Bulldogs

The Bulldogs have handed Tim Sheens' Tigers a nightmare 0-3 start to the season, beating the merger club 26-22 at Belmore. Cameron Ciraldo's side were able ...

“Picked up the intercept and then found the Ferrari outside of him… It took more than 60 minutes for David Klemmer to register the Tigers’ first line-break, and it seemed to spark them into life with Luke Brooks scoring one and setting up another in a startling burst that no one saw coming. The 19-year-old picked off a Doueihi pass and dumped it off to Addo-Carr for his first of the afternoon, before the rookie claimed a kick from five metres out, broke away and then traded passes with his winger who finished off a stunning team try. The only thing hotter than Belmore on Sunday afternoon was the blowtorch being applied to the Wests Tigers after an hour of ineptitude saw them lose 26-22 to the Bulldogs who almost threw it away in five minutes of madness. The former Raider was solid in defence, making 32 tackles but bombed what looked to be a certain try and the Tigers’ best chance to record a four-pointer in the first half. Tim Sheens was desperate for the English international to inspire his troops to their first win of their 2023 campaign, but instead the merger club went down to Cameron Ciraldo’s Bulldogs. Sheens’ side were then well and truly in the game when Brooks found Charlie Staines for their final four-pointer of the game, but in the end they missed out on their first season win. Fonua Pole was the next to score after Naden sliced through the line past halfway, handing the Tigers a glimmer of hope. The 19-year-old centre collected a chip and burnt the defence, passing the ball back and forth with Addo-Carr before his winger scored. Bulldogs backrower Viliame Kikau broke through the line for the first try, finding Hayze Perham on the inside for his first try for the club. Moments later a Paul Alamoti intercept set up Josh Addo-Carr for his first four-pointer of the night. Cameron Ciraldo’s side were able to avoid a late Tigers barrage, scoring three tries in only four minutes to bring the margin back to only four points.

Wests Tigers have suffered a 26-22 defeat to Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in sweltering conditions at Belmore Sports Ground.

With the lead at just four points, Wests Tigers were unable to convert the momentum into one last try and the Bulldogs held on for victory. Naden then busted through and set up Fonua Pole to cut the lead to ten with ten minutes remaining. A David Klemmer tackle, deemed to be dangerous, gave the Bulldogs the chance to push their lead to fourteen, but the hosts declined the shot at goal and decided to push for a third try.

The Wests Tigers have been denied a first win of the season after the Canterbury Bulldogs held on for a 26-22 victory at Belmore Park.

It certainly shocked the Bulldogs that they were good enough just to close the game down and not give the Tigers another chance.” “They were just not in the game at 26-6,” Michael Ennis said. When you think of the Bulldogs 60 minutes into that game just cruising to victory.

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have recorded a rare victory at Belmore after accounting for the Wests Tigers 26-22 on Sunday afternoon.

Penalty Goals: Kyle Flanagan (1/1) Conversions: Kyle Flanagan (4/4) CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN BULLDOGS (26)

Canterbury have added to Wests Tigers' early-season woes, surviving a late scare to hold on for a 26-22...

"It's a reaction thing, understanding the ruck and if it is quick. "They haven't had too much front-foot footy in the past few years. At the second half they got a lot better at coming out of the line." I have spoken to them about it. Their first in the string of tries came when Brent Naden put Wakeham through a hole for Brooks to score. The Tigers were poor in attack for 65 minutes before they scored three tries in three sets at Belmore, after a late shake up of their spine during the second half.

If there was going to be a decision on 'buy of the year' right now, Bulldogs captain Reed Mahoney would be at the very top of the list.

"Reed helps that a lot but he knows when to direct us back through the middle and he’s got a really good feel for that. “Chad Randall and Mick Potter have worked really hard on our attack. “He [Mahoney] has probably got the best dummy-half pass in the game and he works really hard at that and that’s why he is probably the best," Ciraldo said. “Reed is really leading at the moment, he is leading every day at every meeting and every training session. "At half-time he had probably worked himself to the point of exhaustion and that long half-time helped him come back…for him to come back with a tackle like that and turn the momentum towards the end there was incredible. "He is a natural leader, he’s the sort of guy you want to go to war with and I thought that tackle he made just near the end when he was out on his feet [summed that up].

The NRL was ready to seriously consider delaying Sunday's NRL game between Canterbury and Wests Tigers before temperatures...

"We talk about the welfare of all the players with everything else. However, AAP has been told it was a genuine option to delay a competition game for heat for the first time in the NRL era, and that it could be done in the future. The NRL was ready to seriously consider delaying Sunday's NRL game between Canterbury and Wests Tigers before temperatures dropped in the hour before kick off.