That's the game! A Burton field goal snatches the win for Canterbury, after being down 16-0 early on. Match report coming soon. 21-20, Bulldogs win!
Short from Manly, knocked back by Canterbury, and now it's a six again for the Bulldogs with sixty seconds left!
Calm as you like, Burton's left foot nails the field goal! 90 seconds left on the clock
Field goal definitely in play here
Poor Kaeo Weekes! A brilliant bomb from Burton, and Canterbury will have an attacking set.
Burton leaves it out to the left and we're still locked up!
Last tackle kick goes up, and neither Kaeo Weekes nor Lachlan Croker can secure the footy, and now we have a conversion from 10m inside the touchline with the match on the line!
Flanagan is over but there's a lot to look at! The referee has given it on-field though
Taupau puts it down, and Canterbury will have it just their own side of the half-way line.
Kaeo Weekes is slung into touch by some solid cover defence, assisted by the slippery ground.
A kick from Daly Cherry-Evans is charged down, and Manly will get the ball back in Bulldog's territory
Ray Tuaimalo-Vaega makes a linebreak, and Manly are at the half-way line early in the tackle count.
Drama here! Bulldogs opt for the short dropout, it just makes the 10m and goes over the sideline and Canterbury will get the ball.
DROPOUT! A brilliant linebreak from Manly coming out of their own half from Haumole Olakau'atu, and they go the length of the field to force a dropout.
DCE misses to the right of the uprights.
BRILLIANT VISION FROM DCE! Bulldogs were off their line quick, so the halfback puts a little grubber through the line, and Haumole Olakau'atu grounds it on the right edge.
Tolutau Koula does a good job of holding onto a difficult dropout.
DROPOUT! Flanagan bats a nice DCE grubber dead, and Manly will keep attacking.
Knocked on by Canterbury in the kick contest. A nice kick from Kieran Foran wins his team another attacking set.
Manly have some field position to work with now.
Burton puts up one of his bombs, but it falls safely. But now it's a MANLY PENALTY, Bulldogs were in front of the kicker
Pretty even past five minutes, neither team are willing to try too much.
Set for set footy at the moment.
The surface is very wet out there, players are sliding all over the place.
4th tackle kick from Burton is defended well, Sea Eagles ball
PENALTY CANTERBURY! They'll have it 40 out from their own line.
Off the post from the left-hand sideline. Scores remain locked.
Aaron Schoupp runs the length of the field to score in the corner! A brilliant intercept defending his own line, and he races away. Scores are level!
A Canterbury error coming off their own line, and Manly back on the attack
NO TRY! Kaeo Weekes loses the ball short of the line for Manly, and Canterbury are off the hook.
Kaeo Weekes slides over and we're going upstairs as a 'no try'
PENALTY MANLY! Bulldogs are offside, and MAnly will advance into Canterbury territory. NOW ANOTHER PENALTY! They'll start this set 15m out now
A very chaotic few minutes here at Homebush
CHALLENGE SUCCESFUL! The scrum will be repacked, Manly 10m out from their own line
Captain's challenge now! Manly have been ruled to have knocked it on out of the scrum
Tevita Pangai Junior drops it in the play the ball, and Manly will have to work it off their own line.
Confusion on the field here, Max King has to leave for a HIA, but now he's coming back onto the field! What's going on here!!! Now time is back on and he takes a run. Time was stopped for a few minutes for nothing there.
OUT ON THE FULL! Manly invite the Bulldogs back on the attack as Dylan Walker attempts a 20/40 that goes all wrong.
Poor option on the second tackle from Braidon Burns, going for an early grubber kick but he turns the ball over.
A forward pass out of dummy-half only 30m out from their own line from Manly. The Bulldogs will have the first opportunity of the second half.
20m tap for Manly! A poor kick from the Bulldogs is caught on the full in-goal.
And we're back underway, the Sea Eagles have first use of the ball in the second forty.
And that's half-time. Very much a half of two halves, with the Sea Eagles starting very convincingly, but Canterbury have done well to close the gap to just four at the break. We've seen some wild weather there at Homebush in the first forty, and an exciting second half isn't far away.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! They have 40 seconds, 30m out from Manly's line
Jeremy Marshall-King has passed his HIA.
Burton converts to bring the margin down to four points.
Zach Dockar-Clay gets his first NRL try! He scoots out of dummy-half to close the deficit just before half time.
DROPOUT! A bizarre one there, Kaeo Weekes can't take the ball on the full and gets trapped in-goal. It's pouring down yet again
Ben Trbojevic adds to the growing error count, Canterbury have it on their side of half-way
PENALTY MANLY! Bulldogs offside off the scrum
Tevita Pangai Junior loses it into a Manly player off a nice inside ball from Matt Burton, Manly will work it away from their own line.
SIX MORE BULLDOGS! Canterbury on the attack now.
20m tap for the Bulldogs, Daly Cherry-Evans kicks it too deep.
Stimson loses it 30m out from his own line. Manly on the attack.
After a great start, Manly have fallen away significantly in the past ten minutes. A very important period coming up here for both sides.
Burton hits the inside of the post, and it bounces in from close to the right sideline.
Raymond Faitala-Mariner with an outstanding offload on the right edge, Kyle Flanagan does well to find the overlap.
SIX AGAIN! Sea Eagles are offside defending their own line.
ANOTHER ERROR! Davey drops another one, and Bulldogs will get yet another shot
Stimson drops it early in the tackle count, and Manly are off the hook.
PENALTY! High contact on Jeremy Marshall-King, James Roumanos is on report but Marshall-King has to leave the field for a HIA. Canterbury on the attack.
James Roumanos drops it, and that's the second Manly set in a row with an error coming out of their own half.
Josh Addo-Carr goes over in the corner, but the on-field refs are confident that he went into touch. Manly's ball.
An attacking kick from Jake Averillo goes way too deep, but lucky for Canterbury, Manly are offside and the Bulldogs will have an attacking set.
Davey drops it cold and that's Manly's first incompletion of the night.
Burton almost kicks the 40/20, but the ball is kept in the field of play expertly by Kaeo Weekes, who then wins a penalty for his side.
2/3 from DCE so far tonight
Tired defence from Canterbury, Martin Taupau wins the one-on-one with Corey Waddell to crash over next to the posts.
SIX AGAIN MANLY! Aaron Schoupp goes for an intercept, but he knocks it on.
DROPOUT! Foran kicks on the second and finds the in-goal, and the Bulldogs ground it in their own in-goal.
SIX AGAIN! Bulldogs to slow in the ruck - more attacking chances for Manly coming up.
PENALTY MANLY! They'll start the set just their side of halfway
Off the post from the right sideline
DCE finds his winger with a cut-out pass and Manly extend their lead. A great pass in the conditions.
PENALTY MANLY! Daly Cherry-Evans with an ugly looking kick that finds Koula, who's taken in the air.
20m tap for Manly. Burton's grubber goes a little too deep.
SIX AGAIN BULLDOGS! A ruck infringement, and Canterbury will have a full set in their attacking half.
Martin Taupau gets back to defuse a little chip kick from Burton, and does well to get it out of the in goal.
It's really starting to pour down with rain now
Manly make 90m after points, but they give away a penalty and the pressure is off the Bulldogs for now.
DCE slots it through from in front.
Poor defence from Canterbury. An inside ball from Dylan Walker puts Toafofoa Sipley through a hole, Walker backs up and links up with his halfback.
Jacob Kiraz goes over the sideline and Manly will work it off their own line.
PENALTY BULLDOGS! First attacking chance of the night goes Canterbury's way. They're 30m out from Manly's line.
Daly Cherry-Evans kicks from inside his 40m line and the Bulldogs will start their set 30m upfield.
Burton puts it high and Kaeo Weekes takes Manly's first possession.
Peter Gough blows his whistle and we're underway. Canterbury will have the first use of the ball.
Kick-off is not far away at Olympic Park, with Canterbury and Manly ending their 2022 seasons. Raymond Faitala-Mariner and Jeremy Marshall-King will both play their 100th game in the NRL this evening, while Josh Addo-Carr will run out for his 150th. Manly are looking to snap a six match losing streak in their final game of the year.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Peter Gough
Touch Judges: Cameron Paddy, Chris Sutton
Video Referee: Chris Butler
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (21)
Tries: Braidon Burns, Zach Dockar-Clay, Aaron Schoupp, Kyle Flanagan
Field Goals: Matt Burton (1/1)
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Matt Burton (2/4)
Penalty Goals:
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (20)
Tries: Daly Cherry-Evans, Christian Tuipulotu, Martin Taupau, Haumole Olakau'atu
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Daly Cherry-Evans (2/4)
Penalty Goals: