Canterbury Bulldogs vs Wests Tigers: NRL live scores
Roar Guru By John Davidson, 17 Aug 2012 John Davidson is a Roar Guru
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Ben Barba attacks. AAP Image/Action Photographics, Renee McKay
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Canterbury Vs. Wests Tigers |
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2012 NRL Premiership Season, 18 August, 2012 |
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| ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW | ||
| Canterbury 23 defeated Wests Tigers 22 (XT) | ||
| Canterbury | Wests Tigers | |
| 23 | FINAL SCORE | 22 |
| 4 | TRIES | 4 |
| 3/4 | CONVERSION KICKS | 3/4 |
| 0/0 | PENALTY GOALS | 0/0 |
| 1/3 | FIELD GOAL | 0/4 |
Top scorers:
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Important moments:
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| Referee: B Cummins |
| Touch judges: P Holland & Luke Potter |
Can the Wests Tigers stop the Bulldogs 11-game winning streak and contain the electric Canterbury fullback Ben Barba? Join us to find out with live scores from 7.30pm AEST.
From the team that finished ninth in the NRL last year, this season’s Dogs outfit are a completely different outfit.
They have virtually the same playing personnel, apart from the addition of prop James Graham, and mid-season buys winger Sam Perrett and centre Krisnan Inu, but this Canterbury side is playing with much more confidence, aggression and attacking ambition than the 2011 edition.
Master coach Des Hasler has remodeled the Dogs in a short space of time, uncovered dynamic five-eighth Josh Reynolds and powerhouse forward Sam Kasiano, and got his charges dominating the competition.
It is a big ask for the Tigers to come to ANZ Stadium tonight and dethrone the high-flying Bulldogs. But that is the Tigers task, as they attempt to hold on to a semi-final position.
The joint-venture club sit in just eighth place at the moment with a host of clubs – the Knights, Raiders, Titans and Dragons – nipping at their heels.
The Tigers come into this one starting to hit some form of their own with two wins from their past two games. Most pleasing for the Tigers faithful will be the sight of star Benji Marshall hitting his straps. T
he Kiwi pivot laid on some beautiful tries in the Tigers win over Balmain last weekend in a manner only he can do, and with weapons like Marshall, Farah and their attacking forward trio of Heighington, Ellis and Blair, they will pose some problems for Canterbury.
But it will be the Tigers defence that will have to stand up to the Bulldogs might and be the key to them winning the match.
Canterbury welcome back props Kasiano and Graham for this game, a timely boost as they chase their 12th win in a row.
The Tigers are unchanged and surely ex-Dog Matt Utai will want to get one over his old club. Barba may be the focal point for the Bulldogs at the moment but, as Tim Sheens remarked “he isn’t Superman”, and the Belmore-based club have plenty of attacking intent around the park, from Josh Morris to Krisnan Inu, Josh Reynolds and Frank Pritchard.
Focusing only Barba, arguably the current front-runner for this year’s Dally M medal, will leave holes for other players to exploit.
The should be an entertaining tussle by two of the premier attacking teams in the NRL. Join us at 7.30pm AEST for all the action from ANZ Stadium and to see which part of western Sydney is triumphant tonight.
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12:07pm
Andy said | 12:07pm | Report comment
pete75, my point is that farrah plays for the penalty. he had ever oppurtuntiy to run across and make the tackle but he stood still…. i dont think farrah scored and i dont think the ball his the ground on woods try either.. but i dont support either team..so i dont care
10:24am
Matt said | 10:24am | Report comment
WOW! Just watched the highlights, unbelievable, the decoy plowed the defence, and they ran into the gap he made to score.
And Farrah, I understand the ref being unsure, but the video ref, gosh, what a shocker!
Tigers winger looks to be an up and comer, he bombed one when he fell over though haha.
11:43pm
eagleJack said | 11:43pm | Report comment
Oh and did anyone hear the 2 refs at the end after Inu kicked the field goal? One is calling out to the other to watch for the short kick-off. The other refs says it’s golden point, the game is over. “Oh yeah” comes the response.
11:40pm
eagleJack said | 11:40pm | Report comment
Im not shocked by that obstruction try after the Hodges debacle. I’ve said it before and Ill say it again. The refs are confused because of the material they are working with. The decisions are reliant on who is in the video refs box. They all have different interpretations.
Simple solution. Have the same 3 video refs look after EVERY game. They all sit in the one room, at NRL HQ in Sydney, and consult one another on decisions. Why we need the video refs at the grounds is beyond me. Friday nights you would have 2 games going simultaneously but Im sure they could cope with that. There are 3 of them after all.
Only then might we start to see some consistency.
10:43pm
Lost Earthling said | 10:43pm | Report comment
Bulldogs first try should never have been allowed. The bulldogs player at dummy half pushed the two tigers tacklers off the bulldog player, which is a straight up penalty since you aren’t allowed to interfere with the tacklers. Instead there are no markers and the bulldogs suddenly have an easy overlap. A few weeks ago a penrith try was disallowed because one of their players interfered with a tackler in the lead up. It’s games like tonights that make me watch more afl then nrl these days.
10:56pm
jdubya said | 10:56pm | Report comment
Go watch the fumbleball mate. You will not be missed.
10:02pm
Papa Curt said | 10:02pm | Report comment
Terrible refereeing. How can Farahs try not be a try. It is visible from when he put his body on the ground and then moves up with the ball just not touching the line. This changed the momentum that we had in our favour. The obstruction try the dogs scored was obviously not a try. And since when are you allowed to pass of the ground with a defenders hand on you. That is what Barba did. Thats how they got in position for the fieldgoal.
9:59pm
Milla Rose said | 9:59pm | Report comment
Thanks video ref..gave a “refs call” but clearly the ball touched the ground and allowing a try when it was clearly a shepherd.. Time to find another job coz you sucks.. You need to go to SPECSAVERS!!
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9:52pm
lahbs mero said | 9:52pm | Report comment
2012 minor premiers DOGs all the way
9:44pm
Blaze said | 9:44pm | Report comment
Absolutely disgusting video reffing…..
9:24pm
Titus said | 9:24pm | Report comment
Another example of why video refs are useless……..that’ll do me.
9:30pm
Matt said | 9:30pm | Report comment
What happened in this game? 19-18 to storm, first try was a clear drop, unbelievable.
9:45pm
Titus said | 9:45pm | Report comment
Video ref was unable to rule on a clear shepherd that resulted in a Bulldogs try, I mean seriously, what’s the point of having them?
9:58pm
Matt said | 9:58pm | Report comment
Who knows. How can you even fix it? Have 3 video refs? How hard is it? Their accuracy is 90% or something – yes, because so many are very simple you can rule with just 1 reply. As soon as anything is even a bit complicated (and often it’s not!!!) they mess it up all the time.
Half the time you know the answer based on how they react after the score anyway. Storm guy tonight almost laughed when it was awarded, he knew it wasn’t a try and couldn’t believe they gave it.
11:38pm
Andy said | 11:38pm | Report comment
Shepard or not tigers just stopped they did not play to the whistle…… Farrah did the same in origin.
Farrah said it “every since rugby league was invented there has been shepards”
PLAY TO THE WHISTLE……. has also been a number one rule…
11:59pm
Pete75 said | 11:59pm | Report comment
Which is all well and good Andy, but it wasn’t Farah that was impeded, it was Ayshford, so your point is moot.
It was a disgraceful decision and one that utimately cost the Tigers the match. The Farah non-try was another disgrace so, all up, the Tigers had to do without 8-12 points.
Thank god they went upstairs for the Woods try, because the initial call was that he was held up over the line.
Mark my words, we’re getting to the stage where video refereeing is going to end a team’s season spectacularly in the finals.
Mark my words.
Pray it isn’t on grand final day, it’s only a matter of time.
Mark my words.
EDIT:- A courageous effort from the Tigers and a great game of footy. It’s a shame the refs had to ruin it…
9:59pm
JVGO said | 9:59pm | Report comment
The second last Bulldogs try was also set up in a similar fashion. The Dogs continually do it. The ball handler jinks behind the decoy runner who disrupts the slide defence and creates an overlap. Des is obviously a good coach and he will win a premiership in concert with harrigan as they rewrite the rules of the game. The game is beyond a joke. Ref two feet from the final tigers try couldn’t even see the ball planted straight in front of him and initially ruled no try. How can you possibly trust these clowns. The reffing from round one has been an absolute disgrace. harrigan and his patsies have to go and the actual rules need to be applied.
8:58pm
abhi said | 8:58pm | Report comment
Go tigers…must win game for us…finish it in….
6:16pm
Serge said | 6:16pm | Report comment
Go the Bulldogs. Hope they have plenty of bite left in the coming games.