Roosters coach Trent Robinson has defended skipper James Tedesco after the fullback’s troubles underneath the excessive ball led to 2 Canberra tries within the Raiders’ 20-18 win on Sunday.
Tedesco was outjumped twice in after two first half bombs from Raiders halfback Jamal Fogarty, with Jack Wighton leaping over the Blues fullback to reign within the kick and rating.
Just over 10 minutes later, in-form Raiders fullback Seb Kris jumped over Tedesco and batted a ball again to centre Matt Timoko, who scooped up the ball and ran in underneath the posts.
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Fox League’s Andrew Voss known as the Wighton attempt “Lindsay Collins-esque” on the published, referencing the Cameron Munster four-pointer in Origin I when the Roosters prop contested and received a excessive ball over his membership teammate, resulting in a game-sealing Queensland attempt.
Tedesco was brutally trustworthy when referencing his poor first half, saying that he “has to be better”.
“The first couple of tries, I have to own that. It was disappointing,” Tedesco advised reporters post-game.
“I feel fine with it. The second half was fine.
“I’ve got to be better there. There’s not any reason to it, I’ve just got to be confident going up and taking it.
“Those two tries cost us in the end”
Tedesco’s admission induced his coach to interject, labelling it a “harsh” self-critique.
“Teddy’s got the best diffusal rates of fullbacks over the years. He’s been outstanding on those,” Robinson stated.
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“He’s disappointed tonight but he’s the safest man at the back that the game has seen in a long, long time.
“Teddy doesn’t like it but it’s not a habit, that’s just the game.”
The loss to the Raiders meant the Roosters had been again underneath .500%, transferring to seven wins and eight defeats.
Their poor assault has been one among water-cooler fodder for a lot of the season, and within the first 39 minutes, they did nothing to dispel that chatter.
That was till Joey Manu injected himself into the sport, scoring handsome tries simply earlier than and after the halftime break.
The Roosters had quite a lot of different possibilities all through the competition, together with one other to Manu, however he dropped the ball simply earlier than the road.
With 246 factors, solely the Tigers have scored much less factors this season.
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Robinson doesn’t look like too frightened nonetheless, believing his aspect are getting “closer” to figuring it out.
“At 18-12 it was waiting for us to open it up more and we just couldn’t nail it,” Robinson stated.
“I think we are getting closer to nailing it. We’ve identified what we think it is.
“We are working on some things to open it up. There were just a few timing issues on some of our plays that we talked about and it’s just slightly out of sync which is costing us. It has costed us this year.
“I know it’ll open up. I know for these guys, I’ve watched them work hard so I know it’s going to open up so we just got to keep belief in the way we train and prepare.
“I feel like we are choking the club at the moment trying to get it right. We have to loosen the grip … and allow a little bit more freedom.”
“We are trying really hard … Our attack is just not clicking like we’d like it to,” Tedesco added.
“We had plenty of opportunities but we didn’t execute.”
Source: www.foxsports.com.au