08 :: R5 Sat :: Dragons 16 Cowboys 20 @ WIN

[griffo346]

good ball hornby come on dragons 20 - 16

 

[Tom Ace]

hmmmm, I might have spoken too soon.

 

[Chook Norris]

hmmmm, I might have spoken too soon.

nope you didn't ;-)

 

[Tom Ace]

Nope.

 

[renouf]

why do they pick this Beau Scott every week, he is an AVERAGE player. He drops the ball 3 or 4 times just about every game

 

[God-King Dean]

In related news, I'm more and more happy that we let go of Soward each game.

And to think I thought Roosters were spastics for letting him go :lol:

 

[Slackboy72]

That was absolute rubbish from all concerned. In particular the ref and video ref.

 

[coolumsharkie]

why do they pick this Beau Scott every week, he is an AVERAGE player. He drops the ball 3 or 4 times just about every game

hahaha

I've heard that before somewhere.

 

[Hutty1986]

Typical Dragons performance: Start sh*t, slight spark near the end of games yet to fall short at the end, time after time. I f*cking give up.

 

[Hutty1986]

Edit: Double post

 

[scottyeel]

f**k I'm sick of watching the video ref stuff up all the time.
That was a good try to Soward and it was bullsh*t to take it off him.

 

[Beavers Headgear]

I hope someone can explain to me at some point how a guy can be obstructed heading to the outside yet be beaten on his inside shoulder. Absolute joke

Wasn't 100% convinced on the legality of that Watts try either, i thought he used the man playing the ball as a block, but commentators didn't agree

 

[gurudave]

From the 10 minutes of the game I actually watched, I witness a video ref giving a dubiously grounded ball a try to St George. I saw the replay of a dead set try not be given. And, I saw a clear strip to all but the blind sent upstairs for a quick check be called a knock on. WTF?

 

[eels_fan_01]

Im glad i made a rule before the year started that i would never tip the Dragons.

I know we arent much better but f**k they are hopeless.

 

[OVP]

This is officially the last time im tipping the Dragons ffs #-o

You watch they'll start winning now lol.

 

[ledzep]

In related news, I'm more and more happy that we let go of Soward each game.

Give him a chance under Bennett and with a proper hooker

 

[Timmah]

MATCH ROUND-UP​

North Queensland
20
TRIES
Johnathan Thurston 18m
Anthony Watts 44m
Justin Smith 57m
GOALS
Johnathan Thurston 4/4​

St George Illawarra
16
TRIES
Jamie Soward 30m
Jason Nightingale 65m
Stuart Webb 70m
GOALS
Jamie Soward 2/3​

CROWD 11,639
HALFTIME Cowboys 8-6
PENALTIES Dragons 10-6
SCRUMS Dragons 7-6​

POSITIVES​

TACKLES STG 324 - NQL 303
Top Tackler: Steve Southern (NQL) 36​

HIT-UPS STG 51 - NQL 57
Most Hit-ups: Poore, Ryles (STG), Webb (NQL) 10​

LINE BREAKS STG 2 - NQL 5
Most Line Breaks: Seven players - 1 line break​

NEGATIVES​

ERRORS STG 12 - NQL 13
Most Errors: Beau Scott (STG) 4​

MISSED TACKLES STG 30 - NQL 40
Most Tackled Missed: Creagh (STG), Henry (NQL) 7​

POSSESSION
STG 50% - NQL 50%​

COMPLETION RATES
STG 73% - 30/41; NQL 74% - 25/34​

TOYOTA CUP RESULT ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 20 NORTH QUEENSLAND 18​

All stats courtesy of NRLStats.com.​

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

why do they pick this Beau Scott every week, he is an AVERAGE player. He drops the ball 3 or 4 times just about every game

wow.

its like a flash back to 2006!

 

[nqboy]

I hope someone can explain to me at some point how a guy can be obstructed heading to the outside yet be beaten on his inside shoulder. Absolute joke

Wasn't 100% convinced on the legality of that Watts try either, i thought he used the man playing the ball as a block, but commentators didn't agree

The gap was only there to begin with because the Cowboys defender was obstructed and was playing catch up from then on. Therefore he had to move faster to close the gap, making it easier to beat on the inside.

By obstructing the defender, the decoy influenced the play and was rightly penalised. It's not hard when you think about it and I congratulate the VR on that one.