First up, very disappointed with the Raiders performance, thought they should have won it.
What is with Raiders players holding on to the ball when a simple pass will bring a try? Two or three times last week and again tonight with Bulgarelli. They need to stop being selfish and realise when someone is in a better position than they are.
Good performance by Penrith though, they deserved to win.
One thing, just read the AAP report of the match and I swear whoever wrote it didn't watch it.
AAP said:
Canberra responded in spectacular fashion in the 61st minute when winger Michael Robertson intercepted a pass from Penrith centre Luke Lewis and ran 30 metres to score
That's funny, I thought Luke Lewis dropped the pass and Robertson picked up the loose ball. Silly me.
AAP said:
To add to Canberra's woes, skipper Simon Woolford was placed on report for a high tackle on Panthers prop Joel Clinton.
The front rower was helped from the field in the 16th minute and failed to return.
Hmm, well in that case the Panthers have put an unregistered player in the number 8 when he came on late in the game! I reckon that guy would win a Joel Clinton look-alike contest though, striking resemblance.
Honestly, I would have expected a bit more professionalism from AAP. The same report appears on the NRL website, so it's obvious the NRL don't do any fact-checking of the articles they receive, they just post them up.