Full Time
80:00
4:00pm Mon June 10, 2019
Round 13 - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal - Crowd: 16003
79min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - McInness grubbers for touch, just inside the Bulldogs half.

78min

Foran kicks on the first for Smith, but its too big and Pearson cleans the ball up comfortably enough.

78min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Dragons knock on, 35m from their own line.

77min

Martin offloads looking for Foran, but Field is on the spot and intercepts it.

74min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax, from the right sideline, nails it.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 12 - 36 Dragons
73min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Mikaele Ravalawa. Kick to come.

Ravalawa leaps over the defender and then somehow just manages to get the ball down for a scintillating try

Dragons lead Bulldogs 12 - 34 Dragons
71min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Second tackle after the restart and the Dogs lose the ball in the tackle. Scrums sets 30m from the Dogs line

70min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney converts.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 12 - 30 Dragons
70min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Kieran Foran. Kick to come.

Foran calls for the ball and Fualalo obliged. Foran hit a gap and ran 20m to score under the sticks.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 10 - 30 Dragons
69min

Sims gets across the line but drops the ball in the process of trying to plant it for a try.

68min

Hunt kicks on the first from the scrum and finds Ravalawa, who gets tackled 10m from the Dogs line.

67min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Smith knocks on, 5m inside the Dogs half.

64min

Sims gets tackled on the last, 4m shy of the Dogs line.

62min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax on the right side, converts again.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 6 - 30 Dragons
61min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Zac Lomax. Kick to come.

Hunt holds up a short ball for Host, who makes a break, then grubbers. The ball bounces off a Bulldogs defender and Lomax cleans up before running 25m to score.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 6 - 28 Dragons
59min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Ravalawa tackled in the air despite dropping the ball first.

58min

Play stopped briefly as Aitken got some attention from the trainer. He looks to be okay now.

55min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax from right in front, adds another 2.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 6 - 24 Dragons
54min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Ben Hunt. Kick to come.

Dragons go right after Sims' good run and catch the Dogs short on numbers and Hunt strolls in for a try under the sticks, easy as you like.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 6 - 22 Dragons
53min

Tariq Sims with a stepping runs back inside, very nearly crosses for a try.

52min

Norman with a stabbed grubber, but Meaney takes no risks and taps the ball dead. Bulldogs drop out.

51min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Bulldogs with a poor knock-on inside their own half.

50min

Norman with a grubber on the last but again it's meek and straight to the defender. Both sides guilty of poor kicking in the game so far.

49min

JMK kicks low for touch but it goes out on the full.

49min

McInness grubbers but it only finds Bulldogs defenders legs and bounces back behind him, before the Dogs dive on it.

47min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Tolman drops a pass cold

42min

The end to end action with the occasional piece of clumsy play has continued in the second half, from both sides.

38min

Foran's kick lands right in the waiting arms of Host, who then makes a break, runs 35m before passing to Ravalawa who advances the ball another 35m.

37min

Cogger has failed his HIA and won't return

37min

PENALTYBULLDOGS - Dragons offside coming off their own line

35min

Dufty knocks on and the Bulldogs recover the ball. They then get a penalty and take the tap, inside the Dragons 20m

35min

Martin gets outside his right edge defender, sucks in the winger and passes to Meaney who goes over for the try, but it's disallowed due to interference.

34min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - McInness succesfully blocks a grubber, but he kncos on when trying to pick up the ball. Dogs with a full set inside the Dragons 10m

32min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Robson with a little bobble at dummy half, near halfway.

28min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax adds the extras.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 6 - 18 Dragons
27min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Jonus Pearson. Kick to come.

Dragons send the ball left where Dufty with a sharp catch and pass puts Pearson into space. He steps inside the cover defender and scores.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 6 - 16 Dragons
27min

McInness grubbers and Crichton taps it dead. Bulldogs drop out

27min

PENALTY DRAGONS - They now get another full set deep inside the Dogs half.

24min

JMK makes a break from dummy-half and opts against passing, eventually being tackled 10m from the Dragons line. Cogger kicked on the next play but it was way too big and Ravalawa took it uncontested in his own in-goal. 7 tackle set for the Dragons. Cogger comes off for an HIA after a heavy, but legal, tackle from Sims.

23min

Hunt's grubber has too much sauce on it and it goes dead-in-goal. 7 tackle set for the Dogs

19min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Hunt grubbers for Lomax, but the ball beat him over the touchline.

18min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Cogger drops a pass inside the Dragons 30m

16min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Lawrie with a weird fumble/pass forward. Either way, he was none to please with his execution.

15min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax slots the easy goal

Dragons lead Bulldogs 6 - 12 Dragons
14min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Corey Norman. Kick to come.

Ravalawa gets a good ball from Lomax and makes a break down the sideline before passing back inside to Norman who scores under the posts.

Dragons lead Bulldogs 6 - 10 Dragons
11min

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Lomax drags Meaney back into the Dogs in-goal despite the ref yelling out "held, held, held"

11min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

Lomax with a brilliant conversion.

Tied up at Bulldogs 6 - 6 Dragons
10min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Mikaele Ravalawa. Kick to come.

Hunt sends a looping long ball out to an unmarked Ravalawa who scores out wide on the right, untouched.

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 6 - 4 Dragons
9min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Jackson slowing down the ruck in the first tackle off the scrum.

8min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Smith makes an intercept attempt but drops the ball, however he has saved a certain try. Dragons with a full set inside the Bulldogs 20m

4min

Conversion: Bulldogs
Kicked by Nick Meaney.

Meaney from almost in front, adds the extras.

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 6 - 0 Dragons
3min

Try: Bulldogs
Scored by Raymond Faitala-Mariner. Kick to come.

First tackle off the scrum and RFM with a barnstorming run onto a Foran short ball, through a gap and barges his way over for a try near the posts.

Bulldogs lead Bulldogs 4 - 0 Dragons
2min

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Hopoate runs it on the last down the short side, but Pearson knocks the final pass down

1min

Sims loses the ball on the 4th tackle of a horror opening set by the Dragons. Dogs with the ball 20m from the Dragons line

The final match of the Round gets underway as the Dogs kick-off

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Gerard Sutton, Liam Kennedy

Touch Judges: Rickey McFarlane, Belinda Sharpe

Video Referee: Jared Maxwell, Bryan Norrie

CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (12)
Tries: Raymond Faitala-Mariner, Kieran Foran
Field Goals:
Conversions: Nick Meaney (2/2)
Penalty Goals:

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (36)
Tries: Mikaele Ravalawa (2), Zac Lomax, Corey Norman, Jonus Pearson, Ben Hunt
Field Goals:
Conversions: Zac Lomax (6/6)
Penalty Goals: