Canterbury secure their place in the top four for now. Manly are done for 2016. Rugby League - the greatest game of all.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-16
Sam Perrett put in a kick downfield and with the luckiest (or cruelest) of bounces, the ball falls into the lap of Josh Reynolds.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-16
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Scored by Josh Reynolds. Kick to come.
He won't be denied this time! Reynolds wins it for Canterbury.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20-16
Tom Trbojevic tackled as the Sea Eagles elect to run on the last.
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Matthew Wright makes a great kick return.
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Josh Reunolds kicks for the Manly in-goal.
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Daly Cherry-Evans kicks long for Brett Morris.
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Halftime in Extra Time. Canterbury should have won it already, but there's five more minutes to get a result.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Field goal attempt by Josh Reynolds unsuccessful.
Reynolds gets plenty of height, but not the length.
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Buldogs to have the last chance of the half.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Field goal attempt by Daly Cherry-Evans unsuccessful.
Another missed shot, but only by an inch.
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Manly in position.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Field goal attempt by William Hopoate unsuccessful.
Hopoate has a crack but it hardly gets off the ground.
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In position.
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Graham over halfway.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Field goal attempt by Tom Trbojevic unsuccessful.
The fullback takes a crack, but the kick is to the right.
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In position.
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Lussick inside the 40.
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Taupau over halfway.
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Vave takes the first run.
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No Try. Reynolds deemed to have impeded Cherry-Evans and Manly will get a penalty.
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Reynolds may have impeded Cherry-Evans from gathering the kick, which would be a penalty.
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Opting to run the ball instead of kicking, Reynolds gets a regather from a chip and scores.
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Josh Reynolds looks to have won the game.
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Josh Reynolds.
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Kasiano takes a charge inside the Sea Eagles half.
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James Graham is collected high and the Bulldogs get a penalty.
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Manly kick off.
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Canterbury win the toss.
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James Graham lets his feelings known to the referee.
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GOLDEN POINT!
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UNSUCCESSFUL PENALTY GOAL MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Penalty goal attempt by Jamie Lyon unsuccessful.
It's wide and it doesn't have the length.
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Jamie Lyon will have the kick of his career to keep the Sea Eagles season alive.
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Manly will have a kick to win the game.
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Hand on the ball.
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PENALTY
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Kasiano with a high tackle on Buhrer.
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The Sea Eagles will have one chance to win it.
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Brett Morris passes, but it ends up with Manly.
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Williame is caught on the last as the Sea Eagles run the ball.
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Tom Trbojevic makes a great surge.
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Reynolds kicks downfield as the Bulldogs look to play field position.
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Great run Klemmer.
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Golden Point?
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Daly Cherry-Evans bombs for Hopoate and this game is on the edge.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Field goal attempt by Moses Mbye unsuccessful.
The Bulldogs take a shot, but the kick doesn't have the length.
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UNSUCCESSFUL FIELD GOAL MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Field goal attempt by Jamie Lyon unsuccessful.
Taking a shot, the captain is well wide with his strike.
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Tom Trbojevic gets a seven tackle set. Barring an error, the Sea Eagles will be in position to score on the last.
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Canterbury survive a last tackle raid from Manly.
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Manly working into field goal position.
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Lewis Brown makes a determined run.
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Great run from Josh Reynolds into the Manly half.
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Lyon goes high, but the kick is too long for the Manly chasers.
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Mbye bombs for Trbojevic who is met by three Bulldogs.
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Taufua couldn't resist the temptation to have a second effort. Manly are coming home strongly despite the setback.
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The referee has ruled No Try. The bunker will confirm.
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Jorge Taufua charges for the line, but it looks to be a double movement.
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The Sea Eagles will be in prime position to post points in this set.
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Manly get a penalty just shy of halfway.
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Win, Lose or Draw, the Sea Eagles have had a major dig tonight. They won't die wondering.
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Addin Fonua-Blake back on for Manly, while Danny Fualalo comes on for his first football of the night.
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Brayden Williame dives on a stray pass from the Bulldogs.
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Nathan Green comes up with a big error inside his own half.
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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.
From close to the sideline, Lyon converts and the scores are level.
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TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Jorge Taufua. Kick to come.
Running onto a bat-back from Nathan Green, the Sea Eagles are back.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-14
Taupau makes a great run up the middle.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-10
Play resumes with David Klemmer taking a charge.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-10
Brett Morris down with a leg injury.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-10
Nathan Green on for his first football of the night.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-10
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Conversion attempt by Moses Mbye unsuccessful.
From touch, Mbye misses and it's a six point game.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-10
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Scored by Sam Perrett. Kick to come.
On the next play, Sam Perrett finishes off a wonderful attacking raid to give the Bulldogs a crucial score.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-10
Some great play from Canterbury almost sees Josh Jackson score.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Jamie Lyon bats the ball dead. Line drop out.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Tim Browne is cut down a metre out from the tryline.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Another Bulldogs penalty in front of the posts.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Canterbury get a penalty and find touch 20 metres out from the Manly line.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Manly come up with an error from a Tom Trbojevic cutout pass.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Tim Browne loses the ball. Manly with a big chance inside the Bulldogs half.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
The Bulldogs are muscling up and gaining the ascendancy after the quick start from Manly.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Josh Reynolds delivers a forward pass that goes over the sideline.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Canterbury earn a penalty and the Blue and White faithful are getting into the match now.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Daly Cherry-Evans bombs for Hopoate, but as he has done all match the Canterbury fullback is up to the task.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Josh Reynolds finds touch inside the Sea Eagles 20 metre zone.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Raymond Faitala-Mariner and Dylan Walker are both out for the remainder of the match with concussion and shoulder injuries respectively.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon unsuccessful.
From touch the kick sprays left. Canterbury remain in front.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Matthew Wright. Kick to come.
As they did in the first half, the Sea Eagles strike and are right back into the contest.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-10
Some great work by Jamie Lyon in the lead up to send his winger over.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Matthew Wright is claiming a try out wide.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Darcy Lussick earns a penalty after copping a high shot from James Graham.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Josh Reynolds kicks off and Vave runs straight into the Bulldogs defence.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Both sides back onto the field. Canterbury to kick off.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Williame is collected as the siren sounds
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Koroisau forces a line drop out with a neatly placed grubber between the posts.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Manly get a penalty which puts them in prime position to have an attacking raid before the break.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Lewis Brown replaces Dylan Walker in the centres.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Canterbury are rewarded for their determined defence, as Dylan Walker loses the ball in an attacking shift out the back.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Vave almost gets through the Bulldogs defence.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Penalty to the Sea Eagles. More pressure for the Bulldogs.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Hopoate is down receiving attention after copping the knees of Jorge Taufua.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Hopoate dives on a Jamie Lyon grubber. Another line drop out for the Sea Eagles.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Will Hopoate takes the ball dead. Canterbury to resume play with a line drop out.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Penalty to Manly.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Josh Starling has the ball raked out by Sam Kasiano, but the referee deems another set for the Sea Eagles.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Sam Kasiano shows tremendous skill with the ball, but ends up forces an error.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
Once again the Bulldogs punish their opponents at either end of the field. First the Trbojevic No Try, then the Rona intercept. On both occasions the Bulldogs score moments later.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Conversion attempt by Moses Mbye successful.
Adding the extras, Mbye takes the Bulldogs out to a six point lead.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12-6
TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Scored by Brett Morris. Kick to come.
Brushing defenders off like flies, Brett Morris scores his second.
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-6
Sam Kasiano on for Canterbury.
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Canterbury get a penalty after Matthew Wright was ruled to have stripped the ball from Tony Williams.
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Curtis Rona intercepts a Daly Cherry-Evans cut-out ball and the Bulldogs get off the hook again.
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Apisai Koroisau goes within a metre of scoring.
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Siosaia Vave takes his first run of the night.
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Dylan Walker rushes up on the Bulldogs defence and forces a turnover.
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SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Conversion attempt by Moses Mbye successful.
Moses Mbye takes an eternity to convert, but it goes through the sticks nonetheless.
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TRY CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS: Scored by Brett Morris. Kick to come.
