Rugby league legend James Graham has a shone a light-weight on one of many Wests Tigers’ largest attacking points.
There was a number of positivity across the membership heading into this season. Between a brand new teaching workers and marquee recruits, it appeared just like the Tigers have been lastly on target.
A dominant win over the Raiders in a trial gave followers hope, however the Tigers have since misplaced their first three video games of the season.
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Their newest — to the Bulldogs final Sunday — would have been particularly irritating for coach Tim Sheens given a backbone shake-up within the last half an hour noticed the Tigers rating three tries in 4 minutes to complete simply 4 factors off the Dogs.
Speaking on Triple M, Graham credited the Tigers for his or her fightback, however mentioned earlier than that “they were just not in the game.”
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He additionally pinpointed a second that uncovered an actual concern within the Tigers’ assault, the place celebrity recruit Api Koroisau tried to create however had no back-up to work with — finally making the three-time premiership-winner “look bad.”
“I think what summed it up, there was a moment in that first half. There was a quick play the ball, Api Koroisau jumped out, there’s no one around, he’s looking, he does a complete 360 and there’s no Tiger there ready to come and take advantage,” Graham mentioned.
“They were right on the Bulldogs’ tryline.
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“Then if you look at when they actually turned it around and they started to look good, it was all coming through the ruck.
“Even the very last play you could see all the spine players had come to the middle — that was a structured play.
“But it’s the unstructured stuff that they need to get right so I don’t know what they’re waiting for, we can all see it here.
“The instinct players should be around Api Koroisau and ready to go straight away because it looks like he’s too far above them, he’s on a different level and they’re making him look bad.
“I feel for Api Koroisau because he’s one of, if not the best No.9 in our game. They’ve got to turn things around quickly and it worked in the last 20 (minutes).”
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Koroisau was requested concerning the assault — and particularly having no help round him — within the post-game press convention.
“I think they haven’t had too much frontfoot footy in the last few years. I’ve spoken to them about it, that takes a lot of getting used to,” he mentioned.
“It’s a reaction thing, understanding the ruck and if it’s quick.
“Second half it got a lot better, they were pumping out of that line so I think it’s once again something to work on at training.”
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