NRL 2018 - Round 9 Match Thread

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Broncos: 1 Darius Boyd (c), 2 Corey Oates, 3 James Roberts, 4 Tom Opacic, 5 Jamayne Isaako, 6 Anthony Milford, 7 Jack Bird, 8 Matthew Lodge, 9 Andrew McCullough, 10 Sam Thaiday, 11 Alex Glenn, 12 Jaydn Su'A, 13 Tevita Pangai jnr

Interchange: 14 Payne Haas, 15 Joe Ofahengaue, 16 Kodi Nikorima, 17 Korbin Sims

Reserves: 19 Todd Murphy, 20 Sam Tagataese

 

Bulldogs: 1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Jeremy Marshall-King, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Aaron Woods, 23 Matthew Frawley, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson (c), 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13 Adam Elliott

Interchange: 14 Clay Priest, 15 Danny Fualalo, 17 Kerrod Holland, 20 Rhyse Martin

Reserves: 19 John Olive, 21 Renouf Toomaga

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CANTERBURY backrower Rhyse Martin will make his NRL debut against Brisbane on Thursday night.

The 25-year-old Papua New Guinean international will start in the Bulldogs back row.

Martin is just one of a number of changes made by coach Dean Pay.

Matt Frawley is another with the half coming into the side for Michael Lichaa.

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6min: Rhyse Martin try converted by Mbye. Dogs 6-0

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16min: Corey "Rolled" Oates try. Isaako converts 6-6

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Mbye kicked a penalty. Dogs 8-6

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37min: Dogs try to Frawley. Converted by Megabyte 14 - 6

[Graham]

Am on election duty today, so out of circulation. Just seen it’s half time and Dogs are leading by a decent margin. So much for my tipping!

[Blotto]

If this match was a candle it would be spluttering along trying to get going. Perhaps thats why Boyd slipped and gifted a try

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Payne still on the sideline sitting on his Haas.

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46min: Alex Glenn try converted by I Psycho. 12 -14 Dogs still lead.

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52min Isaako penalty after some bad ref calls. 14-14

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Payne Haas has a Payne in the hedd after collecting a Klemmer shoulder. Very wobbly, won't be back.

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65min: Kerrod Holland try. Every time the Dogs go down that side and run it on the last tackle they make ground but then they forget about it for the next 20 minutes.

Suncorp surface looks rough. Two Dogs tries have come from Horsies defenders slipping over.

Mbye converts. Doggies 20-14

[Blotto]

Ponies must have been reading the "How to Gift the Opposition Tries" Chapter

[Sports Prophet]

Woof woof! Or huff huff as they say here...

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75min: Ofahengahue under the posts. Kick to come from A Psycho

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Jamayne, a psycho, locks it up at 20-all

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Boyd is claiming a penalty in the in goal because ...... something ......... no! BS!

Ref's going to give Donkeys a penalty right next to the posts.

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Mbyte to the bin for 10 (in the 79th minute) ref hands game to donkeys.

[Graham]

Close finish eh?

Penalty goal looks to settle it

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a psycho goal, siren goes,

FT: Broncos 22 - Doggies 20

[Graham]

22-20 Broncos

Tipping Good!

[Blotto]

TREADING in Dog poo can be lucky ...............................sometimes

[DavidM]

Tough on the dogs that but that’s what happens when you’re struggling . The penalty was technically correct but a hard one to take , although the sin bin for that seems harsh . I still can’t get my head around that no foul play however serious warrants an in play sanction but the slightest minor professional foul is a bin. They must look at that and balance it up. The broncos half situation is very strange , I honestly forgot Bird was on the pitch ( not for the first time this year ) . Foran still looks a sad imitation of what he was for the Dogs although overall they showed marked improvement. Just gotta get over the line 

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Here's the Isaako knock-something. The problem here now is that every time someone drops the ball in NRL it's called knock-on. Does this picture mean fewer knock-ons on future?