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BULLDOGS WILL WIN IT - Cowboys tried to go the crash over on the last and the Bulldogs stop them

One full set for the Cowboys and there's a rogue kicking tee out there too

IT'S NO TRY - The Hammer was offside and the Townsville crowd is not happy and neither are the Cowboys players

Bulldogs last tackle option goes astray (like most options tonight) but they do hand it over inside the Cowboys 20

Burton's last tackle kick was poor with it floating too deep and Kyle Feldt gets his foot back

18th man activated - Brent Naden WILL NOT return; Aaron Schoupp in as the Cowboys get a repeat set in the rain

Jeremy Marshall-King leaves the field for a HIA

Repeat set for the Cowboys after a good kick and chase traps Matt Dufty

HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN - Well for the first time in this game but the heavens have opened up as the Fox also opens up

Brent Naden off the field now for a HIA - My understanding is that the 18th man cannot be activated until Naden fails his HIA

Jeremy Marshall-King kicks through the line but it's too deep

Some of these calls tonight aren't helping this game - Burton connected with Dufty beautifully and it is called forward

PENALTY BULLDOGS: After a while a penalty is blown for Dangerous contact on Matt Burton

Repeat set for the Bulldogs after Valentine Holmes is trapped in go

PENALTY BULLDOGS: Ben Cummins initially rules lost ball but a tip from the touchie turns it into a penalty for a second effort against Tom Gilbert

Bulldogs look shocked as they get called for a forward pass

PENALTY BULLDOGS: Coen Hess took out Brent Naden who was trying to put pressure on the kicker

Poor kick from Burton and Hiku cleans up short of the line and then manages to get to the 10

The second half is underway and as Yazz once sung... "The Only way is up" which is pretty much how this game can go surely

HALF TIME - As a fan of a team that has already won this week and may have won a premiership in 2021 I've just gotta say thank god I don't support either team; The Cowboys lead 4-0 at the break as errors and penalties mount

PENALTY BULLDOGS: Matt Dufty is taken high and the penalty goes to the Bulldogs

Cowboys compounding their error with a set restart

NO TRY - The bunker can't overturn Ben Cummins' live decision and it's a strip in the act of scoring

BUNKER: Jake Averillo and the Bulldogs claiming a try but Ben Cummins hasn't seen grounding and goes upstairs

CAPTAINS CHALLENGE - The Fox has dropped the ball when he was getting up to play it and has won the challenge because he held it

*Insert Ryan Reynolds facepalm gif* Peta Hiku messes up stopping a kick, has to go back to the ingoal to pick it up when it would've gone dead. Then almost slipped in-goal then finally lost it

Cowboys cough up possession in good territory and Josh Addo-Carr dives on it

Tom Gilbert held up over the line after almost getting a second career try

Remember when the Sharks were sponsored by Remondis? Well the garbage people should be looking at opportunities with these two sides with so much rubbish in the play and decision making of the players

What were you thinking? An accurate question for anyone watching this game but the decision by Jeremy Marshall-King to kick in goal to no chasers

PENALTY DOGS AND THEN SIX AGAIN: Hand on ball penalty then a slow ruck the calls from Ben Cummins

Error.... penalty.... Error... penalty.... Error... penalty... this time we've got through 2 tackles

This game is definitely not one of high quality.... Cowboys losing the ball on tackle 1 off the back of a penalty

Another set for the Bulldogs after a lost ball

Somehow the Bulldogs survive after the Cowboys split the Bulldogs defence open

Somehow the Bulldogs survive after the Cowboys split the Bulldogs defence open

GAME ON in Townsville and the Cowboys using the ball first