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'13 | R23 | Sat | Raiders 16-28 Bulldogs | Canberra

Round 23: Raiders v Bulldogs

  • Draw after golden point

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Aragorn

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Apey

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The angle that showed he dropped it was the one which Warren Smith was blurry. No it wasn't. His hand came off behind the ball.

Pretty clear no-try when that angle was shown especially. Won't stop the tears from the usual suspects (and half the tards aren't even Raiders supporters).
 

Dogs Of War

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Dogs aren't playing great, but taking their opportunities. Raiders seem very one dimensional, not sure if they have the cattle to play it a bit more expansive. Maybe getting Milford somehow more involved might be a solution, but it doesn't help with the Wighton injury already affecting their backline.

Be interesting anyhow to see how the Dogs carry themselves in the second half, will they up the tempo, or just believe the game is won and play very conservatively.
 

Mig2006

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Does McCrone purposely try to avoid giving the ball to Papalii? Two runs by him in that half is clearly not enough!!
 

Timmah

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We're taking advantages of our opportunities which we didn't do last week. Canberra aren't.

As for the Williams no try - I was surprised as I didn't think the dropping evidence was strong enough to overturn the on-field call, but I can see where it came from. Tough call on the Raiders, but it's not Canterbury's fault they couldn't defend that set...
 

Iafeta

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Pretty clear no-try when that angle was shown especially. Won't stop the tears from the usual suspects (and half the tards aren't even Raiders supporters).

That's how I saw it (the first part). It didn't even look close to being a try. If I only saw the other angles I'd back the on field referee's call. But that angle was clear cut IMO. The separation between hand and ball was quite substantial.
 

Apey

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That's how I saw it (the first part). It didn't even look close to being a try. If I only saw the other angles I'd back the on field referee's call. But that angle was clear cut IMO. The separation between hand and ball was quite substantial.

Pretty funny how the commentators (do people actually watch the game or just listen to them whinge?) wrote that angle off immediately despite it not being that blurry at all. If that angle was too blurry to base a conclusion off then you're probably the one who has eyesight problems.
 

Iafeta

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That was a very poor call in terms of Ennis not being offside. That said, Canterbury had no advantage from Earl's error so it would have been their ball anyhow.
 

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