The Sharks are down to fifteen males — simply two on the bench — with centre Kayal Iro nursing ice on his hamstring. He is not going to return tonight.

Canterbury hooker Reed Mahoney has been positioned on report for the second time on this match.

Mahoney dived on a participant who had jumped on a free ball, and the Canterburty hooker led with the shoulder and made contact with the again of the pinnacle of the Sharks participant.

There might have been an argument for Mahoney to have been despatched to the sin bin. However ref Chris Butler opts to simply warn everybody to sit back out.

The Cronulla Sharks are all the way down to 16 males as Siosifa Talakai has failed his head harm evaluation.

Bulldogs captain Stephen Crichton has crushed two poor deal with makes an attempt to attain his aspect’s third strive.

The Sharks defended their line for a number of units after Canterbury compelled a aim line dropout.

Crichton brushed previous Daniel Atkinson and Ronaldo Mulitalo.

North Queensland Cowboys coach Todd Payton can breathe a sigh of aid after his group secured their first win of 2025.

The 30-20 win over the Canberra Raiders got here off the again of a three-try blitz to finish the primary half, and surviving being all the way down to 12-men within the second half.

Interchange Coen Hess was despatched to the sin bin following repeated offences by the Cowboys, after which Hess tackled a Raider was in an offside place near the aim line.

Payton stated he had no problem with Hess being despatched off for 10 minutes, however was baffled that Canberra’s Corey Horsburgh was not despatched for the same offence.

Horsburgh blatantly held on to Cowboys ahead Jason Taumalolo, as North Queensland was on the assault.

Taumalolo went again over his left and appeared to have twisted his knee, resulting in a penalty, and Horsbrugh being place on report.

However Payton believed his Hess was despatched to the sin bin, then so ought to have the Canberra lock.

“I am unable to debate the Hess sin bin, I feel it was a good name,’ Payton says.

“The consistency half is what we’re all chasing.

“I do not know whether or not Ricky’s [Stewart] press convention final week had an impact on the way in which it was officiated tonight, however the way in which we had been defending on the try-line did not appear any totally different to the way in which they had been defending on their try-line.”

Stewart blasted refs final week in his aspect’s defeat to Manly, after his aspect was on the improper finish of a lopsided penalty depend.

Chasing 4 wins to start out the season, the Canterbury Bulldogs lead the Cronulla Sharks 8-6.

This sport has been performed at a fast-pace, with the defence of each groups at a excessive degree.

Each groups will sit within the sheds at half-time pondering they’re on high, as a result of each missed probabilities within the opening 40 minutes.

The Canterbury Bulldogs have been denied a strive on the stroke of half-time.

Bronson Xerri handed the ball Marcelo Montoya who streaked away and scored.

However as Xerri was going to floor, being tackled earlier than his go, the Bulldogs’ centre caught out an arm and tripped Cronulla winger Sam Stonestreet.

That tripped Stonestreet and in accordance with the Bunker denied him the chance to deal with Montoya.

Bronson Xerri has scored for the Bulldogs, returning the away aspect to the lead.

The Bulldogs had a full set on the Sharks aim line after the house aspect couldn’t execute a brief aim line dropout.

The Bulldogs displayed beautiful passing to the left and Jacob Preston completed the play with a pleasant offload to Xerri who scores.

Stephen Crichton has hit the put up for the second time when attempting to transform this night.

It was simply reported that Reed Mahoney was on report for a excessive deal with on Toby Rudolf.

Rudolf has been taken from the sphere to finish a head harm evaluation (HIA).

Cronulla has its first factors of the night time as Kayal Iro scores.

The Sharks had a few units on the Bulldogs’ line, and the stress in the end proved an excessive amount of for Canterbury.

Reed Mahoney is on report for a excessive deal with within the earlier set, when he clipped Sharks’ interchange Toby Rudolf excessive, making a try-saving deal with.

The penalty was on the sixth play of that set, denying the Bulldogs the possibility to take the ball and escape from their very own finish.

Oh, Braydon Trindall needs that grubber kick once more.

The Bulldogs’ defence had rushed up on him, and he noticed that his winger Ronaldo Mulitalo was unmarked.

The grubber kick was the best determination, but it surely got here off his foot like a rocket and rolled lifeless earlier than a sprinting Mulitalo might chase and rating.

It has been a fast sport of footy.

Each Cronulla and Canterbury are asking questions of one another — and every group has the solutions.

The back-three of the Bulldogs — Connor Tracey, Blake Wilson and Marcelo Montoya — have been requested to deal with some superb attacking kicks and so they haven’t faultered.

“I am loving the competition in the mean time  … No man is strolling” —Dene Halatau, ABC Sport caller, premiership and world cup winner.

Jacob Preston has juggled the footy over the road and scores.

This was the primary correct probability the Bulldogs had on the Cronulla line.

A stunning flat go from five-eighth Bailey Hayward to a charging  Preston, put the second-row ahead in a spot.

Preston needed to juggle the footy, however was capable of maintain onto the ball and floor it.

The conversion try from captain Stephen Crichton hits the put up and is unsuccessful.

A tiny knock-on from Sharks winger Ronaldo Mulitalo in an aerial contest has denied the Sharks a strive.

It was a pleasant kick from Braydon Trindall, and Mulitalo lept excessive and tapped the ball down for teammate centre Kayal Iro to attain.

Ref Chris Butler despatched the play upstairs as a no-try, and the Bunker agreed the faucet from Mulitalo went ahead right into a Bulldogs defender.

The times of stealing the ball within the play the ball is over.

But when there isn’t a dummy half, you may knick the ball.

Poor Teig Wilton performs the ball, and there may be not a teammate inside 10 metres of him.

Bulldogs second-rower Josh Curran has stepped ahead, picked up the ball, and carried on his method.

Only a reminder of a time when the ball was up for grabs greater than it’s now.

The Cronulla Sharks kick off to start the third and remaining sport of the day.

The Sharks, carrying mild blue, are working from left to proper in your display.

The Bulldogs are carrying a darker shade of blue.

Might we not have had extra distinction in these jumpers?

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have received their first three matches of the season.

They haven’t received their first 4 matches since 1993.

By the way in which, their fourth win of 1993 was towards the Cronulla Sharks.