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Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith believes his troops aren’t too far away from competing with the top NRL sides after their 52-14 loss to the Sea Eagles on Sunday afternoon.
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Speaking after the match, Smith conceded the Sea Eagles were too good on the day, but felt his men are still improving.
“I thought the game was kind of strange for us,” Smith said. I thought we were great physically in the early part of the game. We put some great hits on, but unfortunately some poor communication meant we just couldn’t stay with them.
“We looked good at times out there, I thought there were some promising aspects today, our problem was that we couldn’t maintain it.
“I wouldn’t mind another crack at them in a few weeks. We are an ever improving side, there’s a gap at the moment, but it’s definitely closing.”
One man who certainly impressed the Roosters coach was interchange Mose Masoe, who caused constant headaches for the Sea Eagles defence with his powerful running.
“Mosse’s run of the kick-off was sensational. I haven’t seen someone open up a defence of Manly’s standard like that in a long time.
“It was a high quality play from a high quality player. However, as is the story with us, in the same play Mose lost the ball. There was no doubt it was good work by Watmough, but still, we need to learn to take advantage of situations like that.”
Smith also gave high accolades to his opposition, saying that the Sea Eagles performance was amongst the best he’s seen this season.
“Manly were exceptional today, I didn’t think we were too bad, they just played great football, their execution was excellent - that’s where we need to be.”
Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith believes his troops aren’t too far away from competing with the top NRL sides after their 52-14 loss to the Sea Eagles on Sunday afternoon.
Click here for a full Match Report.
Speaking after the match, Smith conceded the Sea Eagles were too good on the day, but felt his men are still improving.
“I thought the game was kind of strange for us,” Smith said. I thought we were great physically in the early part of the game. We put some great hits on, but unfortunately some poor communication meant we just couldn’t stay with them.
“We looked good at times out there, I thought there were some promising aspects today, our problem was that we couldn’t maintain it.
“I wouldn’t mind another crack at them in a few weeks. We are an ever improving side, there’s a gap at the moment, but it’s definitely closing.”
One man who certainly impressed the Roosters coach was interchange Mose Masoe, who caused constant headaches for the Sea Eagles defence with his powerful running.
“Mosse’s run of the kick-off was sensational. I haven’t seen someone open up a defence of Manly’s standard like that in a long time.
“It was a high quality play from a high quality player. However, as is the story with us, in the same play Mose lost the ball. There was no doubt it was good work by Watmough, but still, we need to learn to take advantage of situations like that.”
Smith also gave high accolades to his opposition, saying that the Sea Eagles performance was amongst the best he’s seen this season.
“Manly were exceptional today, I didn’t think we were too bad, they just played great football, their execution was excellent - that’s where we need to be.”
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