NRL 2019 - Round 23 - Match Thread

[Farmduck]

Joel Thompson not coming back. I had the sound off so I don't know what the precise diagnosis was - sore arm?

[Farmduck]

Croker takes a penalty from 20m out.  10 - 4

35 minutes left

[Farmduck]

Another penalty. the 17th of the game, nearly all slowing the PTB. Gotta bin someone.

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50min:  Gosiewski takes an intercept 5m out, runs 40 then passes to Garrick who goes the rest qnd scores then Joey Leilua drops the knees into Garrick after he'd scored.

8-POINT TRY!!!!  and he scored behind the posts so both kicks from straight in front.

 

Some question about whether Gosiewski was offside at the original intercept PTB.

 

Manly  12 - 10

[Farmduck]

Now Leilua gives away another penalty for a hit on Dylan Walker off the ball. DUMB!!

[Farmduck]

60min: T-Turbo try?  No he dropped it a couple of inches off the ground.

[Farmduck]

Penalties by Canberra are so stupid. In the first half Tapau played 30 minutes and Fonua Blake played 35. With 2 players not coming back, Manly are short on forwards but every penalty is a rest break for Tapau and Fonua Blake.

[Farmduck]

Now Morgan Boyle goes to HIA so with 17 mins left, Manly down to 1 player on bench for at least 15 mins.

[Farmduck]

68min: Jake Turbo TRY.  Garrick converts.  Manly  18 - 10

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71min: Wighton break bear halfway leads to Croak try. He hits the post and bounces away..

 

Croker  14 - -Manly 18

[Farmduck]

1 minute left: Morgan Boyle returns from HIA then gets 10 in the bin for professional foul.

[Farmduck]

FT:   Manly  18   Canberra  14

[Farmduck]

26 penalties and 19 errors to finish off the Retro Indigenous Women in Fishing Round.  There'll be an awful lot of whining (and a lot of awful whining) to come out of that game.

[Futtocks]

Exciting finish to a messy game.

[Graham]

Ye gods, that was a round that proved very hard to tip/predict.

I suppose this all adds spice to first of all the race to the top eight and then opens up the finals with the Premiership all to play for. I reckon Roosters are strong favourites for Premiers still, especially if they can put in an 80 minute performance.

[Farmduck]

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The NRL have conceded Manly were offside in the lead-up to Reuben Garrick’s match-winning eight-point try during Sunday’s thrilling win over Canberra.

NRL head of football Graham Annesley admitted that Jack Gosiewski jumped off the mark before taking an intercept off Josh Hodgson which led to the Sea Eagles going the length of the field.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/raiders/canberra-raiders-were-robbed-with-clear-offside-in-buildup-to-key-manly-sea-eagles-try-say-nrl/news-story/038fc39232976ca0fe59e411fb829374

[DoubleD]

4 hours ago, Farmduck said:

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/raiders/canberra-raiders-were-robbed-with-clear-offside-in-buildup-to-key-manly-sea-eagles-try-say-nrl/news-story/038fc39232976ca0fe59e411fb829374

Shock horror, another bad and costly mistake by NRL refs/bunker. Was miles offside, even common sense would’ve questioned how he got there so quickly. 

I was also confused about that Morgan Boyle HIA after he’d taken Rapana high. Where did Boyle do his head injury? It seemed a cynical attempt to disrupt the momentum on the back of a quick tap

[Dunbar]

On 25/08/2019 at 08:27, Farmduck said:

Now Leilua gives away another penalty for a hit on Dylan Walker off the ball. DUMB!!

The Raiders are a better team without Joey Leilua. He is talented with ball in hand but his discipline is shocking and this will bite them in the finals.

[Graham]

On 25/08/2019 at 08:23, Farmduck said:

50min:  Gosiewski takes an intercept 5m out, runs 40 then passes to Garrick who goes the rest qnd scores then Joey Leilua drops the knees into Garrick after he'd scored.

8-POINT TRY!!!!  and he scored behind the posts so both kicks from straight in front.

 

Some question about whether Gosiewski was offside at the original intercept PTB.

 

Manly  12 - 10

NRL Head of Football Graham Annesley has conceded Manly's Jack Gosiewski was offside before grabbing the match-turning intercept against Canberra on Sunday.