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One thing that we massively improved was acknowledging that we wouldn't necessarily mark everything going forward and actually having a spare set up at the front of the contest.  In week 23 we got absolutely slaughtered by Melbourne doing the same, but when we were playing our best and putting real pressure on Melbourne it's because we were targeting those spillages to the front.

Also Fullarton frustratingly short steps to a contest even when not working through contact.  He might not stop the mark, but there were several times where he could have at least brought the Melbourne player down fairly in a contest if he'd been more willing to commit to contesting.