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Loss: The fact that we were so flat and never in the game, it almost looked like we were spectators in the game instead of playing the game. The fortunate thing is that we know what went wrong, and it’s things that we can fix. It was clearly our set-pieces you can’t function without a proper set-piece. If you look at converting 50 percent of your penalties, and win 50 percent of your lineouts, I’m sure we could’ve won the game still. Positives: The positives for me in the second half was when we kept ball-in-hand, it looked like we created opportunities out wide and we attacked them, and we scored two tries from the way we played and the way we attacked. I just think maybe we need to find out from the players whether they understood the plan 100 percent, because when we stopped kicking the ball and in the second half kept it in hand, we really got in behind them. Right to play Elton: I have no doubt about that. It is easy to say that after the game because he didn’t have a good game. He was mentally fine, and one’s just got to manage this I mean, all the

– new players were nervous. We know that the nail was knocked in very, very low, and we’ve got to raise the bar as the Sharks are very strong. Deon’s throwing: To be honest, it’s not just Deon’s problem, as it wasn’t just the throwing into the lineout. There were a lot of timing issues, late supporting issues, and those are things that we will fix. Bring Joe on earlier: Elton wasn’t striking the ball well, but he was still keen to kick, you understand. You’ve got to do something to get your confidence back, and until you really tried it, then that’s it. Ag, it was just one of those days when he didn’t strike the ball well. Chilliboy try: I haven’t reviewed it, but I have my doubts about that. But we didn’t deserve to win the game, considering our performance. Ashfak Mohamed