Canberra Raiders’ fullback Xavier Savage suffered a humiliating blow in Friday night’s clash with the Parramatta Eels, when a Dylan Brown grubber bounced wickedly between his legs, leading to Tom Opacic to score the Eels’ second try of the night.
“That has taken middle stump out of the ground,” Warren Voss said in commentary for Fox League. “Xavier Savage gets a savage bounce that leads to an Opacic try.”
Greg Alexander said: “I knew when he didn’t make a play at the ball, I thought: ‘He was in trouble here, the ball could do anything’ – and that’s exactly...