NRL Match Thread Round 19

[Graham]

Finalised teams for today’s game:

[Graham]

Well 2020 is a season Bulldogs and their fans will want to forget. It has petered out and is unlikely to improve today as they face Souths who could do with a win to make sure of hosting their elimination final game. Rabbitohs have won six of their last seven games.

This promises to be a hard day at the office for Canterbury.

 

[Graham]

We have lift off chums.

[Graham]

Who would believe it?

Dogs leading 20-0  before half time!

[Graham]

SCore summary

Tries	T. Lafai 14, R. Smith 24, R. Faitala-Mariner 26
	Conversions	J. Averillo 15, J. Averillo 25, J. Averillo 28
	Penalty Goals	J. Averillo 9
J. Su'a 22	Sin Bin

Not Su'a binned for high shot on L Lewis

 

[Graham]

Su'a back on.

[Graham]

Try given for Paulo but replay showed he'd put a foot in touch and it shouldn't have been given... but it was!

[Futtocks]

Souths get on the scoreboard with a "try".

[Graham]

20-4 Dogs 

Conversion missed from touchline.

[Graham]

Just now, Futtocks said:

Souths get on the scoreboard with a "try".

When you think how they check everything in excrutiating detail and then don't even check a try so close to the touchline.

[Graham]

Nearly a back to back try but the effort failed on two counts, a push and a knock on... other than that it was perfect.

[Graham]

Campbell Graham try with under 2 minutes to half time. Lovely tip on pass from Corey Allan.

[Futtocks]

Now THAT was a try.

[Graham]

Reynolds converts this one.

Half Time

 South Sydney 10 - 20 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs

[Graham]

Some controversy in that half eh what?

[Graham]

Summary at half time:

J. Paulo 33, C. Graham 39	Tries	T. Lafai 14, R. Smith 24, R. Faitala-Mariner 26
A. Reynolds 40	Conversions	J. Averillo 15, J. Averillo 25, J. Averillo 28
	Penalty Goals	J. Averillo 9
J. Su'a 22	Sin Bin

[Graham]

Campbell Graham no try as he came close but lost the ball, oh and it was short of the line again, other than that it was perfect.

[Graham]

Souths upping their game, as they need to.

[Graham]

Pressure has finally told

Johnston in at the corner as the Dogs defence stretched to busting. (49 minutes)

Reynolds converts it from touchline (50 mins)

[Graham]

20-16 Dogs

[Futtocks]

If Souths win this by 4 points or less, there's going to be a big (and justified) kerfuffle.

[Graham]

4 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

If Souths win this by 4 points or less, there's going to be a big (and justified) kerfuffle.

Hopefully it won't come to that.

This is not the game that many of us predicted

[Graham]

Attendance:

4869

[Futtocks]

Nice hands! Try for the Bulldogs.

[Graham]

C. Smith 66 mins

Wakeham conversion 67mins