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The Canberra Times

A LOOK AT ROUND 24 OF THE NRL

PLAYER OF THE ROUND: Addin Fonua-Blake. The prop forward played a staggering 71 minutes for the Warriors in what turned out to be a tight defeat of Wests Tigers. He ran for 270 metres - 80 post-contact - and scored the try that put the result beyond doubt.

QUOTE OF THE ROUND: "I don't think I can say much more than that, to be honest, it was just a really, really embarrassing performance" - Canberra coach Ricky Stuart was scathing of his side's 48-2 loss to Melbourne that puts an almighty dent in their top-four hopes.

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The Canberra Times

Jarrod Croker could score tries from anywhere.

It's no small praise for the retiring Canberra Raiders co-captain Jarrod Croker from one of the greatest coaches in the history of the game.

Melbourne Storm mentor Craig Bellamy was glowing of Croker, who said his body - after 305 games and 15 seasons - could no longer take the rigours of the NRL.

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Canberra Weekly

Melbourne NRL coach Craig Bellamy says his side drew a line in the sand before a 48-2 smashing of Canberra which left counterpart Ricky Stuart labelling the Raiders' performance as really, really embarrassing and crap.

The Storm jumped back inside the top four and effectively ended the Raiders' hopes of a double chance in the finals, piling on nine unanswered tries - all from different scorers.

The thrashing could have even more dire consequences for the Raiders, who are just a game inside the top eight with their woeful points differential weighing them down further.

It's the Raiders' fifth loss this season by 22...

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