Exeter Rhino:
Just watched the game on catch-up. Palasia was my MoM. He's such a consistent presence when on the field, in attack and defence. Bentley played as well as we can expect from him, I think (meant as a compliment!). No qualms with any of the forwards. Holroyd is a bit of a worry for me - his discipline is too Newman-esque, I wish he would just get on with the tough stuff and hard work like Oledski, Palasia and Jenkins. Lisone put in one good hit and didn't do a great deal wrong (there was at least one error/penalty), but let's face it, he's not the big beast that we needed to change the game from the bench (at least in our favour!).
I thought McDonnell was pretty good actually.
Croft looked dangerous on several occasions, a shame he didn't punch through to break the game. Miller looked good but a little too erratic at times, but he wasn't the only one. I think Connor was my pick of the spine - just - a bit more controlled from him and the kicking game was crucial.
O'Connor was solid. Re: hooker long-term, what about trying Cam Smith there? Has a Cunningham esque frame, good hands, good work rate - but maybe too slow in other ways? Just a thought.
Smith has the work rate but i think he would be far too slow and cumbersome at the play the ball.I can see Smith at prop the near future.
