn't want to commit to a waist/leg tackle as Hall would most likely have been able to offload to the supporting Reed. 2 world class tries against world class defence.

I wasn't being entirely serious...

If I were being entirely serious, I see what you're saying, but I sometimes think being hyper critical of defence dulls the enjoyment of good attacking play. Hall's fend to keep Boyd at arms length, together with his power making him a generally difficult animal to stop, was crucial, as was the slight delay Reed put in delivering the final ball.

Probably with perfect defence nobody would ever score, but I thought that was a well-worked try and Boyd had a lot to do to get across to Hall and stop him. It was desperation stuff, and desperation doesn't always yield textbook technique.

Fair enough but the attempted leg tackle (resulting in the winger being taken into touch) would have forced the issue short of the line with a high probability that any offload would have been uncontrolled and highly likely being propelled forward in that situation.

It's the mark of a good player to create doubt in the minds of normally reliable tacklers. Tomkins does it and it was great to see Hall do it with such ease too.