R17 | Bulldogs 12-18 Knights @ VAS, Mackay | Sun 3.00pm

[Jobdog]

1. Ben Barba
2. Mitch Brown 3. Josh Morris 4. Krisnan Inu 5. Sam Perrett
6. Josh Reynolds 7. Trent Hodkinson
8. Aiden Tolman 9. Michael Ennis (c) 10. James Graham
11. Frank Pritchard 12. Tony Williams
13. Greg Eastwood

Interchange 14. Dene Halatau 15. Josh Jackson 16. Sam Kasiano 17. Dale Finucane
Reserve: 20. Martin Taupau

1. Darius Boyd
2. James McManus 3. Dane Gagai 4. Joey Leilua 5. Akuila Uate
6. Jarrod Mullen (c) 7. Tyrone Roberts
8. Kade Snowden 9. Danny Buderus 10. Willie Mason
11. Robbie Rochow 12. Beau Scott
13. Jeremy Smith

Interchange: 14. Craig Gower 15. Chris Houston 16. Zane Tetevano 17. Neville Costigan
Reserve: 18. Korbin Sims

Referees:
Shayne Hayne and Jared Maxwell

Sideline Officials: Paul Holland and Luke Potter
Video Referees: Steve Clark and Justin Morgan


Holden Cup Under 20s Round 17
Bulldogs v Knights @ Belmore Sports Ground, Sat 12:45pm

VB NSW Cup Round 17
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (CBY) v Newcastle Knights (NEW) @ Belmore Sports Ground, Sat 3:00pm

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[Chicken_Hunter]

Dogs by 24. The knights just don't string 2 good performances together

 

[Jono078]

I like these stats;

- We've thumped the Bulldogs already, 44-8
- We are undefeated with Danny Buderus in 2013
- We are 1 and 0 playing in Queensland in 2013

So with that, Bulldogs 26 - 16.

 

[Joker's Wild]

Channel 9 game. Poo

Anyway, well get touched up by 16. A team who has such a terrible last 10 min after leading by 46 points has no business winning games

 

[Dave_]

Channel 9 game, nnnooooooooooo!!!

The most grubby, filthy, disgusting, putrid, spew inducing pile of crap sporting broadcast known to man. You see the same ad that many times you know em word for word by the end of the game. I personally ensure I do not support anything advertised during this game, even if an ad for the dirty bird comes on and I'm stingin for a drumstick, I still won't go see the Colonel.

Hear that channel 9? F#ck off with your ads!

Knights by 22. MOTM - Mullen.

 

[Swarzey]

We'll get home. Our game against Storm was a tough loss and we were on fire. Our forward pack yesterday showed what they're capable of. No doubt the reason behind Canterbury's success is off the back of their pack and it showed at the start of the year. That said, did they miss anyone when we played them?

Mullen's kicking and running game to be impeccable and Gagai to step up in front of his family and friends.

 

[Misanthrope]

No home advantage for them. I reckon the locals will be behind Gagai and Boyd. Us by 8.

 

[rnb11]

Leilua ended up coming off the field late in the game, that injury I mentioned played up a bit and Tahu was stunning in the NSW Cup so could be a change there although I doubt it.

Manly losing tonight was good for us. Hopefully we can win and start pushing for the top 4 again. Gags will be pumped playing in Mackay, fingers crossed they put on a good show for his family and get these 2 extremely vital points.

 

[Jobdog]

No home advantage for them. I reckon the locals will be behind Gagai and Boyd. Us by 8.

Don't forget Barba's from up there too.

 

[Burwood]

Bulldogs have never lost in Mackay. Newcastle have never won in Mackay.

Just saying.

 

[Jobdog]

:lol:

 

[Zoidberg]

Working again, so I'll get home just before the fox sports replay at 6pm, no ads, no halftime.

Bedsy back is gonna be a huge advantage for us in the run home.

 

[Misanthrope]

Don't forget Barba's from up there too.

Yeah, but he's a slimy little runt.

 

[9701]

I am filled with happiness now that Waddell has been released for the rest of the year, no more stinking up the team for him.

 

[Burwood]

I am filled with happiness now that Waddell has been released for the rest of the year, no more stinking up the team for him.

It's probably a bad thing for us that he played so poorly and got dropped back to QLD Cup for the rest of the year. Would have been much better if he had some good form and another club was looking to pick him for 2014. As it stands he will be back with us next year anyway.

Haven't the Cowboys got shocking depth at hooker since Payne and Segeyaro left? Go there, Travis!

 

[Swarzey]

Unchanged side from last week except Sims is on the extended bench. Costigan didn't do too bad under the end where he dropped it, but House done absolutely nothing. His hit ups were pretty average and so was his defense.

And if Joey is carrying some sort of injury, I wouldn't be surprised to see him swapped for Tahu later in the week.

 

[Big Tim]

I wanna see some classic Hagan era rage for this blatant copy/paste team !!!!

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Sims in for house I would be the go. Costigan atleast offers aggression if nothing more. House offers nothing.

If costigan just concentrated on running hard and tackling hard and got rid of his attempts at being fancy he would go alright off the bench.

 

[chinorocks]

Agreed. Somebody told Nev he was a ballplayer. He should just stick to running hard and bringing the pain in D. Did anyone see him play NSW cup vs the Cutters? He was trying to throw flick passes and cut out balls almost everytime he touched it and they weren't coming off even at that level.

 

[rnb11]

he's brilliant when he's just smashing the opposition and running straight, it might be a fitness thing because after a while he starts passing at the line instead of taking the hit up and he stops paying attention to the play and showing effort in defense which ALWAYS leads to errors or tries/linebreaks against us.