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    Great player Ben Hunt
    Seems to play a little erratically at times but maturity will sort that
    Full credit to the Cowboys
    A very gutsy win
    Until next season...MM
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    Yes it is disappointing that he is bringing it up, but I think the golden point rule is a bit of a lottery.
    yes, I thought Wayne Bennett was displaying sour grapes, and was quite disrespectful of the Cowboys win. There is a time and a place for everything, and he got that totally wrong.

    When the game went into extra time, the Broncos had a huge advantage with the Cowboys kicking off. They would get possession, work their way up field 70 metres or so over the next 4 tackles, then kick the winning field goal, just as many other teams have done. Easy peasy! Except they dropped the ball from the kickoff, turning over possession to the Cowboys who kicked the winner a couple of minutes later. You can't say the Broncos didn't have their chance to win. They just blew it!!

    But the poor strategy adopted by the Broncos in the last 20 minutes was also their undoing. The coach should hang his head in shame. They kept kicking the ball out, trying to defend their lead and playing the remaining time down, rather than playing attacking football which could have quite reasonably put them in the clear, with no need for extra time if they had scored a couple of points in that last 20 minutes. It was not a big ask. A try, or a penalty goal, or even a field goal in that last 20 minutes would have won it for them if they had tried to win by attacking.

    So you could quite definitely say the Broncos blew it, especially in the face of the Cowboys characteristic never say die attitude.

    Well done lads, you deserve the Premiership at long last, after 20 years in the NRL competition!!

    PS. I thought Jonathan Thurston had a pretty ordinary game, and played as well as he was allowed to by the Broncos. He also made some crucial errors, one resulting in the Broncos scoring. I really thought the man of the match should have been Jake Granville, who set up two tries, tackled his heart out, and then made that final bullet like pass to Thurston to kick the winning field goal
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ironwood View Post
    Although I have the greatest respect for Wayne Bennett , I am disappointed to see and hear the sour grapes about the golden point issue . The game was won fair and square within the rules.
    He bangs on about that everytime there is a golden point win, even when he benefits. I guess it was just poor timing this time, and media hyping it up. We all know what bennett is like, and to his credit he did congratulate the coyboys despite the media hype about the golden point issue. I guess if you hate some aspect about a sport, you hate it regardless, and to loose a grand final because of that would just annoy you even more..


    At the end of the day, the golden point thing is pretty stupid. If you are going to play an extra ten, then play it. Chances are its going to be field goal that wins the game, why not add to it and push for a try? The reason its golden point is the same reason 2 qld teams have to play a grand final in Sydney - Money.

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    I thought the Broncos peaked form when they played the Roosters
    They played amazingly good footy that day to beat the chooks
    Just a thought...MM
    Mapleman

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