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90 metre intercept try in Dolphins big win
Kurt Donoghoe ran 90 metres after taking an intercept on his 10 metre line to score and give the Dolphins a chance of hitting 50 points against the South Sydney Rabbitohs on Friday night.
The Fiji Bati representative started at Lock and played the full 80 minutes. His try the cherry on top of a big shift for the Dolphins who won the game 50-28 and move back into 80th position.
Nawaqanitawase double in Roosters win
Mark Nawaqanitawase scored 2 tries in the Roosters big win over the Cowboys 42-8 on Sunday. The former Wallaby took an intercept in the 30th minute to race away while the 2nd came after some great lead-up play.
He made the most metres for his side with 245 from 25 runs, 45 post contact metres and 8 tackle breaks. He now has 12 tries in 13 appearances and the Rookie of the year tag is starting to do the rounds.
Dolphins smash Cowboys
The Dolphins recorded their biggest win of the season, smashing the helpless Cowboys 58-6. Lock Kurt Donoghoe scored a try in the 39th minute. This comes a week after a 56-6 win over the Dragons.
Wong scores winner for Roosters
The Roosters jumped 3 places and back into the top 8 into 7th spot after beating the Knights at home. Siua Wong scored his first try of the season in the 70th minute when he chased through a grubber kick. His 4 pointer put the visitors in the lead for the first time in the game and would ultimately prove the difference.
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The Melbourne Storm won a Golden Point thriller against the Rabbitohs in Sydney 25-24. They led the game 12-0 before the home side clawed their way back. The lead changed several times before both sides being locked at 24 all in the 80th minute.
Storm fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen kicked the winning field goal.
Kamikamica started on the interchange bench and made 7 carries for 65 metres and 14 tackles defensively.
Kurt Donoghoe again finished off the tryscoring for the Dolphins in a big Saturday night win over the South Sydney Rabbitohs.
He took an intercept on his 10 metre line before running the rest of the way to score and give his side a chance of cracking 50.
They won the game 50-28 and move back into 8th position.
Jacob Saifiti made his return from injury for the Knights, starting at Prop against the competition leaders the Raiders.
He made 119 metres from 13 hitups, 42 post contact metres and 30 tackles in a 51 minute shift.
The game went down to the wire with the home side coming back from 0-16 at the break to have a shot at at least tying the game at the death but it wasn’t to be.
The 2nd placed Bulldogs faced one of their biggest challenges of the year in the resurgent Panthers. The home side led 6-2 at halftime but failed to score in the second half. The Premiers taking the lead in the 55th minute and held on to win 8-6.
Montoya started on the wing and made a linebreak, 185 metres from 23 runs with 53 post contact metres.
