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'10 TRIALS :: February 27

Big Pete

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Brisbane Broncos 30 (Lockyer, Kemp, Thaiday, Winterstein, Hunt, Michaels. Parker 3/6) defeated Redcliffe Dolphins 20 (Rivett 2, Cullen, Roberts. Cullen 2/4)
 
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Souths goal line defence in that game was horrendous. It seemed like all the Dragons had to do was spin the ball wide.

Sutton looked good for the bunnies, as did Gedes & Stuart. Sandow had a lot of poor touches. Burgess & Taylor were quiet. I'm not sure if the forward pack the Bunnies went with today was the right balance. Burgess, Taylor, Stuart, Asotasi, Pettibourne & Taylor is too big of a pack. I'd be playing Taylor off the bench and slotting Crocker in when he's fit.
 
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Souths goal line defence in that game was horrendous. It seemed like all the Dragons had to do was spin the ball wide.

Sutton looked good for the bunnies, as did Gedes & Stuart. Sandow had a lot of poor touches. Burgess & Taylor were quiet, but I'm sure they'll get into the swing of things. I'm not sure if the forward pack the Bunnies went with today was the right balance. Burgess, Taylor, Stuart, Asotasi, Pettibourne & Taylor is too big of a pack. I'd be playing Taylor off the bench and slotting Crocker in when he's fit.

For the Dragons Soward was busy as ever. Creagh looked good and Morris did his usual work.

An enjoyable start to the footy season. Cannot wait for 2 weeks time.
 
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Canterbury coach Kevin Moore was a relieved man in more ways than one after his side's rugged 22-12 NRL trial win against a gallant Canberra in Dubbo on Saturday night.

In front of a crowd in excess of 8,000 people at Apex Oval, the Bulldogs stretched their way out to a 22-0 lead with just under half an hour to go but ground out the win after conceding two late tries.

Hooker Michael Ennis was the spark for the Bulldogs, constantly threatening out of dummy-half while out wide Josh Morris looked threatening whenever he got the ball and crossed for a spectacular try off a deflected bomb.

The Bulldogs escaped almost injury free from the tough contest, with winger Bryson Goodwin (toe) the only concern.

Goodwin limped off the field halfway through the first half and never returned, however Moore believes the flyer will be fine for round one.

"He's got a bit of a toe injury and there's the possibility of a fracture there so we will just get it checked out tomorrow and see how he is," Moore said.

"We had a couple of blokes get injured last week so the last thing we wanted was another couple of injuries tonight and, Bryson aside, we got through.

"I thought it was pretty impressive tonight.

"We led 22-0 with about 15 minutes to go and then we took Noddy and Mick Ennis off so things got a bit scrappy."

In the Raiders room, there is concern over a knee injury to representative forward Tom Learoyd-Lahrs, who came off after twisting in a Ben Hannant tackle.

Learoyd-Lahrs is expected to miss the opening couple of rounds of the NRL season however an MRI scan in coming days will reveal the full extent of the injury.

"Thankfully it doesn't seem to serious," Learoyd-Lahrs said.

"I'll get it checked out when we get home and see but it's not the ideal way to start the season."

Raiders coach David Furner praised his side's aggression and admitted costly mistakes close to the Bulldogs line were to blame for the result.

"We should have done a lot more given the opportunities we had, Furner said.

"But we have a fortnight to work on that and we showed some good signs out there late in the match.

"It was an improvement from last week against Brisbane and we will keep working to improve before round one."
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beave

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Fulltime:

Cowboys 22 (O'Donnell, Bani, Williams, ? tries) def Titans 4 (Gordon try)


This is from the Stampede site, nothing official but it's generally reliable.
 
beave

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Fulltime:

Cowboys 22 (O'Donnell, Bani, Williams, ? tries) def Titans 4 (Gordon try)


This is from the Stampede site, nothing official but it's generally reliable.
 
Timmah

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NEW ZEALAND 16-16 MANLY-WARRINGAH
North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Crowd: 17,362


WESTS 36-12 CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND
SYDNEY 40-14 PARRAMATTA
Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium, Gosford
Crowd: 18,511 (double header)


PENRITH 41-16 NEWCASTLE
Port Macquarie Regional Stadium
Crowd: 6,423


BRISBANE 30-20 REDCLIFFE
Dolphin Oval, Redcliffe
Crowd: TBC


NORTH QUEENSLAND 22-4 GOLD COAST
Richardson Park, Darwin
Crowd: 9,879


CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN 22-12 CANBERRA
APEX Oval, Dubbo
Crowd: 8,050


SOUTH SYDNEY 26-26 ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA - Charity Shield
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park
Crowd: 27,221


Given it was a trial weekend, some f**king fantastic crowds.

The Gosford crowd, while it was for four teams, is proof positive that the region is a league, not soccer one.
 
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