We were (cant believe I'm saying this) missing one of our starting half backs, too, in Sammut. This is likely impacting set plays. But i agree, i was expecting a bit more structure in attack. It doesnt help our pivots are Powell, Leuluai and Williams and Hardaker...

He's also not lining up our two best players from the last few years - Tomkins and Bateman. They made things happen in spite of Wane's plan.

I think thats unfair on Wane. Its like saying that all top players make things happen despite their coaches plan. Wane was a very good coach, much better than people give him credit for. He may not of coached the most entertaining rugby but it was very effective and his teams were very hard to beat. We will miss him.

The one thing that really stood out for me was that we didn't throw a single long, cut-out pass (that I noticed) all night.

We've had a lot of success over the past few years, especially when Lockers is the one doing the passing, but we didn't seem to even try it on Thursday.

Maybe they felt it was too cold for it, or just didn't fancy it, but it looked to be on all night.

Let's just see what next week brings.

A dropped ball on the second tackle of the game leading to a try from a straight forward missed one on one tackle is not a coaching issue, it’s a player issue. It put us on the back foot from the start and we gave penalties away meaning we were pinned in our half defending too much.
Lam spoke to the players who said they slipped back into their old ways and didn’t do what they trained to do and that’s what’s disappointing for me.
Still only one game so no need to hit the panic button yet. Leeds at home will be a decent test.

True that, Oloughlin was running like a half back.