Round 10 Match Threads - Spoilers Likely

[Farmduck]

Pendulum just swung in the Eels favour: Ryan Hoffman knocked out in 3rd minute. Won't be back. They lose an 80-minute player after 3 minutes!!!

[Farmduck]

Shaun Johnson sets up and finishes off a try from halfway then converts it: Johnson 6-0

[Farmduck]

23min: now Leuluai assisted from the field with a knee injury

[Farmduck]

30min: try to Solomone Kata - Warriors 12-0

[Farmduck]

Warriors up 12-0 at HT

 

Parra don't look too bad except for the 20m attacking zone where they've dropped a lot of ball, completing below 50%  If they could hold the ball and spend some time up the pointy end of the ground they could probably score a few.

[Farmduck]

42min: try to Watmough. I thought he was offside at the kick. Conversion missed. Eels 4-12

[Farmduck]

46min: try to Radrada, Kelly misses again. Eels 8-12 (anyone need reminding Sandow kicked 8/8 in NSW Cup?)

[Farmduck]

63min: try to Ryan Morgan, Kelly misses again, 12-12 ffs let Reece Robinson kick!!!

[Farmduck]

75min: Townsend kicks the 1-pter. NZ 13-12

[Farmduck]

79min: Kelly kicks field goal. 13-13

 

draw!! off to Golden Point

[Farmduck]

84min 48sec: try to Bodene Thompson. sent up as TRY but one of the angles looks like it was short. Video Ref: TRY

 

Warriors 17-13

[Farmduck]

Gotta feel sorry for the Eels coach. He drops Sandow, gets a much better performance from the Eels but loses the game because he didn't have Sandow's goal kicking.

[Graham]

My first impressions of that last dramatic bit of that game was that it was a try. That's not always proved to be right though

The video evidence confirmed that it was a try.

That was an exhausting game to watch. Both sides were slugging it out with desperation.

Thought Johnson should have sealed it with his earlier field goal attempt, desperate defence just got a hand on it.

Thrilling for the crowd but in the end disappointing for the home fans who must have thought their teams gut wrenching effort would have seen them win.

[Farmduck]

Yes but it was a huge improvement by the Eels, don't you think? If I was an Eels fan, I wouldn't be completely disheartened.

[Farmduck]

Gold Coast Titans v Cronulla Sharks

 

 

Sharks coming off a last minute loss to the Warriors and Titans coming off a thumping by the Raiders.

[Graham]

Barba looks more confident today. Sharks not ablevto take advantage of lots of possession

[Farmduck]

25min: Titans 6-0

 

This game seems to be at half pace

[Graham]

Thought that Titans' try would never come. Sharks' ill discipline meant they kept giving ground. Ennis throwing the ball at a player's head  was both unnecessary and was instrumental in giving a lot of ground away.

[Graham]

The game lacks bite.

[Farmduck]

The Sharks keep going to the right side without any of the ball runners straightening or, at least, dummying to straighten. By the time Bird gets out to Beale, the defence has slid out and outnumbers the attack. The first time they went right and the ball carriers each took even one step to straighten, Holmes gets a try.

[Farmduck]

Now this game's locked up at 22-22 with a conversion to come and 5 minutes left.

 

Sezer misses goal kick. 22-all with just under 5 to go.

 

Now for Golden Point

[Farmduck]

1min 37 secs into extra time: Valentine Holmes drop goal. Sharks win 23-22

[Graham]

None of us predicted that. We were only just wrong though! 

[Graham]

Second half of Storm Souths game. Storm hold 8 point lead

[Graham]

Souths back in it with a try. 4 point margin.