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FULL TIME at McDonald Jones Stadium - The Bulldogs take their second win of the season with an 18-12 victory

PENALTY BULLDOGS: Kurt Mann penalised for contact in the air and he's not happy as Matt Cecchin marches the mark 10m for dissent

Kalyn Ponga kicks low and hard as Lachlan Fitzgibbon chases through but it goes dead and the 7 tackle set relieves all the pressure on the Bulldogs

Kieran Foran's kick doesn't even make halfway before Ponga collects it and gets up inside the Bulldogs 20

Bulldogs defence holds the Knights out but the Bulldogs can't get out of their own 10

Kurt Mann puts big pressure on Wakeham again and the replacement half messes up his kick again

OUT ON THE FULL - Kurt Mann puts big pressure on Brandon Wakeham as he kicks and it goes out on the full. Knights to start their next set 40m out

Jacob Saifiti goes straight through off the dropout and gets within the 10

Kurt Mann out of dummy half squeezes the ball through with a grubber and Kieran Foran pushes it dead

SET RESTART - Momentum really with Newcastle as Matt Cecchin gives the Knights six more

Pasami Saulo is brought down on the last as the Knights elected to run the ball - Bulldogs have to work it from their own end though

Momentum really swinging as the Bulldogs forced to kick out of their one 20 is charged down by Jacob Saifiti

The rain continuing to tumble in Newcastle as the Knights start looking to build some momentum for their comeback

PENALTY BULLDOGS: The Knights push Montoya into touch in a strong tackle but Matt Cecchin pulls things up with an offside penalty

NO TRY - The Knights go very close but the bunker knocks it back as did Matt Cecchin with a live decision of no try

Things going from bad to worse for the Knights as Sione Katoa pulls off a 1 on 1 strip

BUNKER - Raymond Faitala-Mariner has crossed but we need to make sure he's held the ball the entire way on getting the ball down; Matt Cecchin says TRY

SECOND HALF IS GO! The Bulldogs using the ball first as the rain comes down harder in Newcastle

Half Time at McDonald Jones Stadium - Plenty of rain but not many points as the Bulldogs take a 6-0 lead into the break thanks to an Aiden Tolman try

Connor Watson has suffered a ruptured achilles

SET RESTART - Matt Cecchin gives the Knights six again after an extra effort from the Bulldogs in defence

MISKICK - Lachlan Lewis makes a meal of his dropout and it barely goes 10m

REPEAT SET - Kurt Mann kicks in behind the line but no real chasers coming through as Montoya is able to knock the ball dead

SET RESTART - First one for quite a while sees Newcastle go into attack

Game just playing each set like a CD on repeat - The Bulldogs getting up towards halfway each set and Newcastle have to work it out from their own 10m

The rain getting harder at Newcastle as the Bulldogs work the ball upfield

More concern for the Knights as Connor Watson has to be carried off by trainers after going down with a serious leg injury untouched

Connor Watson tries to go from dummy half on the last tackle but gets brought down just short of the line

Andrew McCullough off the field with a serious hamstring injury

Mitch Barnett forced to kick on the last and it's a tricky grubber for Nick Meaney at the back who does well to take it

Dallin Watene-Zelezniak lets the high kick bounce but it ends up back with the Bulldogs luckily

Mitchell Pearce kick is plucked beautiful at first slip by Jeremy Marshall-King and the Bulldogs put on a counter-attacking set

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Lachlan Lewis penalised for a second effort on Kalyn Ponga who did look to milk it from Matt Cecchin

PENALTY KNIGHTS: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak gives away the penalty for a high shot on Bradman Best - Knights attacking inside the Bulldogs half

Bulldogs attack break down again and they throw a pass along the ground that is cleaned up by Newcastle

Mitchell Pearce runs behind the lead runner and then kicks the ball - The ball sits up for Nick Meaney so Matt Cecchin allows play to go on

SET RESTART - The Knights get the first set restart of the game after the Bulldogs infringe in the ruck

Bradman Best relieves all the pressure on his side after being caught on their own line after Best ran 70m

PENALTY BULLDOGS: The Knights penalised for being inside the 10 off the kick chase and the veteran Matt Cecchin with no hesitation blowing the penalty

Average set in attack for the Bulldogs as a poor kick sits nicely for Kalyn Ponga

Already the Bulldogs on the attack after the Knights cough up possession in their first set

GAME ON! Matt Cecchin calls time on and we're underway at a very wet McDonald Jones Stadium