Whilst we did not end up with a win against the Roosters in round 1, there were plenty of signs that we developing as a team and will continue to improve with some more hard work at training. I keep saying that we are heading in the right direction and this was another example, however it was disappointing not to win the game. Our preparation was improved with a much better final training session and pre-game warm-up. The boys also had a couple of guests at the Thursday night training session, when Les Davidson and Ian Roberts attended to present the team with the playing jumpers. They offered some advice to all which was very well received and very much appreciated. To have two legends of the club take the time to come and meet us and encourage us to continue to improve and train hard was fantastic. I was very happy with our effort and commitment; it was our own errors that again took a lot of energy out of us. We are yet to reach our peak fitness level, as a result of fatigue we are coming up with vital errors at vital times that are testing us all at the moment. We put ourselves in a position to win but a lack of composure and concentration proved costly. After getting a nice lead we let the roosters back into the game, this is something we have to learn from and this experience might help us with that. Our goal line defence was a big improvement on the weekend and all of us took some encouragement from this. However we were not so good with the ball, completing only 16 of 32 sets. This equated to 70 lost plays, or 70 tackles that they never had to make. These errors forced us to defend more than we should, and gave the roosters the opportunity to keep attacking instead of defending. Errors on tackle 1 and 2 were very costly. The 14 points for the roosters could have been more if not for some great try line tackles by BJ Nathan. He was also very solid under the high ball and kept trying in attack. Aaron Hammett continued to work hard even though he was extremely tired at times. Chris Sandow showed some more signs of what an exciting player he can be, winning a few fans on the days. If we can retain an even share of possession, we will see what talents others in the team have, but this was affected by our field position due to errors. The players felt the effects of the new 10 interchange rule, which restricted game time for some, John Joseph being an example. It will take a couple of weeks to get used to with more importance placed on the front rowers playing more time. We were forced to make early changes due to fatigue, and we hopefully we can overcome this sooner rather than later. Hope to see all the members at ANZ Stadium early on Friday.