SCOREBOARD NRL — Round 22 SYDNEY 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, Wests Tigers 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 Canberra skipper David goals) d NORTH QUEENSLAND 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 Brisbane’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 Canberra Stadium. 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; Adam Reynolds (Souths) 163; James Maloney (Warriors) 141; Jamie Lyon (Sea Eagles) 140; Benji Marshall (Tigers) 126; Cameron Smith (Storm) 120; Todd Carney (Sharks) 119; Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys) 118; Braith Anasta (Roosters) 112, Scott Prince (Titans) 112. Top Try Scorers: Ben Barba (Bulldogs) 17; Josh Morris (Bulldogs) 16, Akuila Uate (Knights) 16; Jarrod Croker (Raiders) 15, Ashley Graham (Cowboys) 15; Andrew Everingham (Souths) 14; Nathan Merritt (Souths) 12, Konrad Hurrell (Warriors) 12, Ken Sio (Eels) 12; Reece Robinson (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, Billy Slater (Storm) 11, Will Chambers (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, Paul Gallen’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: Parramatta Stadium (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 NTNE-WS-6-A27KTE:GE:LO-R: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 Andrew Fifita 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 Shane Flanagan 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.