MONDAY JULY 29 2019 SPORT 37 Golden point loss can be positive, says Munster

MELISSA WOODS Cherry-Evans field goal with “It’s a learning curve and a Munster said his team time and we ended up getting in his effort after striking them just seconds remaining in extra wake-up call for us.” Both couldn’t afford to keep starting pumped (in the grand final) so well in the warm-up and MELBOURNE playmaker time. Munster and coach Craig Bel- in such a manner. “We came we can’t do that again.” vowed to put more time into is hoping It was Melbourne’s first loss lamy were disappointed in back in the second half but it’s Cherry-Evans’ field goal practice to ensure a better out- the golden point loss to Manly since Round 8 and Munster their sub-par start which led to frustrating as we can’t keep was the eighth attempt by both come next time. shocks the competition fron- hoped some positives would them trailing 10-0 at halftime. dishing that up in the first half teams in a heart-stopping fi- “I hit three out of four pre- trunners with the NRL finals come from the pain. They were outmuscled by a and expect to come back,” he nale. Munster had an attempt game and I was pretty confi- looming. “You need to lose a couple physical Sea Eagles outfit, said. that hit the upright, as did one dent I could going into the The Storm fell 11-10 to the of games to pull you back a whose defence proved rock “We did that last year in the by Manly’s . game then mine hit the post Sea Eagles, thanks to a Daly bit,” Munster said. solid. back end of the year and finals Munster was disappointed and I was pretty dirty,” he said.

BULLDOGS 12 ROOSTERS 20 BULLDOGS Raiders Tries: R Smith 2 Goals: N Meaney 2 ROOSTERS Tries: J Tedesco, J Manu, B Morris Goals: L Mitchell 4 put end to rivals’ hot run

MATT ENCARNACION PANTHERS 18 PENRITH have been brought back to earth with a thud after RAIDERS having their seven-game NRL 30 NRL LADDER winning streak emphatically PANTHERS ROUND 19 snapped 30-18 by Canberra. Tries: B To’o, M Leota, J Tamou P W D L B +/- Pts The Panthers were on track Goals: N Cleary 3 Storm 18 15 3 1 0 235 32 for what would’ve equalled a RAIDERS Rabbitohs 18 13 0 5 1 108 28 club-record eighth-straight Tries: J Papalii, E Whitehead, A Roosters 18 12 0 6 1 140 26 Sezer, C Nicoll-Klokstad, J Rapana, J Raiders 18 12 0 6 1 123 26 victory when they shot out to a Bateman. Goals: J Croker 3 Sea Eagles 18 11 0 7 1 56 24 4-0 lead in the fourth minute. Eels 18 10 0 8 1 13 22 But the Raiders wasted little Panthers 18 9 0 9 1 -61 20 time in taking the lead in the Jack Wighton added a try as- Broncos 18 8 1 9 1 -20 19 15th minute, before kicking on sist, line-break assist and 111 Knights 18 8 0 10 1 9 18 with a dominant second half to metres. Sharks 18 8 0 10 1 -7 18 claim their sixth win in seven Canberra were holding on Tigers 18 8 0 10 1 -66 18 games. It was a resilient per- to a six-point lead at halftime Warriors 18 7 1 10 1 -36 17 formance from ’s but blew the game open with Cowboys 18 7 0 11 1 -71 16 men, who had to contend with three tries in 13 minutes – all Dragons 18 6 0 12 1 -104 14 defending eight of the opening down their right edge. Bulldogs 18 5 0 13 1 -184 12 nine sets of the match. The first was the try of the Titans 18 4 0 14 1 -135 10 “There’s been a couple of evening for the 15,560-crowd games there where we’ve had a at Panthers Stadium. Roosters skipper in action yesterday. He limped off later in the win over the Bulldogs Picture: GETTY IMAGES couple of early line breaks, What began with a Siliva could’ve scored some early Havili offload in their own half points and we tend to go off ended in Bateman burning our game a touch,” Stuart said James Maloney and Michael post-game. Oldfield kicking infield for Win could be painful for Roosters “I thought that that type of to finish. scenario of football in the first Penrith responded through ’ scratchy the opening half-hour, they went off 11 minutes later with for an off-the-ball hit on Jack 10-15 minutes got our heads on Moses Leota, but the Raiders 20-12 win over Canterbury has threatened to blow the 15th- the same problem. Cogger. The result keeps the and got us into the battle.” The regained their two-try advan- come at a cost with Boyd placed Bulldogs off ANZ Cordner is expected to miss Roosters in third spot but, after victory consolidates Canber- tage via a questionable try to Cordner, Siosiua Taukeiaho Stadium. a couple of weeks, meaning the Melbourne’s loss to Manly on ra’s grip on fourth spot, while Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad. The and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves But in front of 10,586 fans, Roosters are set to be without Saturday, they are six points the defeat leaves Penrith in Canberra pounced on all facing time on the NRL they failed to impress in the both of their skippers with Jake off top spot. seventh position. a loose ball despite replays sidelines. second half yet still did enough Friend nursing a fractured Before last week’s 48-10 John Bateman continued showing had The premiers came into to record back-to-back wins. forearm. Waerea-Hargreaves dismantling of Newcastle, the his impressive maiden NRL been pushed in mid-air by Jor- yesterday’s match looking to Cordner limped from the might be the latest victim of Roosters had won only two of season with another strong dan Rapana. The contest was reinforce their status as title field with a calf injury in the the game’s crackdown on late five games during a difficult performance, scoring a try and over when Rapana scored one favourites and, for a while in 56th minute before Taukeiaho shots after being put on report State of Origin period. running for a team-high 131m. himself five minutes later. Warriors’ fury at ref Beattie seeks rule change Decision day for Titans WARRIORS chief executive ramatta at BankWest Stadium. AUSTRALIAN expletive-ridden tirade at D-DAY has arrived for the Ti- ga’s due diligence to be a Cameron George will seek an- Coach Stephen Kearney Commission chairman Peter Singapore police almost two tans with the seven-person crucial plank in the board’s swers from the NRL over their was fuming Parramatta won Beattie has flagged a fresh months ago. board facing the biggest deci- choice of coach to oversee latest refereeing grievances the penalty count 9-2. George push for reform as the game Under current laws, anyone sion in the club’s history today Gold Coast’s rebuilding mis- and has called on fans to make also urged fans to bring whis- seeks a replacement for Mark who holds an NRL club job — whether to choose Justin sion. their own unique protest. tles. Coyne. must wait three years after Holbrook or Kevin Walters to Meninga will personally ad- George wants supporters to The New Zealand TAB has Former and St leaving it before being allowed lead Gold Coast into a new era. dress the board before tabling come to Friday’s home game backed him, saying it will re- George great Coyne fell on his to join the commission. News Corp understands his recommendations after against Canberra dressed as fund $NZ44,000 worth of bets sword on Saturday night, re- Beattie indicated his desire Holbrook has internal support weeks of fact-finding involving referees following Saturday’s on the Warriors, labelling it a signing from the commission to scrap the rule and put it on to edge out Walters with Ti- interviews and character refer- contentious 24-22 loss to Par- “justice payout”. after his arrest for a drunken, the ARLC agenda. tans culture chief Mal Menin- ences.

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