Full Time
80:00
3:00pm Sat May 11, 2019
Round 9 - Suncorp Stadium, Milton / Yuggera-Turrbal - Crowd: 25292
79min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga converts from right in front.

Knights lead Bulldogs 10 - 22 Knights
78min

Try: Knights
Scored by Kalyn Ponga. Kick to come.

Ponga stands up the scattered defence, and runs 30m to score under the dot.

Knights lead Bulldogs 10 - 20 Knights
77min

Knights are just controlling field position now, forcing the Dogs to make 90m per set.

77min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Ponga grubbers and finds touch 15m from the Bulldogs line.

74min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Pearce grubbers and finds touch 5m from the Bulldogs line.

73min

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Pearce runs the Bulldogs kick chase off the ball. Dogs are 10m out from the Knights line.

71min

Ponga on the left side tries to punch a low kick into touch but he kicks it out on the full.

70min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Smith loses the ball as he's getting to his feet after being tackled. Knights get a reprieve

68min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Bulldogs right side exploit the Knights bunched up defence, but a final pass is knocked down by Pearce.

65min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Klemmer loses the ball and gets crunched by Sue to add insult to error.

64min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - They start their set 30m from their own line

63min

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Elliott tackled high.

61min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Watson drops the ball after picking it up and running from dummy half.

58min

Bulldogs playing with some momentum now.

57min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney from touch, and he nails the conversion.

Knights lead Bulldogs 10 - 16 Knights
57min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Will Hopoate. Kick to come.

From the penalty tap, the Dogs send the ball right and Foran gets a nice pass to Hopoate who scores in the corner.

Knights lead Bulldogs 8 - 16 Knights
56min

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Barnett offside

56min

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.

55min

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Knights with a dumb penalty right in front on their own line.

54min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - SKD and Okunbor compete to catch a bomb and SKD knocks on, 10m from the Knights line.

52min

Nice grubber by Cogger forces a Knights drop out

51min

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.

51min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Attempted by Nick Meaney.

Meaney from out wide on the right can't add the extras.

Knights lead Bulldogs 4 - 16 Knights
49min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Reimis Smith. Kick to come.

Smith takes an intercept and runs 92m to score a scintillating try against the run of play.

Knights lead Bulldogs 4 - 16 Knights
48min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Solid Knights defence forced the Dogs to kick from inside their own 30m. Scrum 10m inside the Knights half.

46min

Levi charges for the line from dummy half on the last and is tackled 1m shy of the line.

45min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Cogger too fast out of dummy half .

44min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Bulldogs with an illegal strip. Knights find touch 10m from the Dogs line.

41min

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.

40min

Conversion: Knights
Attempted by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga out wide on the right side, and he just pushes it across the face.

Knights lead Bulldogs 0 - 16 Knights
39min

Try: Knights
Scored by Lachlan Fitzgibbon. Kick to come.

Fitzgibbon on the left side, bumps out of the tackle by Cogger, falls over and then scrambles over the line to score.

Knights lead Bulldogs 0 - 16 Knights
38min

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.

37min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Ogden knocks on in the tackle. Scrum set 10m inside the Dogs half.

36min

Ponga's pass to Watson bounces off Watson's chest and the Bulldogs clean up.

35min

Pearce with another great grubber forcing another Bulldogs drop out.

33min

Pearce with another good grubber to the Knights left side and Smith takes it dead. Bulldogs drop out.

32min

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..

31min

Cross kick from Pearce finds Lee, who taps it back, Hunt regathers, passes to Ponga, but he puts it down.

30min

Lee makes a break from deep inside his own half and is finally reeled in on halfway.

27min

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.

26min

Ramien drops the balls on the first tackle off the scrum and Okunbor cleans up.

25min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Pearce with a three quarter bomb and Meany spills the ball in a contest with Watson, 13m from the Dogs line.

23min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga converts from the right of the sticks

Knights lead Bulldogs 0 - 12 Knights
22min

Try: Knights
Scored by Mitchell Pearce. Kick to come.

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.

Knights lead Bulldogs 0 - 10 Knights
20min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Dogs defence off their line too early. Both sides are defensively strong, but attack wise, they aren't asking enough questions.

17min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Ponga's grubebr finds touch 5m from the Dogs line. Good set by the Knights.

15min

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.

14min

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Foran finds touch 12m from the Knights line.

13min

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.

11min

Foran grubbers into the Knights in-goal, Ponga regathers, but can't get back into the field of play. Knights drop out.

11min

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Knights give away another penalty on the first tackle after the last penalty. Dogs now 20m from the Knights line.

9min

PENALTY BULLDOGS - They find touch on halfway

9min

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.

7min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga nails the goal from in front.

Knights lead Bulldogs 0 - 6 Knights
7min

Try: Knights
Scored by Hymel Hunt. Kick to come.

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.

Knights lead Bulldogs 0 - 4 Knights
6min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - 10m from the Dogs line.

5min

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

3min

Pearce puts in a grubber but it just rolls dead. Dogs with a 7 tackle set.

2min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Knights start 37m from the Dogs line

2min

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: