Josh Dugan

Josh Dugan is in trouble again with the controversial star waiting to learn his fate for an ugly act.

That’s contributed to some of those score lines.” “Now of course, that’s an average and that’s across a whole season. this year at 65 minutes, on average, teams are still within that two converted tries, which in 15 minutes is very much doable if you’re trying to get back into a game and win a game. “Some of the teams that are in the eight and are going to be playing finals football, they really put their foot on the gas and they tried to send a message to the other teams in the competition that they’re in form, playing well and they’re going to be threat in the final series,” Annesley said. So there’ll be close games and there’ll be other games that aren’t as close, but it is a good indicator of the competitiveness of games across the board.” “We saw a number of those clubs that will definitely be in the eight step up and kick into overdrive across the course of the weekend. “But if you look at the length of time that games are competitive before they really start to blow out, beyond that point where a team can’t really drag it back ... Statistically though, data from the NRL shows the average margin for the year to date is 16 points, two points lower than last year’s average (18) and close to the 15.1 of 2020. Meantime at NRL level, league officials say last weekend’s series of thrashings had more to do with finals-bound teams flexing their muscles than a wider issue with the game. It’s just Dugan’s first year out of the NRL, having been let go from his $850,000 contract at the Sharks at the end of last year after a series of COVID-19 league protocol breaches. The opposition player then responds with a right hand hook of his own, before other players begin to get involved in the scuffle. [Raider](https://7news.com.au/sport/canberra-raiders), [Dragon](https://7news.com.au/sport/st-george-illawarra-dragons), [Shark](https://7news.com.au/sport/cronulla-sutherland-sharks), [NSW Blue](https://7news.com.au/sport/nsw-blues) and [Australian Kangaroo](https://7news.com.au/sport/australian-kangaroos) was given his marching orders from the ground after the final siren.