Canberra Raiders v Sydney City Roosters | Round 13, 1996 | Full Match Replay | NRL Throwback

haven't lost two in a row All Season even though last weekend they are almost humbled by Parramatta there's tonight's team Mullins daggers Boyle Ricky Van druku daily Ferris Croaker ferna Hetherington devika Walters and pong here a couple changes in that team to the one beaten by Parramatta John Lomax for obvious reasons to really hit some form three goes in 16. very cold night in Canberra Lori Daly somewhat of a father figure the other not all of them but many of the superstars out for the season [Music] Dennis tonight showing his versatility has gone to the back of the scrub thank you really need to move to win nights Canberra between the two in a row s pointed out [Applause] to get back into winning four big test for them tonight Cleary Dooley seeing Clark do you walk a lamb finler Madison Richardson bermanson garlic and done Jorgensen on camera the man whose job I don't envy tonight is Stephen Rich good evening I love my job Ray you know that uh desperation Stakes for the Eastern suburbs so I feel good had a meeting with his players on Monday and showed his disappointment in their aggression against Canterbury last week so to speak a much more aggressive Eastern suburb side the other thing the other point I have to point out is Canberra haven't lost two games in a row this season so this should be a great match Edge on the sidelines will be a minute silence observed here he passed away last Saturday on the Australian school boys with school colleagues ladies and gentlemen a minute silence the John Herbert Allen thank you very much ladies and gentlemen [Applause] Kelvin Jeff's in charge current temperature here in the national capital four degrees chill factor of -10 it's Canberra kickoff for under the right and Ivan clearly is hit hard by Ricky Mullins gave a good Chase as well he tries to clear it for the Sydney City roosters canberra's first couple of tackles a lot of venom in them Turner playing in 12. now Madison good work by the back row up taking a bit of the the heat away the last tackle now as fitler prepares to play it and this player here could be the trump card for the roosters tonight Andrew Walker 5-8 the tremendous kicking game not nice like this it is very important to play good field position Ken nagus for his first touch will take advisor reserved right last weekend another of the changes in the Canberra team as Mullins plays it now fogia welders with an early run out from Danny half winning a lot of leaders penalty to the home side I just started to Brad Pitt let's run to the sideline he might have dislocated finger or something they're working on it right now bad sign there for the roosters and we saw them get beaten two weeks ago by some George that's where they were cut up right up the middle of the rock the first set of six has picked up a very easy 15 to 20 meters Centerfield 38 Canberra go to the right of the ground and young Hetherington from Walters now back through Ferris and then away from Boyle finding Daly lurking out wide wicking over the sideline and he made a point well Kim we're not looking for that particular piece of play there the rooster's defense was great as Ronnie Palmer these trainer tries to get that finger back into position and at least the rest is defense just forced some air another sideline ordinary player there from the Raiders Fiddler is going back to the dressing rooms they're having trouble we imagine getting that dislocated finger back into its socket [Music] as Adrian lamb prepares to work the first crumb of the game Tony iro is the play that's gone on off The Interchange bench Baron Juni makes a good little burst getting towards center field and Brad fittler's come back out of the sheds now very clean to get back into The Fray all right [Applause] [Music] still some concern there Madison Hermanson backing into the opposition and the penalty goes to the Sydney City side against the Canberra defense Clinton pongi of the man offending most probably got him for being the third tackle over the top penalties have leveled out early minutes of this Friday night Clash from Bruce stadium and here's a bust Richardson it was lamb is with it fungia closes the gate Hetherington involved Hitler's back on now from garlic fidlap Dunn goes back they pick him up and drive him into the ground can be the line land Walker clear his path sings pass goes behind uni Mullins comes up with it for the Raiders oh yeah cheers there for the rooster to put points on the board but they missed it up in the end and Canberra play had came up quickly out of the defensive line which created the gap for the funny part about it needn't have been classified as a knock on against uh uni now croaker put away on his own 30 meter line Ricky goes up the Blind Side the Marcus went to sleep good contribution by Wiki Daly's long ball finding Ferris so now it's out with Boyle he made us out from the Eastern suburbs line Ferris daily now with poker Wiki Andrew Koo angling in field a bit of Ted too late and the turnover oh good football there by the Riders looking for the space down the flanks and there's been a little bit early in the match against the roosters [Applause] but even in those situations Paul when you run the football on the last and it breaks down somehow Reuben Wiki's got to get a foot to the ball know that you can hand the football over that Weekly on the last tackle 30 meters out from your opponent's line as Brad fittler a good charge over halfway and still gets the ball away to Adrian lamb backing up or is it Walker it is Walker a recall I guess on his last appearance here was he not sent from the field playing for some George against the Raiders it might have been a couple of Seasons back now Fiddler back slammed on the 20-meter line the last tackle coming up for Sydney City here is walk out and he keeps it low but it's going over the dead ball line no pressure applied on Canberra no score the early minutes of a match that really the Raiders they need to win just starting to get out of contact with the top five anyway Pharos angling across back to The Blind Side and that is David Boyle the right has won 11 points in 11th position on fact 14th position this stage last year they were running third on the competition table got a lot of work to do they go to their backs once again Ferris to Laurie Daly poor passes the first two and Daley forced to kick from the fine touch 20 meters out from the Sydney City roosters Thailand Raiders wearing these black armbands tonight in memory of John Allen the past president of the Australian school boys rugby league and a local act rugby league identity involved with John Allen in the late 70s Ray combined high schools The Marvelous man did a lot of work for Schoolboy football and he will be sorely missed tireless worker for rugby league pushed by Canberra they had some oh quick tackle a penalty has been given to Sydney City nevertheless David Boyle has pulled off a big tackle yeah great Tackle by girl but he played the advantage Kelvin Jeff's they're all offside the ball was stuck in the scrum with our couple of meters inside that five minutes have got to be back [Applause] down in junee was side on to the opposition and running backwards Robinson takes it ahead and ferner is there two on the penalties of the roosters Steve Roger a lot of talk about players in the The Roosters team taking injuries into tonight's game here talking to feel good uh just before kickoff he said that a lot of players wanted to play together tonight because of their embarrassing effort last week but I don't know if it's too much of a gamble in a big game like this Mattison playing it now and that is Richardson okay penalty goes and here will be the first shot at goal Jeff's penalizing the Canberra maca River Wiki the man would not release the football Ivan clearly the man to take the shot at goal for the roosters the second top Point scorer this season with 114 points 25 years of age formerly with the manly Club he left there looking for an opportunity and then he went to the Bears and he seems to have found his home now after Sydney City 74 his success rates this year and here he is with an opportunity to put first points on the board 12 meters in from Dutton strikes it and the flags go up so Sydney City they take first points at Bruce Stadium they lead two points to nil [Applause] um [Music] thank you for the restart now [Applause] and if David Turner it is he sends it deep down to the Rooster's Own Line oh that is big Ricky he pulled off a couple of uh big tackles last weekend and he's picked up where he left off Reuben Wiki pulled down on the end of it [Music] Richardson has been involved driven back by daily now got it away for Brad Fiddler put away down on his own 30 meter line Julie using his footing as a lot of players do and they come to brew Stadium particularly in the middle of winter Hamilton [Applause] [Music] garlic goes back onto the Blind Side where Andrew Walker punches are down the ground it was an adventurous kick and he finds the line that ball bounced only centimeters inside the touchline a nice kick by Walker good field position for the roosters but Terry Hermiston doing a lot of work early in the match for the roosters hitting the ball up with lots of Venom lots of Gusto and Paul Dunn also going pretty well I think this should be pulled on Spruce in 96. he deserves a spot after coming off here and he changed many times playing very well for the roosters Jason Larry has swapped with him tonight Jason's on the bench Canberra away with position from just inside their own 20 meter line and the roosters have been found inside the five meters at the scrum base [Applause] well a rather unorthodox way of finding the line but they did that on the bounce [Applause] Aegis taking the tap and across the park and they make the mistake and Richardson comes up with it so the roosters come up with possession 30 meters out from the Canberra line [Music] [Applause] cross now for Walker then Juni [Applause] [Music] Madison Fiddler quick offload to Richardson foreign on the run around with garlic and then Cleary comes in from the back [Applause] lamb again taking you to the line Fiddler kicks outside edge of the boot and over the dead ball line yeah nice work by Adrian land there controlling things around the Rocks the inside ball it's a big Ploy in rugby league these days the inside ball look there's no defense here on the inside four Canberra Fiddlers into a gap a misplaced kick and now a high tackle Terry Hamilton the man being spoken too he's watching that uh choice of Brad fitless to kick where I thought with his size and he's sidestep he might have taken the wrong option here's the high shot on Quentin pongia [Applause] and here comes Brad fittler a 98 kilograms of him traveling at PACE [Music] a question mark whether Daley would have been able to put him away but they went for the kick option [Applause] Daley then finding the line Ferris unhurt by the confrontation [Applause] across to a ferry a very narrow Blindside and now back from Ferris underway for foreign [Applause] cycle shorts on now they come down the left and Boyle 25 meters out from the roosters line the Raiders focus with it now heatherington redhead ringtone back to the left now through Verner and Daley now Reuben Wiki away from Paul Dunn James off Brad fickler not Hill Wiki really showing some strength five tackles gone daily dummies kicks Cleary will clean it up and it'll be a line dropout and Ivan clearing cleaned things up very coolly there tremendous pressure from the Raiders Murray Daley opted not to go to the outside on the last he saw a little bit of space in under the in goal for the end of the uprights five and three was able to turn and cover up good spill here from Canberra that'd only be a small crowd but there edging the home side on defico that's great field position off the line dropouts now pongia and Ferris Ferris is able to unload for Boyle Boyle has been menacing out in the centers daily [Applause] 10 meter line just in front of him Walton Ferris floating paths he's almost there amido from the line ribbon Wiki daily he's over place [Applause] the daily of the man he's had a big impact on the game in the 17 minutes so far strength his power here's Craig how close does he get oh 20-1 he went close and then daily he's got the good little left foot step there the ruse of the fence a bit slack didn't come up with the dry line but his power got in there he just burst through the Cleary tackle a tremendous work from Laurie Dale you can see that he's standing up tonight leading the way this program at a score but Laurie Daley one player later wriggles out of the tackle and Paul pointed out pushing off of Cleary was the key factor in the try brute string well Luke Richardson is claiming that he had a hand under the ball and the replay seems to suggest that Richardson's got a reasonable complaint but I'd prefer to think that part of the football has touched the ground with downward pressure attempted conversion that is successful and the Raiders off the boot of David Turner they extend the six points to two now let's have a look at another replay of the daily try now slowing it right down I think Richardson's hand has got there the second time when Daley has bounced off the ground having made the original contact the race start for Canberra to come away Off Their Own Line devico hit hard Ison and garlic making a joint tackle pongia interesting tonight Ray that bookmakers working at the ground tonight and obviously little snore killer paid a visit earlier took the 22 long Pride down penalty again goes to Canberra Steve Rachel you mentioned before this game that Tim scheen's asked for more aggression from his claim we're seeing that tonight and guys like Reuben Wiki out in the centers are providing it as well as the forwards you know there hasn't been that many better front on Defenders than Ruben Wiki certainly leading the way for his team tonight but Laurie Daley's involvement too early in this match he's running the football a lot more than I've seen over the last couple of weeks though that's about time to ease Steve welders talking of running more he is doing that tonight many people still feel that he was sent an impossible mission coming back to state of origin with only one run under his belt but he's certainly much fitter now this is David firmer taken down by Richardson but Canberra are starting to find gaps daily back on the cross pressure for clearly beautifully taken by the Young full-back it's a Canberra player down in the back play medicine goes down the right and he's put down on the 40-meter line well I can't play the tough touches have missed this and the referee Mullins was taken out with Tony iro got him talking a wairo he's taken to ground now it should have been a king of apparently 10 meters out right in front of the pace now done [Applause] gallic Fiddler Richardson everywhere Fiddler goes Richardson is sure to be close gallic lamb [Applause] five gone now [Music] Fitness calling it there goes the kick back and across and it'll be brought down by the 20-meter line for the tap restarts let's go back to that incident that Paul is talking about Canberra bringing it out here they were a few seconds ago Mullins is the player to watch the foremost of the Canberra players and the point is the Tony iro B has run into a position and abstracted the forward motion there of Brett Mullins bit of fire in this game tonight which is good to see a bit of a aggression from both sides but the East The Roosters attacking kicking game he's letting them down it's three kicks they put in so far in that quarter area looking at that replay on I'm just wondering whether Arrow wasn't entitled to be on the uh on the route that Mullins was occupying in pursuit of football it might have been as blatant as we first thought Kennedy has lost it now Clark [Applause] Wesley has gone on con gear is off Madison oh medicine has been taken High Rick Hetherington the number 11. [Applause] this is interesting I think he's calling out both captains he referee Kelvin just can see a bit of stick in this game he's talking to both captains now garlic and Daly and also Hetherington [Applause] heatherington's gone on report we're told and as is Terry Hermanson from earlier on the touchdowns came on [Applause] so Kelvin Jeffs is saying to both Sean garlic and Laurie Daly fellas just keep them down keep them down he's concerned about the level of the tackles that's pretty good move there from the referee to settle things down as Paul pointed out it was a bit of fire and feeling out there and both sides are desperate that's a good sign a strong charge there let's play 28 out from canvas line well done [Applause] now lamb stalley's Down The Blind Side Clark has put away 20 meters out for the Campbell line penalty goes to the roosters yeah I think he'll find it was David Wesley got his body in a position to push over the player attempting to get up and play the football a good temperate a bit surprising there I thought they might have kicked the goal but Hermanson takes it 12 out garlic now struck four in the play the ball penalty again goes to got Steve wallers for premature striking another Quick Test and that is Paul Dunn nine meters out from the camper lion Brett Hitler 10 meters out from the uprights lamb pulled down by halfway done and the roosters several forwards on The Blind Side and the Cleary the fullback loses it Ricky to play up for Canberra that's easy to say now at the time I couldn't believe that they didn't take the kick for goal 6-2 but he fence out there is very tough it's going to be point to the premium tonight I think you take them when they're on offer 26 minutes gone in the game Ferris is rounded up just inside his own 30 meter line Walters throwing it away and hoping that somebody finds it David Wesley did that and then for Daley inside to Mama Marlins out the center and then intercepted by the Sydney City roosters five eight oh yeah that was danger there for the roosters Mullins that's the Mullins we all know as breaks up the middle or another high tackle there he's got a tough game on his hands to Mike Calvin Jesse's healing it pretty well [Applause] thing lamb looking very Snappy close to the line Fiddler Oh Kennedy came over the top has ringtone underneath last tackle lamb steps away from one puts the kick in Remick is after it and they forced them in goal but it's a penalty for offside yeah good corner from Kelvin Jeffs no doubt that the outside Jason Berry was in front of the kicker it's only marginal see here Adrian lamb chose the dummy kicks now there's Lowry two or three meters in front beautiful pickups again competition we're still two people short so come on out here's got him a green leaflet Wesley Knight Steve was there any message sent out from the bench on those penalty you know the first one was all right Peter but the second one for a little signal yeah they have the shot at gold and they went against his instructions it would have made it six points to four it was a bit of a give me this is Brett haslington Steve Walters garlic hanging on and then for Ferris keeping it low and finding the line 20 meter line Rooster's end of the ground six points to two and 28 minutes gone [Applause] it'll be a good battle out there between the two number nines Steve Wilderness really looks sharp out of dummy house Sean garlic probably the best defender in The Ruck area for the roosters he's going to have his hands for looking after them the Canberra rake make a fine players and garlic especially because he played more football he's really enjoying a good season y has had pretty much all of the work of the roosters Wingers Jorgensen has seen precious little of it [Applause] penalty will relieve some of the pressure [Applause] [Music] [Applause] yeah both captains well he's uh did it working overtime here [Applause] I'm pretty sure he'd be saying that something along the lines of the next play who makes an indiscretion around the play The Wall we'll be looking at 10 minutes in the syn bin [Applause] Walker finding the line that is Lowry [Applause] Kennedy in 17 tonight he lost his position in the run on side as Kelvin gets again Blows the Whistle and puts somebody in the bin it's Quentin pongia Paul Morton was spot on that was the directive of the referee when he spoke to the captain's only moments ago when Clinton pongia was the first man to infringe in the play the ball area Sean gallic made a good little charge out of dummy half going to get trying to get me put their under his back are making good enough effort the referee's liking to get off the tackle player he's claiming that he was held down by the Jersey and now in contrast to earlier decisions The Roosters again to take the shot and goal you can always tell how tough a game is by the number of penalties given him so far there's been 14 given in the first what half hour of this game he's had a pretty tough job on his hands Kelvin Jeffs to my way of thinking he's handled it well now Cleary and he punches up straight between the uplights six points to four Canberra over Sydney City 31 minutes gone [Music] inside the main gate please [Music] thank you so we come back towards [Applause] halfway [Applause] [Music] David ferna ready for the restart [Applause] Jason Lowry [Music] [Applause] just outside his own 20 meter line now done [Applause] pyro iro looking around the runners arriving at Ted too late now Fiddler twicing run up the center 55 meters out and they've got a nice roll going here Matthew Singh gets a pass in Lamb has pulled down Roosters on the attack now Richardson [Applause] all broke down at the wrong time for The Roosters they were getting a roll on because they were playing the ball quickly and that was catching out this 12-man Canberra defense and a core option from Andrew Walker here will put a lot of pressure on the intended receiver and he's 10 minutes now Paul Dunn but things are opened up in the bin the referee has told both sides he won't tolerate any more High tackles or play the ball infringements we have two front rollers in the bin here is one of the seasons leading price goers manbruku 35 meters away from the round line young Kennedy great run straight up the center Walters Daley Hetherington Ricky hurdles one of the roosters and there he is 23 meters out Andrew [Music] and now 15 is Wesley two points the margin daily for Walters on a short ball for Wesley desperate defense by garlic Walters for Daley Boyle is with him boils past the Magus was forward oh Matt Singh had to make a Readjustment there it looked as they ball had got on his outside but he came up with a pretty good cover defending tackle Laurie Daley sizing up his options flat pass and Matt Singh hanging on did well it certainly had plenty of excitement about it this one [Music] Larry [Music] Richardson over the top of Hetherington underneath sloppy play the ball makes the job hard for garlic and even harder for clearing now the last fitler and Lamb with Fiddler on the left punching it down towards that corner this is nanbrooku good work by Richardson has slowed him down closing in on half time as Bailey goes across to Kennedy Walters with another good run poker [Applause] unload for Wiki angling back across the field the last tackle daily punching it into the corner Julie has to turn he'll get back or will he although Jeff says yes you're in the field of play C what are these roosters about the injuries are starting to play up but a few looking very tired very excited to get back into position another high tackle around the collar on Peter Clark Peter Sterling mentioned the game that the hookers are having tonight Sean garlic is having an absolute storm out there he's a nasty cut for David Boyle but John garlick's covering in in defense he's making tackles that just uh a desperation ones well it's the other hooker that's really getting the Raiders on the front foot nice charges out of dummy half have been great there's a head Clash again very sickening to see that David Wesley and David Boyle coming together David Boyle has come off the worst of the two [Applause] [Music] so six four six and a half minutes of the game gone just the one try plenty of uh plenty of blood about I think it's David Boyle that's come off on the the worst side of it as Peter said he was obviously off to the blood bin at least he's playing David Wesley still on his backside will also join his teammate we've seen David come back into the game yeah they always look bad the uh the head Cuts plenty of Claret but shouldn't be too concerned because uh they're only gases no probably had a little rest of me back out a bit later [Applause] so we come back away with medicine [Applause] for Sydney City and now IRA [Applause] q and play such an important part off the bench for the roosters Tony IRA to me he seems to have developed his uh his ball skills well at Eastern suburbs and now Sydney City that's just an easy Handover really by Canberra for Tunis did Ken nagus no famous whatsoever there nagus wasn't going anywhere still through the football Marlins has fitless throws the damage gets through he's got Clark on his outside throws the dummy again that is the 20 meter line and that is Jorgensen lamb is with it coming across the park pull down eventually by Kennedy now garlic using Fiddler going back the other way clock and now they're right on the 10 meter line from garlic the lamb and now Madison you would think Andrew Walker would be calling the ball now lamb is with it and then a short ball it's a kick ahead and they look as though they're going to score that thing gets his hands to it he's going to give it it's a try Cindy Cindy have scored right on halftime yes tremendous work here Adrian lamb beautiful ball play for Luke Richardson this is the mistake that gave them the opportunity to pass behind Ken nagus allowed the roosters to pick it up it's the last tackle age of land going across field we freeze it there this is the player who causes the problem Luke Ricketts are coming in on the outside you'll actually see one of the outside Canberra players as play continues fall over this is the kick seeing as well and truly on side there's the Canberra player falling over and they were lining up and he's got that ball down with his body weight yes well before this Brad Pitt were done some great work has had Tony iro and this is the end result and the ball's just sitting there saying who wants to dive on me and Matt Singh was the man grounds it and he won a three could have scored there's a line up there I didn't realize how how good that work was from Luke Richardson at the time he's had a very good first half and they've caught Canberra just as they had to make two changes for those players injured [Applause] they've caught them in that vital period before half-time Ivan Cleary Northline but eight points to six The Roosters in front again this was Luke Richardson beautiful skills and then the Canberra player falling over has left three of The Roosters working out who's gonna dive on it but Luke ricketson the man on camera beautiful skills this will be the last session prior to the break Madison comes away to be tackled on the 20 meter line and the siren has sounded so the halftime break is with us one try a piece Lori Daley scored for Canberra and Matt Singh has just scored for the city roosters and the roosters go to the break leading by two points we'll take a break and come back and Peter Sterling and Paul vorton will take a look at the first 40 minutes don't go away we're back