The Dragons’ finals hopes are in serious danger of being extinguished for the fourth straight year, with a penalty for hair-pulling threatening to douse yet another St George Illawarra season | SMHsport
The Dragons’ finals hopes are in serious danger of being extinguished for the fourth straight year, with a penalty for hair-pulling, of all things, threatening to douse yet another St George Illawarra season.
That is until former Dragon Luciano Leilua struggled toward the tryline, Queensland Origin back rower Jaydn Su’A grappling to drag him down from behind and eventually getting a hold of Leilua’s ponytail. St George Illawarra’s current season is headed for a similarly deflating finish, just days after assistant coaches Mat Head and Peter GentleNorth Queensland’s triumph gives them a four-point buffer between second and third at the pointy end of the ladder, this their sixth win from seven starts.
While the Dragons enjoyed the early ascendancy, it was Drinkwater who struck the first blow, laying on Kyle Feldt’s 15th minute opener.That Drinkwater set the four-pointer up with one dummy, then threatened to bomb it with another before finding his winger with an audacious flick pass, was all just part of the fun.
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