Dragons snap seven-game losing streak

St George Illawarra have revived their NRL season, jumping back into the top eight with a comeback 46-24 win over Newcastle at Jubilee Oval.
The Knights were unable to capitalise on the emotion of club legend Danny Buderus’ first game as interim coach after Rick Stone’s sacking during the week as they slumped to their 13th loss from their last 15 matches.
Dragons five-eighth Gareth Widdop was the conductor on Sunday, having a hand in three of his side’s five second-half tries.
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He crossed himself in the 45th minute, as well as booting nine from nine.
But the game may be best remembered for Benji Marshall’s contender for try of the season in which the No.7 touched the ball three times.
After his attempted kick was charged down, he regathered, threw a textbook dummy and fell over the line after latching onto a looping Hail Mary pass from Mitch Rein.
In front of a 10,236-strong crowd at Kogarah, Paul McGregor’s side broke their seven-game losing streak to reignite their semi-final hopes with five rounds remaining.
Widdop orchestrated a second-half fightback after the Knights took a 20-14 lead into the sheds.
The Dragons looked to be cruising after jumping out to a 12-0 advantage after 13 minutes.
However there was little joy for them for the rest of the half as the visitors piled on four unanswered tries in 18 minutes.
Knights prop Kade Snowden spent most of the game on the sideline with a concussion after being collected high by Dragons prop Leeson Ah Mau, who was put on report.
In Sunday’s other match, a concussion to Kyle Turner soured South Sydney’s thrilling 20-16 win over a brave Penrith side at ANZ Stadium.
Appearing in his first NRL match since breaking his neck in February, Turner was felled in an attempted tackle on Panthers prop Jeremy Latimore early in the second half.
Play was stopped for almost five minutes before the promising second-rower slowly got to his feet and walked from the field.
Turner, who was concussed four times in 2014, was later cleared of any further damage to his neck although he failed to return to the field.
An upset looked to be on the cards when Penrith, who had seven first-choice starters on the sideline, shot to a 12-0 lead inside the half-hour mark.
But the defending premiers moved quickly to level the score by halftime and then nudged ahead early in the second period before holding on for a well-earned victory.
– with AAP