The Dragons conceded five tries in 16 minutes to Canberra in their 2010 premiership season. And they didn't win the game.
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/news/local/sport/rugby-league/dragons-slayed-in-canberra-again/1920024.aspx
it the last 10 mins?? and were they 31-0 in front?? big different mentally they were getting flogged find me a game where someone has let 30 points in with a lead and still won
Yeah it was different for the Dragons - it was much worse. They were narrowly winning a game in the second half then absolutely collapsed to concede five tries in 16 minutes. They weren't, as you suggest, "getting flogged" (or not until _after_ they conceded five tries in 16 minutes anyway). Do you really think it's _worse_ to concede five quick tries in a game you cannot lose than to concede five quick tries to go from winning narrowly to being battered?
Oh yeah, and let's not forget the Warriors last season. They coughed up four tries in 15 minutes to lose to us at home in a game they had been much the better team in for well over an hour. Then they end up playing a grand final after turning us over with a late try in the finals. Obviously they should just have packed up after the Mount Smart embarrassment and admitted that since good teams don't do that there wasn't any point in carrying on with the season.
Look, don't get me wrong: the end of the game yesterday was horrible and it certainly isn't something you'd expect to see very often from a good side. But to claim that these kind of things never happen to decent teams is simply untrue - in fact one of the most dominant premiership winning sides of recent memory did exactly the same thing in the last two years with a worse outcome (ie: they lost the game).