I was proud of the boys effort on Saturday night losing to the Cowboys in Townsville by 4 points with no Beau Scott [elbow], Ben Creagh [ankle], Jeremy Smith [ankle] and Jarrod Saffy [collapsed lung]. Plus we had Darius Boyd back-up from a Test at Suncorp, Matt Cooper, Jamie Soward, Ben Hornby, Justin Poore and Michael Weyman back-up from the City vs. Country game in Orange.
I said to my Dad when the penalty count was in 8 to 2 in favour to the Dragons, I bet you any money that the referees will make the penalty count even [I think the Cowboys had 5 straight penalties to make it 8-7] - In that run they scored 2 tries. The penalty count end up being 13-9 in favour of the Dragons.
It wasnt a bad effort for the Dragons defended the first 11 of 12 sets of the second half and only let in one try.
As for Thurstons try from a [forward] pass from Tonga, I think Thurston should have scored straight after half-time when he was called for a double movement, I have no idea how they called it a double movement, there was only one place he was able to land and unfortunately for the Dragons it was over the try line. I think those two incidents even themselves out.
But in the end the Cowboys dominated possession with 58% of it and in the end the Cowboys deserved to win the game. Their play the ball was generally quicker and added a lot of pressure in our end.
Ah well, onto Friday night against the #1 Bulldogs at Kogarah! Should be a beauty!