Afte reading so many "rocks and diamonds" comments about Leilua, with notepad, remote control and pen in hand I watched the replay. At 19.30 secs Leilua went for an offload on the Warriors line on tackle 2 resulting in a loss of possession. At the 34 min mark he made a run down the touch line, waved Jimmy back inside, changed ball carrying hands to get the ball away and was tackled into touch. Every set of 6 we started from our end it was Leilua doing the hard yards. In the second half at 47 min and 55 min Tyrone threw passes that Inspector Gadget wouldn't have caught so even his harshest critics couldn't blame Leilua for either of those. In fact in the first instance Leilua had positioned himself outside of the Warriors and a decent pass would have been a try no doubt. At the 68 min mark Mullen made a half break, had Leilua and Jimmy in support and found neither of them with the pass. Again I can't blame Leilua for Mullen's ordinary pass. Despite question marks in some areas over his fitness Leilua made a strong hit up at 69 min when players from both teams were struggling for legs. At 74 min he made the charge that resulted in Rochow's try and at 76 min he made a great run earning his team a penalty. Another observation was Tyrone's defence was outstanding.
