The Tigers host the Steelers during the 1997 season.
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Kennedy plays it this is brusher coming in early in the set of six center from dummy half he picks up an easy 10 m that’s where he’s so dangerous they work the blind through Hanley he takes it up strong as well this is where the L up crowd Gets behind them hanley’s not happy they come in from every direction the trainers touch judge are still going there [Applause] this is where it happened Hanley not really taken all that high it was sort of around the shoulder it was the the F was the first can see just a home handy man Hanley supporting the the scars of tough week in round one of the9 what a super we haven’t seen too many here today I think there only two successful tiger a walker L lower that’s a a dangerous tackle according to Paul McGregor and Craig Smith is not happy with the decision as you’d expect them not to be and he’s been called out as we take a look at it I think where he’s got in trouble here as he’s put his arm between James l a low his legs and the referees and the touch judges will always look at that and think it’s a dangerous tackle yeah that that that is true Eric but in in the plays defense he did he he had the arm there he had the the Bain player in a dangerous position but then he he eased him down onto the ground he Eed him down onto the ground and made sure as you can see here he gets the hand there and you’re right there is a penalty straight away for that but he did well not to drive him on his head there he used him down to M he him on his stomach which I think is great you’re absolutely right David Manson though pretty much committed to the Penalty he can’t step around Gary Edwards though this is Wishard out of dummy half oh straight through Wishard beats one gets picked up in the second inside the Bain 30 they come to the left through Rodwell steps off the left foot last tackle for the Steelers it comes for Barrett the kick over the top Wishard is out there he takes it on the ball drops it and it comes away through the Tigers oh all he had to do was was close his arms around it and he would have been [Applause] away they’ve gone to Barrett for the kick most times and and he’s placed this one perfectly Rod Wisher came in on the angle and just mtim it last tackle for the Steelers and they’re only at their 30 m line as the kick now comes from Brad Mai prasher is back runs onto it now he picks up good speed can’t get around the tackle of Adam Bristo and he’ll play it just inside inside the 10 m line L out of dummy half steps around two steps around three another one Langer lower eventually is put down 35 M Out Center serin they work the blind I’ve got a big line up to the right B man plays it now Jette this is the ball for with [Applause] [Music] Steven [Applause] boss their six tackles inside the ilara 20 M line Gillette he’ll go to the air it’s a good kick too where the chases handley’s up there Gillette follows it up it comes back now on the B main side the penalty’s gone to b m he was under pressure before the kick Kick’s not a great one from Gary Edwards picks up only about 10 m they’ll play it on the 20 M line Ser done exactly what they needed to do against M last week to win the game I think they were they were so close to winning last week but just in a few periods laps by dropping the ball in crucial situations in tonight this is Adam star melted back in the tackle of Center they work the blind back inside through Smith this is Hanley stepping off the right foot last tackle for the Tigers and look at the work that the the Steelers have been forced to make 150 tackles so far in the match Don slips through one slips through another gets the ball back for Brasher who kicks there’s three four five Tigers there ball comes back langalo steps off the right foot brought down just a meter out last tackle they preserve their line again as David makes face up the middle Four Points to n they trial two kicks to nil the Tigers over the Steelers Reeves out of dummy half looks around finds support from Timmons stepping off the right foot gets the ball back eventually it’s kicked back by team Callaway bit of a harsh decision I think there I think you’re right there Jason they having a few things to say the Steelers the right foot the ball comes back back as as if anything the ball was knocked on by just a great and the ball kiic it back the kic back which is wonderful football from the Steelers goes completely unrewarded in fact it goes punished Kennedy from dmy half Kennedy will run 50 m to score that’s not like out on its feet what a try to buba Kennedy a one step two steps and all of a sudden there was no one home for the Steelers and the Tigers go out to an 8 to n lead I’m sure they won’t be happy about that decision thear side but you’ve got to get stand up and you’ve got to line yourself up in defense and and make sure you make the tackles in the next set of six he picked the ball up from dummy half stepped off the right off the left stra Smith he picked out the big man in the defensive line Brenan R has had a great game so far at the back but you have to ask a question of where he was when