Ricky Stuart, Joe Tapine in post match press conference

Canberra Raiders' Ricky Stuart, Joe Tapine react to their finals defeat to Cronulla in a post match press conference.

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00:00I know we just outplayed by a better team tonight.

00:03We were good for the first 38 minutes of the first half,

00:06and then we started well in the second half,

00:07but then, you know, there was a bit of a moment change,

00:11and Cronulla, they were very good on the back end of that for the second half.

00:14Was it a matter of running out of gas, or...?

00:17No.

00:19So there's still plenty, plenty of positives to sort of take out of the season?

00:23Yeah, see, it's been a very positive season.

00:25They've come a long way.

00:27They've come a long way.

00:28As I just said to them, the better you get, the more you get hunted.

00:32And we did tonight.

00:34We got booted by a better footy team.

00:37I guess then, hoping that the young guys especially can build off this year.

00:46How big of a loss was losing anything so close before?

00:53I'm not playing at that.

00:55Joe, do you have a nervous feeling?

00:59Yeah, it's all right.

01:01Just more disappointed than anything.

01:05Yeah, it's easier to straighten it up after.

01:08Joe, you want to use it as an excuse, but last week, how much did you take out of it?

01:12Yeah, I thought the first, like Sticks said, 35 minutes, we were on.

01:17A couple of bad decisions, let them back in the game.

01:21I think mentally we had to switch back on.

01:25We couldn't.

01:26I don't know.

01:27But really be concerned about it.

01:28I think.

01:36Like.

01:40Please watch.

01:41They don't want to stand any number?

01:42Perhaps.

01:44Go, please.

01:45I'm going to walk through it every day, but I'm better off.

01:46So, head for now we're going to walk too.

01:48I'm waiting for water.

01:49And when I'm peeks on the rock.

01:50I'm going to thank I'm going to walk through it earlier.

01:51I'm going to walk through it today.

01:52And I'll go to the satchatch side.

01:53Who are you both off?