A snapshot of spherical 13 of the NRL season

SNAPSHOT OF ROUND 13 NRL ACTION

PLAYER OF THE ROUND: Jack Wighton helped Canberra overcome a Cody Walker-inspired fightback in his first recreation towards South Sydney since signing a contract to affix the Redfern membership from 2024. After the Raiders misplaced Corey Harawira-Naera in confronting scenes, Wighton arrange the match-winning strive by breaching the defence and sending the ball left to his flying exterior males.

QUOTE OF THE ROUND: “They have to study themselves that in the event that they push by means of it and so they discover one other gear … that is what it takes to win and be an NRL participant.” Parramatta coach Brad Arthur is assured back-to-back wins can pull his aspect’s season again from the brink.

TALKING POINT: Corey Harawira-Naera’s scary mid-game collapse towards Souths. The Canberra second-rower appeared disoriented earlier than he fell to the turf and suffered a seizure. Play stopped for greater than 10 minutes as medical employees attended to the New Zealand worldwide. Harawira-Naera was aware and responsive as he left the sector in a medicab and was discharged from hospital early on Sunday morning.

STATS THAT MATTER: Jamayne Isaako has already scored 138 factors this season – his second-best consequence for any marketing campaign – and the competitors will not be but previous the midway mark. The Dolphins flyer celebrated his a hundredth NRL recreation with two tries and 5 objectives towards St George Illawarra to maneuver properly clear atop the point-scoring charts.

CASUALTY WARD: Raiders – Corey Harawira-Naera (seizure) Seb Kris (knee), Jordan Rapana (concussion); Eels – Joe Ofahengaue (calf); Warriors – Freddy Lussick (concussion); Knights – Lachlan Fitzgibbon (calf).

JUDICIARY WATCH: Sea Eagles – Jason Saab (excessive deal with), Tolu Koula (excessive deal with)

UNDER PRESSURE: North Queensland’s finals hopes are fading by the week. Regardless of an improved displaying towards Parramatta, final 12 months’s preliminary finalists are 5-8 for the season and would wish to win seven of their final 11 video games to complete on 30 factors – the cut-off for final 12 months’s high eight. Seven of these video games are towards sides at the moment within the high eight.

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