Wests Tigers vs Canterbury Bulldogs: NRL live scores, blog

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27th May, 2018

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Kick-off: 4.10pm
Venue: ANZ Stadium
TV: Nine (FTA), Fox League
Betting: Tigers $1.63, Bulldogs $2.30
Overall: Played 32; Bulldogs 20 wins, Wests Tigers 12 wins
Last: Tigers won 18-12 at ANZ Stadium in Round 8, 2017
Referees: Henry Perenara, Ashley Klein
Sideline officials: Kasey Badger, Chris Butler
Video referees: Jared Maxwell, Ben Galea

Wests Tigers
1 Tuimoala Lolohea, 2 David Nofoaluma, 3 Esan Marsters, 4 Mahe Fonua, 5 Corey Thompson, 6 Benji Marshall, 7 Luke Brooks, 8 Russell Packer, 9 Jacob Liddle, 10 Ben Matulino, 11 Chris Lawrence (c), 12 Michael Chee-Kam, 13 Elijah Taylor

Interchange: 14 Alex Twal, 15 Josh Reynolds, 16 Matthew Eisenhuth, 17 Sauaso Sue

Reserves: 18 Josh Aloiai, 19 Chris McQueen, 20 Tim Grant, 21 Kevin Naiqama

Canterbury Bulldogs
1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 John Olive, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Matt Frawley, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Jeremy Marshall-King, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson (c), 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner 13 Rhyse Martin

Interchange: 14 Adam Elliott, 15 Clay Priest, 16 Renouf Toomaga, 17 Kerrod Holland

Reserves: 18 Greg Eastwood, 19 Reimis Smith, 20 Asipeli Fine, 21 Michael Lichaa

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Match result:

The Wests Tigers have moved back into the top eight with a gritty 14-10 win over a disjointed Bulldogs outfit in front of over 18,000 fans at ANZ Stadium.

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Final score
Wests Tigers 14
Canterbury Bulldogs 10

Match preview:

Aaron Woods and Josh Reynolds face their former clubs as Tigers look to keep in touch with Top Eight spot. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting at 4:10pm AEST.

Sunday afternoon’s clash with the Bulldogs shapes as a vital one for Ivan Cleary’s men as they attempt to arrest a worrying form slump.

After a promising start to 2018, in which they won five of their first six games, the Tigers are now in danger of slipping out of the Top Eight after losing four of their past five matches.

Much has been made of the Tigers’ lack of strike in attack and the fact that they have failed to score over four points in two of their past three games is of serious concern.

The return of former Bulldog Josh Reynolds from injury, however, may be the spark that they need to topple a Canterbury side who has had their own inability to score points.

Dean Pay’s side have only scored more than 20 points on one occasion this year – their 27-10 win over the struggling Cowboys.

Withstanding that effort, the Bulldogs have looked toothless within the opposition twenty and currently hold the second-worst attack in the competition.

To make matters worse, their top try-scorer Josh Morris (six tries) is sidelined for two months with John Olive taking his place in the starting side.

Tip
Points will be at a premium on Sunday afternoon so the side with the superior defence should claim victory.

The Tigers have the third-best defence in the competition and it should be enough to see them return to the winner’s circle.

Tigers by 8

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