2019 Rd 12 V Bulldogs: Game Day

[Wiki Special]

Is Sia injured or just a bad night?

Probably just a bad night but he would put his hand up to play even if he was busted.

[Goldcoast Raider]

I really like starlings effort in defence

[Lucky]

We won, but i'm still not happy... although we have established that Bateman and Klockstad are BEASTS!
Feel real sorry for dogs fans, rough times ahead for them.

[Goldcoast Raider]

He hit everything under the ribs that ran at him and I wish Ricky would put him on earlier

[Roger Kenworthy]

I love how Croker is having a dog of a season yet the priority on here seems to be to move on Rapana. The GH is like another world.

What about people talking about tough decisions to be made about Beej when he is obviously a better player than Croker

BJ was looking like our most dynamic back this year, his defence had taken a leap. We'd be mad not to stick with him given he's hitting his prime.

[Rickmando]

The dogs made a lot of ground using their backline but the raiders didn't use theirs at all. Ricky has to get up in the box so he can see what is unfolding below. Very unprofessional from Ricky to cling to his childish conviction that being on the sideline gives him a better feel for the game. All in all a crap game but at least a win :-0

Spot on GT.

Might also be handy for Rick to be able to see Croker constantly rushing up and tackling air on the left edge too

[edwahu]

Is Sia injured or just a bad night?

Just an off night I think

[Rickmando]

Is Sia injured or just a bad night?

Probably just a bad night but he would put his hand up to play even if he was busted.

To give him some credit - he was flying off the line in defence, on a number of occasions he made the bulldogs change course/take an easy tackle just to avoid him

[Azza]

Very valuable win. Still worried about the game next week though, I suspect given we are playing on the Friday we may still be fairly under strength.

[Rickmando]

He hit everything under the ribs that ran at him and I wish Ricky would put him on earlier

Should have been on as soon as we got it to 10-0. Dogs were looking tired at that point.

Stick actually brought him on for his first look at FG just as the Dogs were at their peak, rolling right through us! Starling acquitted himself well - but was done no favours by the coach with the timing

[edwahu]

Young may just cop a fine for the gouge if the media don't blow it up. It looked more an old fashioned facial than a gouge. The McGuire one was worse imo.

[BJ]

Sezer was passable, but Williams was once again poor. Some of Sams passes were very inaccurate and lucky to be caught by our players.

[MrMilk]

Sezer was passable, but Williams was once again poor. Some of Sams passes were very inaccurate and lucky to be caught by our players.

Yeah, Hudson's drop in the first half and Sia's at the start of second half were both due to Sammy passing behind them

[FROG]

I agree. It wasn't an eye gouge. I'd be disappointed if he got suspended.

Just coming on here to recognise CNKs performance. What a find this kid is!!

[raiderskater]

It was silly, but no more than what Burgess himself does every week.

[raiderskater]

Oh my god Starling is so so so so so tiny hahaha

[BJ]

Oh my god Starling is so so so so so tiny hahaha

I thought Starling’s passes from dummy half were schoolboy level. Very wobbly and lacking crispness.

[-TW-]

Reminded me a lot of Clydesdale

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[gerg]

Oh my god Starling is so so so so so tiny hahaha

I thought Starling’s passes from dummy half were schoolboy level. Very wobbly and lacking crispness.

Clearly very nervous to begin with. Slow motion - probably didn't want to make an error - but I thought he improved a little after a few sets.
Havili is such a good backup 9. He's better than some sides starting hooker.

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[greeneyed]

John Bateman's back to break Canberra Raiders' losing streak with win over Canterbury Bulldogs



"If I go crazy, then will you still call me Superman?" Damn straight John Bateman, damn straight. Superman, I mean Bateman, answered the Raiders' SOS to fly out of an English telephone box and inspire the Green Machine to a nail-biting 12-10 win against the Canterbury Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.

CANBERRA RAIDERS 12 (Sebastian Kris, John Bateman tries; Jarrod Croker 2 goals) bt CANTERBURY BULLDOGS 10 (Jack Cogger, Marcelo Montoya tries; Rhyse Martin goal) at ANZ Stadium. Crowd: 7213.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has more than just half a headache

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has to decide which half will accompany five-eighth Jack Wighton when he returns from State of Origin. Both incumbent Sam Williams and Aidan Sezer put their hands up in different ways.

Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239

English recruits targeted to bring winning culture to Raiders

Canberra coach Ricky Stuart has revealed that the club recruited English stars John Bateman, Elliott Whitehead, Josh Hodgson and Ryan Sutton to create a winning culture at the Raiders.

“Having the Englishmen has been wonderful for the club and their experience has been very valuable now for the younger guys learning how to play first grade that we have got – the four or five kids who haven’t yet got double figures of first grade games,” Stuart said.

Read more: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/01/eng ... o-raiders/

Pay adamant things will turn for 'devastated' Dogs: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/01/pay ... ated-dogs/





Match report: Bateman back with a bang as Raiders scrape past Bulldogs: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/01/bat ... -bulldogs/

Match Highlights: Bulldogs v Raiders: https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/06/01/mat ... v-raiders/

Team song: http://ow.ly/raQG50uunKK

https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2019/06 ... -bulldogs/

[BJ]

Horsburgh and Lui might not produce the occasional highlight reel Moments of Boyd and Paulo, but how much better is their consistent effort and how much more bang for buck do we get from these two.

[magoo]

It was silly, but no more than what Burgess himself does every week.

Burgess said on Fox that young did it to him when we played them 2 weeks ago.

[Northern Raider]

Really happy to get away with that game. Missing 6 of our best players it was always going to be a risky match for us. Good job getting the 2 points even though it wasn't our slickest performance.

[zim]

Oh my god Starling is so so so so so tiny hahaha

I thought Starling’s passes from dummy half were schoolboy level. Very wobbly and lacking crispness.

His left to right was just terrible. The right to left is better but he's looked crisper at Mounties.

[cat]

Wow. You guys weren't kidding. Starling is tiny.

NOOOOOO!

Well he isn't called starling for nothing

He is no emu

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[cat]

Trips are a fine these days, are facial/ " eye gouges" the same?

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[Danaman137]

I’d like to give a wrap to Seb Kris defensively. Really held his own tonight and was tough and bruising in defence. Foran was threatening down that side all night but Kris stayed solid, was really impressed with the young bloke. Will be good depth moving forward. Still plenty of development to go but good signs.


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[Hazza]

People saying it was ugly, untidy etc. **** DO YOU EXPECT? hahaa we got half our side ****. Just had to win that come what may. Couldn't have given a toss how we did it. Very very important win. If we make the 8 that 1 could be the difference.

[Hazza]

Dean Pay needs the sack they are putrid

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Pretty ordinary roster though, Hasler decimated that club.

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It is but Pay makes stupid decisions week in week out. Why Rhyse Martin is getting 30 odd mins s game is beyond me. And dropping CHN was baffling, he's been their best forward this year.

[-PJ-]

Well..that win was needed !!

CHK..I want yr babies !
Redhorse..I'm sending you $20 to fix the hair.

Both of you were outstanding !!!

[RedRaider]

I didn't get to see the match but very happy with 2 competition points. Injury and Rep depleted it was a real test of our depth. We have 2 more matches during the Origin period to also try to secure the competition points. I don't care if the match is ugly, the team need the competition points and we got them. Well done Raiders.

[LastRaider]

Sezer was passable, but Williams was once again poor. Some of Sams passes were very inaccurate and lucky to be caught by our players.

Your being generous with Sezer. I thought they were both poor. Not only do they lack execution they lack feel for the game. We need to move both on ASAP, I now class them as passengers in the team


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[Elcaptcroker]

I’d like to give a wrap to Seb Kris defensively. Really held his own tonight and was tough and bruising in defence. Foran was threatening down that side all night but Kris stayed solid, was really impressed with the young bloke. Will be good depth moving forward. Still plenty of development to go but good signs.


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He was good in the first galf but got found out way to often in the second half everytimr thry went down that side either looked like they would score, make massive metres, lead to a try or score a try.

Hes good for what he is 4th string depth


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[Kryptonite]

It was silly, but no more than what Burgess himself does every week.

Old school Paul Sironen style orange squeeze facial, nothing to see here, let’s move on!

[Billy Walker]

It was silly, but no more than what Burgess himself does every week.

Burgess said on Fox that young did it to him when we played them 2 weeks ago.

I didn’t think players gave each other up like that. Those comments can’t help his case. Geez he clearly upset Burgess when he took him on. Good on him! I’m sick of hearing about Hors’ breathing techniques to calm him down - I say wind them up and let them go. Sure it’s inevitable that between Young, Hors and Bateman someone will cop a week or two suspension at some point but let them off the leash and everyone will hate playing the raiders!