Full Time
80:00
7:30pm Sat July 7, 2018
Round 17 - Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore / Bidjigal - Crowd: 10415
80min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Jarrod Croker converts it from out wide and the Raiders have stolen victory

Raiders lead Bulldogs 28 - 32 Raiders
80min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Joseph Leilua. Kick to come.

Joey Leilua gets the ball he goes hard at the line HE SCORES - RAIDERS WIN

Raiders lead Bulldogs 28 - 30 Raiders
79min

RAIDERS SCORE

78min

Tackle 3 Raiders 20m away

78min

Tackle 1 75m to go

78min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Croker converts the goal and they have 1:57 to win the game

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 28 - 26 Raiders
78min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Joseph Tapine. Kick to come.

The Bunker upholds the live decision of Grant Atkins and Tapine gets the try

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 28 - 24 Raiders
77min

BUNKER - The Raiders have crossed for a TRY, Grant Atkins says TRY but checking for a possible double movement from Joseph Tapine

77min

BULLDOGS LOSE IT - The Dogs lose it in their own 20 and give the Raiders the best position before the Dogs set their line after a penalty

76min

Abbey taking from the field in a neck brace and on the stretcher

76min

Concern for Brad Abbey who got his head hit hard on the ground in a tackle that went wrong

76min

92m gain in the set for the Raiders but the Bulldogs defence stands up

75min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Jarrod Croker converts the goal from close range

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 28 - 20 Raiders
75min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Blake Austin. Kick to come.

Austin steps through and puts a beautiful step on and slices through untouched after back to back penalties .

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 28 - 18 Raiders
73min

Raiders go short with the kick off and regather it - Raiders 5m out on tackle 3

73min

Penalty Goal: Bulldogs
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin adds another penalty goal to his tally and takes the Bulldogs lead out to 14

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 28 - 14 Raiders
72min

PENALTY BULLDOGS: Grant Atkins rules the Raiders were offside on their own line and they will shoot for the two points

71min

SIX AGAIN - The Raiders can't handle an Austin kick and Morris regathers and Grant Atkins rules six more

69min

Strange decision from Joey Leilua as the Raiders go down the narrow side and he loses the ball

67min

HELD UP!! A good kick from Williams on 4th tackle ends up with Oldfield who taps it on to Tapine who forces his way over the line but the Dogs defence is standing up tonight.

65min

Morris gets boot to ball but it's a fraction too deep and the Raiders get a much needed 20m 7 tackle set

65min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin adds another goal to his tally and takes his personal tally to 20 points for the evening

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 26 - 14 Raiders
65min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Rhyse Martin. Kick to come.

BRILLIANT - The Bulldogs spin the ball left and they lured Joey Leilua into coming in and it opens up the the space for Josh Morris who gets a super flick to Martin who has a third

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 24 - 14 Raiders
63min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Martin converts his own try as he uses the breeze to curl it back through the post

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 20 - 14 Raiders
62min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Rhyse Martin. Kick to come.

A great kick crossfield from Lachlan Lewis sees Morris tap the ball back out to Martin who gets to the line

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 18 - 14 Raiders
60min

PENALTY BULLDOGS: The argument from Joseph Leilua is too much and he's penalised for dissent

59min

Joey Leilua loses the ball as he tries to milk a penalty fighting for a quick play the ball

57min

The Raiders get a scrum on the Bulldogs 40 after Greg Eastwood got a hand to the the pass and knocked it down

55min

Conversion: Raiders
Attempted by Jarrod Croker.

Croker slips as he attempts the conversion and hooks across the face of the goals

Tied up at Bulldogs 14 - 14 Raiders
53min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Nick Cotric. Kick to come.

Nothing happening in attack from the Raiders so Croker elects to go short side before turning the ball inside for Cotric who is too strong

Tied up at Bulldogs 14 - 14 Raiders
51min

A nothing kick from Sezer almost comes off after a wicked bounce gives the Raiders a chance of re-grabbing it but Hopoate cleans it up one handed

49min

Brett Morris keeps the ball up off the ground and gets a ball offload out to brother Josh but it's called forward by Grant Atkins

47min

The Bulldogs muscle up in defence and turn it up and force an errorm Bulldogs scrum 20m out from the Raiders line

42min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin converts his own try from next to the uprights

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 14 - 10 Raiders
41min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Rhyse Martin. Kick to come.

A great start for the Dogs after Lewis runs into the line and Sezer backs off waiting for the ball to go out the back but he goes short to Martin who scores

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 12 - 10 Raiders
40min

PENALTY BULLDOGS: The Bulldogs get a penalty after just 20 seconds for a slow ruck

40min

HALF TIME: The play comes to nothing with an errant offload from Paulo killing momentum and Croker is taken in a tackle and that's HT with the Raiders leading 10-8.

