Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has admitted he was “not happy” along with his aspect’s efficiency and has challenged them to “be smarter” after one other second half lapse in a 36-26 win over the Dragons.
The Raiders had been cruising in direction of a dominant victory when heading into the sheds up 24-6. However, like they’ve on a lot of events this season, they took their foot of the fuel within the second half, permitting the Dragons proper again into the sport when conceding three tries in six minutes.
A late attempt to Sebastian Kris sealed the consequence, however not after the Dragons bought inside 4 factors. Remarkably, the eventual ten level profitable margin is the Green Machine’s largest of the season.
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“I’m not happy with it. I haven’t spoken to the team as a group but I’m sure they won’t be happy either,” Stuart stated within the put up match press convention.
“We used to be a team who would be just happy to win those games and it didn’t matter how but we’ve got to change that attitude and mindset to being more ruthless and going on with it.
“We aren’t letting teams back in because we lack character or courage or not fit. We are healthy and fit and fast.
“I know the boys well enough and understand their character. We probably got to get more of my attitude of taking it tackle for tackle, set for set and metre for metre.
“We need to be smarter.”
The Dragons proper edge tore the Raiders to shreds, with Zac Lomax and Mikaele Ravalawa combining to attain all 5 of the group’s tries.
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The query was put to Stuart if there was a purpose for it.
“Yeah. Didn’t you see the game? 100% there were reasons,” Stuart fired again.
“It is easy to fix because it hasn’t been like that so it is easy to fix.
“We will jump onto it, we have time now.
While disappointed about another hot-and-cold performance, Stuart says he was happy to get the two points against a side with a “renewal of motivation.”
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“Don’t get me wrong, me sitting here all happy and then going in there and patting them on the backs are the wrong actions from the coach tonight … But I’m very happy to get out of Wollongong with two points.
“We knew they were going to be tough after what they copped last week, so I knew it was going to be playing against a team with a renewal of motivation, and they did.
“They got some good players in their football team and they got players there who should be playing a lot better than what they are.
“I know Ryan Carr well. He’s a good young coach and they need to be aiming up a bit more for him.”
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