SCOREBOARD NRL — Round 22 ROOSTERS 26 (M Pearce 3 J Leilua tries B Anasta 5 goals) d ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA 10 (B Creagh M Injured Parker calls Prior tries B Hornby goal) at Allianz Stadium. Referees: Matt Cecchin, Gavin Morris. Crowd: 12,528. MELBOURNE 46 (C Cronk 2 J O’Neill 2 S Waqa 2 J Bromwich S Manu tries C Smith 7 goals) d PENRITH 6 (M Robinson try L Walsh goal) at AAMI Park. on Broncos to lift Referees: Adam Devcich, Ashley Klein. Crowd: 9223. BULLDOGS 26 (J Wright 2 J RAIDERS V BRONCOS Raiders at Can- ‘‘I’ll have scans and see secret to winning an NRL making the NRL finals by Reynolds J Romelo tries K Inu 5 By STEVE RICKETTS and berra Stadium, how it goes. game at home — pretend it is moving into 11th place, equal goals) d NEWCASTLE 10 (A SHARON MATHIESON with Parker ‘‘It’s a tough run home and an away game. on 22 points with the eighth- Uate 2 tries T Roberts goal) at leaving the we have a few wounded The Raiders packed their placed Gold Coast, Newcas- Hunter Stadium. Referees: Jason Robinson, Brett Suttor. TEST forward Corey Parker ground with his soldiers. We’ve got five bags on Saturday afternoon tle, and St Crowd: 29,482. put aside the pain of a poss- left arm in a weeks to do it. The only way and headed across the border George Illawarra. MANLY 8 (K Foran try J Lyon 2 ible season-ending shoulder Corey Parker sling. we will get through this is to- to set up camp at a hotel at skipper David goals) d NORTH 6 injury to implore his The defeat relegated the gether and stick tight. We’ve Eagle Hawk in NSW. Shillington said given his (K Linnett try J Thurston goal) Broncos teammates stick Broncos to seventh place on been there before. After a night of team bond- team’s poor performance at at Dairy Farmers Stadium. tight on a perilous road to the the table with four rounds to ‘‘I remember in 2006 we ing, they piled on to the bus home this season, they were Referees: Shayne Hayne, NRL finals. go. lost five in a row and won the yesterday to make the happy to treat yesterday’s Gerard Sutton. Crowd: 14,401. Parker and Kiwi internat- It was ’s fifth loss premiership. The good thing 25-minute trip back to the match as an away game. CRONULLA 45 (T Carney 2 A ional Alex Glenn (hamstring from its past seven games. about this group is that it national capital to play Bris- ‘‘Sometimes it’s just a men- Fifita 2 J Williams 2 J Robson tear) joined the long list of ‘‘I had the shoulder strap- runs deep when you’re in bane. tal thing,’’ he said. ‘‘You go tries T Carney 8 goals T Carney field goal) d WARRIORS 4 (B Broncos wounded after yes- ped and played on but it’s no this position.’’ It worked, the Raiders away, you’re in that football- Tupou try) at Mt Smart terday’s 28-12 loss to the good,’’ Parker said. Canberra finally found the keeping alive their hope of prepared frame of mind.’’ Stadium. Referees: Tony Archer, Alan Shortall. Crowd: 13,812. RAIDERS 28 (J Dugan 2 J Croker S Fensom T Waddell tries J Croker 4 goals) d BRISBANE 12 (A Glenn 2 tries P Wallace 2 goals) at . Referees: Gavin Badger, Chris James. Crowd: 9850. SOUTH SYDNEY 22 (J Hunt 2 A Everingham D Farrell tries A Reynolds 3 goals) d GOLD COAST 18 (K Gordon S Michaels A Sezer tries S Prince 3 goals) at Skilled Park. Referees: Ben Cummins, Phil Haines. Crowd: 20,187. LADDER Team W D L B +/- Pts BULLDOGS 15 0 5 2 186 34 RABBITOHS 14 0 6 2 107 32 STORM 13 0 7 2 187 30 SEA EAGLES 12 0 8 2 37 28 SHARKS 11 1 8 2 29 27 COWBOYS 11 0 9 2 80 26 BRONCOS 11 0 9 2 46 26 TITANS 9 0 11 2 -6 22 KNIGHTS 9 0 11 2 -20 22 I TIGERS 9 0 10 2 -35 22 RAIDERS 9 0 11 2 -53 22 DRAGONS 9 0 11 2 -66 22 WARRIORS 8 0 12 2 -18 20 ROOSTERS 7 1 12 2 -138 19 PANTHERS 6 0 14 2 -165 16 I EELS 5 0 14 2 -171 14 I Playing tonight

Top Point Scorers: Jarrod Croker (Raiders) 176; (Souths) 163; James Maloney (Warriors) 141; (Sea Eagles) 140; (Tigers) 126; (Storm) 120; (Sharks) 119; (Cowboys) 118; (Roosters) 112, Scott Prince (Titans) 112. Top Try Scorers: (Bulldogs) 17; Josh Morris (Bulldogs) 16, (Knights) 16; Jarrod Croker (Raiders) 15, Ashley Graham (Cowboys) 15; Andrew Everingham (Souths) 14; (Souths) 12, (Warriors) 12, Ken Sio (Eels) 12; (Raiders) 11, Jonathan Wright (Bulldogs) 11, Alex Glenn (Broncos) 11, Brett Warriors second rower Elijah Taylor desperately tries to hang on to Sharks counterpart Jeremy Smith in Auckland yesterday Picture: GETTY IMAGES Morris (Dragons) 11, (Storm) 11, (Storm) 11, David Williams (Sea Eagles) 11. McClennan endures his ‘darkest day’ Round 23 (NT Times) Friday: Rabbitohs v Sea Eagles at Bluetongue Stadium WARRIORS V SHARKS mes remaining, and suffered Carney scored 25 points, ’s return from scathed and for his team to (7.05pm); Storm v Titans at By DANIEL GILHOOLY serious damage to their for- including the first two of injury was nearly as im- end its slump. AAMI Park (7.05pm). and-against in what was their seven tries, while land- pressive, the skipper racking ‘‘Every team hits a flat Saturday: Eels v Roosters at WARRIORS coach Brian their fourth straight loss. ing eight from eight goals up a game-high 195m in his spot,’’ he said. PUB: (5pm), McClennan described it as ‘‘This would be our darkest and a field goal as the Sharks first club game for almost ‘‘It’s good to get back on the LO-R:NTNE-WS-6-A27KTE:GE:MDA-Y-C-CO- Tigers v Dragons at Allianz the ‘‘darkest day’’ in his first day this year,’’ McClennan ran rampant to end their own two months. winners’ list.’’ Stadium (7pm); Cowboys v NRL season as a Todd said. ‘‘They were just way too three-match losing streak. ‘‘For someone who hasn’t The Warriors were listless Warriors at Dairy Farmers Stadium (7pm). Carney inspired Cronulla di- good for us today . . . Todd Winger John Williams and run for six weeks since Or- and offered little in attack, Sunday: Panthers v Raiders at shed out a 45-4 flogging in Carney was very, very good. impressive interchange prop igin, to do that was a pretty particularly after playmaker Centrebet Stadium (1.30pm), Auckland yesterday. ‘‘They ended up with a lot also crossed special effort,’’ Sharks coach James Maloney left the game Bulldogs v Broncos at ANZ Last year’s beaten grand of possession and most of it for doubles as the Sharks said. in the 16th minute with a Stadium (2.30pm). finalists slumped to 13th on was our fault. You’re going to leapfrogged North Queens- Gallen said he felt ‘‘pretty knee ligament injury. Monday: Knights v Sharks at the ladder, four points adrift get beat up a lot when the oth- land to consolidate their pos- busted’’ at half-time but was He is an unlikely starter Hunter Stadium (6.30pm). of the top eight with four ga- er team has 14 more sets.’’ ition in the top eight. relieved to come through un- this round. www.ntnews.com.au Monday, August 6, 2012. NT NEWS. 27