2024 R7 Sun - Canterbury 36-12 Newcastle @ Accor

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NRL 2024 - Round 7
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights
Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal (TICKETS)

Sunday 21 April 2024
NRL kickoff 2pm.
Broadcast live on Fox, Kayo.

1. Connor Tracey 2. Jacob Kiraz 3. Bronson Xerri 4. Stephen Crichton 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Matt Burton 7. Drew Hutchison 8. Samuel Hughes 9. Reed Mahoney 10. Chris Patolo 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Jaeman Salmon 13. Josh Curran 14. Bailey Hayward 15. Poasa Faamausili 16. Kurtis Morrin 17. Blake Taaffe 19. Toby Sexton 20. Liam Knight 21. Jake Turpin 22. Max King 23. Kitione Kautoga

In: Kurtis Morrin (bench), Blake Taaffe (bench), Toby Sexton (reserve), Liam Knight (reserve), Max King (reserve)
Changes: Stephen Crichton (fullback to centre), Connor Tracey (wing to fullback), Jacob Kiraz (centre to wing), Josh Curran (front row to lock), Jake Turpin (lock to reserve), Samuel Hughes (bench to front row), Kitione Kautoga (bench to reserve)

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. Greg Marzhew 3. Dane Gagai 4. Bradman Best 5. Enari Tuala 6. Jack Cogger 7. Jackson Hastings 8. Jacob Saifiti 9. Jayden Brailey 10. Leo Thompson 11. Dylan Lucas 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Adam Elliott 14. Phoenix Crossland 15. Daniel Saifiti 16. Jack Hetherington 17. Mathew Croker 18. Jed Cartwright 19. Brodie Jones 20. Tyson Gamble 21. David Armstrong 22. Thomas Jenkins

In: Jed Cartwright (reserve), Brodie Jones (reserve), Tyson Gamble (reserve), David Armstrong (reserve), Thomas Jenkins (reserve)

Referee: Peter Gough
Sideline Officials: Clayton Wills, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Wyatt Raymond

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HEAD TO HEAD - 1988 - 2023​

	TOTAL	CANTERBURY	NEWCASTLE	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	55	28	26	1
ACCOR	15	8	7	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2021	Round 23	NEWCASTLE 22-16	Cbus Super	2343
2022	Round 10	NEWCASTLE 16-6	Suncorp	30220
2022	Round 20	CANTERBURY 24-10	McD. Jones	19813
2023	Round 18	NEWCASTLE 66-0	Accor	11004
2023	Round 24	NEWCASTLE 42-6	McD. Jones	23464

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2004	Round 25	CANTERBURY 52-6	Telstra	20043
2023	Round 18	NEWCASTLE 66-0	Accor	11004

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10	Round 11
CANTERBURY	(BYE)	WESTS TIGERS (H)	PENRITH (A)	CANBERRA (A)
NEWCASTLE	DOLPHINS (A)	WARRIORS (H)	WESTS TIGERS (A)	GOLD COAST (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 4		Round 5		Round 6
CANTERBURY	SOUTHS	L 16-20	SYDNEY	W 30-26	MELBOURNE	L 14-16
NEWCASTLE	WARRIORS	L 12-20	ST GEO ILLA	W 30-10	SYDNEY	L 20-22

 

[Valheru]

Interesting game, both teams going ok but sitting at 2-4. Dogs look to have something about them so them to win by a try

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Toughest game to pick. You would think Newy would be obvious going on nothing but the paper, but the Doggies have shown some real guts and grit so far this season. If Ponga has a day out, Newy by 13+, If he's quiet, the Dogs will give it a very real shake.

 

[JamesRustle]

Newcastle will be too good here and win by 10 because Hutchinson is just no good in this bulldogs team, or any other nrl team for that matter.

 

[Ruby Roundhouse]

Doggies 18+

 

[Someone2]

Dogs by 4

 

[perverse]

Viliame Kikau running at Jack Cogger all night. Yeah, this'll end well for us. Blind Freddy and his dog can see the mismatch, Adam O'Brien will walk blindly into it humming the Smurfs theme in his head.

 

[ouwet]

108-6 was the combined scores of the 2 games last year!
That 66-0 game was the lowest point for the Bulldogs in decades IMO.

Let's see how much we've improved Sunday.

 

[Grapple]

We will win this. For the first time this season I am confident. Don't let me down Canterbury, i've only just started coming around to your unwanted advances.

