Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
16
Match Complete
Sydney Roosters
12
| 73 |  | S. Tupouniua | ||
| M. Burton |  | 55 | ||
| J. Okunbor | | 53 | ||
| 45 | | J. Tedesco | ||
| 38 | | J. Suaalii | ||
| M. Burton | | 21 | ||
| J. Addo-Carr | | 20 | ||
| J. Addo-Carr | | 13 |
| 3 | Tries | 3 | ||
| 2 | Conversions | 0 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
The Canterbury Bulldogs host the Sydney Roosters in Saturday evening NRL. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 5:30pm AEST.
All the talk mid-week has been the increased influence of Phil Gould at Belmore; taking a training session off the hands of coach Trent Barrett in an attempt to extract something more from a team now on a six-game losing streak.
Whilst potentially a prudent and universally decided upon move, there is no doubt that Barrett is under the pump, after Canterbury slumped into yet another second-half hole at Suncorp Stadium last Friday night.
The Roosters will also be in something of a feisty mood, off the back of a disappointing ANZAC Day loss to the Dragons at the SCG.
It sets up an interesting encounter, with the Tricolours certain to enter the match as firm favourites, and the Bulldogs looking to reproduce the quality first half they managed against the Broncos.
Coach Trent Robinson is certain to be expecting a bounce back from the Roosters; with other teams now applying pressure to the lower end of the top eight.
Team news sees Brent Naden, Josh Averillo and Ava Seumanufagai return for the Bulldogs, offset by the loss of inspirational captain Josh Jackson due to health and safety protocols.
The Roosters have a few key inclusions as well, with Jared Waerea-Hargreaves and Victor Radley straight back into the starting team.
Robinson will be hoping those changes bring an energy and enthusiasm that was sometimes missing against the Dragons in Round 7.
Prediction
The Roosters rarely lose two in a row and are unlikely to do so here. The loss of Jackson is huge for Canterbury and with the quality in the Chooks’ spine certain to test the Dogs’ fringe defence, it is difficult seeing them do anything but rack up a decent score. That leaves it to the blue and whites to find some points, and they still look a long way from being able to do so on a consistent basis.
Roosters by 22.
Game information
Kick-off: 5:30pm AEST
Venue: Accor Stadium
TV/Stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel
Betting: Bulldogs $4.60, Roosters $1.20 – odds via PlayUp
Canterbury
1. Matt Dufty 2. Brent Naden 3. Aaron Schoupp 4. Jake Averillo 5. Josh Addo-Carr 6. Matt Burton 7. Kyle Flanagan 8. Luke Thompson 9. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Paul Vaughan 11. Corey Waddell 12. Tevita Pangai Junior 13. Josh Jackson 14. Bailey Biondi-Odo 15. Joe Stimson 16. Max King 17. Ava Seumanufagai 19. Josh Cook 20. Jackson Topine 21. Jayden Okunbor 22. Reece Hoffman 23. Billy Tsikrikas 24. Paul Alamoti 25. Tui Katoa
Sydney Roosters
1. James Tedesco 2. Kevin Naiqama 3. Paul Momirovski 4. Joseph Manu 5. Joseph Suaalii 6. Sam Walker 7. Luke Keary 8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves 9. Sam Verrills 10. Lindsay Collins 11. Angus Crichton 12. Sitili Tupouniua 13. Victor Radley 14. Drew Hutchison 15. Fletcher Baker 16. Nat Butcher 17. Siosiua Taukeiaho 18. Lachlan Lam 19. Daniel Suluka-Fifita 20. Ben Marschke 21. Naufahu Whyte 22. Adam Keighran 23. Renouf Atoni 24. Tom Carr
steveng
Roar Rookie
:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: good one TB
Poss
Roar Rookie
Well unfortunately I think the Chooks headache has just begun,if they continue to play as they have been theres going to be more heartache for we Chooks fans....The first thing they need to do is get a goal kicker (Sammie's hot & cold,when he's good he's great!!Creighton missed tonight too)there have been a few games we would of won if we'd got the goal..In the next few weeks we've got the Titans,Eels,Panthers,Sharks & Storm so I'd say if they don't get ontop of this slump they are going to get walked over...Come on Chookies get your s#@t together please!!!!! :unhappy:
no one in particular
Roar Guru
playing "Lets Trot" at full blast?
Rossi
Roar Rookie
Mate there's too much quality there to not be there late September, they usually come good late but have been surprisingly poor- they would've seen Dragons and Bulldogs on the calendar and banked on 4 points and a healthy differential boost. Keary seems to thrive when he's the main man, reckon it's worth trying Hutchinson at 6 and putting Walker on bench?
Clint
Roar Rookie
Thanks for the call Stuart
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
Walker second year blues. Wonder when he’ll get the Pearce and Flanno shuffle
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
I was at a wedding once during a GF. Bad planning, more people were draped around the little TV in the kitchen than in the reception hall.
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
:laughing: :thumbup:
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
My bunion did. And the Broncos
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
:shocked:
DP Schaefer
Roar Rookie
:silly: :laughing:
Rossi
Roar Rookie
Noone picked dogs anyway, surely?
The Barry
Roar Guru
At a party… missus was staring daggers at me every time I got my phone out Just ducked into the brasco to say: HEEEEEEELLLLLL YEEEAAAAHHH!
JennyFromPenny
Guest
Well done Bulldogs. Weird how Roosters only look half as good as when they had half their team out last year.
Glory Bound
Roar Rookie
Coming into this round 16th just beat 6th. I'd celebrate even an ordinary win under those circumstances. Especially with only ONE win before this round.
Adam
Guest
Well Bulldogs, fully deserved win and way too good for us. Roosters... we are a rabble, hard to see how we get out of it without something changing at the club
Clint
Roar Rookie
Congrats Doggies team and supporters. Burton's kicking game was great and the team's general defense and cover defense were excellent. Roosters threw a lot at the Dogs (especially in the 2nd half) and they constantly repelled them. Well done
Choppy Zezers
Roar Rookie
Kudos to the dogs and their coach, Gus
Rob
Guest
Excellent result for the Bulldogs. Enjoy. The rating of many teams is not actually accurate IMO.
Glory Bound
Roar Rookie
He owns most of the mortgages at NRL HQ.