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Thanks for joining us for the Bulldogs v Sea-Eagles game. Manly remain rooted to the bottom of the ladder, whilst the Bulldogs sneak into the top eight. Goodnight from ANZ Stadium!

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-16

The siren sounds, Manly knock the ball on again and that's Full-time! Bulldogs with a 28-16 win here at ANZ Stadium.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-16

The Bulldogs knock it over the in goal line for a drop-out and that will almost wrap up this game.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-16

Manly had a dig in this half, but mistakes and penalties have cost them. The Bulldogs deserve the win!

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-16

Jamie Lyon has come off with an ankle complaint. That could be him done for the game.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-16

All of a sudden the Bulldogs are out by two converted tries. Manly may struggle to pull this back now.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24-12

PENALTY Sea-Eagles. Toovey throwing his arms in the air in the coaches box as finally Manly get a ruck penalty.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-12

A few sets back and forth here with each team looking a little sharper. Lots of substitutions.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-12

Penalties: Bulldogs 7-5

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-12

PENALTY Bulldogs - Poor discipline in this game, but also the refs are a little whistle happy.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-12

Bulldogs with a chance down the right, but Blair just gets a hand to the last pass and it goes over the sideline. Bulldogs with a full set 10 metres out though.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-12

PENALTY Bulldogs - Lyon with a high shot on Pritchard, but not much in it again.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-12

This game starting to spark up a bit now. Maybe someone does want to win!

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12-10

Midfield bomb from DCE and the Sea-Eagles take it, almost get a chance down the left but it goes over the sideline.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12-10

Tony Williams with a slightly high tackle, but not much in it. It will be a PENALTY to the Sea-Eagles though.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

This game is in danger of becoming a yawn-fest. Neither team really seems to want to grab this game by the scruff.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

Another grubber from Tony Williams after a dubious set of six and the Sea-Eagles are let off the hook.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

PENALTY Bulldogs - Jayden Hodges holds down a little too long in tackle and Bulldogs get the first chance of the half.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

The teams are on their way out for the second half. Can the Sea-Eagles nab an upset here? Their season has been in freefall, but the Bulldogs haven't looked that slick apart from that first 10 minutes!
Stay tuned for the second half!

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

Top tacklers:
Jamie Buhrer has made 30 tackles in that first half.
Lichaa has made 20 tackle for the Bulldogs

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

Greg Eastwood leads in metres for the Bulldogs with 107 metres!
73 metres for Willie Mason.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

Completion Rates: Manly 12/19 - Bulldogs 17/20
Line Breaks: Bulldogs 3-0
Errors: Manly 7-3
Possession: Bulldogs 55% - 45%

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

The Bulldogs go to the half-time break leading by just two points after a great start. They were let down by some poor options for the rest of the half and let the Sea-Eagles back into it.
It's really anyones game here now and Toovey will be very happy to be only down by the two points

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-8

PENALTY Sea-Eagles - Lyon performed a cute little grubber which DCE was running on to. The Bulldogs cleans it up, but T-Rex has been penalised for shouldering DCE on the way through.
Close thing there, but Williams possibly saved a try.
Manly to take the two.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

Almost! Hodkinson chips to his winger, Rona, but it just goes a little long after an acrobatic leap.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

Horo loses the ball after some attention in the tackle from Reynolds. The Bulldogs get another chance to score before half time.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

FORWARD PASS - The Bulldogs were on the attack after a good set, but a forward pass right on the line has been called. Bad luck there. It was a line ball.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

Sloppy set from the Bulldogs on opposition line and DCE defuses the grubber. He's still limping though...

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

Tony Williams tries to grubber in goal, but it is cleaned up easily and then David Williams knocks the ball on almost straight away!
Bulldogs gets the scrum feed 12 metres out.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

PENALTY Sea-Eagles. Hodkinson holds down a little too long. Refs are being strict tonight.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

NO TRY - Pritchard ruled to have knocked it on and Manly work it out of their half

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

Bulldogs grubbered into the in goal. It bounced off a few players and two players dive at it.
Going to the video ref, but it will be a NO TRY

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

PENALTY Bulldogs - Back on the attack, 20 metres out from the Sea-Eagles line. Fait accompli?

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

David Williams looks to be playing on the wing, with Wiliame inside him and Lyon at five-eighth.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

Manly with some enterprising play, but they push it too far down the right edge and Wiliame gets pushed over the sideline.
Better stuff from the Sea-Eagles though.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

PENALTY Sea-Eagles - Over exertion in the tackle from Rona. Manly get a piggyback down the field now.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

NO TRY - It was a close one. Tolman almost grounded it, but some desperate Manly defence JUST stopped him. Not enough proof to overturn onfield decision there.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

Tolman over the line, but didn't get it down. We're going to the video ref, but the onfield ref signals NO TRY.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

PENALTY Bulldogs - Manly holding down again.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

Nice play by Manly ends with a knock-on by Hiku on the Bulldogs 10 metre line. Turnover and the Dogs are already past halfway!

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

DCE getting treatment from the trainer. Could things be about to get worse for Manly?

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

Greg Eastwood with a huge run down field! Makes a clever 40 metres, gives it to Reynolds, but he's pulled down.
On the ensuing play, Mbye tried to reach out for a try, but lost the ball just short of the line!

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

Perrett takes a nice catch to defuse a Manly bomb on his own 10 metre. Best set from Manly so far.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-0

PENALTY Bulldogs - Manly holding down in the play of the ball on the 4th tackle. Bulldogs right on the attack again.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4-0

Kick-off! Willie Mason knocks-on from the kick-off! Bulldogs straight onto the attack!

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For the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs,Josh Morris and Tim Browne are omitted whilst Moses Mbye will play centre, Antonio Kaufusi to prop and the new men on the bench are Herman Ese'ese and Danny Fualalo.

For Manly, Kieran Foran is out, with returning clubman David Williams named at 5/8. Jayden Hodges replaces James Hasson on the bench.

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Happy Friday and welcome to ANZ Stadium for the first game of Round 7 in the NRL between the Bulldogs and the Sea-Eagles.
On paper and form, you would expect the Bulldogs to win this one easily, but it's hard to write the Sea-Eagles off, even this season!
Kick-off is about 15 minutes away. Late mail updates coming soon..

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