I voted for Johnson as MotM as I thought he consistently carried and tackled hard, and provided a leadership presence. But Umaga was also very good, especially some awesome touch finders from penalties. When Sopoanga came on we certainly were going backwards more, but the whole team dropped off after the 4th try and all the subs, so that is not entirely his fault.
I think we need Boj at 12. He provides the perfect, hard-carrying foil to the rest of our more pacey and elusive backs. We need (at least) one sledgehammer amongst the more delicate weapons, and he provides that. But he also distributes well and has been solid in defence. Fekitoa has a tendency to run sideways, but that does lead to breaks, and he took his try really well, so I think we just have to accept that is part of his game. Agree with elsewhere that he is getting more assured game-on-game.
Back 3 had limited opportunities given the conditions, bu I thought all 3 looked life they could make breaks with ball in hand, and will make opposition rue kicking to them. Minozzi somewhat unlucky with the yellow, it was a penalty, but only a yellow due to the whole team accumulating offences.
The starting front row monstered Agen in the scrum, ran them backwards more than once and a useful source of penalties. With that and our new-found prowess in the maul our pack is becoming our strength! I don't think our line out was as poor as others make out, we lost a couple but so did they, its partly the conditions. Flament helps here, being lighter he gets up fast, helping win ball and disrupt their's. He has been quite a find, and looked great when he came on. I just hope Launch is OK.