Recent content by Chris Harding

No doubt that it was OK because Kikau attacked his hand. The ref asked the bunker to check whether he had also made contact with Drinkwater's chin, which is where I fully expected a penalty try.

Wasn't Simpkins the ref who stole our win against the Dragons when Soward faked a dive?

I'm sure that the Cowboys' fans site are also panning the ref.

And every team he's coached since.

Which is why I think Ciraldo is forced to stick with Sexton, because the squad is built around him at halfback. Galvin is a handy bench player in case we need some attacking skill toward the end of a game, but we might also need a fresh forward to defend a lead. A tough situation for any coach.

Maybe too late in the season to try a new halves combination. Looks like we're stuck with Sexton. Galvin will have to wait for the pre season training.

Bunker can call foul play six tackles ago when it suits, and can even find a "knock on" when a tap pass is made for a Bulldogs try. If they can see knock ons, why can't they see forward passes in tries? There are lines on the ground to help.

When I was up there a month ago, it was 18C one day, and a wind off the coast. The first time I've felt cold in Townsville. It's usually warm with mild humidity this time of year. Fox team kept saying how humid it was at the game. Maybe that was their excuse for all the Cowboys dropped balls.

Townsville is a tough gig in the humidity, and in front of a hostile home crowd.

That kick by Burton is exactly what Storm and Panthers would do if they saw there was no defender back behind the goal line, and they'd be singing the praises of Munster and Cleary for their smart play.

It wasn't so much how he hammered us, but how he turned a blind eye to Cowboy's errors and foul play. There were three clear knock ons and one ball strip that were so obvious even the partisan Fox commentators were saying we were dudded. Still, I'm surprised that the bunker didn't rule Kikau's...

I've noticed the same, and it seems to favour the sides like Storm, Broncos and Panthers - or any team we play.

But those missed tackles were then covered by another player. The stat is misleading. It is the breaks made that are the real missed tackles - and the Cowboys had very few of them.

Pretty sure we've been penalised for that in the past, and one time it cost us a win.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/sport/rugby/brave-bulldogs-pip-cowboys-without-galvin/ar-AA1It8Ve?ocid=BingNewsSerp