I felt that we managed the early pressure well. I don't think we touched the ball for the first 10-15 mins of the game and did an awful lot of defending right at the start of the game. I felt that the amount of defending we did sapped some of our energy and creativity. When Lawford came on we looked better and played some good attacking rugby near their line. The GF Jr try was chalked off due to a double knock on, which was questionable. The main positive for me is that we didn't buckle and concede 30/40+ points. Leeds had a lot of good field position and could have scored plenty of points but we stood strong defensively. The only lapse was Gill for the second half try.
My big takeaway was how many unforced errors we made. During the first half we would get ourselves into a great position and then drop the ball or throw a forward pass. I also felt that our discipline was poor in certain periods of the game. We also failed to find touch and conceded a short kick off which didn't help the amount of errors we made.
Overall, a good hit out and a real test for the squad. We have things to work on ahead of the opening round next week against Whitehaven. The only injury concern was AJ Wallace who hobbled off during the final 10 mins of the game.
