Ponga converts from right in front.
Ponga stands up the scattered defence, and runs 30m to score under the dot.
Knights are just controlling field position now, forcing the Dogs to make 90m per set.
SCRUM BULLDOGS - Ponga grubbers and finds touch 15m from the Bulldogs line.
SCRUM BULLDOGS - Pearce grubbers and finds touch 5m from the Bulldogs line.
PENALTY BULLDOGS - Pearce runs the Bulldogs kick chase off the ball. Dogs are 10m out from the Knights line.
Ponga on the left side tries to punch a low kick into touch but he kicks it out on the full.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Smith loses the ball as he's getting to his feet after being tackled. Knights get a reprieve
SCRUM BULLDOGS - Bulldogs right side exploit the Knights bunched up defence, but a final pass is knocked down by Pearce.
SCRUM BULLDOGS - Klemmer loses the ball and gets crunched by Sue to add insult to error.
PENALTY KNIGHTS - They start their set 30m from their own line
PENALTY BULLDOGS - Elliott tackled high.
SCRUM BULLDOGS - Watson drops the ball after picking it up and running from dummy half.
Bulldogs playing with some momentum now.
Meaney from touch, and he nails the conversion.
From the penalty tap, the Dogs send the ball right and Foran gets a nice pass to Hopoate who scores in the corner.
PENALTY BULLDOGS - Barnett offside
Marshall-King from dummy half gets a late call to pass right to Foran, who then gets out of a tackle and gets the ball down for a try, but the play is called back.
PENALTY BULLDOGS - Knights with a dumb penalty right in front on their own line.
SCRUM BULLDOGS - SKD and Okunbor compete to catch a bomb and SKD knocks on, 10m from the Knights line.
Nice grubber by Cogger forces a Knights drop out
PENALTY BULLDOGS - Knights too enthusiastic in defence. Dogs with a piggy-back out of their own half. They'll start their set 38m from the Knights line.
Meaney from out wide on the right can't add the extras.
Smith takes an intercept and runs 92m to score a scintillating try against the run of play.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Solid Knights defence forced the Dogs to kick from inside their own 30m. Scrum 10m inside the Knights half.
Levi charges for the line from dummy half on the last and is tackled 1m shy of the line.
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Cogger too fast out of dummy half .
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Bulldogs with an illegal strip. Knights find touch 10m from the Dogs line.
So far the second half is seeing a continuation of form. The Bulldogs attack is struggling to penetrate the Knights defence. The Knights are rolling upfield.
Ponga out wide on the right side, and he just pushes it across the face.
Fitzgibbon on the left side, bumps out of the tackle by Cogger, falls over and then scrambles over the line to score.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Gavet attempts a grubber, it's too gentle, but the Dogs knock on trying to clean it up, 10m from their own line.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Ogden knocks on in the tackle. Scrum set 10m inside the Dogs half.
Ponga's pass to Watson bounces off Watson's chest and the Bulldogs clean up.
Pearce with another great grubber forcing another Bulldogs drop out.
Pearce with another good grubber to the Knights left side and Smith takes it dead. Bulldogs drop out.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Okunbor with a good run down the left wing, gets to the 40m line but loses the ball as he tries to offload..
Cross kick from Pearce finds Lee, who taps it back, Hunt regathers, passes to Ponga, but he puts it down.
Lee makes a break from deep inside his own half and is finally reeled in on halfway.
Ogden and Meaney both with separate weaving runs in consecutive tackles, very nearly get to the line. Meaney's run was on the last. handover.
Ramien drops the balls on the first tackle off the scrum and Okunbor cleans up.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Pearce with a three quarter bomb and Meany spills the ball in a contest with Watson, 13m from the Dogs line.
Ponga converts from the right of the sticks
Pearce grubbers, it richochets off the Dogs defence, he soccers it along again and Meaney fails to clean up before Pearce follows through and grounds the ball for a try.
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Dogs defence off their line too early. Both sides are defensively strong, but attack wise, they aren't asking enough questions.
SCRUM BULLDOGS - Ponga's grubebr finds touch 5m from the Dogs line. Good set by the Knights.
Meaney get s a good quick ball to Okunbor, but the Knights defence swarms across and takes him into touch. Knights have successfully defended their own line for 4 consecutive Dogs sets.
PENALTY BULLDOGS - Foran finds touch 12m from the Knights line.
Another gret grubber from Foran and Ponga tries to shield it over the dead ball line, but he has to play at it. Drop out Knights.
Foran grubbers into the Knights in-goal, Ponga regathers, but can't get back into the field of play. Knights drop out.
PENALTY BULLDOGS - Knights give away another penalty on the first tackle after the last penalty. Dogs now 20m from the Knights line.
PENALTY BULLDOGS - They find touch on halfway
Meaney with a great take and then somehow stays in the field of the play despite two defenders trying to bundle him over the sideline.
Ponga nails the goal from in front.
Off the back of the scrum, Ponga holds up a short ball for Hunt, who strolls through a big gap and scores under the posts.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - 10m from the Dogs line.
Cogger's cross-field kick is far too deep and Lee takes it comfortable in his own in-goal. 7 tackle set for the Knights
Pearce puts in a grubber but it just rolls dead. Dogs with a 7 tackle set.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Knights start 37m from the Dogs line
First error of the match by Napa. Knights to get the first set in attacking range.
Super Magic Saturday Round is underway!
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Matt Cecchin, Tim Roby
Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Chris McMillan
Video Referee: Steve Chiddy, Bryan Norrie
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (10)
Tries: Reimis Smith, Will Hopoate
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nick Meaney (1/2)
Penalty Goals:
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (22)
Tries: Hymel Hunt, Kalyn Ponga, Mitchell Pearce, Lachlan Fitzgibbon
Field Goals:
Conversions: Kalyn Ponga (3/4)
Penalty Goals: