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80th Minute: A bomb play from the scrum, bounces to avoid the South Sydney player and Barba is Johnny on the spot to get a consolation try. Inu converts.
Scored by Ben Barba. Conversion attempt by Krisnan Inu successful.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 17-12
South Sydney Rabbitohs 17-12
80th Minute: Knock on South Sydney as the game enters its dying embers.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 17-6
79th Minute: Some field goal practice by Adam Reynolds who slots it easily.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 17-6
South Sydney Rabbitohs 17-6
77th Minute: Sweep play by Bulldogs goes awry again, knocked on by Brown.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-6
77th Minute: SIX MORE.. there was a touch from South Sydney.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-6
76th Minute: Adam Reynolds getting good change from these crossfield kicks, Goodwin just knocks it on. Changeover.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-6
75th Minute: PENALTY against Canterbury, holding down.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-6
74th Minute: Chip kick from Josh Reynolds finds Barba who jinks between defenders and sends the long ball to Morris. who strolls in, sadly it is forward.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-6
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72nd Minute: TRY Rabbitohs! A long ball from Inglis finds some space for Merritt who steps back inside and is inches away.. he offloads to Goodwin who avoids Barba and slams it down! Reynolds slides it inside the right upright for the goal.
Scored by Bryson Goodwin. Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds successful.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-6
South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-6
68th Minute: Inu on report for a dangerous tackle on Inglis, who landed on his head! PENALTY to Souths.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 10-6
64th Minute: Good effort from Reynolds to avoid the pressure, steps up and stabs a kick through that Barba is forced to ground for a dropout.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 10-6
TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS 58th Minute: Switch play from the Rabbitohs gets it to Reynolds who puts a kick into space for Merritt to run onto and dive over! Reynolds from the sideline, misses.
Scored by Nathan Merritt. Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds unsuccessful.
South Sydney Rabbitohs 10-6
South Sydney Rabbitohs 10-6
55th Minute: Taupau tries an offload but it is lost forward.
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53rd Minute: Canterbury starting to look dangerous here with some offloads, Dale Finucane with a couple. Unfortunately his second one is knocked on by Aiden Tolman.
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51st Minute: Dogs almost away off a Barba link up with Morris. They go the same route again but Dylan Farrell knocks it down to save the try.
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50th Minute: Needless penalty from Bryson Goodwin there, lifting Barba after the inital tackle. PENALTY.
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45th Minute: Sam Perrett keeps up with Merritt who is eyeing the try-line and forces the error.
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44th Minute: Error by Josh Morris as he tried to play the ball.
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After a break to regain breath, we're back for the second half. Canterbury will kick-off.
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40th Minute: Second man play for Barba who stabs it through for Keating but Sam Burgess is there to clean up. HALFTIME.
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39th Minute: Slight error by Everingham in playing the ball. Dogs have a final chance for points going into halftime.
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38th Minute: Reynolds hoists one high, looking for his chasers but Goodwin knocks on.
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35th Minute: TRY! George Burgess off an Inglis inside ball, gets those legs pumping and doesn't stop until the tryline! Reynolds from beside the posts, slots it. Scored by George Burgess. Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds successful.
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33rd Minute: Reynolds once again places a nice grubber forcing Keating to take it dead. Another set for the Rabbitohs.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
32nd Minute: A reverse kick from Reynolds is plucked out of the air by Tony Williams who is driven in-goal by Inglis. Dropout.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
26th Minute: Souths called for being too slow off the player, PENALTY.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
24th Minute: Smart play by Mitch Brown to extend his arm to keep the ball out of the in-goal.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
20th Minute: First error from the Bulldogs, Keating sends a short ball to Williams who spills it.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
19th Minute: Well we know Inglis is a superstar player but this takes the cake, he launched a bomb which he ended up catching himself! Thankfully Souths got a kick away but Bulldogs have been aggressive this opening 20.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
17th Minute: Dogs go for the bomb again, forcing Merritt to drop it.. SIX more but the Dogs play hot potato from right to left ending with Tony Williams passing to Mitch Brown to dive over. Inu from the sideline, swings it inside.TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Mitch Brown. Conversion attempt by Krisnan Inu successful.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0
12th Minute: Last tackle deft kick from the Bulldogs forces Bryson Goodwin to concede the dropout. Another set for Canterbury.
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11th Minute: We have our first error! and PENALTY. Souths try to spread it and it's knocked on. Josh Jackson is almost away but the Dogs draw the penalty.
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10th Minute: Bulldogs have controlled the opening stages, keeping a straight line whenever Inglis has the ball and forcing him to pick up the ball.
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3rd Minute: Solid openings for both teams with Canterbury kicking away from Inglis.
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Both sides have hit the field to a mixed reaction. South Sydney will kick off running left to right. HERE WE GO!
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Earlier in the Toyota Cup curtainraiser, Canterbury won a thrilling contest, 36 points to 32.
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TEAM CHANGES:
SOU - Michael McGuire continues his hardline policy, dropping Michael Crocker due to form. Dave Tyrell starts for Jeff Lima while Roy Asotasi is reinstated in Crocker's place. The bench now reads Peats, Lowe, Lima and G.Burgess.
CBY - No changes. 1-17.
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Welcome to ANZ Stadium for this EASTER Friday clash between South Sydney and Canterbury-Bankstown. Souths have had a perfect opening to the season, winning all three of their games while Canterbury welcome back livewire fullback Ben Barba.
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Referees & scorers:
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Alan Shortall
Touch Judges: Paul Holland, Russell Turner
Video Referee: Justin Morgan, Henry Perenara
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (12)
Tries: Mitch Brown, Ben Barba
Field Goals:
Conversions: Krisnan Inu (2/2)
Penalty Goals:
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (17)
Tries: George Burgess, Nathan Merritt, Bryson Goodwin
Field Goals: Adam Reynolds (1/1)
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (2/3)
Penalty Goals: