![]() ![]() Luki, Feldt and Dearden all crossed again in the second half as North Queensland ran away with the game. Holmes slotted a 45-metre two-point field goal on the stroke of halftime as North Queensland equalled their highest total points score this season in the opening 40 minutes. Needless to say, it’s one of the best positional groups in the NFL as the Raiders are loaded with talented pass catchers. The imposing second-rower hit the sheds with 109-run metres, one line break and five tackle breaks to go with his first try of the season. Holmes, Dearden, Drinkwater and Townsend all had stellar opening halves but the true threat was Luki who provided spark, power and speed to their right edge. With Perham taken a metre before the line, the bunker had no choice but to award a penalty try, tightening the gap to four points with two-and-a-half minutes left.Ī penalty in the final seconds gave Canterbury one more chance, but Rapana, filling in at fullback after Sebastian Kris was subbed off for an HIA, did remarkably well to take Burton's final spiralling effort cleanly to end the match.The ensuing set saw fullback Scott Drinkwater evade three tacklers and hand Jack Gosiewski a try in back-to-back weeks before a break by Townsend gave a flat-footed Luki some space on the right edge and he beat three Dragons players from a standing start for the Cowboys' third try.ĭrinkwater's sleight of hand made it three tries with a man advantage in the 27th minute, reversing inside to Valentine Holmes from a set-play in midfield with the centre lobbing inside to Tom Dearden to dive over untouched. The Raiders should have extended their 10-point lead when a Bulldogs pass hit Jack Wighton in the head and Xavier Savage scooped up the ricochet and went 40 metres to score, but the referee incorrectly ruled it a knock-on by Wighton.įrom the ensuing scrum, Burton broke through and got to within two metres of the tryline before flicking a pass towards Hayze Perham, but the fullback never got the chance to catch the ball, flattened first by Canberra sub Ata Mariota. ![]() In the 63rd minute, Matt Burton uncorked a trademark spiralling bomb that landed squarely in no-man's land, taking a right-angled bounce straight into the arms of winger Jacob Kiraz, who found Averillo back through the middle with a classy offload. ![]() Manly came out with greater intensity in the second half, and they put pressure on the Broncos, but they could not convert that pressure into points. View the Las Vegas Raiders schedule and bye week on. Winger Jesse Arthars added a fourth try before half-time, and the Sea Eagles looked nowhere at the break. The glut of possession for Brisbane kept coming along with mistakes from the Sea Eagles.Ī surge by Kurt Capewell nearly led to a third try on the left, but the Broncos were undeterred and a switch of play saw Adam Reynolds feed Walsh, who sent the ball to Cobbo who darted over in the opposite corner to make it 16-0 after 24 minutes. The Broncos were in again five minutes later, when hooker Billy Walters took a pass and went over to the left of the posts after a strong attack took the home side within five of the tryline. The combination of fullback Reece Walsh and winger Cobbo were devastating in the first half, as Cobbo scored a double to help Brisbane take a 20-0 lead at the main break.Ĭobbo opened the scoring in the ninth minute when he ran onto a Walsh grubber to score wide on the right. In a clash of first vs sixth, the Sea Eagles made things difficult for themselves with a string of handling errors, as they struggled to build momentum. ![]()
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