Ponga’s blunt admission after 10-game run ends in brutal finals lesson as Knights exposed
“They won the field position battle and it just felt like that the whole second half... Shaun won the field position with his kicking and we were starting sets inside our 10 and by the time we were able to get our shape on, we didn’t earn the right.”Newcastle coach Adam O’Brien echoed the sentiment and said his side got what they deserved.
“It’s funny because we didn’t deserve to end like that, but we deserved to end like that,” O’Brien said.“It’s hard at the moment because we’ve set such high standards, so for us to just be ok with that performance given what we’ve done for the last 11 weeks, well that wouldn’t mean progress for the club at all.But Ponga said he was still proud of their season overall, which was on life support heading into Round 18 before their incredible winning run.
“In a week or two I think we’ll look back on the season and be pretty proud, a lot of players have developed so much this year and grown into the player they are,” Ponga said.
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