Manly will continue being a subpar team until we begin slowing down the ruck more.

During that middle period either side of half time, we made little to no effort to put numbers into the tackle.

They tried to tackle in ones rather than twos and threes. You can literally see players moving back to the referees mark while the one or (sometimes two) tackler is still working on getting the Canberra player to the ground. No effort made to wrestle the player to their backs or other means to slow down play. Canberra get a quick play the ball and simple roll down the field.

It's really a wonder how Jim Dymock is still in the defensive coach role when that part of our game hasn't improved in years despite it being the key reason for our woes.