NRL Highlights: Dragons v Warriors - Round 7

Here we go. Friday Night Footy is under way for round Number 7 and it’s little Cook star who gets things going. That was little and selling as it comes back to Johnson. Johnson just going to do it himself. They have been peppering that side. Finally they get their reward as Shawn Johnson strolls over. We normally look for interference, but the lead runner went straight through the line and the gap opened up and Sean Johnson went through untouched and quickly it’s confirmed. Yeah, just seeing those replays, this is a lot of Dragons standing around to held on for long enough Egan to allow the support to come in to make the tackle. Flammy. There’s Sully, Sully explodes to the try line and the Dragons hit back, Well, they rise here at Wing Stadium. The Dragons fought hard for that and they are back in business. The first play the ball in the 20m zone. Six more tackles comes to heart. This could be the play Sloan, now the Ravalawa. Yes, he’s over first time in 2024. Beat Mckaylee, Ravalawa and the Dragons going back-to-back. That’s the impact of someone with the speed and skill of Tyrel Sloan holding it out in front of him but not falling. 4 by 4. Northern Nua Blake Huntnam chiming in. Hunt goes for it. Hunt is almost there. Hunt reaches out at scores. They’ve got another. The Dragons. This is some turn around. Saint George, Illawarra get a third consecutive try. That’s three in a row and off the back of penalties. Oh, hello. A long pass. That’s Lomax for two. That’s Lomax for a two point field goal. It looks pretty good. Oh yes, Zack Lomax nails it. Very efficient opening set from Saint George, Alawarra and all. Up goes Lomax and scores. It’s a brilliant try. Finally, a kick for Zack Lomax. He’s been close, but not close enough this time. An irresistible catch. What a start in the second-half. And we saw they made some very important tackles early when they were on the siege. Now Johnson. Oh, makes a meal of it. And now Hunt gets it on to Sloane. Look out. It’s Sloane. But Teddy Zalesnia coming across. No, Sloane gets past. He’s going to go all the way. Goodbye. Dragons are on fire. Tyrell. Sloane gets over. They are scoring. In so many ways, this is turning into a hiding. How good is this kid in full flight? Shane Flanagan spoke, pregame invested in this kid. He’s the future of this club. Fullback. He needs to learn the defensive side of the game. But Sean Johnson, under pressure, drops a cold and Ben Hunt? As soon as he gets the ball in his hands, he goes to Sloane Eagan waiting, Paris receiving, Johnson running. Then the subtlety, surely there’s the swing shot. Oh, Teddy’s a Lesniak. That is the impossible play to stop it. Is this a 4K game? I think it is. It has to be try confirmed. That is actually a great foot there. The angle, the ball just perfectly be fascinating if the referee set it up. There’s no try that that’s almost impossible to overturn. An appropriate way for the Dragons to end this game, suppressing another Warriors attacking raid. This has been a stunning night in Wollongong. Not the fact the Dragons have won, it’s the way they’ve done. But they’ve done it. They have crushed A genuine contender. The last time the Dragons played the Warriors, Shane Flanagan was calling the game for Fox League. Tonight he celebrates as the Dragons, in the space of seven rounds, start to form a real identity Under his tutelage. This has been some performance. The Dragons. Their fourth win of the year, Full time, 30 points to 12.