Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor can't believe it, but practising scrums will go straight to the top of the to-do list at training this week after their 22-12 defeat to the Knights in the NRL on Sunday evening.
Down by four with only minutes remaining, the Tigers looked to steal victory when halfback Luke Brooks fed a scrum in front of the Newcastle uprights.
However the Knights won the ball against the feed and eventually closed the game out to finally snap a run of five straight defeats and climb back into the top eight.
"The most disappointing part of us losing that scrum when it was our feed, was the way we reacted to that," Taylor said.
"We really dropped our heads, which I suppose is understandable.
"But the game was still there. It's not good enough to lose that scrum.
"That was in our control and we lost it.
"I can't believe in (2015) that we're going to need to practice putting the ball into the scrum at training but it seems like we will."
The Knights led 12-6 at the break after opening the game on a clinical set piece finished off by James McManus.
The visitors responded on Brooks' set up for Dene Halatau, before David Fa'alogo put the hosts back in front when he pounced on a loose ball.
The two sides traded tries early in the second half and then Newcastle debutant Chad Redman sealed the win from close range in the closing stages.
"Chaddy's been in our system at the Knights since he was 15 so he's a guy who has turned up every year, every pre-season, trained hard, trained well and been a real toiler since he's been a kid," skipper Kurt Gidley said after the game.
"So he's been waiting for this chance the past couple of years.
"I know he's trialled in first-grade for the past two-three years and he's kept working at his game and we're all really proud and happy for him.
"To score one at the end was great for him and it's a great start to his career."
The loss drops the Tigers to 12th spot.
There was a scare for NSW second-rower Beau Scott when he copped a hit to his neck in the first half but he recovered to finish the game.
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