The one thing I thought is that we just looked calm. At no point did it seem like anything was out of control and there was panic, it was people doing their jobs and if it went wrong they dusted off and went back to it. It felt less frantic and I didn't spend the game waiting for it all to go pear-shaped despite Chris Beath's best efforts
Personally I'd have started Singh ahead of Rufer once Finkler went down. That was my thought pre-game and hasn't changed since. Not sure how Singh didn't make the bench unless he is also broken.
Seeing how we have played most of pre-season without WeeMac, Dura and Doyle I do wonder if they will just walk straight back in, particularly knowing we lose them again for a period next month.
Despite not being much of a fan of Rufer (from what I've seen), I actually think he deserves quite a decent amount of praise for that performance. I also thought that I would've preferred Singh at the start of the game, but I don't think he would have fared better.
He was given no service by Ridenton, but still managed to turn his marker on at least 3 occasions with very good bits of skill and create good opportunities - with the one that big K got on target the best of them. Also took a wild swing at a shot, but I don't mind that - showed good intent.
I thought it was easily the best performance he has put in for us.
On the flip side, RIdenton was extremely disappointing. He was good tracking back and covering our roving full-backs, but he was so, so poor with his distribution. It was embarrassing at times. Surprsiing, as he has been very solid every time has gotten a chance.