Opening the Bulldogs account, Brett Morris scores his eighth try of 2016.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-4
Will Hopoate passes directly into the head of Josh Morris, the ball ricochets in-goal and Brett Morris touches down to score.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Brett Morris is claiming a try, we'll check with the bunker.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Jorge Taufua and Curtis Rona exchange pleasantries as the Bulldogs start a set inside the Sea Eagles 20 metre zone
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Cherry-Evans did remarkably well to take on the line, link up with Trbojevic only for Josh Reynolds to dislodge the ball from the Manly lock.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Trbojevic drops a certain try and compounds the error by giving away a penalty.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Manly receive a penalty on their 30 metre line.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Cherry-Evans puts a couple of kicks in but Hopoate ends up with the ball, narrowly avoiding the sideline.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Josh Starling on for Manly.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Raymond Faitala-Mariner is caught on the last. Manly to start a set inside their own 10 metre zone.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Tom Trbojevic latches onto a series of Josh Reynolds kick just inside the field of play.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Manly come up with an error inside their 10 metre zone. Huge chance for Canterbury to strike.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Mbye almost gets through a gap in the Sea Eagles defence.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
No Try. Jake Trbojevic is deemed to have failed to ground the ball in-goal.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Jake Trbojevic is claiming a try, after running onto a kick from his brother.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Martin Taupau takes a blockbusting run up the middle.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Jamie Lyon dives on a wayward Bulldogs pass.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Josh Reynolds receives a penalty and opts to tap and run.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Lyon puts another bomb up for Hopoate, but once again the Canterbury #1 is up to the task.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Josh Morris cuts down Tom Trbojevic, who limps out of the tackle.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Josh Jackson cleans up a Taufua grubber and earns a penalty for offside.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Manly have a big chance to extend their advantage with a set inside the Bulldogs 20 metre zone.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Moses Mbye is forced into touch after the Bulldogs opted to run down the short side.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.
Lyon converts and the Manly get the perfect start.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-0
Cherry-Evans produced an expertly timed bomb right on the edge of the in-goal, before out leaping Hopoate to score.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0
TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES: Scored by Daly Cherry-Evans. Kick to come.
Catching his own bomb, the Manly halfback opens the scoring for the visitors.
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 4-0
Jorge Taufua catches a Josh Reynolds bomb in-goal. Manly to start a seven-tackle set on the 20 metre line.
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Hopoate runs onto a Graham inside ball, but is collected on halfway.
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Jamie Lyon bombs, but Will Hopoate is on the spot for the home side.
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Matthew Wright is driven back by three Bulldogs chasers.
James Graham takes the first run of the night.
The Bulldogs, wearing a multicultural strip, are greeted to rapturous applause by their supporters.
Jamie Lyon leads the Sea Eagles out onto ANZ Stadium.
Having strung together four straight wins heading into last week’s clash with the Eels, the Sea Eagles face the task of needing to win all remaining matches to qualify for the finals, while relying on other results to fall their way.
With six wins from their past seven matches, the Bulldogs have flown largely under the radar in 2016, but as they have done so many times before, the Blue and Whites will be looking to time their run heading into September in order to give themselves the best possible chance of claiming their first title since 2004.
Both sides are as per program, with Lloyd Perrett and Kerrod Holland dropping off the bench for Canterbury, while Manly skipper Jamie Lyon returns after missing the past two matches with injury.
The Bulldogs have won the past five matches against the Sea Eagles, including a dominant display in the opening round of the season at Brookvale Oval.
Both sides come into tonight’s clash with strong ambitions; for Canterbury the chance to finish the weekend in third position should see Des Hasler’s men fired up, while the Sea Eagles must win in order to keep their faint finals hopes alive.
Welcome to League Unlimited’s coverage of Round 23 Thursday Night Football between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Manly Sea Eagles at ANZ Stadium.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ashley Klein, Adam Gee
Touch Judges: Jeff Younis, Chris Sutton
Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten, Jared Maxwell
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (20)
Tries: Brett Morris (2), Sam Perrett, Josh Reynolds
Field Goals: Moses Mbye (0/1), William Hopoate (0/1), Josh Reynolds (0/1)
Conversions: Moses Mbye (2/3)
Penalty Goals:
MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (16)
Tries: Daly Cherry-Evans, Matthew Wright, Jorge Taufua
Field Goals: Daly Cherry-Evans (0/1), Jamie Lyon (0/1), Tom Trbojevic (0/1)
Conversions: Jamie Lyon (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Jamie Lyon (0/1)