Kick is good.
Wakeham kicks in-goal and finds JMK in support.
Bulldogs penalty.
Bulldogs penalty.
Naden's offload comes into contact with Alex Johnston and the Rabbitohs have the ball.
The Bulldogs get the ball back from the short kick off.
Taaffe makes it 6/6.
The debutant gets across the line!
Rabbitohs penalty.
Matt Dufty loses the ball after running on the last tackle.
The kick is waved away.
Burton's kick bounces, the five-eighth bats the ball onto his winger who gets his first try of the season.
The ball is deemed to have come into contact with Josh Jackson before Arrow regathered - No Try.
Jai Arrow is claiming a try - but the referee believes he's knocked on in the lead up.
Lachlan Ilias is tackled a metre from the line.
The Rabbitohs get a penalty for an escort.
The scoreline is getting away from the Bulldogs now.
Cook ran straight from the scrum to embarrass the Bulldogs.
Cook gets the first hat-trick of his career with the softest try you'll see.
Jeremy Marshall-King knocks on - Souths will get another set close to the try line.
Isaiah Tass is on for his NRL debut and gets a touch at left centre.
Naden overpowers his kick over the dead ball line.
Souths kill off some quick passing from the Bulldogs with a knock on.
Cody Walker puts Jacob Host over for a try - only problem was the pass went forward.
Six again for the Rabbitohs.
Walker put an early kick in for Alex Johnston, but the ball goes over the sideline.
Burton puts another bomb up for Taaffe.
Josh Mansour is taken over the sideline after a flick pass from Campbell Graham.
Naden gathers in a bomb from Wakeham, but the Rabbitohs defence wraps the winger up near the sideline.
Bulldogs penalty.
Souths knock on - the Rabbitohs are challenging the ruling.
Lachlan Ilias gets a penalty for the Rabbitohs.
Naden almost set up Jake Averillo, but the referee rules a forward pass in the lead up.
Bulldogs penalty.
The Bulldogs have been absolutely dudded - the bunker has found a knock on to deny Naden.
Flanagan puts a nice kick in and Naden manages to get between Alex Johnston and Taane Milne to touch down for his second.
Souths knock on inside the Bulldogs half.
Taaffe allows another Burton bomb to bounce, but the Bulldogs chasers are nowhere to be seen.
Confirmation that Braidon Burns is also out of this one with a hamstring injury.
Taaffe gets the perfect swing on his kick to add the extras.
Alex Johnston needs one more try to draw level with Nathan Merritt for the most tries at the Olympic Stadium.
Cody Walker fires a beautiful pass to send Johnston over for his second.
Josh Mansour knocks on trying to contest an attacking kick.
Play is back underway.
The Rabbitohs head to the sheds with a healthy lead.
Tevita Pangai Junior has just thrown a diabolical pass to no one over the sideline. This has been a horrible finish for the Bulldogs.
Bulldogs penalty.
Bulldogs penalty.
Jeremy Marshall-King is back on the field for the Bulldogs.
Taaffe nails the kick from the sideline.
He was denied earlier, but not this time! Johnston gets the Rabbitohs third.
Play resumes with Souths on the attack.
The medicab is being called to assist Chris Patolo from the field.
Josh Jackson and Chris Patolo have clashed heads - play is paused.
Souths are surging.
Rabbitohs penalty.
Taaffe adds the extras.
Campbell Graham races through the middle and finds his hooker in support.
The Rabbitohs make a break through the middle.
We're all locked up at 6-all.
Cook takes a run from dummy half and gets the Rabbitohs on the board.
Cameron Murray kicks for the in-goal, but Matt Dufty is able to get to the ball first. Play will resume with a line drop out.
The try is overturned with Cody Walker ruled to be offside when Blake Taaffe kicks the ball. Compounding the issue, Kyle Flanagan is penalised for pushing Taaffe in the contest.
Johnston capitalises on Naden's failed intercept to get the home side on the board.
Brent Naden almost pulls off an intercept - but drops the ball.
The referee has lost patience with the Bulldogs poor discipline and sent JMK for 10.
Rabbitohs penalty.
Matt Burton drops the ball inside the Rabbitohs half.
Keaon Koloamatangi is ruled to have run over Jake Averillo - NO TRY.
Josh Mansour is claiming a try - the referee has sent the play upstairs as No Try, citing an obstruction.
Six again for the Rabbitohs.
Naden knocks on trying to contest a bomb from Walker - Souths will have a good opportunity to get on the board.
Josh Jackson throws a horrible pass that releases all the pressure the Bulldogs had built up.
No Try - the Bulldogs will continue applying the pressure.
Braidon Burns is tackled over the try line - the referee is checking with the bunker to see if he's got the ball to the line.
The Rabbitohs make an error on their own goal line - the Bulldogs are applying the pressure right now.
Jeremy Marshall-King makes a nice dart out of dummy half.
The Bulldogs force an error on halfway.
Burton puts another towering bomb up, but Mansour has the experience to take it with confidence.
The much-maligned halfback nails his first kick.
Naden gets his first try as a Bulldog.
Kyle Flanagan throws a cut-out pass to Naden, who gets around Alex Johnston to touch down for first points.
The Bulldogs receive penalty close to the line.
Lachlan Ilias throws a pass intended for Josh Mansour, but the ball goes over the sideline to let the Bulldogs off the hook.
Jake Averillo spills the ball on halfway.
Souths drop the ball ten metres out from the try line.
Damien Cook takes a run and earns a six again call for his efforts.
Matt Burton throws a dud pass on the last tackle.
The Bulldogs get a relieving pressure coming off their own line.
Walker chips for the corner and almost traps Matt Dufty in-goal.
Souths knock on trying to contest a bomb - the Dogs will work the ball out of their own end.
Burton puts a towering bomb up, Taaffe allows the ball to bounce, the Bulldogs drag the fullback back in-goal, but the referee rules the Bulldogs offside - IT'S ALL HAPPENING!
Both sides trading sets during the opening stages.
Blake Taaffe returns the ball and is driven back by three blue and white defenders.
Luke Thompson takes the first carry of the afternoon.
The Rabbitohs head out the tunnel - kick-off is moments away.
The Bulldogs are on the field.
Souths have won 6/11 Good Friday clashes against Canterbury since 2007.
South Sydney have dominated recent clashes against the Canterbury-Bankstown, winning six of the past eight since 2018.
The Bulldogs have made a minor change from the team announced on Tuesday afternoon. Chris Patolo comes into the starting side in place of Corey Waddell; Ava Seumanufagai is the new man on the bench.
The Rabbitohs have handed 22-year-old outside-back Isaiah Tass his first grade debut. Tass, a former squad member with Canterbury and Brisbane, has been selected ahead of Davvy Moale to provide the side with greater versatility off the bench.
Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 6 Good Friday Football between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs from Accor Stadium.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Gerard Sutton
Touch Judges: Phil Henderson, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Chris Butler
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (36)
Tries: Alex Johnston (2), Damien Cook (3), Isaiah Tass
Conversions: Blake Taaffe (6/6)
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (16)
Tries: Brent Naden, Jeremy Marshall-King, Josh Addo-Carr
Conversions: Kyle Flanagan (2/3)