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PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 8m shy of halfway

SCRUM BULLDOGS - 1m inside the Cowboys half

Laybutt spills it again

Nanai busts through the line, rusn 20m then toes the ball down field. The Dogs clean it up near their own line.

Neame drops it

Burton with a half break, offloads inside to Mahoney who makes a half break of his own, then he chipped over the top and the ball goes dead in the Cowboys ingoal

SCRUM BULLDOGS - 12m shy of halfway

Laybutt with a short break down the sideline, he steps infield is tackled, as he gets to his feet he stumbles then drops the ball.

Morrin just behind him

Burton back on the field

SCRUM COWBOYS - Rinakama hits Laybutt clean. Bunker having a look to see if there's contact with the head. And there's none.

PENALTY COWBOYS - Kiraz with a shoulder charge. That was a brain snap. Cowboys with a full set 18m from the Dogs line

Everyone comes together to tell dad jokes

PENALTY COWBOYS - They find touch 20m from the Dogs line

Off to the Bunker. From the back of the scrum, Drinkwater gets the ball, runs around the defence and gets across the line, but as he falls to ground the ball, Kikau strikes at the ball and knocks it free. Drinkwater claimed he got hit high. Bunker says 'nah bro.'

SCRUM COWBOYS - Slop city. Cowboys pass goes to ground, Bulldogs get a hand on it, Cowboys regather. Scrum 10m from the Dogs line

Bulldogs drop out goes -2 metres. Cowboys on the attack

Morrin also coming off for an HIA after copping a stray forearm in the tackle prior to Burton's incident

Burton looking worse for wear after an awkward tackle attempt on his part. He's coming off for an HIA.

SCRUM COWBOYS - Treacy loses the ball. Laybutt may have helped. I say may have - I didn't need to.

SCRUM BULLDOGS - Pushed pass by Dearden, which goes forward. 12m on the Dogs side of halfway

Challenge fails. Obviously. *shakes head*

Dogs turn it over after a sloppy play-the-ball. Dogs challenge

Cowboys looking clueless at the end of their sets

PENALTY BULLDOGS - They find touch 12m inside the Cowboys half

Nanai goes for one of the most optimistic flick passes ever and to no surprise, it fails and he loses it

Another Dearden kick bamboozles a Bulldogs back, this time its the debutant, who gets a hand on it but the ball escapes him and goes into touch. Cowboys on attack

Bulldogs boot us back into action

Interesting incident here. Burns copped a shot to the head, inadvertantly by Curran. He stayed down. ref ruled play on. 1 minute later, Burns is told to go off for an HIA

Set Restart Bulldogs - They're approaching the fumble zone...err Cowboys 20m

PENALTY COWBOYS - Dogs kick-chase was inside the 10. Cowboys find touch 10m shy of halfway

Cowboys turn it over cheaply on halfway

The best defender for the Cowboys so far has been the Bulldogs ball handling

SCRUM COWBOYS - Tracey with a dropped ball with the Cowboys line wide open

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Double Movement. Try denied. Dogs find touch 15m from their own line

Off to the Bunker. Taulagi tried to muscle his way over but it looks like double movement apparently

Dearden kicks downfield and Tracey drops it and it goes into touch. Cowboys on the attack now

Preston drops another ball.

SCRUM BULLDOGS - 40m from the Cowboys line. Edwards drops the ball, walks off the mark and then does the old 'it wasn't me sir' open arms gesture.

Derby spills some more beans there. Cowboys survive though as the ball goes back and Drinkwater cleans up

PENALTY COWBOYS - They're taking the shot at 2.

PENALTY COWBOYS - They were struggling to get through the Bulldogs defence, this penalty late in the set helps them up to halfway.

Well a set just got completed.

SCRUM COWBOYS - Nanai just rearranged Salmon's ribs and the Dogs turn it over again.

Set restart Bulldogs - 25m from the Cowboys line

Cowboys with a kick that goes out on the full.

Both sides showing great defence and dreary discipline in attack

Drinkwater drops a pass and the Dogs survive

SCRUM COWBOYS - 20m from their own line

Cowboys defence dominating and forces a turnover.

PENALTY BULLDOGS - Face garbage. Dogs find touch 15m inside the Cowboys half

SCRUM BULLDOGS - 18m from their own line

Set restart Cowboys. And one tackle later they throw a forward pass.

PENALTY COWBOYS - Dearden finds touch 20m inside the Dogs half

Tracey's hands threw a pass before his brain wanted them to and he drops it cold

Set restart Bulldogs - camped on the Cowboys line

Cowboys with boot to synthetic stuff first and we're ripping in