40min

PENALTY CANBERRA: The Raiders get a penalty for a slow ruck and they get one play to attack the Bulldogs line

38min

PENALTY BULLDOGS: Elliott Whitehead lucky not to be penalised for dangerous contact but he concedes one for a ruck infringement

35min

The Bulldogs in perfect position but Nu Brown throws a no look pass out of dummy half to Aiden Tolman but it's forward

34min

Cotric fights to play the ball quick then dives for a penalty as he's playing it but Gavin Badger has too much experience to fall for that attempt

32min

Conversion: Raiders
Attempted by Jarrod Croker.

The strong wind gets hold of the kick at goal from Croker and hooks it back to the left

Raiders lead Bulldogs 8 - 10 Raiders
30min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Jarrod Croker. Kick to come.

The Raiders keep the ball alive as they go to the right before coming back to the right with a string of offloads as Croker get on the outside of Kerrod Holland and Croker scores the try

Raiders lead Bulldogs 8 - 10 Raiders
26min

Penalty Goal: Bulldogs
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin puts over the penalty goal from close enough to in front.

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 8 - 6 Raiders
25min

PENALTY BULLDOGS: Joseph Tapine penalised for a dangerous tackle as Michael Lichaa lands on his head; Grant Atkins decides that it's ON REPORT and Lichaa is off for a HIA

24min

PENALTY BULLDOGS: Sam Williams penalised for being offside, doesn't agree with the call of Gavin Badger but like usual the ref doesn't lose the argument

23min

The Raiders have wrestled momentum back but it comes to nothing with Tapine being driven into touch.

21min

Conversion: Raiders
Kicked by Jarrod Croker.

Jarrod Croker nails the conversion down the middle from out wide

Tied up at Bulldogs 6 - 6 Raiders
20min

Try: Raiders
Scored by Sam Williams. Kick to come.

The Raiders go to the middle then come back to the left after a good step from Sezer out to Austin and Croker gets the ball back to Williams who scores

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 6 - 4 Raiders
18min

In 19 minutes of action the Raiders have already made 15 missed tackles in comparison to the Bulldogs 2

17min

Nothing really doing on the last tackle as Lewis drops a pass

16min

PENALTY BULLDOGS: The crowd get the penalty two tackles later after the Raiders do too much in the ruck as the ball comes free.

16min

Crowd booing for a penalty after a quick play the ball - The Badge doesn't give them their wish

15min

NO TRY - Jared Maxwell confirms the held up ruling of Grant Atkins and the Raiders have a change over on their 10

15min

BUNKER: Will Hopoate goes very very close to score; Grant Atkins goes to the bunker on the advice of touch judge Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski; NO TRY is the live decision

14min

PENALTY BULLDOGS: The Raiders defence slow to get up off the tackle and Grant Atkins blows the first penalty of the night.

13min

The Raiders chip the ball over the defensive line and towards touch which it rolls out to the 10m line; Bulldogs scrum 10m in and 10m out from their own line.

12min

Another 50m+ set from the Raiders but again the kick on the last is average as Croker takes a good take

11min

Josh Hodgson puts the ball over the sideline giving the Raiders a chance to re-focus. The Bulldogs making huge metres and muscling up big time in defence

10min

Bulldogs make 62m in their set after points but the kick from Lachlan Lewis finds Michael Oldfield on the chest .

9min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Rhyse Martin.

Rhyse Martin has no issues from right in front

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 6 - 0 Raiders
8min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Jeremy Marshall-King. Kick to come.

Jeremy Marshall-King runs the ball off the scrum and he attacks the line and goes through some very very poor Raiders defence.

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 4 - 0 Raiders
7min

Crossfield kick from Lachlan Lewis can't be taken in the air by Cotric and the Dogs have a scrum 10m out

5min

A good kick from the Raiders finds touch down the left side, Bulldogs working it away towards halfway mid-set

2min

Sam Williams kicks for a 40/20 and has found the sideline... just over the line on the full; Bulldogs get a good attacking chance

The Raiders have the first use of the ball defending the Northern end of Belmore

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Grant Atkins, Gavin Badger

Touch Judges: Jeff Younis, Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Bryan Norrie

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (28)
Tries: Jeremy Marshall-King, Rhyse Martin (3)
Field Goals:
Conversions: Rhyse Martin (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Rhyse Martin (2/2)

CANBERRA RAIDERS (32)
Tries: Sam Williams, Jarrod Croker, Nick Cotric, Blake Austin, Joseph Tapine, Joseph Leilua
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jarrod Croker (4/6)
Penalty Goals: