{"id":380286,"date":"2024-03-29T07:09:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T08:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=380286"},"modified":"2024-03-29T09:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T09:02:54","slug":"ciraldos-annoyed-reaction-to-unpunished-hip-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=380286","title":{"rendered":"Ciraldo's annoyed reaction to unpunished hip-drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bulldogs<\/a> coach C\ufeffameron Ciraldo<\/a> dodged questions regarding an unpunished hip-drop tackle against the Rabbitohs<\/a>, after his side suffered a narrow loss on Good Friday.<\/p>\n

One year removed from Jacob Preston landing himself in hot water in the same fixture<\/a>, Jack Wighton escaped sanction or penalty for a similar tackle on the Canterbury young gun as Souths picked up their first win of the year in a 20-16 nail-biter.<\/p>\n

During the first half of the clash, the 22-year-old burst through the line but was dragged down by the Rabbitohs centre, who landed his weight on the back of \ufeffPreston's lower leg and left the second-rower clutching at his ankle.<\/p>\n

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However, despite a brief stoppage, referee Gerard Sutton and the Bunker saw no issue with Wighton's tackle\ufeff and allowed play to continue.<\/p>\n

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"Did you think that was a hip-drop from Wighton? It looked like it," league icon Andrew Johns said on the Nine broadcast.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media post-game, Ciraldo was reminded of the incident involving Preston 12 months earlier and rolled his eyes when asked about the Wighton challenge.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"I remember it well," he said.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I didn't see it that closely. Preston's ankle is pretty sore."<\/p>\n

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Ciraldo also took the high road when quizzed on Latrell Mitchell knocking out Josh Addo-Carr, but admitted losing the star winger "wasn't ideal" for the Dogs.<\/p>\n

While his side continue to show plenty of heart in their performances, Ciraldo lamented the lack of execution from Canterbury, with the side now slumping to 1-3 from their opening month of football.<\/p>\n

"12 months ago, if we had gone down 10-0 on a day like today, it probably would have kept going and got ugly,' the coach said.<\/p>\n

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"We were able to dominate field position \u2026 we just didn't execute. We're a team that's got a lot of effort at the moment – but at some stage, we're gonna need to execute better and that's what we need to figure out pretty quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"In the last five minutes, we actually showed a lot more energy in our attack. We started to get behind the ball, we started to support more, we looked dangerous – but the score was 20-12 and the game was probably gone.<\/p>\n

"It takes no courage to play when the game is gone.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

Ciraldo's men face a horror next fortnight, with clashes against premiership heavyweights in the Sydney Roosters and Melbourne Storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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