with you in just a moment [Music] and welcome back now to brew Stadium for the start of the second half of this match between the Sydney City roosters and the Canberra Raiders and eight points to six with one try a piece and referee Kelvin Jeffs immediately he's got a problem on his hands or maybe Luke Richardson has Quentin pong here comes out of the sin bin welcome back through this game the referee for people that have just joined us he's had trouble with high tackling and players infringing in the play the ball sent two players to the sin bin after issuing a general General warning so now with Canberra having taken the penalty surge forward just outside the 30-meter line Steve Walters who's played very well for them improves the position Madison in 12 Erickson um Richardson in 11. Wilkinson just prior to the break laying on a try Jorgensen Peters had very little work to do really it's all been going to Darren Junior's side of the ground yeah Ivan Cleary coming back as David Boyle bandaged up after that head clash with David Wesley pongia ripping in on the tackle ball played by Madison and now Fiddler [Applause] oh Adrian lamb really hit by Reuben Wiki again the tough customer Adrian lamb to get up straight away from that one Steve Collins the reserve great Winger takes the ball up he was a change at the break now and andrewca has moved into the center position and that's just a great shoulder charge [Applause] [Music] Steve Roche on the sideline what did you find out at halftime yeah listen it's coach field bill is pretty happy with the effort in the first half he said they must win in the marker in the play the ball area Waters is causing them a little bit of trouble coming out of dummy Hart he said they've got to improve their one-on-one defense concentrate more on their kicking game thought that was pretty poor in the first half he said look if we can stick with them I think we'll go on and win this one for Canberra too many players laying around in the play the ball silly penalties when they've got Eastern suburbs in trouble pinning their own end don't give them away um the last pass has been a problem they've made three or four breaks but they haven't been able to go on with it Boyle and Wesley looked like they will be coming back to uh on to take part in this second half barefo got bad head gashes and Craig I don't think he'll be back he's got a bad shoulder injury all right Steve rage there and while he was talking Paul Dunn has come back to put both sides back at their full compliment and referee Kelvin Jeffs is going in to put a scrum down a very Scrappy play here from The Roosters Paul Dunn to a shocker from dummy Hearth and Tim Madison wasn't able to clean up gonna Bend you back to do so [Applause] great tight game this one since the mayor since the rugby league went to the 10 meter rule doors have widened the nodgins of Leiden isn't it significant when the good sides come together how most often we get those lower scores on the board now Walters using pongia Ben kennedy Ferris daily Wiki his defense a feature of this game tonight Hetherington meter line just in front of the young man Ferris on five rolls it into the in goal was daily taken out Cleary takes it over the dead ball line dropout yeah looking good the Raiders In this passage of play and Ferris goes to the line brings the defense up and clearly the man on the spot down one [Applause] well it made no difference I mean Laurie Daley was not going to participate really in what was happening around the football but there's no doubt in my mind he was taken out illegally as uh The Roosters with a a big drop kick and Mullins sends it back via devico fitler putting his big frame around him Ferris it's one of the things we don't probably recognize as openly as uh we do with some of the other big players in the game but fitler is a big man these days Terrace 12 meters out from the line chance for the Raiders the Vico and Hetherington done and garlic they close the gap then Walters now Ferris daily dummies once and gives it the second time Kennedy is 12 meters out five tackles they go back to the blind for daily he rolls it at all lamb headed and lost it and he's gonna put down a scrum in game has definitely improved early in this second half Lori Daley running to the left side kicking back to the right Adrian lamb trying to catch the football I must on the half ball he couldn't do so and he only just got it before Ben kennedy was able to pick up and go over the line daily who scored the try for Canberra had a communication with Mullins and this man ferna Walters and devico now where is Mullins I I just get the feeling that the fullback has got some involved involvement in this play now it's Daly and Ricky 10 meters out away from nagus for Daley then Hetherington but whatever they had planned have sadly broken down now a penalty goes to Canberra and this will be an interesting decision what the Raiders do you would think they would have to kick the goal that won't be the case now Tim Sheen's had the hand going he wants him to go for the try across the park ER now David Boyle the roosters really stretched now Ferris daily Wiki he's put it down that releases the pressure on Sydney City and you can only say wonderful offensive by The Roosters something like 19 consecutive tackles the Raiders had the football that was why the decision was made not to take the kick for goal they fell as though many teams could hold them out for that period of time with that amount of tackles and roosters have forced the mistake I've got a bit of a hand there from Brad fittler in fact certainly did all right so penalty has now been given to further Aid the roosters in their quest to get the football down the other end very high number of penalties aren't they after only about 49 minutes 18 penalties in all which emphasizes the difficulty of the job the referee has had tonight now Ira or you can see the impact nobody's leaving anything in the petrol tank tonight I Rose hurt now Hermanson done offload for garlic and now for Fiddler pulled down desperately by Kennedy garlic and now Walker Walker pass goes astray a chance for Jorgensen yeah it's a great opportunity there for the roosters to put one on the on the board the nice bust good ball from rigaton the bus made from Walker Peter Clark was the man you're looking to go back on the inside but Walker the ball went astray Antonio's got the the gash this was the another head charge this time with head Clash this time with Brett Hetherington hasn't he got blinding speed Andrew Walker created something out of nothing there flick passes a nice one for Reuben Ricky and he's been a handful in order [Applause] 50th minute is gone oh [Applause] I think he's [Applause] he's off I've got the dust in a couple of ways Terry herbertson is out of here Fred Hetherington is still on his back tried to pull out of it Hermanson but he made pretty strong