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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2840096, member: 1899"] It wasn't pretty, but the better side won in the end. The Raiders were physically all over the Roosters from the 20th minute on with Tapine, Whitehead & Soliola in particular leading the way. With their go forward along with the charges of Rapana and Cotric, they really should have gone on with it but Hodgson, Austin & Sezer struggled to execute when opportunities were available. The Roosters were gutsy albeit impatient and ill-disciplined. They had an opportunity to steal it late, but they were guilty of wanting to score off of every play instead of creating opportunity for a Keary or Mitchell to win it. As poor as they were, coach Trent Robinson deserves a share of the blame. It was obvious from the opening exchanges that the Watson/Keary partnership was off and they really needed to bring Cornish in much sooner than he was. With 3 minutes to go, what was the point? Former Bronco Lindsay Collins started his stint with plenty of gusto. I thought his enthusiasm swung the tide, but it took a lot out of him and he quickly found out how much faster the game is in the NRL. He'll be better for the run though and I can see him becoming a player we all look back on and regret letting go. Back to back wins for the Raiders, if they play their cards right, they can build their season on this Origin period, just like they did last year. [/QUOTE]

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