Kennedy’s gone through there he stepped off his left foot and there’s nobody home big Craig Smith the front rower really had no hope and a 60 M solo try to William Kennedy he only came into first grade Rugby League last [Applause] year and John Pi that is precisely what this crowd ordered yes exactly what way Pierce would have wanted too there trouble for BM not in the play the ball at the moment but coming to the sideline as Paul serin holding what looks like a a groin injury and that won’t be good news for the Tigers we’re going to go back to this in where aches Paul McGregor has been brought in with Glenn a the halfback who you can see is shaking his head there obviously something being said which involves his to referee David Manson I suspect though that the penalty is still going to Go’s way from the judge haven’t had a great running in this these sort of situations the the boun of the ball’s gone against him a couple of times and so is the the referees decision not that they’ve been wrong ones but in situations where it’s been fairly hard to tell they might have seemed to come up with a decision center Gillette cut out balls it falls for Kennedy who comes up to rock Wishard he pops it straight up into the arms of Wishard brusher gives Chase Wishard will get there langalo Came From The Far Wing but talk about being a a hero one minute and the bill in the next Kennedy looked so threatening down the left side and he po the ball up and straight into the arms of Rod wish score we spoke about Brilliance earlier when that kick went into the and got himself out of there easily but they were under pressure there they’ given the penalty away then a player like Wishard swoops on that ball great players get themselves in in those positions to score those sorts of tries he swooped on the ball and Tim Brasher gave Chase he couldn’t have got a better pass could he it was perfect he won’t score a much easier try than that that gets them back into the game that was that was the break they’ve been looking for we were just talking a minute ago how things hadn’t been going their way well that one certainly went their way the first error he committed was obviously knocking on but in attempting to reather he just knocked the ball straight up to Rod wish out you can see how fast wish out is because Tim Brasher is no slouch Rodwell out of dummy half we’ve talk about a bit of extra pressure on Trent Barrett but some of the players around him haven’t been helping helping him with passes such as that one from the scrum Bas and and he stood up every time that was a great take under enormous pressure they work the blind through McGregor steps off his left foot puts the big fend out but he’s brought down in the tackle of Michael Gillette and Craig frier a long cut out ball comes out wide he looks back inside and it falls quite nicely for Wayne Clifford and Clifford will run around and that’s two tries in the space of 5 minutes to now back to Steelers they had Bel under severe pressure down that left hand side and when the ball came back inside for Wayne Clifford this was the big run from Darren bran Street it came to Timmons he looked back inside and it just came off of quite nicely for who brought the ball around to improve the angle for R smart play here from Air because this was the last tackle and he probably would have been looking to get the kicking but he realized they had some space and numbers on the left hand side he ran the ball I thought Timmons had blown it there the pass back inside brashes not to know but if he doesn’t touch it with his hand then the pass was clearly going forward and and former North Sydney player Vernard Wilson he’s a good player good front rower very keen and willing to take the ball up you’ll do it all day for the side it’s the man out there to take that job of pul soon Canley offloads to Center he finds some space offloads as well to Kennedy he’s got space and again it’s put down by the Tigers Steven boss was there in support a significant amount of time in second grade and he’s just taken the field here in first grade in fact he’ll step straight into dummy half here he is the first time in a while in ilara colors returns to the club this week and that is a fantastic kick Michael Gillette could do nothing but watch it go out and it goes out about 3 m out from his own line he must inside own 40 area the Steelers will have the loose head and scrum feet so that’s a a wonderful example of this new rule which has come in this year ilara hot on attack attack a long ball to Barrett not a particularly good one he feeds McGregor who Ducks under one high tackle eventually caught by Brasher cross looking to get involved Rees steps off the left foot again B main defense holding quite well of a knock on there as he as he played the ball just a slow hit of a knock on Barett I’ve got numbers out wide the Steelers this is Clifford he’s already scored one try and he scores another strong play from the ilaa number five Wayne Clifford went over in the tackle at Center that was good hands and good vision from the play the ball to work the left hand side number five Wayne cord this is the earli of play Barrett comes around to the left hand side gets it out to McGregor Clifford steps off the left foot and you can see even though Center was all over him he manages to get over in the tackle air holds the ball up this is great vision from Barrett here he realized that on the left hand side of the field complete opposite side to where he was standing that ilaa had an opportunity L A gave him the ball on the angle back towards that side you see him here he’s looked back to the bar and and realized there was a chance out there ran across on that angle so he could get to handleing draw him ball to McGregor he’s so good one-onone Paul McGregor just stood in the tackle and got the ball away the winner John Pier the Tigers really have to get involved yeah it’s a funny game isn’t it the way it’s turned around but great piece of work then cross from dummy half decides to pick up 10 me all by himself as the ball comes back for Reeves who kicks long it’s a good one but Brasher in perfect position has a bit of space in which to run and this time wh up gets him you get the feeling Jason that didn’t like that R wish was never going to miss this tackle yeah well brush made a few yards down there four or so minutes ago and he wasn’t going to make many that time that’s for sure they’re behind so they need to play their sets of six but at the same time they need to move the ball around and give themselves an opportunity of scoring [Music] M the ball comes out from McGregor he should score in the corner PA McGregor he steps inside can’t get it to a support and the Steelers have come up with it with six more tackles signal beautiful ball from TR Barrett out to Paul McGregor McGregor just put himself into that hole rard into dummy har bar pen off one gets the ball out the cross this is tanbridge set sail for the line penalty David Manson I think is ruled Tim Brasher had no right to attempt to strip there to strip the ball in one-on-one tackles it many T involved in the T this important [Music] going to make it so more for to get themselves back into the [Applause] game have to there’s two players invol cross this is cram [Applause] [Music] finds air McGregor comes back to the left hand side steps around a great ball of Rodell forward Manson was pretty close to it was a wonderful ball they spent plenty of time running off each other in the C mg M came running back to theer of the field you see acoss so danger the ball in his hands so now the tigers with possession through [Applause] this is Kennedy from dummy half steps through the Gap B Kennedy will he take on Reaves around the outside Wishard comes at him puts on the Goof step and throws the ball forward that was Bain’s last opportunity two and a half minutes to go and as Jason Tay said before every time that touches the ball things happen for belain they’ve lost the ball of the war going turn yeah I thought we had them covered in just about every area in the first half but you you come off for a break at halftime and uh things tend to turn around and you that’s really what happened out there as you say I mean they um they they got a few opportunities few half half breaks in the in that second half and they turned him into tries I know how hard you work with the team good luck uh for next week’s game thanks sh Andrew uh winning coach down 10-0 at halftime how did you feel at halftime were you still confident oh I was still very confident uh halftime uh we we didn’t control the play their play the ball area all that well in the first half and I thought if we could uh if we could control that a little bit better and get a bit more ball um I thought we had a couple of tries in us and and that’s the way it sort of proved well even at half time I know things went against you I thought they were very very fit and enthusiastic and well drilled uh and I didn’t think at 10 10 up that uh they’d have a great deal of problem so to credit the your bles the way they came back but of course a lot of circumstances changed didn’t they in the second half yeah that’s true we you know we got a lot more ball and we we control their play of the ball they had very quick play of the balls and had got a got a roll on us in the first uh in the first half we sort of uh attack their play the balls you know a little bit better um and come up with a couple of good tries but I think it was it was the the defense uh that we lifted in defense and also um you know we got a lot more ball which uh I mean you can’t win without the you can’t win without the ball that’s true I think we’re keeping stats and I think you’ve done twice as much tackling as the opposition at halim and that that work around the uh the marker needed some attention Edwards had a good run and then of course Baba Kennedy Streed you so uh that’s an area you addressed at half time yeah well that’s true I mean I think you know the amount of work we did in defense is probably a credit to our conditioner David Bole and uh and also you know I mean defense is 90% commitment so I think that’s an area where we really picked up this year and I was very happy with it you very happy with the outcome yeah it would be coming from behind congratulations good luck for the uh games to come thanks very much
