{"id":395242,"date":"2024-05-19T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=395242"},"modified":"2024-05-19T11:05:05","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T11:05:05","slug":"achilles-heel-costs-tigers-again-in-ugly-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=395242","title":{"rendered":"'Achilles heel' costs Tigers again in ugly defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRISBANE:<\/strong> The losing streak has continued for the Wests Tigers<\/a>, falling short \ufeff24-12 against the Dolphins<\/a> to cap off an incredible Magic Round at Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n

T\ufeffhe high-flying Dolphins jumped out to an early 12-0 lead as Jack Bostock and Mark Nicholls crossed for tries, before the Tigers hit back before the break.<\/p>\n

The tables turned however when Brent Naden and Justin Olam were sin binned on either side of half-time, leaving the Tigers stuck with 11 men for a brief period.<\/p>\n

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Naden's sin bin prior to the break for a silly high shot on Bostock left the struggling Tigers a man short at a crucial juncture.<\/p>\n

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But things only got worse for coach Benji Marshall<\/a> earl\ufeffy in the second half when Justin Olam joined Naden in the bin for a hip-drop tackle.<\/p>\n

During the pair's absence, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow<\/a> streaked away for a long-range try to put the Dolphins further ahead and lighting up Suncorp in his return game.<\/p>\n

Fox League commentator Corey Parker condemned the actions of Naden, who cost his side as a sense of deja vu came for the Tigers after a tough campaign.<\/p>\n

"That was right across the jaw of Bostock," he said after Naden's incident.<\/p>\n

"I don't think he is thinking – it was high, it was intentional, it was careless. It has been their Achilles heel this season."\ufeff<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Api Koroisau<\/a> gave his side\ufeff a glimmer of hope in the 53rd minute, but another try for Tabuai-Fidow with just over 10 minutes remaining was the nail in the coffin.<\/p>\n

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The fullback – who was back on deck after suffering a hamstring injury earlier in the season – mounted a strong case for Origin selection with a stellar performance.<\/p>\n

Wayne Bennett's men cemented their place in the NRL top-four with another scrappy win, while the Tigers remain in the bottom-four after a seventh-straight defeat.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The ugly affair concluded a chaotic weekend in Brisbane, which saw plenty of players binned and the likes of Cameron Munster and Bradman Best suffer injuries.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BRISBANE: The losing streak has continued for the Wests Tigers, falling short \ufeff24-12 against the Dolphins to cap off an incredible Magic Round at Suncorp […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":395244,"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\/395242"}],"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=395242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":395247,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395242\/revisions\/395247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/395244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=395242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=395242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=395242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}