Jacob Preston was sin-binned for a late shot on Isaiya Katoa<\/a>.<\/p>\nThat would be the catalyst for the Dolphins to gain momentum and storm over the top of a listless Canterbury outfit, handing them their seventh loss in eight games. <\/p>\n
Yet while admitting his side\u2019s edge defence wasn\u2019t good enough, Ciraldo felt the Preston sin bin and the run of penalties cost his side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what he wanted him to do,\u201d Ciraldo said of the Preston tackle.<\/p>\n
\u201cKatoa has got the ball, he\u2019s going to tackle him and then he releases it in a millisecond before he hits him.<\/p>\n
You can watch the Jacob Preston incident in the player above.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t understand it, but we had to be tougher through that period. We defended great for a couple of minutes after that and then after 10 plays or so we let in just a soft try.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t control that, but I can control us being a bit tougher for longer after that.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the penalty count in the second half, he was left scratching his head.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just mean like 6-2 penalty count and 5-0 restarts in that 40 minute period, I\u2019m just not watching the game thinking we are so ill-disciplined here and we just continually get hammered by penalties,\u201d Ciraldo said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo I need to get clarification on why we\u2019re the most penalised side in those periods, especially inside 20, like they\u2019re massive momentum swinging penalties and the boys are working really hard to earn that field position and then like goes down grabs his neck or find a little offside penalty where the opposition\u2019s been offside a number of times.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re the things that we\u2019re just not getting at the moment and again there\u2019s parts we need to control, but I feel like we\u2019re an easy target at times as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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