James Parsons

They didn't have any failed exits.

They just said, we are going down there and you can come back.

And the Crusaders said, yeah, we'll have a crack.

And then there was, you know, 12 penalties, which is very unlike them.

So it just, after such a hot start, you sort of thought, oh, this is going to be a blowout.

But then the whole tide just started turning at set piece and then around that Maul D, you know, leading to just back-to-back penalties.

And I mean, they nearly got there in the end.

Obviously the last try was disallowed, but yeah, I think they'll be frustrated with that performance.

I'm looking forward to the battle of, I'm assuming Hotham will start, Jake Gordon.

I know we're going to the Waratahs game, but God, he's good.

I just love, I love everything about that guy.

He's just such a good player in attack and defense.

Yeah.

But yeah, I think, yeah.

It just shows you, I think if you look at the Blues and when that yellow card of Sullivan, man, it just showed how beneficial experience and leadership is.

Like Paddy and Dalton, you could just see, we're like, boys, we're going to leave the breakdown, we're just going to turn up defensively, we're going to get down, you know, like...

And it's just, it's invaluable.

You've got to have some scars to get that sort of leadership and experience.

And unfortunately that Crusaders group was getting, got their scars in a hard way.

But man, they need some of those senior players back if they are to defend this title.