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NRL 2021: Nick Cotric’s amazing play that helped break Canterbury’s losing streak
Nick Campton
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2 min read
April 30, 2021 - 3:35PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
It’s the madcap minute that typifies just how desperate Canterbury were to end their losing start to the season.
The Bulldogs dug deep to snag an 18-12 win over the Sharks last week and earn Trent Barrett his first win with the club. Nick Cotric’s efforts in the dying seconds showed just how badly the blue and whites wanted to break their duck.
Cotric made the final three tackles of the match, first on the right wing before he followed the play all the way to the other side of the field for back-to-back stops of Jesse Ramien and Braydon Trindall that helped keep the Sharks at bay.
“I just saw the ball coming across and I wanted them to stop offloading, I really wanted to win,” Cotric said. “It was the competitiveness in me, instinct took over. I wasn’t thinking too much, I just wanted to stop the ball.
“We were talking at training to never look at you next job, you just keep moving.
Nick Cotric was involved in the last three tackles of the match against Cronulla. Picture: Jason McCawley/Getty Images
“That was a focus at training, we work on pushing through, even if that means covering a break on the other side. Baz is really big on that, covering as many metres as you can.”
Even in their darkest hours this season Barrett has always maintained his side was putting in maximum effort, and Cotric’s late heroics weren’t the only effort plays that made the difference.
The marquee recruit did the same thing in the first half as part of a movement to deny Sharks winger Mawene Hiroti a shot at the line, one of several last gasp efforts that kept Cronulla at bay.
“We need to bring effort and intent and start the game as well as we can. The intent needs to be run hard and just do the simple stuff — run hard and tackle hard.”
Cotric’s effort was highlight by the coaching staff during the week and if the Bulldogs are to be any chance of upsetting Parramatta they will have to show just as much fight.
Nick Cotric (top), Corey Allan (left) and Nick Meaney scrambled to stop Brayden Trindall’s late charge for victory.
“We’ve seen that clip a few times in video this week. You can see watching that how much it means to us,” backrower Corey Waddell said.
“We’re all scrapping for each other and scrambling. We want to win games and that’s what we’re here to do.
“We kept turning up for each other and that’s what we’re all about, that ‘Dogs of War’ mentality and we’re happy to bring that again this week against Parramatta.”
Star signing Nick Cotric epitomised the desperation the Bulldogs had to end their losing start to the season with his amazing effort in the dramatic dying stages of their match against Cronulla.
Nick CamptonFollow
@campo37
2 min read
April 30, 2021 - 3:35PM
News Corp Australia Sports Newsroom
It’s the madcap minute that typifies just how desperate Canterbury were to end their losing start to the season.
The Bulldogs dug deep to snag an 18-12 win over the Sharks last week and earn Trent Barrett his first win with the club. Nick Cotric’s efforts in the dying seconds showed just how badly the blue and whites wanted to break their duck.
Cotric made the final three tackles of the match, first on the right wing before he followed the play all the way to the other side of the field for back-to-back stops of Jesse Ramien and Braydon Trindall that helped keep the Sharks at bay.
“I just saw the ball coming across and I wanted them to stop offloading, I really wanted to win,” Cotric said. “It was the competitiveness in me, instinct took over. I wasn’t thinking too much, I just wanted to stop the ball.
“We were talking at training to never look at you next job, you just keep moving.
Nick Cotric was involved in the last three tackles of the match against Cronulla. Picture: Jason McCawley/Getty Images
“That was a focus at training, we work on pushing through, even if that means covering a break on the other side. Baz is really big on that, covering as many metres as you can.”
Even in their darkest hours this season Barrett has always maintained his side was putting in maximum effort, and Cotric’s late heroics weren’t the only effort plays that made the difference.
The marquee recruit did the same thing in the first half as part of a movement to deny Sharks winger Mawene Hiroti a shot at the line, one of several last gasp efforts that kept Cronulla at bay.
“We need to bring effort and intent and start the game as well as we can. The intent needs to be run hard and just do the simple stuff — run hard and tackle hard.”
Cotric’s effort was highlight by the coaching staff during the week and if the Bulldogs are to be any chance of upsetting Parramatta they will have to show just as much fight.
Nick Cotric (top), Corey Allan (left) and Nick Meaney scrambled to stop Brayden Trindall’s late charge for victory.
“We’ve seen that clip a few times in video this week. You can see watching that how much it means to us,” backrower Corey Waddell said.
“We’re all scrapping for each other and scrambling. We want to win games and that’s what we’re here to do.
“We kept turning up for each other and that’s what we’re all about, that ‘Dogs of War’ mentality and we’re happy to bring that again this week against Parramatta.”
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