Greg Alexander has admitted he “wouldn’t sleep for nights” if he had made the choice the Sharks did to kick a penalty purpose as a substitute of trying to attain a attempt when up by 4 with 19 minutes to play in a subsequent loss to the Roosters.
After being awarded a penalty within the sixtieth minute when up 10-6, Sharks captain Wade Graham elected to take a simple two factors as a substitute of trying to attain a attempt.
The penalty gave the Sharks a six-point lead, however that wouldn’t be sufficient because the Roosters completed too sturdy to win 13-12 and progress to subsequent week.
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Speaking on Fox League after the match, Alexander wasn’t positive if it was the precise choice.
“We’ll never know if they would have scored a try,” Alexander mentioned.
“Looking back, if I was the Sharks side I wouldn’t sleep for nights thinking about that decision.
“Did we do the right thing? Did we have them on the rack?”
Graham defended the choice within the post-match press convention, with coach Craig Fitzgibbon backing his skipper.
“I did consider it but finals games come down to margins. If we don’t kick that goal we are losing 12-10 anyway right?” Graham mentioned.
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“Unfortunately we missed a couple of goal kicks, every point it crucial. We should have been good enough to defend six (points).”
“The lads picked the two pretty quickly. We debated it in the box but Tedesco only had 50 seconds left in the bin or something like that,” Fitzgibbon added.
“If it ends up a scrap there and you don’t get points. A converted try ahead in what was looking like a slug fest should have been enough.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
