Dolphins miss finals after late-season struggles; injuries hindered their strong mid-season recovery efforts.
Phins Down.
Dolphins coach Kristian Woolf is lamenting a missed opportunity after another late-season fade out cost Redcliffe a debut NRL finals campaign.
Dolphins coach Kristian Woolf is lamenting what could have been. Picture: Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images
A win against the Raiders will see the Dolphins finish ninth, one spot short of a breakthrough play-offs appearance in their third NRL season.
After a 0-4 start to the year which saw them living up to wooden spoon predictions, the Dolphins fought their way back into the top eight at the halfway mark of the season with a string of big wins.
But a crippling injury toll finally came back to bite and they've lost their past three games to drop...