2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
You do have to wonder what Simonsson is offering atm. With Croker coming back, his position has to be under the microscope.
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Not in the regular season but come the finals, we're going to need to be able to score 4 tries fairly reliably. That's the challenge ahead of this teamLastRaider wrote: ↑March 21, 2021, 7:11 pmYes, you need to be able to score at least 18 points a gameRaider of d Lost Ark wrote:Defence wins compsLastRaider wrote:It’s obvious that no work was done on the attack again in the off season.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
12-10.
We're on the right side of the scoreboard.
End of the year we see two points banked.
That's what's important.
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We're on the right side of the scoreboard.
End of the year we see two points banked.
That's what's important.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Anyone else thinking Croker in for Simonsson?Raider47 wrote:You do have to wonder what Simonsson is offering atm. With Croker coming back, his position has to be under the microscope.
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Not keen to pin a close WIN on anyone.
The outside backs did well bringing the ball back in the first half.
Lots of errors from many players in the 2nd half.
Rain brought us to Cronulla's level.
They thrive on this kind of game.
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The outside backs did well bringing the ball back in the first half.
Lots of errors from many players in the 2nd half.
Rain brought us to Cronulla's level.
They thrive on this kind of game.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
No reallyRaider of d Lost Ark wrote:Anyone else thinking Croker in for Simonsson?Raider47 wrote:You do have to wonder what Simonsson is offering atm. With Croker coming back, his position has to be under the microscope.
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Yep, let's take the two points, walk away and never speak of this game again.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Helped that Chad missed all those kicks.
One should have been kicked.
The other two you'd expect good kickers to get them.
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One should have been kicked.
The other two you'd expect good kickers to get them.
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Good thing Townsend doesn’t fall into that catagoryHorace Dove-Edwin wrote:Helped that Chad missed all those kicks.
One should have been kicked.
The other two you'd expect good kickers to get them.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Spot on. It’s really what has let us down the last 2 yearsBotman wrote:Not in the regular season but come the finals, we're going to need to be able to score 4 tries fairly reliably. That's the challenge ahead of this teamLastRaider wrote: ↑March 21, 2021, 7:11 pmYes, you need to be able to score at least 18 points a gameRaider of d Lost Ark wrote:Defence wins compsLastRaider wrote:It’s obvious that no work was done on the attack again in the off season.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Lots of dropped ball in the second half.
That's what brought Sharks into it.
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Lui only 1 stint again.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
A "win" like this should smarten us up.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Glad that is over ........
One day the Raiders and the Cats win the same year and make my head explode!!
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He's not having much of an effect in that stint either. Distinctly below our other middles
CHN has to come straight in IMO
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Frustrating to watch on a bludger of a day. Then I flicked across to the NRL Website to check the ladder and as bad as the last 40 minutes were I found us sitting undefeated in 3rd spot. Life is not bad.
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I’d take hors on trial form.afgtnk wrote:He's not having much of an effect in that stint either. Distinctly below our other middles
CHN has to come straight in IMO
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Guler evenDanaman137 wrote:I’d take hors on trial form.afgtnk wrote:He's not having much of an effect in that stint either. Distinctly below our other middles
CHN has to come straight in IMO
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Oh I remember those horrible days :-(
It's a simple game; tackle, back-up, pass, hold the ball! What did I say? "Hold the bloody ball!!"
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Had all the territory and possession in the first half so no excuse for the 2nd half
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That's all well and good but neither Guler or Hors give us the balance of an edge which is sorely needed. We're too middle heavy. If Croker comes in and Kris fills that role on the bench sure. But we do need an edge capable player on the benchDanaman137 wrote: ↑March 21, 2021, 7:23 pmGuler evenDanaman137 wrote:I’d take hors on trial form.afgtnk wrote:He's not having much of an effect in that stint either. Distinctly below our other middles
CHN has to come straight in IMO
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So sick of the crash balls
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Guler and Horse in reserve grade. Hard keeping those guys back if Lui isn't contributing. CHN will replace Havili I reckon.Danaman137 wrote: ↑March 21, 2021, 7:23 pmGuler evenDanaman137 wrote:I’d take hors on trial form.afgtnk wrote:He's not having much of an effect in that stint either. Distinctly below our other middles
CHN has to come straight in IMO
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
It was a win and a good first half. Pretty rubbish 2nd half. But not so long ago we would have found a way to lose that game. Move on, get better.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Scrappy performance but a win is a win.
Forwards won the game and the spine was very quiet. Two games where we haven't played as well as we could and two wins isn't a bad sign for all that, but improvements really needed.
Take the points and look to improve next week.
Forwards won the game and the spine was very quiet. Two games where we haven't played as well as we could and two wins isn't a bad sign for all that, but improvements really needed.
Take the points and look to improve next week.
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After the fact, I don't think it improved.GreenMachine wrote: ↑March 21, 2021, 2:54 pm I thought our kicking game in round 1 was poor.
Looking for improvement today.
I think GWilly wa actually fantastic in r1 and don't know what more he could have done r1.
R2 we were poor among all 3 kickers.
