Ian Madigan

Yeah, and full credit to Connick.

They've turned it around.

I think they were conceding something like, on average, 28 points per game, and they've nearly halved that in the second half of the season.

That's a great stat, but you're looking at, well, how have they done that?

Well, they've become much more efficient with their attack.

If you look at the high phase count that they were going into in the first half of the season, they've actually reduced that significantly in the second half of the season.

Yeah.

I wouldn't say they were listening to us.

Lancaster and his coaching team, they're smart enough to have figured that out themselves.

But it's that balance.

And when I'm watching a game and I see a team go 10, 15 phases, I am thinking they best score here or they best get the ball off the field.

Or if it's the third, fourth, or fifth time that they've done that in a game, I'm like, this team's going to gas out in the last 20 minutes.

They don't have enough scores on the board.

Yeah, exactly.

And look, it's finals rugby.

When you have your moments of momentum, you have to get the scores on the board.

Both finals have two high quality teams.

And that's quite often what it comes down to.

When you have your momentum, did you get the scores on the board?

Because the other team is going to come back at some point.