Does anyone think that Warrington's outside defence looks a touch fragile?. I am not trying to be a killjoy, but, Cas scored a couple of tries by moving the ball out wide quickly, and, only for a couple of interceptions they might have scored a couple more. Warrington are getting there slowly and surely, and I am sure TS will address any defencive problems in the coming weeks leading up to the cup semi final. If we are not on our game then Wigan will turn us over.



Any thoughts?.

I know what you are saying. One of their tries came from a pretty good, 20m left to right miss out pass from a prop, I can sort of forgive that. The place I think we have suffered is early on in the tackle count when the opposition backs are scooting from DH. Hull KR racked up pure yardage on us and for a period, Cas did the same with wingers and centres bumping off the first defender.
Saints and Leeds have the back up players to turn those little half breaks into 6 points.

BTW. Clarke did well to halt one of those breaks by holding onto someones shorts for dear life. I thought they were through for a second.

wigan turn us over never in a million years...hull hull kr and cas all away and that shower(wigan) at home could`nt do it...our defence is fine....any team will concede tries..dont worry mate....we get it right on the day we`ll beat wigan

I also know where your coming from with this, Lee Briers was a hero when he intercepted that pass but if the Cas player had been half awake and threw a dummy then Lee Briers would have been caught in no mans land, our fringe defence has always been poor which isn`t suprising given that Lee Briers defends one of the fringes.

I`m not saying its all his fault because it isn`t but lets face it his defence at times can be of tick and pass standard.

it is fine give them the outside and make them work for their trys. we have tightened up the defence in the middle.

This is a major area of improvement recently, and one of the reasons I didnt't want Bridge moving from 3. We should look to keep certain players in certain positions, especially the 3/4's.

You can pick out incidents of poor defence in every team in every game but for me those tries were quality. That's what makes the game what it is.
One moments lapse of defensive concentration v quality attacking play usually makes a score. Overall though, our defence has improved significantly thanks to Sir Tony and we're winning on the balance of play over 80 minutes.
Small steps make all the difference over the course of a season.

Cas did seem to generate overlaps quite easily considering they were down to 12 men.

...and yet only scored 18 points.

That first try was we conceded against cas wasn't great, i thought we could have recovered but Riley and Grix both decided to run past Dixon. Again for the Evans try Riley may have come in too early and left room to score in the corner. Personally I am not sure whether he did the right thing or not as I suppose if he stuck to his man and left a huge gap perhaps he would have people on his back anyway. Great season so far from Riley anyway.

I thought Lee Briers defence was excellent against Cas.....Certainly as good as anyone elses on the field I think he has improved this area of his game.....

outside d'fence and d'gate need sorting