I actually hate when Hodgo kicks medium/long- he has basic technique flaw where his hands swing the ball across his body instead of setting it still/in line and it's why he slices or floats it high in 2 out of 3 long kicks. He's never corrected it.
That's an aside as neither GWilly or Wighton were on the mark in the wet today, where it really counts.
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I thought Lui did the job he was asked to do in his 20 minute stint. No errors, be strong in defence, slowed down the ruck, don’t give away penalties and take some hit ups. That’s his role.
But there’s certainly people knocking on the door. Interesting if we will start rotating some of our forwards, thought our forwards other than Tapine all looked slow in that 25. But that’s on key errors by our backs. Wighton had a particularly poor game.
But there’s certainly people knocking on the door. Interesting if we will start rotating some of our forwards, thought our forwards other than Tapine all looked slow in that 25. But that’s on key errors by our backs. Wighton had a particularly poor game.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
That's the thing. We had that game entirely under control to the 44 minute mark and then imploded for the next 25 odd minutes.
44th minute Wighton knocks on.
47th minute Wighton knocks on (1st tackle).
49th minute Wighton bad pass, Rapana tackled into touch (3rd tackle).
51st minute CNK drops uncontested bomb.
55th minute Cronulla score after 2 repeat sets.
58th minute Rapana knocks the ball out of Whitehead's hands (2nd tackle).
63rd minute Simonsson knocks on (2nd tackle).
64th minute Rudolf pulls a cheap penalty from Young. Townsend actually kicks the goal.
67th minute Young gives away a penalty after the restart (4th tackle).
69th minute Hodgson finds touch 25m out on the 3rd tackle.
72nd minute things blow up and Scott gives away a penalty
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Yeah that's going to be a problem for any team.Seiffert82 wrote: ↑March 21, 2021, 7:44 pmThat's the thing. We had that game entirely under control to the 44 minute mark and then imploded for the next 25 odd minutes.
44th minute Wighton knocks on.
47th minute Wighton knocks on (1st tackle).
49th minute Wighton bad pass, Rapana tackled into touch (3rd tackle).
51st minute CNK drops uncontested bomb.
55th minute Cronulla score after 2 repeat sets.
58th minute Rapana knocks the ball out of Whitehead's hands (2nd tackle).
63rd minute Simonsson knocks on (2nd tackle).
64th minute Rudolf pulls a cheap penalty from Young. Townsend actually kicks the goal.
67th minute Young gives away a penalty after the restart (4th tackle).
69th minute Hodgson finds touch 25m out on the 3rd tackle.
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
I’m not understanding the Lui or Havilli selections at the moment.
Starling and you would think Guler would be better options.
Our spine was clueless today... it was like nobody wanted to lead.
Happy for James... he’s had another great game...I thought SIA and Sutton were great too...
I guess this is the closest to feeling like you lost without actually losing...
Starling and you would think Guler would be better options.
Our spine was clueless today... it was like nobody wanted to lead.
Happy for James... he’s had another great game...I thought SIA and Sutton were great too...
I guess this is the closest to feeling like you lost without actually losing...
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
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PRESS CONFERENCES: https://www.nrl.com/tv/matches/telstra- ... nd-2-2021/
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John Morris press conference: https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2021/03/ ... e-round-2/
TEAM SONG: Raiders v Sharks: https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2021/03 ... -v-sharks/
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CANBERRA RAIDERS 12 (Sebastian Kris, Hudson Young tries; George Williams 2 goals) defeated CRONULLA SHARKS 10 (William Kennedy, Josh Dugan tries; Chad Townsend goal) at Kogarah Park. Referee: Chris Sutton. Crowd: 3145.
Read more: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/ ... /?cs=14239
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The Canberra Raiders were almost perfect in the first 40 minutes against Cronulla on Sunday night, completing at roughly 90 per cent and taking a deserved 12-0 lead into the break. Cronulla turned the match on a superb piece of play when Chad Townsend grubbered through for the impressive William Kennedy.
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Canberra Raiders claim scrappy win in the wet: https://www.raiders.com.au/news/2021/03 ... n-the-wet/
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Re: 2021 Rd 2 V Sharks: Game Day
Yeah, not really a problem with our middles. Ball security and a lack of discipline got us in the end.
We went away from basics after Wighton imploded early in the 2nd half.
We went away from basics after Wighton imploded early in the 2nd half.
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I just watched the game delayed as live. Haven’t read anything and I think I’ll avoid it.
Guler needs to play in place of Soliola or Sutton. An edge needs to be on the bench.
I won’t pay the boot in anywhere. But I think this team/squad is strong enough to **** it into the top 4 despite that game. I’m deeply concerned about George Williams though. Outside of his good short kicking and defense I have nothing but concern.
Guler needs to play in place of Soliola or Sutton. An edge needs to be on the bench.
I won’t pay the boot in anywhere. But I think this team/squad is strong enough to **** it into the top 4 despite that game. I’m deeply concerned about George Williams though. Outside of his good short kicking and defense I have nothing but concern.
well, I guess you could say that I'm buy curious.