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Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has taken aim at the officials for not having the courage to make a big call in the dying seconds of the game.
He felt they'd set themselves up to beat St George Illawarra, only to get denied what could have been a match-levelling penalty from directly in front of the goal posts.
Dragons captain Ben Hunt jumped out and tackled dummy half Tom Starling from what appeared to be an offside position only for referee Peter Gough to blow full-time.
How much stock do you put in a game in those conditions? And how much stock do you put in Origin I?
That's the question facing NSW Blues coach Brad Fittler in regards to Jack Wighton.
The Canberra Raiders star was the Blues' best in the State of Origin opener, but dropped a few crucial balls in the Raiders' loss to St George Illawarra at a wet and wild Wollongong on Sunday.
Canberra five-eighth Jack Wighton had an afternoon to forget on the eve of an anticipated NSW recall as the Raiders fell to a 12-10 defeat against St George Illawarra on Sunday.
Wighton struggled to impose himself on the game – his first since missing State of Origin II with COVID-19 – and was way below par, making four errors and enduring a torrid time with the boot at Wollongong’s WIN Stadium.
The 29-year-old gifted the Dragons their first try of the afternoon when he tapped a short...