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PENALTY BULLDOGS - Keppie has been penalised, despite not playing. Harsh by the bunker there.

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Manly with a sloppy turnover

Dogs breakfast there. Last tackle and Schoupp drops a bad pass, which Harpers cleans up and is then bundled into touch. Manly gets the ball back though.

SET RESTART BULLDOGS - 20m from their own line

Manly with a fast break downfield and now they've got 3 tackles in prime attacking areas

SCRUM MANLY - Hopoate with a lovely pass to the trainer on the sideline

PENALTY BULLDOGS - That was a mess by Manly's runners.

Going to the bunker to verify that Dylan Walker is a liar. Tackle looked completed but Walker pushed forward and got over the line but Josh Jackson had the ball wrapped up the whole time.

SCRUM MANLY - Another well placed Manly bomb is dropped by Allan, 5m from his own line.

SET RESTART MANLY - on the first tackle off the scrum, 10m from the Dogs line.

SCRUM MANLY - Tom Trbojevic tries to get a quick pass to his winger, but the pass is knocked down and forward by the Bulldogs defence.

SCRUM MANLY - Meaney drops a DCE bomb 10m from his own line.

PENALTY MANLY - Hair tackle. That's not a typo.

Flanagan is up on his feet. Playing on

Sure enough, a few straight runs and they get into good attacking territory, but a poor last option ends the set bleakly. Flanagan appears to have picked up an ankle injury

SET RESTART MANLY - 10m shy of halfway. They are struggling to go forward, moving sideways far too much.

A Manly kick is caught nicely by Tom Trbojevic, he then tries to barge over for a try, but grounds it short and then knocks it on.

Off to the bunker to see if Tom Trbojevic has scored near the posts.

Aloiai is back after trying to kick start his lawnmower.

Manly make a break down the right side where DCE gets into space, links with Tom Trbojevic, who then fires a long ball to Saab who is taken into touch 10m short of a try

Play resumes

Harper got manhandled a bit there and now he's struggling to get to his feet to play the ball. Play stopped.

Bulldogs with a brain dead play on the last.

A bit of niggle and agro creeping into the game now.

Another Dogs grubber finds Trbojevic of the Thomas variety.

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Aloiai getting to his feet to play the ball, lashes out with his feet at Josh Jackson and kicks him in the head.

Play stopped as everyone got excited about some click frenzy sales.

SET RESTART MANLY - still inside the Dogs 5m

SET RESTART MANLY - 5m from the Dogs line.

DCE's grubber is batted dead by Meaney. Bulldogs drop out

Bulldogs get the second half underway

Dylan Walker tries to get Saab in for a try by getting a ball over the top, but it has gone forward and Saab drops it and thats halftime.

PENALTY MANLY - For a crusher. Manly finds touch 15m inside the Dogs half

Doorey being carried off the field.

9 of the last 10 times the Bulldogs have lead Manly at halftime, they've gone on to win the game.

Doorey has hit the ground in serious pain after driving Saab back. Play stopped as he gets attended to

Tom Trbojevic did something wrong. Honest. I saw it.

Bulldogs forced to take the ball dead. Bulldogs drop out

Katoa's 27min try was the first try scored by the Bulldogs against Manly in 350 days, 19 hours and 4 minutes...roughly.

SET RESTART BULLDOGS - 30m from their own line

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Saab with an intercept attempt but he knocks it on. Bulldogs with a full set inside the Manly 30m

Saab very nearly snares his second try through a very similar play as his first, this time its Tom T sending the pass out to him. The Bunker looks at it and finds that Saab dropped the ball over the line.

Foran's kick is tapped back. DCE picks it up and kicks back in towards the posts where Seumanufagai takes a great take on his own line and is then tackled ingoal. Bulldogs drop out

No more ebay gags, promise

PENALTY MANLY - DCE with a half break, he attempts to get a quick play the ball but Wakeham hangs on for as long as the final bidder on Ebay.

Wakeham grubbers straight into the hands of Tom Trbojevic

Jackson gets close to the tryline

Manly Round 16 now lead 12-4 over Manly Round 24

Katoa chips over the top early and Garrick is forced to take the ball dead. Manly drop out.

DCE very nearly scores a 40/20, ends up with a 40/21.3

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Taupau drops the ball in a strong tackle.

PENALTY MANLY - Some clown in a Dogs jumper pushed DCE over as he was getting to dummy half. Manly finds touch on halfway.

Manly looked like scoring there but Haumole Olakau'atu dropped the ball at the line

PENALTY MANLY - Allan hits Tom Trbojevic while in the air taking a bomb.

Manly Round 16 leads 6-4 over Manly Round 24 (both times against the Dogs)

SET RESTART MANLY - 5m from the Dogs line.

Foran grubbers into the Dogs in-goal but, like the price of NRL speakers on ebay, its too hefty. The Dogs though have to take it dead. Bulldogs drop out.

PENALTY MANLY - Hetherington runs out of the line and hits Harper high. He's on report. Manly finds touch 25m from their own line.

Tom T cleans up a deft grubber by Wakeham

PENALTY BULLDOGS - On their 20m line. They find touch 10m shy of halfway

Garrick on his back tries to reverse dunk the ball over the line to score, but the ball is bumped out by the foot of a falling Nick Meaney. No try.

Off to the bunker to see if Manly have scored a try

SET RESTART Manly - on halfway

Timid end to Manly's first set

Bulldogs kick dead at the end of their first set. 7 tackle set to Manly.

40 seconds in and Manly haven't scored yet. Good defence by the Dogs so far

Manly kick off

Manly have won their last 5 games against the Bulldogs with a combined score of 166-42. Manly have never lost to a Bulldogs side that was placed 14th or lower on the ladder.