contact the inside ball and I think the referees had enough tonight Terry Hermanson Steve will come up with a tackle worthy of the sender well that is going to make things very difficult now eight six two points up one player down Canberra continue to Mike Leon era just at the wrong time Ferris and Bailey and then ferner and Bailey again shovel back for Mullins scene makes the tackle 30 meter line Boyle down the blind Walkers with him so is Julie and they put him over the sideline as you can see the communication between the roosters players Gene each other up and Matt sings the man comes in look at the strength of him and they get in there and drive him over the touchline a pretty good game in football this one [Applause] Darren Juni [Applause] Aton he'd have to say if the roosters could go on and win this game their Premiership credentials uh top class I think that if one player was missing from a defensive side the Canberra Raiders would lead the team exploit it as good as well as any other team in the competition very interesting 30 minutes coming up as fit like makes a charge they're just looking prior to the send-off of Hermanson at the presence of both coaches on the sideline benches Steve roach and when Hermanson got sent Phil Gould's head went down yeah at the moment the runners are certainly certainly earning their money tonight plenty of messages going out pretty rare to see both coaches down here on the sideline particularly tonight well I might I couldn't think of any better place to be repeating it is down to around about two degrees and uh a wind chill factor of -10 what can you put that campfire out down there I'm allowed to have those I wish you had a teepee the big one [Applause] Vegas imagine blocker trying to live in a teepee daily now and Boyle they get together it would look like a hat [Applause] red the big bike sitting down there like a like a human igloo penalty goes for Canberra and the roosters are going to have to try and slow the play the ball down as much as possible they are really going to go to the brink on a number of occasions pushing the referees patience [Music] Steve Walters has just left the field replaced by uh Steve Stone devico this is Stone in 24. Kennedy was heading off and his feet went from under him Ferris and then Daley game that brings together two of the great players of the modern era play on says Kelvin Jeffs he said no knock on [Applause] daily then 33 meters out Ferris running across to nandruku last tackle Stone and uh Ferris from an onside position makes the tackle Jorgensen oh that's a tremendous run picked up a very tough 15 murders there pressure off the forward to speed men to pick up some Trooper meters I'm not this man lamb has taken a couple of big shots bounces up a little fella Richardson an enormous effort here required from the Sydney side Walker he will play a more important role now than ever Mullins heading off for the extremities and then Matt scene brings him down from behind great athleticism Mullins walk us there comes in still a very dangerous tactic kicking center field to Brett Mullins got a kick to the corners to him to close down the space that he has at his disposal Reuben Wiki well taken by Peter Jorgensen repeating 8-6 to score the rooster's in front but they're playing with 12. Hermanson was sent off just a few minutes back daily now driving it over into that corner where it'll find touch so eight six at the 56 minutes [Music] Welcome to our viewers in New Zealand taking us on your Sky Channel tonight [Applause] and wherever you're watching welcome back and I trust you're enjoying it is a very good game between two of the heavyweights of rugby league Canberra desperate to win and get themselves back Bound for the quarterfinals and the roosters Keen to get back into a winning vein and unfortunately for the canvaside the bad news continues they've had plenty of injuries to keep players this year and quite a few suspensions the news from The Sheds is that Jason Croke has a suspected broken arm with being taken to hospital and that would be another major blow to their aspirations the rest of my decision oh beautiful pass and down the ground goes Walker now it's lamb lamb away for Jorgensen he gets in to score oh the pass from Fiddler it was borderline but beautiful it was an absolute gem in fact I think the last pass was more borderline Greg Mullins thought it was forward Brad fittler taking the football we freeze tied there that's fitla that's the runner this is the Canberra Defender that's caught out he's moved in when he had no reason to he created the hull came up with a shoulder charge but a put Adrian lamb into open space throws the dummy let's have a look at this last pass tough to line up with Brett Mullins he was yelling to the referee and the man who came in Pete was David ferna Adrian Liam into space maybe should have given it straight off but he did a good job of drawing the full back in the end turn him inside out and I thought the last pass did go forward myself at eight it's on the scoreboard The Roosters lead 12 points to six let's look at the pass again that uh the question mark is on he turns Brett Mullins inside outside and every which way and the the line is just in front of him which is not always a good guide but looking at that you would swear blind that it's a forward pass but let me repeat it is not always a good guide to use the lines the laterals on the Rugby League field on the 20 meter line Cleary [Applause] 12-6 The Roosters over the Raiders almost one hour is gone yes it's an enormous play here for the roosters one player short Adrian lamb left and right footsteping they're very suspect that one but as Paul points out it's on the board 6.4 game The Roosters will be looking for a field goal we've just gone there and that forward pass what we do tend to forget the flight path is measured in relation to the way the ball is passed from the player imagine trying to rock or something out of the car window doing a bit of speed it's obviously going to go forward if you measure it against a lateral line [Applause] causes so much conjecture and argument but it certainly was made to look very much forward wasn't it but nothing like that in my opinion it was borderline I think the shrine rocks out of a car showing your misspent new trade last tackle now for the roosters Andrew Walker on the short side Kiki for Touch won't find so nandruko is back but a good Chase here and walking leads the way along with Garen Juno so Mullins it is who comes away from near his own line 12-6 and even though they're down to 12 men Adrian lamb is playing behind the line as a half back and his job is purlin simply to drive the players in front of him and he's doing a great job with that talking to them barking orders at them making sure they're in that defensive line firmer offloading for pongia to go ahead and now Reuben Wiki calling manbruku on the inside [Music] welders prepares to come back with David Wesley this is Luke devico [Applause] the last tackle roosters must continue to wrap the football up they don't want to play the Raiders in broken field situations daily now a little bit of space kicks for himself Adrian Walker Andrew Walker finding himself in the right place at exactly the right time but a problem there for Darren Juni yes he collided with Laurie Daley neither player really looking to play at the football [Applause] all right assisted back and now another problem this time with Luke Richardson let's just have a look at the Lorry Daley Collision puts the kick through gets through plenty of traffic they do drop out Daley drops your shoulder as he has every right to do [Applause] a very concerned coach Phil Gould ing to the sidelines concern over Luke ricketson and it would seem that it's a knee or an ankle he's had a tremendous game lubricants in tonight he's done a lot of cleanup work that may have gone unnoticed by everybody but his teammates this is another blow see if he falls awkwardly yes you can see there the leg caught in Under The Tackle [Music] [Applause] Jason Lowry and now fitler working on The Blind Side waiting it in and Andrew was in two minds it'll be a loose head and feed though a good pressure kick there from Freddie Fiddler but I think he touched it yeah that is good tactics from the roof because they want to keep the touch as often as possible they don't want the ball in play they wanted him to play as least as possible in this last 18 minutes that'll enhance their chances centralizing play and then Bailey Comes Back Down The Blind Side with the aid of Brett Hetherington repeating the Terry Hermanson was sent off in the early minutes of the second half The Roosters are in front even with 12 men and they've enlarged their half-time lead [Applause] Kennedy in 17. Madison [Applause] [Music] Nathan wood is on also playing in jumper number 17. now David looks to be totally recovered enthusiastic Chase there by Steve Stone [Applause] now Jorgensen second try scorer of the night for the roosters tonight for the roosters but the ones that he has taken up have been very impressive even there it was a tough 10 meters that he had to find and all of a sudden roosters a little bit further out of their danger zone and spitler has hit in the tackle center field 30 out from his own line [Applause] this is ramica [Applause] across the back Walker it is with this big kicking game of his playing an important role now they're down to 12. Mullins losing his footing [Applause] Stone away from dummy half [Applause] to the 40 meter line Walters is back on and now Wesley is playing in the headgear having been stitched up after the head clash with David Boyle then for daily [Music] knocked down but who was it knocked down by that is the question well he's indicated five tackles are gone so he hasn't nullified The Tackle count Ferris [Applause] punching it looking for the line down on the 20 and finding it for 12-6 after 65 minutes it was a very big call against the Raiders there they believed that they should have been given six again let's have a look who touches this David Boyle I think there was a touch from Darren Journey it's very hard to say really and that camera shot I think that was no doubt about that one I think that Juni got a definite touch so Peter Sterling is saying the tackle count should have been nullified and Canberra given a fresh set of six tackles now it's Clark [Music] [Applause] [Applause] Nathan wood with a type of headgear on that looks more like a balaclava [Applause] this is Larry it will hand off back for Nathan wood son of the former Newtown number seven North Sydney two for memory Barry Walker finding the line and he seems to have put himself into the game more since the send-off of Hermanson ill it's a matter of uh it's like a game of chess at the moment isn't it with both teams looking for field position the Raiders have really got to start looking to run the ball on the fifth tackle there are some opportunities for them to do this the roosters are in front they'll be taking no chances their defense has been just simply brilliant tonight and none better in that respect than the Matt's seeing out the centers magnificent game by him Steve Steve Wright what's the story with Luke Richardson yeah it's a reoccurring knee problem that he's had over the last few weeks but I think I think this time it's a little bit more serious he won't be back [Applause] Canberra trying to lock the ball in as long as they can and I think they've done it yes they have well not really the way they wanted it well that was against Canberra right in this situation do the The Roosters players have the option of kicking oh he's he's broken from the scrum Madison is that the ruling oh there's no doubt about it what I was trying to say was he's penalized the roosters for not allowing the ball free from the scrum the front row forward it was a similar ruling last Sunday in the Parramatta game they were trying to suck the Eastern suburbs back line inside the five and then they've got the penalty for a totally different infringement once the ball has made its exit you can't try and Propel it back into the scrum that was the ruling that he gave as Canberra now [Applause] with stone 43 meters out from the roosters line and then for Daley Daley he's looked very dangerous and now another penalty Canberra no kick for the line welders welders is 25 meters out will they draw a level here daily 10 meter line second tackle 69 minutes Terrace taken by Walker Clark over the top angia leader from the line and a penalty is it 10 minutes it's against Brad Fiddler fiddle's been sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes and that'll just be above the game for bitly he might come back with 30 seconds to go I don't think David Fern is out there for cam driver he could be their first string goal kicker first man to congratulate Fiddler was Quinton pongia now Stone nine meters away from the line 12-6 for score now for Wiki Wiki's over he has kept the fine game for himself oh yeah oh yeah Captain the Raiders you're against 11 men 13 against 11. [Applause] Bradford they've got 10 minutes in the bin professional foul for offside yeah this is a matter of just a matter of too many numbers out here Peter Clark he couldn't control room very strong tonight Reuben Wiki and put hands on the inside an important thing here for the roosters is pongia sets up his man well on the outside is the fact that it is scored so wide Jason Ferris will be the man trying to even up the scores here we switched back into position he's been a Powerhouse tonight and Brad fittler leaving the field for this incident been a lot of penalties to play the ball infringements [Applause] trying to work out how'd you see the call Pete I think it was a bit harsh he's got him for offside [Applause] uh Stephen got the