Bryn Hall

And I think even look at Peach's trial as well.

Again, off the line out more, being able to build pressure, little pick and go for Peach down that short side.

So I just think with what the Fords, especially their eight, around the line out more and put the Crusaders under pressure, and especially in a very, very inexperienced Crusaders pack, they just weren't able to hold on in the end.

So yeah, a gutsy performance from the Force and I think for the Crusaders, probably very, very disappointing the fact that they did get that head start.

And even though there were inexperienced players there, not being able to probably get the job done when it was needed, pretty much in the second half is when they had the opportunities.

an experienced group their their mindset would have been able to get a one probably go two from two and the fact they've walked away zero from two from the australian tour uh considering where they probably wanted to be on the table it just brings up a pretty big weekend uh in the super round against the waratahs i know it'll be a big

big occasion to be able to have the first game there in Christchurch.

But I think, you know, depending on, I guess, the squad that they do have, they've just been absolutely killed with injuries over the last couple of weeks.

And, you know, having a Will Jordan, a David Harvilli, a big losses for that group, even an Ethan Blackheader.

So,

yeah it'd be very interesting to see what that squad makeup is going to be what it is going to look like for the waratahs because i think i think if you are for the you look at the waratahs and i know um against modern pacifica it was it was a tight a tightish kind of game but they held on to the ball a lot in that game against modern pacifica like they're in that first 15 minutes i think they had 10 or 12 times that they went over five plus phases so your ability to be able to hold on to the ball especially when it wasn't wet it got wet in the back end of the game they altered and changed up their game a little bit

Physically, I think if they're able to do that against the Crusaders, the Waratahs, being able to hold on the ball like they did, especially with kind of the inexperienced forward pick that they do have, it'll be an interesting day, I guess, for the Crusaders.

It'll be very interesting to see what that line-up's going to be for that game in Christchurch.

A big moment in that game was when you got yellow carded in the 61st minute.

Post that, they scored two tries.

And again, with an inexperienced group, being able to lose that momentum, feeling that, I guess, the bit of being away from home, those guys experiencing that for the first time, they just need some cattle back.

Cody Taylor was in there, so...

Even though they'll be bitterly disappointed with the zero and two being in Australia, they just need to be able to get players on their feet.

I wouldn't say a similar feel to when they weren't able to win those games, not last year, the year before, but a lot of that inexperienced group and the big players that they didn't have, they lost games like that very much so in that year.

They've been able to pick up wins and they're there or thereabouts to be in the top six, but they just need some cattle back to be able to gain some confidence and I guess have the stop-start season that they kind of had to be able to then go forward into the playoffs if they can get them back on the field.