Dogs bury hopes of Tigers finals, but Gould provides consolation

In the match, Phil Gould revealed that he would not oppose having his Panthers playmaker Nathan Cleary tied up with the Tigers and his father, coach Ivan Cleary, and even that an "agreement" is in place.

saw if Gould will lose the semi-title of NSW Origin for 2018, since he still has a year to run on his business at the foot of the mountains.

Ivan certainly could have done with his boy against the dogs as they struggled to mount any serious offense when the game was there to take him up against a tiresome opposition in the last 20 minutes.

"Ivan is a father who wants to train his son, we all understand him, and Nathan is a son who wants to play for his father, and we all understand him," says Gould.

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"I think that will happen, and I would like it to happen someday."

"But the decision is now in Nathan's hands. Neither his father nor me [are] put pressure on him. He will make this decision at the end of the year.

"Until Nathan comes knocking on my door, and I do not knock on his door, and he says to me," That's what I want to do. " .. agree with Nathan and he wakes up one day and says, 'Today, I want to go play with my dad, let's get there', I have no problem with him going to play with his father whatsoever.

"He will make this decision in November, and whatever he decides, I will be 1000% behind."

A victory would have kept the Tigers in the final race and only two points from Penrith and the New Zealand Warriors

But they almost seemed to be eating after the two big efforts of the previous weeks.

Kerrod Holland from Canterbury pocketed a double test while the young Lachlan Lewis He reminded Dog fans why he is a player of the future.

Wally Lewis's nephew recovered after a monster hit from Ben Matulino, and stopped a grubber of Luke Brooks that could have provoked a second Tigers.

Chargement en cours

Moses Mbye was beaten hard against his former club, but was kept relatively calm.

The best chances of Canterbury in the first period were obtained by some Lewis. bombs aimed at the Brett Morris wing, while the Tigers concentrated their attack on Holland and Reimis Smith.

While their defense was solid for the most part, the Tigers lacked energy with the ball.

Canterbury can prove some Wayne Bennett's Brisbane Broncos nuisance next Thursday night, while the Tigers can not expect the best when they hit the road for Newcastle and Canberra.

A skinny crowd from 9865 watched Sydney's two popular clubs, which compared nothing to Celine Dion, the singer of the sisters, stopped on the other side of the street. street for a concert.