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[VIDEO] Wests Tigers vs Canterbury Bulldogs highlights: NRL scores, blog

27th March, 2015
Kick-off: 7:30pm (AEDT)
Venue: ANZ Stadium
TV: Delayed, Channel Nine
Betting: 1.36 Bulldogs 3.25 Tigers

Bulldogs
1 Brett Morris
2 Curtis Rona
3 Josh Morris
4 Tim Lafai
5 Sam Perrett
6 Moses Mbye
7 Trent Hodkinson
8 Aiden Tolman
9 Michael Lichaa
10 James Graham (c)
11 Josh Jackson
12 Tony Williams
13 Greg Eastwood

Interchange
14 Sam Kasiano
15 David Klemmer
16 Frank Pritchard
17 Tim Browne

Tigers
1 James Tedesco
2 Kevin Naiqama
3 Tim Simona
4 Chris Lawrence
5 Delouise Hoeter
6 Mitchell Moses
7 Luke Brooks
8 Kyle Lovett
9 Robbie Farah (c)
10 Keith Galloway
11 Curtis Sironen
12 Sauaso Sue
13 Martin Taupau

Interchange
14 Dene Halatau
15 Ava Seumanufagai
16 Jack Buchanan
17 Brenden Santi
Adam Blair. (AAP Image/Action Photographics, Robb Cox)
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Match result:

The Canterbury Bulldogs have moved into the top four on the NRL ladder with a golden point win over the West Tigers at ANZ Stadium tonight.

CANTERBURY BULLDOGS 25
WEST TIGERS 24

Fighting back from 24-6 down, after 55 minutes, the Bulldogs would score 18 unanswered points to send the match to golden point extra time.

Moses Mbye would then become the hero of Belmore as he scored a field goal in the 4th minute of extra time to seal their third win of the season.

It would also be there 7th win out of their last 8 clashes with the Tigers.

In the early stages of the match though it was all the Tigers.

After three minutes they were on the board with a try to Kyle Lovett and had a 6-0 lead.

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The Bulldogs would respond and equalise 12 minutes later through Curtis Rona.

Frank Pritchard, who set up the play, provided a great pass to Rona to level the score at 6-6.

That would be the score until half time with both teams creating chances but failing to put points on the board.

After half time, the Tigers attacked, and came out of the blocks.

In the space of 15 minutes they would score 3 tries and run out to a 24-6 lead.

Luke Brooks started it off with a run from one end to another, after a Bulldogs kick.

The half back would get a break past the Bulldogs defence and run away to give the Tigers a great start to the second half.

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Two minutes later they would be over again as Brooks was involved in the play again.

He would pass to Tedesco who would score his first try for the match.

At the 55 minute mark, Tedesco would have a double, as the full back created all sort of problems for the Bulldogs.

Just when you thought the game was over, the Bulldogs responded, as they turned the ball over against the Tigers at the kick off.

Michael Lichaa would score his first try for the Dogs and the margin would be back to 12.

Nine minutes later, at the 67 minute mark, Rona would score his second try of the night to bring the margin back to six points.

When Josh Morris scored in the 75th minute, to level the scores, the Bulldogs were right back in the match.

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With no score for the final four minutes the game went to extra time.

After both teams kicked poor field goals in the first two minutes, Mbye would step up, to slot the field goal to give the Bulldogs the win.

It was another game, like in 2014, that the Bulldogs would steal the win from the jaws of defeat.

The Tigers, who had plenty of chances to win the game, would rue their missed opportunities.

They had a couple of try scoring chances when they were 24-6 up and had a big chance for a field goal right before the try to Josh Morris.

They also had a couple of bad calls go against them.

A no try in the first half, for obstruction, could have gone their way but it was interpreted in the Bulldogs favour.

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To single out the decisions though would undersell the game.

The Bulldogs played well and showed incredible fight to come back.

That is what won them the game and put them into the top 4.

They will now have a week off before facing the Bunnies on Good Friday.

The Tigers will face Parramatta next round.

Match preview:

The Wests Tigers will be looking to overturn a poor record against the Canterbury Bulldogs and move into the top four with a win at ANZ Stadium. Join The Roar for live coverage of the match from 7:35pm (AEDT).

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The Bulldogs have won six of the last seven matches between these two, with the Tigers winning for the first time in four years last year.

That victory, which was a 46-18 win, was done against a Bulldogs team missing a host of players through injury.

Later in the year, when their best players came back to the team, they gained revenge with a 30-10 win in Round 24.

In the last twelve matches since 2008, the Bulldogs have won eight, with the Tigers winning four.

If you take away the first 52 minutes of the match against Penrith in Round 1 – when they were 24-0 down – the Bulldogs have been one of the top teams in the competition so far. They almost stole the win against the Panthers, scoring 18 unanswered points, before beating both Manly and Parramatta in Rounds 2 and 3.

After beating Gold Coast and St George, the Tigers were brought back to Earth by premiership favourites South Sydney last Sunday by 14 points. They had their chances but struggled to capitalise on them.

If the young team, led by new coach Jason Taylor, are to win tonight they will have to do it without two of their stars. Pat Richards and Aaron Woods are out with suspension and injury respectively. They are replaced by Kyle Lovett and debutant Delouise Hoeter.

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As for the Bulldogs, they have named an unchanged line-up for the match, with only Josh Reynolds and Pat O’Hanlon unavailable, with long-term injuries.

Prediction
With one of the largest forward packs in the competition, the Bulldogs will try to dominate the Tigers. If they can, then they will control the contest and eventually tire the opposition into mistakes.

Bulldogs by 10.

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