kick out but the referee had no doubt [Music] so the kick is offline and the roosters continue to lead down to 11 men 12 points to 10. [Applause] [Music] Andrew Walker bringing it back for and guess what he would hope to be in the last time 12-10 and a real Cliffhanger now is the roosters leading by two Fiddler in the Sin bin Hermanson sent off that's the equation in Canberra without their recognized goal kicker Ferris is going to back up in the last couple of weeks along with Laurie Daly but the football now for the roosters is absolute goals they must try and get it wherever possible strong charge here from Westby he's in the head gear now Stone and the way for pongia last tackle to The Blind Side with stone again he throws the dummy and comes back in but that's the turnover oh boy they need the footy The Roosters they're just about out in their feet to know all the defense have had to do on this second half they're starting to take its toll what have they got left now Paul done just outside his own 20 meter line and you would imagine The Interchange would be very heavily used here by Phil girl Peter Clark coming in that's what they need they've got to get some players who don't touch the football a lot compared to their forwards to come in and take the work that's Junior looking to get into the game Rebecca remica relica lamb 42 meters out from the line now IRA thank you garlic Walker driving it low [Applause] loose head and feed the for the Canberra side six minutes on the clock as he calls time off now with garlic and now you'd think that maybe the long kick into the end goal might be better but I think the roosters are too tight to chase they will be just looking to chew up some time and he didn't care where that went as long as it went over the touchline and Paul normally apart from this fact with Galley going down that the clock continues to tick Precious Moments now Canberra win the scrum Magus getting involved Centerfield 29 after his online plays the ball to nobody Daily's over the third play line but Iowa has got him 42 meters away from the line Ferris Westley David Wesley 35 out all to the left now Wallace you might enroll here tonight The Roosters cling on two points in front two players down Chris kicks it in and taking over the dead ball line by Jorgensen well you would think that it just has to be a matter of time before they open up the roosters or get caught out the numbers this is a pretty good tactics tactic five minutes on the clock is a long time to defend against well there's not much I can do better than races I just got to hang in there I'm gonna find what's left in the tank keep giving a bud bin now for eign I think the Canberra players are saying to the referee if you call timeout why is the clock not stopping Nathan would the player going across to the far wind restart by Andrew Walker yeah but a good 45 seconds wasted there so Canberra come back Quinton pongia the 30 meter line just in front of him daily and now heatherington 25 meters out on the second Daley Ferris 19 meters out on the third three and three quarters on the clock with slain 10 meters out on the floor for daily stone stone angling across Mullins kick and Chase misery says player melons was taken out of it well as soon as balance was taken out the referee called play on he didn't see anything wrong with the the head on melons inside Walton Stone who has made an impact since he's come on he gets it knocked out of the way hey Ivan Cleary clearly forced to come up into the front defensive line on all occasions makes them vulnerable for the kick through and I guess the mentality now for the roosters is that they prefer to give away a penalty and cop the draw give away a try Sean garlic the captain he's got a double responsibility out there now no blood Fiddler three minutes left on the clock congier has put down again 33 album one David Boyle David Boyle 25 out on two now Hetherington dummy on the Run round back up the singer Wesley Wesley put away third tackle Walters a quick look around finds the captain Daley this is the fourth tackle two and a half minutes on the clock 10 meters out from the line welders Steve welders has tackled on five three meters from the line Stone looking around and they come to The Blind Side Daley Welton in and Jorgensen he's got the job of getting it back and is he going to know line drop out again another line drop out and this might be a little thing but the trainer for the roosters has actually been in the indale area for the last 12 tackles telling the players where to go in defense [Applause] Jorgensen he could have got back in the field to play yeah that's the man there he was feeding and points for the players where to go in the line oh Rock and Ronnie Palmer having a Blinder and he's still in the indole area well the Raiders this is it for them they've got to play it right there was two or three times there they could have gone left and had a four man overlap but keep coming down the right hand side they've got to go to where the space is so we do it again this will be 18 tackles yeah if they complete this set of six Diley now Quentin pongia there's the ball it's away with neighbors he scores right on the full-time siren and look at Canberra we'll get the knife on another Premiership well they're in the 11th position at the moment on 11 points and this could be an enormous Victory coming into the season for him and they must be shattered The Roosters that they actually forced a mistake and Ken nag is a great opportunist that he is picked the ball up found open space as Sean garlic shakes the head he can't believe it a valiant effort by The Roosters but 13 against 11 and it's Canberra he just couldn't believe that they could be beaten and once again it comes back to the slippery field and Cleary couldn't put it with Niger so this fell on the ground this ball this is the one doesn't go backwards forwards well how to tell I got no doubt to win backwards yeah she's back and nagus was in there like a flash like a thief in the night and he's away and Canberra they get out of jail but what pressure did The Roosters absorb leading up to this try that's been a fantastic win to the Riders they're playing in there they played it right third in against 11. let's not forget that and the Valiant having a gallon had to buy these roosters I'll get plenty of positive plenty of those things out of this queen that's right glasses good piece of commentary there yes there's the kick there's the conversion Canberra have won 16 points to 12. an incredible game sensation followed sensation Eastern suburbs or Sydney City roosters finishing the match with 11 men an incredible show of gallantry by them and an equally incredible show of persistence by Canberra 16 to 12 then that is full time as we take a break we're back with the summation from Peter Sterling and Steve roach with the man of the match on the other side [Music]