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St George Illawarra Dragons v Canterbury Bulldogs: NRL live scores, blog

5th August, 2013
Teams

Dragons

1 Josh Dugan
2 Brett Morris
3 Chase Stanley
4 Daniel Vidot
5 Jason Nightingale
6 Adam Quinlan
7 Nathan Fien
8 Jack De Belin
9 Mitch Rein
10 Michael Weyman
11 Bronson Harrison
12 Ben Creagh
13 Trent Merrin
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14 Matt Prior
15 Leeson Ah Mau
16 Tyson Frizell
17 Jack Stockwell

Bulldogs

1. Sam Perrett
2 Mitch Brown
3 Josh Morris
4 Tim Lafai
5 Krisnan Inu
6 Josh Reynolds
7 Trent Hodkinson
8 Aiden Tolman
9 Michael Ennis
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
20 Tim Browne

Kickoff: 7pm AEST
Venue: Kograh Jubilee Oval
Head-to-head: Dragons 10 Bulldogs 15
Referees: Gerard Sutton & Henry Perenara
TV: FOx Sports 1 (LIVE)
Betting: Dragons $2.72 Bulldogs $1.48
Two form sides face off when St George Illawarra host Brisbane. (AAP Image/Action Photographics, Renee McKay)
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The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs will look to separate themselves from the pack with a win tonight as they head to Kogarah to take on a St George Illawarra Dragons side playing for pride. Join us for live scores and updates from 7.00pm AEST.

While Canterbury are well in contention to make it back to back appearances in September, Steve Price and his troops will have to be happy watching it at home.

The Bulldogs were able to put an end to their two game losing streak with a comprehensive 42-10 victory over Parramatta last Friday night at ANZ Stadium.

While coach Des Hasler will be impressed with the score line, he would surely have used the extended break to work on his side’s effort over the full 80 minutes, after conceding two late tries and making 15 errors in a sloppy game of football.

Despite a miraculous come from behind golden point victory over South Sydney a fortnight ago, the Dragons showed that it was just an anomaly, going down to Canberra 22-18 in Wollongong last Saturday night.

Even with over 54 percent of possession and eight more sets than the visitors, St George just couldn’t break their hoodoo against the Raiders.

Prediction

While the Dragons are still a ‘mathematical chance’ to make the eight, the players can all but book in their end of year trip for September.

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With all but nothing to play for, I can’t see the Dragons giving Canterbury to much trouble. The Dogs themselves will be desperate to come away with the two points and separate themselves from the pack.

Even without Ben Barba at the back, the Bulldogs should be too strong for the home side, and pushing Steve Price one step closer to looking for a new job in 2014.

Canterbury by ten.

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