Shaul
Carvell
Ellis

Thought Talanoa played well. Takes three guys to put him down!

Ellis
Shaul
Then any one from about six, but I'm going to go for Whiting. Great first half. Classy footballer and gave us confidence at the bacl.

Carvell
Ellis
Paea

I can't look past the forwards because they were so dominant, but with regards to Shaul, that is the first time I've watched him and thought, he's developing into a proper well rounded fullback. We know he's got attacking ability, but the rest of his game has taken great strides lately.

Whiting
Shaul
Ellis

This. Their first stint was massive and they really set the foundations for the backs to do their thing.

Oh, and an honourable mention for Bowden for taking the wind out of Crabtree's sails with that hit.

It was Bowden

I thought it was as well but my mate argued me down that it was Tuson :/

Nah definitely Bowden.

Fixed!

In no order: Shaul, Ellis and Carvell/Paea. Shaul had a really good all round game. Ellis lifted the team and led by example whilst Carvell and Paea were outstanding and I can't choose between the pair.

Special mentions: Houghton, Bowden, Rankin and Miller. Houghton was at his best last night and that try was a beautiful team effort. Bowden purely for that hit on Crabtree. Finally Rankin and Miller, passed the ball and kicked well at times which was lovely to see. We have the makings of a good half back pair there I think.

- Ellis (absolutely immense)
- Shaul (ridiculous takes. Haha Hudds for underestimating him)
- Whiting

If Huddersfield's tactic was to target Shaul then that's poor coaching by Anderson, not only is he safe as houses under a high ball but he's one of the best broken field runners around. You would want to keep the ball away from him as much as possible. If they were basing it on last seasons game then that even more odd. From what I remember Shaul was one of our better players that night.

Was it Shaul that threw the cut-out ball to Talanoa for his try?

From what Radford said post match it sounds like it was. He said that Shaul didn't do himself justice in the game against them last time out and that that was probably reflected in their opinion. Seems like they didn't do any more research than that and paid for it.

I believe so.

Can't believe anyone could leave Carvell out of the top 3 last night.

Absolutely immense and probably the best tackling display i've seen from him.

Whiting - won the game for us in the first 20
Carvell
Shaul

1 Ellis
2 Whiting
3 Shaul.

1. Carvell
2. Ellis
3. Shaul

100% agree with this.

Carvell

Ellis

Talanoa

Very tough to pick this game. So many players had very good games. Lets hope we have this problem every week.

Paea
Carvell
Shaul

When I saw the title of this thread I thought it was some over excited fan predicting a top three finish after your big win

stop showing off just because you can read.

Carvell
Paea
Ellis/Shaul/Whiting/Houghton/Bowden/Tuson/Westy/Hadley/Rankin/Miller/Yeaman/Talanoa/Colbon/Heremaia/Thompson...