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Nightcliff Dragons Ignite Second-Half Comeback to Crush Raiders 50-22 · WCBH

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  Thanks, Costo. It was round eight in the NRL NT. We're actually in the second
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  half of our 15-round season. We've got a six-team competition,
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  so we go through the draw three full times.
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  So jockeying for top four spots, it goes up a notch from here on in.
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  And it was the Nightcliffe Dragons and Palmerston Raiders who clashed in a battle
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  for fourth place on the ladder.
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  It was an absolute first-half arm wrestle. Both teams showing they could score
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  some pretty entertaining tries
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  and then immediately invite the opposition straight back into the game.
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  It was locked up at halftime, 18-0. Both teams really needed to hold on to the
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  Steedon and reduce their error rate.
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  And it was the Nycliffe Dragons who returned from the sheds more composed.
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  They managed to execute 32 points in the second half to run out.
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  Big winners in the end, 50 points to 22.
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  They're on a bit of a run at the moment, the Dragons. Dragons power winger Peter
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  Ekevati, he scored three tries.
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  And athletic back rower Ikeche Mire, he added another two tries to his impressive tally for the season.
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  Now, in the battle between the second-place Northern Sharks and the third-place
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  Litchfield Bears, it was the Bears who wrestled their way to a 22 points to 18 victory.
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  They survived a strong finish by the Northern Sharks.
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  In the end, it was the boot of Brodie Morecambe that proved the difference on the scoreboard.
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  And in the Eddie Wasomo Memorial Shield, brothers ran out 15 tries to nil.
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  Big victors in the end, 78 points to nil. Ouch.
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  Brothers back rower, Naima Mao, he picked up four tries in the route.
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  Now, you really had to feel for the Bunnies. They were stretched for numbers from the get-go.
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  Their bench was very skinny indeed, and they picked up a couple of injuries
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  along the way. So the men's premiership ladder after round eight.
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  Brothers are on top on 16 points, still undefeated. The Sharks,
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  they're second on 12 points.
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  The Bears, they narrow the margin between two and three. They're now on eight
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  points. The Dragons move into the top four.
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  They're on six points. Sitting outside the top four, Raiders are on four points,
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  and the Bunnies are still on two points.
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  So next weekend, we'll get to see the Raiders v. Brothers, Bears v.
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  Rabbitohs, and Dragons v. Sharks.
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  And, Costo, I'll give you a full wrap-up the next time we speak.