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FULLTIME at Hunter Stadium and the Bulldogs have stood tall in a semi-final like atmosphere to hold out a determined & passionate Knights outfit. Thanks for joining us tonight. Stay tuned for our match report to come and head over to our live coverage of what should be another cracking contest between the Storm and the Cowboys

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

Uate touches it before Mbyes kick goes dead in the last play of the match

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

Mayhem! the Knights chip ahead, Scott comes up with it, the ball is stripped, J.Morris & the ref are down in back play. Play on Dogs ball

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

Scott jams in and floors Mbye on the last

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

Repeat set with Pritchard cleaning up the grubber from Gidley

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

Gagai fields the bomb in goal and a quick 20 tap sees the Knights on the charge...

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

Changeover Dogs on their own 40 with Gagai taken down on the last

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

Klemmer with a driving run to halfway

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

Handover to the Dogs after a towering bomb bounces into the hands off Ross who was tackled just short of the line

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-18

A snowden cut-out pass sees Ross in space who kicks back in field, Cook cleans it up for the Dogs

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-12

Mbye kicks high on the last but Ross takes a good catch under pressure on his 10

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-12

B.Morris takes a good catch on his own 10

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-12

A massive set from the Bulldogs running 90m but the Knights scramble again & come up with the J.Morris kick

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-12

VIDEO REF possible Bulldogs try, checking for obstruction...

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

PENALTY Bulldogs to relieve some pressure. The Knights ran the ball on the last after making a break & eventually Mamo had an air swing trying to kick

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

J.Morris burst through but his pass went astray and the Knights scrambling defence do well to hold the Dogs out

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

Roberts kicks long out of dummy half & B.Morris brings it back to his 30

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

Mamo does well to get the ball back in play, here comes the Bulldogs swarming in D

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

K.Sims is being assisted up the tunnel and it looks like his night is over

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

NO TRY with the ball coming off Mamo before he picked it up to dive over

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

VIDEO REF possible Knights try, checking the contest off a bomb and the grounding....

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

Following a charge down, Mbye kicks it dead with his 2nd attempt

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

Scott kicks on the last with B.Morris cleaning it up on his 10

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-12

VIDEO REF possible Knights try, just checking the grounding....

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

Another Penalty & Gidley takes a quick tap

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

PENALTY Knights with Browne going high on Mata'utia & the face slapping begins...

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

J.Morris chips ahead on the last but Mamo fields & makes good metres

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

And Gagai turns it over after a some strong Bulldogs goal-line defence

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

PENALTY Knights and they will stay on the attack here...

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

Repeat set for the Knights with J.Morris tackled in goal from a Roberts chip kick

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

News from the sheds is Trent Hodkinson has played his last game in Bulldogs colours after the confirmed his wrist is fractured... a cruel blow

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

Back in action with Klemmer bringing it back for the Bulldogs

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

Roberts sends one up high but the Dogs clean it up.
And it's time for oranges at Hunter Stadium. With adrenaline running high the Knights were full of running in the opening 20 minutes, but a try against the run of play to the Bulldogs changed the momentum of this contest.
Can the Knights get off to another fast start to get back into this one or will the Bulldogs prove too powerful to handle?

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

Pritchard fields a Knights grubber showing the hands of a surgeon the big man

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

PENALTY Knights, they have it 25m out from Dogs line...

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

Uate brings it back to his 30 after Mbye's kick

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

Tyrone threads the needle with his grubber but BMoz did well in cleaning it up

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

After a promising left side spread, Rona is dragged into touch by the Knights cover defence. Scrum on halfway

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-6

Roberts kick rolls dead, 20m tap Bulldogs

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

Tyrone sends it high but Perrett fields it on his 20

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

Mamo takes a floating kick from Mbye & brings it back to his 20

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6

Hodkinson looks to have hurt his wrist in the play & he is heading off

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 8-6

Penalty Dogs after Scott catches BMoz high was making good yards up the middle

Newcastle Knights 6-4

Lafai drops it in the tackle & the Knights have it on halfway

Newcastle Knights 6-4

PENALTY Knights against Jackson for not getting up quick enough

Newcastle Knights 6-0

Tyrone Roberts drives a low kick into touch 15m out from the Dogs line

Newcastle Knights 6-0

Hodkinson follows up his kick with a driving tackle on Mamo

Newcastle Knights 6-0

A strong set following points running 70m before B.Morris fields a kick on the last

Newcastle Knights 6-0

Sione Mata'utia makes good yards down the left

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Perrett bursts up to halfway

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A good set from the Dogs showing a willingness to spread the ball in their own half. Ross fields a Hodkinson bomb on the last

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Now Jackson loses it & the Knights get another chance to attack..

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Repeat set Knights with a Gidley chip kick batted dead by Hodkinson

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Penalty Knights as Franky Pritchard coat hangers Jake Mamo with tempers flaring up early!

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Back to back penalties, Dogs on the attack...

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PENALTY Bulldogs with Snowden on report for a swinging arm on Eastwood

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A solid 1st set with some solid charges

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Underway in the Hunter with the Knights getting 1st use of the steeden

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LATE MAIL - For the Knights, Tyler Randell and Chris Houston join the run-on side for Adam Clydesdale and Jeremy Smith who are both late omissions. Sam Mataora and Danny Levi join the bench.
No disruptions for the Bulldogs who will line up 1-17.

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Welcome to Hunter Stadium for Leagueunlimited’s coverage of what shapes as an intriguing encounter between the Newcastle Knights and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Coming off the back of an upset victory over the Storm last week, the home side will have plenty of emotion to draw upon against their highly favoured opponents. Celebrating their traditional Old Boys Day, Alex McKinnon will be officially inducted into the Old Boys Club. Tyrone Roberts, Beau Scott, Clint Newton and one of Newcastle’s favourite sons, Kurt Gidley will play their final home games for the club. Gidley will also rack up his 250th game and Akuila Uate runs out for game 150.
The Bulldogs, sitting 7th on the ladder are fast hitting their straps at the business end of the year and will be looking to continue their strong form and a late push for a top 4 finish. Sitting on 98 career tries, Bulldogs centre Josh Morris is within striking distance of joining the 100 tries club.

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