UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Conversion attempt by Michael Gordon unsuccessful.
Michael Gordon misses. FULLTIME.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-4
TRY CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Scored by Jonathan Wright. Kick to come.
A nice move into the corner to put Wright over for a consolation try.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-4
PENALTY Sharks - offside. Josh Jackson is unwell here.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-0
Cronulla will get a final set here in the game to see if they can break the duck egg.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-0
INTERCEPT by Mnaumalealii! He is swarmed upon by the Bulldogs defence though.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-0
PENALTY Bulldogs - Can they put another try on before the end?
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-0
UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Tony Williams makes an unforced error.
Frank Pritchard with a nice knock down for himself from the last tackle kick but he knocked it on.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-0
RED LIGHTS.. NO TRY! Unlucky.. it was a great effort from Reynolds and Morris but the latter was slightly offside.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
Hodkinson once again pilots it through the sticks.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 42-0
PENALTY Cronulla - high tackle on Bryce Gibbs.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 40-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
It's like a broken record atm - Hodkinson conversion attempt and put right through the sticks.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 40-0
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Josh Morris. Kick to come.
Flat pass from Hodkinson, Morris hit the hole well enough to get past Holdsworth for the TRY.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 38-0
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Ricky Leutele makes an unforced error.
Cronulla finally got a kick on point and it was spilled by Leutele!
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 34-0
Sam Perrett goes for the safe option there as Michael Gordon grubbered one through. Repeat set coming again.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 34-0
PENALTY Bulldogs - Matt Prior pinged for a high tackle.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 34-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
This will be Hodkinson's toughest assignment tonight.. from the sideline after the Thompson try. He starts it right down the middle and it stays there.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 34-0
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Corey Thompson. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS..TRY! Corey Thompson using the go-go Gadget arm to get the ball down! The misery continues for Cronulla.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 32-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Corey Thompson claiming a TRY.. checking grounding.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
Well. Daniel Holdsworth with some ingenuity using the short drop-out, it was recovered by Graham who knocked it on.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
Feki was well covered there after the bomb was spilled backwards. Another set of six coming for Canterbury.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
PENALTY Bulldogs and quick tap from Josh Morris.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
Well done to Canterbury defending five sets in a row granted the attack was nothing more than listless.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
PENALTIES galore but Cronulla has the pentration of a wet tissue atm.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
More pressure coming here.. but the Sharks really aren't throwing much at Canterbury.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
Another PENALTY - markers not straight.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
PENALTY Sharks - inside the ten.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Sam Perrett makes an unforced error.
Manumalealii puts up a nice bomb that landed right on the line and was spilled by Perrett.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
All starting to click for Canterbury down the wing before it is spilled by Thompson.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
Hodkinson aiming to make it 5/5 does so.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-0
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Trent Hodkinson. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS..TRY! Hodkinson got the ball down and it is 28-0 now.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 26-0
VIDEO REFEREE: Trent Hodkinson might have dived in after a T-Rex assist. Checking grounding.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22-0
PENALTY Dogs - strip on T-Rex.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22-0
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Sosaia Feki makes an unforced error.
Cronulla were probing without threat before trying some quick hands that resulted in a Feki knock on.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22-0
UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Corey Thompson makes an unforced error.
A stroke of fortune for the Sharks, as a raking kick from Holdsworth is spilled by Thompson.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22-0
We're back for the second stanza here at ANZ Stadium. Cronulla kick-off and we're back underway.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22-0
HALFTIME - Canterbury rampant here with a 24-0 lead.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22-0
That effort just sums up the difference between the two sides. Gordon tries to allow the ball to roll out but he;s caught and dragged in-goal by Morris and co.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22-0
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Chase Stanley. Kick to come.
Once again it was a simple effort from Josh Reynolds who drew in the defenders and sent Chase Stanley in for the double!
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22-0
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Penani Manumalealii makes an unforced error.
Manumalealii had wide open spaces but spilled it.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-0
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Tupou Sopoaga makes an unforced error.
Simple ball at the line for Sopoaga and he spills it.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-0
PENALTY Cronulla - offside. This will relieve some of the pressure on them.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
Perfect record continues for Hodkinson tonight. 3/3 now.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-0
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Chase Stanley. Kick to come.
It's just too easy.. Josh Reynolds shifted sideways until he found a hole, offloaded and Stanley was in.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-0
PENALTY Bulldogs - Mitch Brown earns the whistle.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-0
UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Tony Williams makes an unforced error.
Tony Williams spills it in the Bulldogs attacking area.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-0
UNFORCED ERROR CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS
Michael Gordon makes an unforced error.
Michael Gordon trying to spark something for the Sharks spills it under the tackle of Chase Stanley.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
Hodkinson makes it 2/2 from besides the posts.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-0
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Michael Ennis. Kick to come.
That was some good spur of the moment thinking by Michael Ennis. Somehow Sam Perrett ended ip with it on last, gave it to Ennis who grubbered for himself, watched it bounce over Michael Gordon allowing the hooker to dive over.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0
That was more the Bulldogs of 203 with the forwards linking to send O'Hanlon through before he gave it Reynolds who trapped Sharks in-goal.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
NO TRY.. Bulldogs ball here.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Trent Hodkinson successful.
Hodkinson puts his first attempt right down the middle.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Frank Pritchard. Kick to come.
GREEN LIGHTS...TRY! Referee judged Brown touched the ball back to Pritchard who strolled over - pinpoint kick from Hodkinson as well.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4-0
VIDEO REFEREE for the first time tonight.. Frank Pritchard claiming it.
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Three sets, three PENALTIES. Put the whistle away boys..
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Now a PENALTY for Cronulla - crowding..
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Corey Thompson might be off to Bangladesh with a classic catch like that. He earns the Bulldogs the first PENALTY for chasers being offside.
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KICK-OFF! Cronulla will have first use of the ball.
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Here come the Sharks with a stroll onto the field here at ANZ Stadium. They take residency in the southern end of ANZ Stadium awaiting kick-off and the home side. Speaking of here they come! Canterbury to a dull roar from the small but passionate crowd here at the ground.
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Welcome to ANZ Stadium for tonight's contest of two first up losers. Will the huge Canterbury pack run rampant or will the youthful Sharks bring the much needed spring to their attack.
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TEAMS are in for tonight - for the home side Canterbury it is nice and easy, they are one through to seventeen. Cronulla on the other hand have more changes than a model in a fashion show. Let's start with the big ones Todd Carney, Andrew Fifita and Isaac De Gois are out! They are replaced by Penani Manumalealii, Tupou Sopoaga and Michael Lichaa respectively also Matt Prior goes to the bench for Sam Tagataese. The bench is now Prior, David Fifita, Michael Lichaa and Chris Heighington.
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Alan Shortall
Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Gavin Reynolds
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Ben Galea
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (42)
Tries: Frank Pritchard, Trent Hodkinson, Michael Ennis, Chase Stanley (2), Corey Thompson, Josh Morris
Field Goals:
Conversions: Trent Hodkinson (7/7)
Penalty Goals:
CRONULLA-SUTHERLAND SHARKS (4)
Tries: Jonathan Wright
Field Goals:
Conversions: Michael Gordon (0/1)
Penalty Goals: