Ian Madigan

And all the top scrum halves in the world have to be good at it because it's the easiest way to get back over the game line.

And there was sometimes when we were chopping back the short side last night, we were coming into brick walls.

And then there was other times when we were coming back and it was on, but we were picking the wrong option or the quality of our pass wasn't crisp enough that a good opportunity was then turned into, oh, it's just a gain line.

It's okay, we made gain line, that's positive.

But no, the reality is you actually missed a gilt-edged opportunity there.

I think parts of the game he did really well.

You look at that kind of hot spell that we had in the second half where we get the two tries and then we're pushing for a third.

His ability to pull defenders out of the line, play long, play short, he carried the ball well himself a few times, was really good.

But you're talking about a 15-minute spell.

There was...

parts of his game that he'll be disappointed with.

And I think he'll be frustrated with players around him as well.

There's a couple of opportunities that he would have wanted players to do different things than what they did.

And you think, the game's really getting away from us at 29-0.

We get a good opportunity around our 10-meter line.

The game's kind of breaking up at this stage.

And...

He's got Crowley on his shoulder, and Nick Timney runs a short line, and then Jacob is kind of on the long ball.

And I just think it's a combination of poor communication, poor running lines, and then a poor option taking from Prendergast.

It's always a multitude of things that's going to result in an intercept like that.