 

[GongPanther]

Dogs 24-16.

 

[Fangs]

Viliame Kikau running at Jack Cogger all night. Yeah, this'll end well for us. Blind Freddy and his dog can see the mismatch, Adam O'Brien will walk blindly into it humming the Smurfs theme in his head.

Cogger dropped for Gamble.

I get the Kikau thing. Cogger isn't a great defender at all. But the chopping and changing of the halves is a problem.

It's all unforced as well. So when injuries strike (Which they will) or Ponga plays Origin then the Knights will make further changes.

 

[perverse]

Cogger dropped for Gamble.

I get the Kikau thing. Cogger isn't a great defender at all. But the chopping and changing of the halves is a problem.

It's all unforced as well. So when injuries strike (Which they will) or Ponga plays Origin then the Knights will make further changes.

It is, but for mine O'Brien got himself into this mess by listening to the media with Cogger to begin with, and Gamble never really deserved to lose his spot. He wasn't on fire to start the year, but he was defending well and does a lot of off-the-ball stuff for the team too. He's vocal on the field and we need that.

Gamble is also yeah, a much better defender, and at least has a crack every single week. Personally I'm hoping the Cogger experiment is over. Offers nothing that Hastings doesn't do better. Gamble and Hastings both proved themselves serviceable last year over an extended period. There's plenty more blokes in the team that aren't pulling their weight in and around the middle of the field.

 

[Vic Mackey]

I think Knights get this, they have a little too much class for the real lower sides, we saw it against Saints. Newcastle 24-10.

 

[Woody90]

It’s only round 7 and we’ve already trialled a million halves combinations and are now back to our normal halves again. Lmao. We deserve whatever we get.

Not that I have an issue with Gamble getting back into the side. He never should have been dropped to begin with.

 

[Fangs]

It is, but for mine O'Brien got himself into this mess by listening to the media with Cogger to begin with, and Gamble never really deserved to lose his spot. He wasn't on fire to start the year, but he was defending well and does a lot of off-the-ball stuff for the team too. He's vocal on the field and we need that.

Gamble is also yeah, a much better defender, and at least has a crack every single week. Personally I'm hoping the Cogger experiment is over. Offers nothing that Hastings doesn't do better. Gamble and Hastings both proved themselves serviceable last year over an extended period. There's plenty more blokes in the team that aren't pulling their weight in and around the middle of the field.

We got the best of him at Penrith and even then he was getting burnt on the outside fairly often. He is a bit slow.

I didn't expect him in reserves round 1. I thought he was purchased to take the lead but his form doesn't warrant it at all.

 

[Woody90]

We got the best of him at Penrith and even then he was getting burnt on the outside fairly often. He is a bit slow.

I didn't expect him in reserves round 1. I thought he was purchased to take the lead but his form doesn't warrant it at all.

Nah we purchased him as a backup/replacement for Clune well before the GF appearance.

After that 20 minutes though there was an extremely vocal group in the media, Johns boys included, pushing for him to be in the side that got louder after the first 2 losses. AOB stupidly fell for the misplaced Cogger hype.

 

[perverse]

We got the best of him at Penrith and even then he was getting burnt on the outside fairly often. He is a bit slow.

I didn't expect him in reserves round 1. I thought he was purchased to take the lead but his form doesn't warrant it at all.

He was purchased to be our replacement for Adam Clune, but then he went on to have an alright 20 minutes in the grand final and the media got super frothy on him. I hope everyone's over it by now, because he's fine as our depth halfback.

 

[Fangs]

Nah we purchased him as a backup/replacement for Clune well before the GF appearance.

After that 20 minutes though there was an extremely vocal group in the media, Johns boys included, pushing for him to be in the side that got louder after the first 2 losses. AOB stupidly fell for the misplaced Cogger hype.

Not good for AOB then. They are the last people he should be listening to. Soon enough he will be joining them.

 

[Artiste]

Dogs by 6

 

[Fangs]

He was purchased to be our replacement for Adam Clune, but then he went on to have an alright 20 minutes in the grand final and the media got super frothy on him. I hope everyone's over it by now, because he's fine as our depth halfback.

Besides that 20 he did a pretty decent job filling in for Cleary while he was out with a hamstring injury for 6 weeks. Looked capable enough but it's a tougher gig at Newcastle.