{"id":321661,"date":"2023-08-06T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=321661"},"modified":"2023-08-06T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T07:59:37","slug":"harsh-sin-bin-cruels-tigers-after-outstanding-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=321661","title":{"rendered":"'Harsh' sin bin cruels Tigers after 'outstanding' play"},"content":{"rendered":"

W\ufeffests Tigers<\/a> may look at Sunday afternoon's NRLW<\/a> match as the one that got away with Kezie Apps<\/a>' sin-binning in the second half proving crucial.<\/p>\n

With the Tigers trailing 22-12, the second-rower managed to chase down a runaway Shakiah Tungai in the 56th minute but was sent from the field after the tackle was deemed to be a professional foul.<\/p>\n

Cheyelle Robins-Reti managed to score in the following set for Canberra<\/a>, but the Tigers almost came back, losing 28-22.<\/p>\n

LIVE COVERAGE:<\/strong> Latest updates from Sunday's NRL and NRLW action\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> \ufeffBoxing star 'shocked and devastated' by doping test fail<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

READ MORE:<\/strong> Origin gun floored by 'horrible' injury in Souths loss\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

NSW Blues legend Brad Fittler thought the call was more severe than it needed to be.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

"No, really?," he said after she was sent from the field on Nine's coverage.<\/p>\n

"Trying to slow the play the ball down too much … that's harsh."<\/p>\n

Former Jillaroo Al\ufefflana Ferguson described Apps' chase as "outstanding" but ultimately the Raiders punished her indiscretion with a try.<\/p>\n

Canberra were out to a fast start, leading \ufeff10-0 with tries to Zahara Temara and Hollie-Mae Dodd in the opening exchanges.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Leianne Tufuga and Apps then hit back for the Tigers to make it 12-12 at half-time.<\/p>\n

Stream the NRLW premiership 2023 live and free on<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Raiders were fast out of the gates again, with Tungai, Monalisa Soliola and Robins-Reti all going over \ufeffto make the lead 28-12.<\/p>\n

Before Apps returned, Tufuga went over for her second in the 64th minute.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Tufuga then scored a hat-trick with two minutes to go, setting up a grandstand finish.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the Raiders held on \ufeffto put themselves in fifth and in touch with finals. The Tigers are just above them in fourth.<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

W\ufeffests Tigers may look at Sunday afternoon's NRLW match as the one that got away with Kezie Apps' sin-binning in the second half proving crucial. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":321663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321661"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321661"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321667,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321661\/revisions\/321667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/321663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}