Full Time
86:00
5:50pm Sat September 12, 2015
Finals Wk 1 - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal - Crowd: 33854
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SUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Field goal attempt by Josh Reynolds successful.

Josh Reynolds WINS IT for the Bulldogs... hits the field goal sweetly and it goes over the posts

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 11-10

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Gareth Widdop tries a 40/20 on the last tackle and it goes out on the full

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Moses Mbye's field goal is charged down and the Dragons take the ball on the tryline

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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Field goal attempt by Gareth Widdop unsuccessful.

Gareth Widdop hits a field goal attempt sweetly but it goes wide and the Dogs get a 20m restart

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SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Penalty goal attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

An 80th minute miracle penalty has seen the Dragons kick a penalty goal

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UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Moses Mbye unsuccessful.

Moses Mbye hooks the conversion left and the gap is 2

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

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TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Shaun Lane. Kick to come.

BULLDOGS SCORE - Shaun Lane scores the try after a great run on the play before by Josh Morris then a great offload and Shaun Lane scores what should be the match winner

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

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Gareth Widdop kicks the ball into touch around 10m out from the Dragons line

St. George Illawarra Dragons 8-6

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SUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Penalty goal attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Gareth Widdop slots the penalty goal and for the first time they lead

St. George Illawarra Dragons 8-6

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PENALTY DRAGONS: Frank Pritchard is penalised for leading in with the knees and the Dragons will tkae the 2

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Field goal attempt blocked by the Bulldogs before Widdop is hit in the back by Frank Pritchard's knee

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IT'S ON LIKE DONKEY KONG...

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Bulldogs get up to the Dragons 40m line before Josh Reynolds goes high and then concede the penalty when Sam Perrett tackled Eto Nabuli in the air

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Conversion attempt by Gareth Widdop successful.

Gareth Widdop slots the conversion out wide on the touchline and its a 10 minute shootout

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TRY ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Scored by Eto Nabuli. Kick to come.

Eto Nabuli uses his long arms to reach out and score in the corner under the attention of 4 Bulldogs defenders

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-4

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DECISION REVERSED - Originally Jared Maxwell ruled a knock on by Eto Nabuli but Video Referees overturn the decision and the Dragons now get a scrum 10m out

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Josh Dugan is out cold for the Dragons in back play after Trent Merrin made friendly fire contact

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Another repeat set for the Dragons after Curtis Rona knocked the high ball dead... Euan Aitken is now the man down for the Dragons

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Repeat set coming up for the Dragons after Brett Morris kicks the ball dead after Josh Dugan steams through

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Field goal attempt by Moses Mbye unsuccessful.

Moses Mbye tries to go for the field goal to take a 7-0 lead but it goes wide and they get a 20m restart

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Back to back penalties helps the Bulldogs from their own line up onto the the Dragons line

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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NO TRY - Josh Jackson ran an obstruction and that lead to the try... Dragons now up to the 30m on the penalty kick

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Tim Lafai try... NO TRY is called by Jared Maxwell from advice by Gavin Morris in the pocket, checking obstruction

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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UNFORCED ERROR ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Mitch Rein makes an unforced error.

Mitch Rein makes an absolutely horrendous error from dummy half

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Still no changes to the score as both sides are working their way close but can't cross the the line for points

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Benji Marshall has succumbed to his leg injury and is off the field

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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UNFORCED ERROR ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
Eto Nabuli makes an unforced error.

Eto Nabuli loses the ball in the kick contest and the it goes dead

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Benji is down and not in a good way with what is suspected to be a major injury

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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BENJI MAGIC... is illegal magic, Jared Maxwell's live decision of NO TRY is upheld when the replays show a massive obstruction

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Good kick from Gareth Widdop forces Brett Morris ingoal and forces a repeat set

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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NO TRY - Brett Morris ruled to have grounded the ball on the goalline therefore it was a dropout

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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VIDEO REFEREE: Possible Eto Nabuli try, Brett Morris messes up at the back and cleans it up... but Jared Maxwell has a TRY

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Play back underway at ANZ Stadium - Bulldogs have the first use of the ball

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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UNFORCED ERROR ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS
George Rose makes an unforced error.

George Rose loses the ball right on the Bulldogs line and lets off massive pressure

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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PENALTY DRAGONS: Josh Dugan gets close to the line and earns a penalty then the Dragons get another

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Josh Jackson makes an unforced error.

Josh Jackson has ruled to have knocked the ball out of Mitch Rein's hands despite most people thinking it was just a straight knock on

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Brett Morris down clutching his neck... thoughts of a possible crusher tackle but its ruled play on when replays just show it was an awkward tackle

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Moses Mbye puts in an kick down he short side and finds touch just past the 10m line

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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PENALTY BULLDOGS: Aiden Tolman makes a good tackle (recognised as such by Jared Maxwell) but then concedes the penalty right on his own line

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Frank Pritchard makes an unforced error.

A strong tackle from Frizell and another Dragons teammate forces Frank Pritchard into an error

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Benji goes close... flicks the offload to Jack de Belin but the Dogs defence is good enough to swarm all over him straight away

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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PENALTY DRAGONS - Bulldogs penalised for being too slow from the ruck on tackle 1, penalty count now 3-3

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Mbye goes high with the kick and Nightingale flies high and takes it for the Dragons

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Josh Reynolds keeps his arms free and gets the offload inside the Dragons 10m zone but its perfect for Jake Marketo in the red 'V'

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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PENALTY BULLDOGS: Jason Nightingale holds on to Morris' legs too long and Jared Maxwell penalises him for it

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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Good set after points for the Bulldogs comes undone after conceding a penalty for going on with a tackle too long

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Conversion attempt by Moses Mbye successful.

Moses Mbye has absolutely no issues converting from infront

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-0

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TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Scored by Brett Morris. Kick to come.

Brett Morris keeps his arm free manages a could twist of the wrist and reaches out to score for the Bulldogs under the posts

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4-0

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VIDEO REFEREE: Brett Morris scores for the Bulldogs - Jared Maxwell says TRY, checking grounding

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PENALTY DRAGONS - Bulldogs survive an attacking raid, Widdop and Dugan penalised for pushing the Dogs player into the ingoal after being held

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PENALTY DRAGONS - Aiden Tolman penalised for crowding the man playing the ball and the Dragons on the Dogs 20m

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PENALTY DOGS - Dragons penalised for being too slow out of the ruck

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UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Greg Eastwood makes an unforced error.

Greg Eastwood loses the ball the play straight after Josh Morris was held up in goal

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Repeat set for the Dogs as Josh Dugan kicks the ball dead

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UNFORCED ERROR CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS
Josh Jackson makes an unforced error.

Josh Jackson tries to throw a pass across to his winger but it goes to the touch judge

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PLAY UNDERWAY at ANZ Stadium - The Dragons have first use of the ball defending the Northern end of the ground

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The Bulldogs are out on the field as is the mass of smoke

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Here come the Dragons out on to ANZ Stadium

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Referees & scorers:

Referee: Jared Maxwell, Gavin Morris

Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Russell Turner

Video Referee: Ashley Klein, Luke Phillips

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (11)
Tries: Brett Morris, Shaun Lane
Field Goals: Moses Mbye (0/1), Josh Reynolds (1/1)
Conversions: Moses Mbye (1/2)
Penalty Goals:

ST. GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (10)
Tries: Eto Nabuli
Field Goals: Gareth Widdop (0/1)
Conversions: Gareth Widdop (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Gareth Widdop (2/2)