NRL Round 5 match threads - SPOILER ALERT!

[simonwref]

Not a penalty for me. But what a game!

[Farmduck]

18min: Vidot try chalked off for forward pass

 

Refs are maintaining the quickest PTB I've seen this season

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24min: try to the MILF. Broncos 6-0

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27min: Zillman saves a 40-20 but Broncos get the scrum......3 tackles later the Broncos get a very unconvincing try to Mitchell Dodds.  Broncos 12-0

 

 

31min: another try to the MILF off a Jack Reed run off a Titans dropped ball. Broncos 18-0

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35min: Anthony Don crosses for the Coke Dealers after a Broncos dropped ball on their own 20m line. Broncos 18-6

 

 

HT: Broncos 18 Titans 6

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They are saying "lateral" ligament for Adam Reynolds. I guess that's the same as "lateral collateral"

[simonwref]

Co-lateral damage?

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46min: another try to Mitchell Dodds!!!! Broncos up 24-6

 

Co-lateral damage?

Better than posterior damage

[Farmduck]

51st min: Titans score through David Mead. Broncos still in front 24-12

 

The Coast have blown 2 excellent try-scoring chances in the last 5 mins.

[Farmduck]

67min: Ryan James crosses for the Titans after a lucky regather  from a bad pass midfield. Zillman ran 30m then on the next tackle the Coast had 4-on1 and James scored. Broncos still in front 24-16

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74min: Broncos take a penalty attempt from a PTB infringement. Brisbane 26-16

 

FT: Brisbane 26 - Gold Coast 16

[Graham]

Nothing seems to go right for Titans at the moment. Broncos just looked more confident and turned that confidence into points.

[Graham]

I'm guessing (hoping) the ref in the Canterbury/Souths game got that final decision at least technically correct because it was crucial (understatement) and was hard on Dogs who'd basically looked like the better team throughout.

What a bad game for injuries though, even up to the last minute!

[Farmduck]

I thought the ref got it right. This should be in the rule book as an example of "attacking the legs of a kicker."

 

 

 

I'm not sure what to make of the other game. I tipped the Titans to run last this year so the Broncos should have won but if they can lead 24-6 and let the other team back into it, I can imagine what teams like Roosters and Souths could do to them.

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MANLY C-BEAGLES v CANBERRA RAIDERS

 

I don't know why they are playing in Albury, although I did (play in Albury). In 1968 I played my first ever game of RL for Albury Teachers, in some weight division for 13-year-olds. Previous games here, like City-Country and pre-season finals, have failed to draw crowds.

 

I think I tipped the Raiders and I'll stick with that. Sam Williams plays his first NRL game for quite a while. Another U20s star who never quite made the leap to the Big Boys' League. He's replacing Mitch Cornish, another U20s star who never.............

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Steve Matai Out for Beagles

Sisa Waqa In for Raiders

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2min: 18-year-old Tom Trbjevic scores a try on debut with his first touch in NRL

 

Manly 4-0

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11min: Sisa Waqa crosses for the Lime Splices. 4-4

 

14min: Blake Austin try. Raiders up 10-4

 

23min: Jarrad Kennedy scores for the Green Machine. Raiders 16-4

 

I'm glad to see common sense prevail and Canberra playing in the lime green shirts. I'll never understand why anyone needs an away strip when a maroon team plays a lime green team.

 

Then the Raiders lose the ball on the first tackle after the restart. Manly's first try came from a knock-on from a kick 5m out.

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32min: a bizarre sequence leading to a Raiders No-try. Instead it's a penalty to Manly for high tackle. Jamie Buhrer heads to concussion test.

 

1 min later Blake Austin cops a shoulder in the face making a try-saver 2m out from the line. Raiders still up 16-4

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35min: Jordan Rapana scores for the Raiders. Raiders 22-4

 

I'm not sure but this must be close to the Raiders' highest-scoring 40 minutes for a long time.

 

39min: Sam Williams field goal. Raiders 23-4 at HT.

[Bourbon Rat]

Hmm ? Manly seem to be all adrift - Looking at the stats their young winger Tom Trbojevic currently has the most metres gained ?

 

Seen a few games at Albury,(Lavington) - Terrible car park to get into & a nightmare post game.

Beautiful old style place for fans,(especially an old terrace rat like me) & the players seem to enjoy the field.

[Farmduck]

You must live down that way Bourbon. Or you're a VFL fan. I was born in Albury but the Lavington Sports Club didn't exist back then.

 

Nice camera work at HT - they showed the kangaroos out in the carpark.

[Farmduck]

44min: Cheyse Blair held up in goal. Canberra still ahead 23-4

 

51min: Canberra save another try. then Josh Hodgson kicks a 40/20

 

53min: Canberra score through Jarrod Croker off a Sam Williams kick. Manly defenders couldn't decide who should get the ball so no-one did. Raiders 29-4

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60min: Trbjevic score his second: Manly 10  - Canberra 29

 

69min: Cheyse Blair scores off a Foran kick. Manly 16 Canberra 29

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FT: Canberra win 29-16

 

I think only one tipster on our NRL Comp tipped the Raiders.