I could mention a few names, but it would be unfair as everybody played well and it was a good team effort. So i'll go through everybody as I was very impressed. Overall as a team, our goal line defence has improved alot and our passing even more. Last season we had 3 or 4 players who would pass the ball, and when the ball went to anyone else the attack ended with that drive. Now everybody seems to be passing the ball when needed (apart from Langley on that break!!!), and some of the offloads were excellent.
Our pack looks big and strong, and everbody made good metres.
Kearney - Quality return to action. Definitely keep him at 1. His attacking play was excellent, always looked dangerous.
Ainscough - Didn't get much ball, but when he did he looked lively, and defended well.
Sykes - Went better today. Ran the ball in a bit harder, not many errors. Still behind Platt, Ah Van, Walker I reckon though.
Walker - Looked strong, ran the ball in hard, defended well. Solid game.
Ah Van - We look to have made a cracking signing here. Quality on the wing, in the centres and will do a job at FB. We've definitely found our goalkicker too.
Raynor - Went well, I think him and Ah Van make a good partnership.
Briggs - Showed us again that he deserves the 6 spot at Cardiff. Wasn't outstanding like the Dewsbury game, but made some good plays, some good kicks and his work for the try which I think Paul Sykes finished was immense. Beat 2 or 3 wakey players then got the pass away.
Herbert - Didn't see toio much of him today - got smashed a couple of times and taken off. I still think he'll go well, but needs protecting a bit more. That was one of the concerns of Canberra fans & why he didn't get too much first grade - he puts on these great short balls, but unfortunately it makes him an easy target.
Lynch - Great metres. Great defence. (That's what we've come to expect, but it shouldn't be taken for granted!
L'Estrange - looked lively, took his try well.
Hargreaves - Lynch mk2. Think we've got a good signing here. We look very strong in the pack imo, plenty of hard work shared between them and they made plenty of metres.
Elima - this guy doesn't stop tackling, and makes some good metres aswell.
Whitehead - What can I say. Excellent again - made metres for fun early on, took some passes which most players would have dropped and was our best attacking weapon in the forwards.
Langley - Solid. I think he's been told to pass more than he did last season. He didn't manage to get that one away to Royston though.
Diskin - Excellent performance - knew exactly when to run at the defence & when to put players through gaps. Gained us a few penalties aswell.
Koppy - He looks to have improved an awful lot over the off-season. Higher work rate, went looking for work and made some great metres.
Scruton - No big hits yet, but made some good metres (we could say this for everyone in the pack today) and defence was solid.
Platt - Ran the ball in like a train as usual, looks exciting in attack and is a handfuk in the tackle.
Sibbit - Solid game - if he keeps on the'll be more than a backup player. Worked very hard and tackled like an elimachine
Royston - was always trying to back up the man with the ball and did well defensively.
Have I missed anyone off?
