The Bulldogs have held on 26-22.
Reed Mahoney draws a set restart with a play that will almost certainly win the Bulldogs the game.
The Tigers will rue their finish to this game.
The Tigers spill the ball on halfway.
John Bateman cleans up for the visitors.
The Bulldogs get a penalty.
The Bulldogs will get a scrum close to the line after John Bateman was ruled to have knocked on.
The Bulldogs are claiming a try.
Brent Naden is on report for high contact.
Jacob Kiraz is playing for a penalty but the referee doesn't want a bar of it
Junior Tupou can't hold onto a pass from Charlie Staines.
Jake Averillo knocks on over the line - that may be massive in the context of this match.
Jake Averillo is over for a try, but the referee sends the play to the bunker as No Try.
Fa'amanu Brown tries to burrow over against his old club.
Burton goes high, Doueihi loses the ball and the Bulldogs are back on the attack
Jake Averillo is able to hold onto a bat back from the Tigers.
The Tigers have score 16 points five minutes.
WHAT IS HAPPENING!!!
Luke Brooks is through!
Doueihi narrows the margin to 10.
Wakeham sends Naden into space, he finds Pole and the Tigers score another!
Naden is away.
Doueihi pushes the kick wide of the posts.
Brooks finishes off a strong break from Wakeham to give the Tigers a flicker of hope
Brandon Wakeham gets into space...
Charlie Staines is tackled close to his try line.
The Tigers manage to get a kick away following a dismal pass from dummy half.
Burton finds the line.
Luke Brooks is tackled on the last with the ball. Amateur stuff from the Tigers...
David Klemmer makes a big run through the middle.
Adam Doueihi does well to prevent a 40/20 from Reed Mahoney.
We'll have a drinks break.
Alex Twal can't hold onto a pass from Apisai Koroisau with the try line in sight.
Viliame Kikau is on report for a crusher tackle on Brent Naden.
Tigers penalty.
Viliame Kikau loses the ball on halfway.
The Bulldogs draw a penalty.
Flanagan maintains his perfect record with the boot.
Matt Burton takes on the line and scores a dashing try to the delight of the home fans.
Viliame Kikau makes a great run to put the Bulldogs on the attack.
Asu Kepaoa drops the ball.
Brandon Wakeham is on for the Tigers.
The Bulldogs come closing to scoring but Matt Burton knocks on.
Adam Doueihi puts in a bludger of a kick.
The Tigers get the ball back from the drop out and get a penalty to boot.
Reed Mahoney forces a repeat set with a well placed grubber.
David Nofoaluma loses the ball and the Tigers are trapped in goal.
Matt Burton is down after heavy contact from John Bateman.
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Junior Tupou defuses a crossfield kick from Matt Burton.
John Bateman throws an awful forward pass on halfway.
Charlie Staines earns a penalty after copping a hit around the head from Corey Waddell.
Apisai Koroisau finds metres through the middle of the field.
Both teams are back on the field for the second half.
Flanagan converts to give the Bulldogs a 20-6 lead at the break.
The Bulldogs will attempt a penalty goal 30 metres out from the sticks.
The Bulldogs get a penalty on halfway.
Doueihi's kick comes close to going out on the full, but the Tigers manage to find the line.
The Bulldogs make a bust and come close to scoring but a desperate touch from Brent Naden saves the day.
The Tigers get a penalty and in the most Tigers thing that could ever happen, Api Koroisau takes a quick tap and loses the ball!
Reed Mahoney eyes a 40/20 but Charlie Staines is on the spot to clean up for the Tigers.
The Tigers go right once again and lose the ball.
Matt Burton launches a towering bomb; the ball bounces but the referee rules Mahoney and Nu Brown offside from the kick.
Flanagan maintains his perfect record.
Paul Alamoti and Josh Addo-Carr combine with a brilliant display of speed and passing to give the Bulldogs try number three.
The Bulldogs are away!!!
The Bulldogs challenge the decision to no avail.
Jacob Preston comes up with an error trying to find Reed Mahoney in support.
Ryan Sutton drops the ball with the goal line in sight.
The Bulldogs force a turnover and have the ball inside the Tigers half.
Doueihi narrows the margin to a converted try.
Brent Naden snatches an intercept on his 20 metre line and streaks away to get the Tigers on the board.
NADEN!!!
David Klemmer is on report for the tackle on RFM.
Raymond Faitala-Mariner draws a penalty after being tackled third-man in around the legs.
The Bulldogs get a six again call over the halfway line.
Play will halt for a drinks break.
The Bulldogs blow an attacking opportunity with Max King delivering a bludger of a pass to Kyle Flanagan with the line in sight.
The Englishman kicks for himself but knocks on while attempting to ground the ball.
John Bateman is claiming a try!
The Tigers get a penalty on their 40 metre line.
Flanagan puts the Bulldogs out by two converted tries.
Paul Alamoti takes an intercept and passes to his winger to finish off a 90 metre break.
INTERCEPT
The Tigers get a much-needed penalty and find touch near the halfway line.
Charlie Staines does well to get to a bomb before Jacob Kiraz.
The Bulldogs are making good metres through the middle of the field.
Hayze Perham collects a bomb from Luke Brooks a few metres shy of the goal line.
Raymond Faitala-Mariner loses the ball just inside the Tigers half.
Luke Brooks overpowers a grubber that goes dead. The Bulldogs receive a seven tackle set.
The Tigers retain the ball after the bunker deemed no knock on.
Apisai Koroisau loses the ball - the Tigers will challenge the call of knock on.
Max King spills the ball near halfway; the Tigers will get an opportunity to strike back.
Flanagan slots the goal between the posts.
Burton shifts the ball left, Kikau takes on the line with footwork and finds Perham in support with an offload.
Hayze Perham is on the spot to collect an offload from Viliame Kikau for first points.
The Bulldogs are looking dangerous early on...
The Bulldogs earn a penalty coming out of their own end.
David Nofoaluma is collected by two Bulldogs chasers after fielding a high ball from Matt Burton.
We're underway - Max King takes the first carry of the afternoon.
The Bulldogs run onto Belmore and don't the fans love it!
The Tigers take the field led out by Apisai Koroisau.
This is the first time the Tigers have played at Belmore as a joint venture.
Josh Reynolds, named as 18th man for today’s game, was famously chaired from the field when the Bulldogs last triumphed at Belmore in 2017.
Since returning to Belmore for sporadic home fixtures in 2015, the Bulldogs have only managed two wins from ten appearances at the club’s spiritual home ground.
Clashes between the two sides have been fairly evenly matched over the past decade with the Bulldogs holding a slender 10/18 record.
John Bateman will make his club debut in the second row with Shawn Blore shifting to the bench. Brandon Tumeth, who made his debut during last week’s loss to the Knights, drops out of the squad.
The Bulldogs have made one change from the side that stunned Melbourne last week; Jayden Tanner comes onto the bench in place of Franklin Pele.
Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 3 Sunday Afternoon Football between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Wests Tigers from Belmore Sports Ground.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Todd Smith
Touch Judges: Jon Stone, Kasey Badger
Video Referee: Gerard Sutton
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (26)
Tries: Hayze Perham, Josh Addo-Carr (2), Matt Burton
Conversions: Kyle Flanagan (4/4)
Penalty Goals: Kyle Flanagan (1/1)
WESTS TIGERS (22)
Tries: Brent Naden, Luke Brooks, Fonua Pole, Charlie Staines
Conversions: Adam Doueihi (3/4)