NRL Round 7 - Roosters Vs Knights - 2:00pm Sunday, 19th April - Allianz Stadium

Great first half. Defence really hung in there. And we look like we have plenty of points in us. There was an ankle tackle at one stage, if it wasn't made I think we were away, and if that pass late in the half had hit Young on the chest we'd have been very close to going in again. Roosters have their work cut out in the second half.
 
There was a really cringey comment by one of the fox dweebs in the pregame that (re Fletcher and Francis' mullets) that Newcastle are 'wearing their identity on their heads', or some such. Yep, you got us. Fkucwits.
So glad I don’t have to listen to Foxsports commentary today
 
Can’t get complacent now. Have to keep the momentum and get on with the job.

They’ll come out hungry for points and Ashley Klein will have a sook cause his boys are behind and gift them cheap penalties and six agains.
 
Love the way the Roosters came out strong and we wrestled the momentum back. That's attitude.

Fletcher hunt, get him a Shampoo TPA to lock him in.

We really have no right being this far in front at half time given the two team sheets and players we are missing, again, that's just attitude and coaching.
Its crazy how quickly Holbrook has turned this team around and instilled belief in the whole squad.
 
Result aside - would take a pretty devastatingly bad second half to overwrite what they did in that first half. Had no right to be in the game and were playing as such, getting completely rolled. Remarkable turnaround, buoyed by the attack but a few goal line defensive sets late should give them some confidence, too.

Turns out we maybe shouldn't have been booking Manuleleua's plane tickets to England after 10 minutes out of position getting thrown into a forward pack that was already getting rolled. That run to put Hunt away doesn't even scratch the surface of what he can do in attack.

Roosters will regroup and come out like they did to start the game. Need to weather that storm. As weird as it is to say after scoring 24 points I think our attack can look a lot better, too.
 
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