NRL 2022 - MATCH THREAD - Round 15

[Graham]

Half Time

EELS 26 - 12 ROOSTERS 

[JohnM]

Thoroughly enjoyable game. Best I've seen for ages. Eels on fire. High count of offloads, more or less all of them have been effective in the charge to the line. 

Edited June 18, 2022 by JohnM

[Farmduck]

48th minute Suaalii try still the only score in the second half as we approach the last 10 minutes

Eels 26 Chooks 16

[Farmduck]

FT:   Parra  26     Sydney Roosters  16

[Graham]

Eels, the Jekyll and Hyde of the competition.

[DavidM]

6 hours ago, Farmduck said:

48th minute Suaalii try still the only score in the second half as we approach the last 10 minutes

Eels 26 Chooks 16

18 years old , he’s a total freak of a player . Frightening what  he may become 

[Anita Bath]

Titans with another scoreless second half. The 6th time this season. Only scored an average of 6 points a game in the second half. No point hanging around for the final whistle and missing your bus down gold coast way!

 

The three wins have been by a total winning margin of 8 points with one coming on the last play of the game and another in golden point time.

 

A truly horrible season down CBUS way, after being one bad pass away from the second round of the play offs last year. How long can Holbrook survive this mess?

 

 

 

 

[Farmduck]

  

SUNDAY JUNE 19

Canberra Raiders vs Newcastle Knights at GIO Stadium, 2.00pm AEDT

Raiders team: 1. Xavier Savage 2. Nick Cotric 3. Matthew Timoko 4. Sebastian Kris 5. Jordan Rapana 23. Matt Frawley 7. Jamal Fogarty 8. Josh Papali’i 9. Zac Woolford 10. Joseph Tapine 11. Hudson Young 12. Elliott Whitehead 13. Adam Elliott

14. Tom Starling 15. Ryan Sutton 17. Corey Horsburgh 19. James Schiller 16. Corey Harawira-Naera 18. Brad Schneider

Players cut:20. Trey Mooney 21. Semi Valemei 22. Adrian Trevilyan

Late Mail: Jack Wighton has been ruled out of the Raiders Rd 15 clash after reportedly contracting Covid. Brad Schneider would likely be call in to replace him.

 

Knights team: 1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Edrick Lee 3. Dane Gagai 4. Enari Tuala 5. Dominic Young 6. Anthony Milford 21. Adam Clune 8. David Klemmer 9. Chris Randall 10. Jacob Saifiti 11. Tyson Frizell 12. Mitchell Barnett 13. Kurt Mann

14. Simi Sasagi 15. Leo Thompson 16. Mathew Croker 17. Pasami Saulo 18. Phoenix Crossland 20. Lachlan Fitzgibbon

Players cut: 7. Jake Clifford 19. Tex Hoy 22. Hymel Hunt

[Farmduck]

10min: Nic Cotric opens the scoring

No goal

Raiders 4 - 0

 

[Farmduck]

17min: Mitch Barnett HIA as Ginger Horseburger crosses but can't ground it,

then on the next play Timoko brushes off Tuala and scores.

Fogarty misses again

Raiders 8 - 0

[Farmduck]

Ponga playing with an upset stomach. Someone said something offensive to his stomach?

He doesn't look well.

Knights kick the restart out on the full

[Farmduck]

Fogarty grubber kick missed by ex-Zavier Savage then knocked on by Timoko in in-goal

Knights dodge a bullet.

[Farmduck]

24min: Savage try.

Ennis keeps telling us he's the ex-Xavier Savage but he won't tell us what his current name is.

Fogarty kicks the goal

Green Machine 14 - 0

[Farmduck]

Dom Young crosses but pass be forrard, yaarrghh!

[Farmduck]

Mitch Barnett passed HIA but now Frizell goes HIA

[Farmduck]

38min: Kurt Mann try close to the posts

Pong goal

Newcastle 6 - 14

[Farmduck]

HT:  Canberra  14  Newcastle  6

[Farmduck]

56min: Whitehead goes to bin for late shot on Pong then Pong puts Matthew Croker over for a try.

It's hard to get used to a Croker playing against the Raiders. They seem to have had a monopoly on Croker production for decades.

Goal to Ponga

Knights 12 - 14

[Farmduck]

Also Frizell failed HIA.

[Farmduck]

65min: Edrick Lee off a Clune run and pass off a Barnett break goes in the corner

I would have considered an 8-point try there. Rapana came in very late after Lee scored. No damage was done

Pong goal from sideline

Knights 18 - 14

 

[Farmduck]

Young tries the big dive into the corner but loses the ball. Possibly re-gripped the ball but it had already touched the corner post.

[Farmduck]

71min: Savage attempts to defuse a 40/20 but then fumbles the ball which is grabbed by Edrick Lee who scores.

10 minutes later, the bunker decides there was a double knock-on in the fumbling.

No Try!

[Farmduck]

78min: Grubber - and-chase try by ... Hudson Young????

scores locked up

Fogarty goal

Raiders 20 - 18

37 seconds left

[Farmduck]

Wow!

 

FT:  Canberra  20  Newcastle  18

[Farmduck]