Managed to watch the game on Fox today at my in-laws.
Very impressive game, I thought our goal line defence was superb. Our attack still isn't quite there but to score 40 points was brilliant. It could have been more. I never felt Canberra we're going to get us, even when they came back and the bias Raiders commentators kept riding them along.
Fair dinkum we were 14-16 points ahead with 10 to go and they still weren't willing to concede we had won it. Wasn't until Prior's 77th minute try that they finally conceded victory to the Sharks. Geez, I know Channel 9 have some **** commentators but Fox have some poor ones as well. Jimmy Smith was just so anti Sharks in all his discussions and although you'd expect it, Gary Belcher just would not stop praising the Raiders and talking them up.
I thought our forwards were strong today and laid the platform. Some of the penalties against us were so soft, but a few were also very much warranted. Jack Bird needs to keep his mouth shut.
Ben Barba was terrific, don't know why he didn't pin the ears back there at one stage in the second half looking for his 3rd. Ennis and Maloney are really starting to look the goods now and players like Boogs, Prior, Heino stepped up.
Great to go to Canberra and get a win like that, have to keep it going next week against the Panthers.