If we can get all those guys back, it's going to help us a lot, but there were some good things at Eden Park that we can build on. We competed well at set phase and shared possession with Auckland. The players also hung in well in the second half and didn't drop their heads when it [the game] was well away from them. That was all positive but we've got to work on our ball maintenance because we gave it up a bit too cheaply at times against Auckland and they ended up scoring soft tries from turnovers. |
It was a big improvement. Southland is a good side, they've won four games now, and we weren't too far away from them. Bay of Plenty has been playing well too, and is going to be tough to beat on their home track, but we played well on the weekend and will be heading down there with a bit of confidence as a result of that. |