Stay: Bulldogs off to a flier in opposition to Sea Eagles in entrance of big crowd

AND WHAT A COSTLY ERROR IT WAS!

A faucet kick off the penalty, the Bulldogs shift the ball to the left and Josh Addo-Carr, he bumps off a few tackles and feeds Reed Mahoney who goes over!

Wham, bam! The Bulldogs are over!

Burton provides the extras and Manly are behind with out even touching the ball!

We’re underway at Homebush.

The Sea Eagles kick off and the Bulldogs, roared on by their help, can have first use of the ball.

AND A PENALTY ON THE LAST TACKLE!

That is a poor error from Taniela Paseka.

The Bulldogs had gone nowhere in that set.

Large night time for each these golf equipment.

Large night time for each these coaches.

Some final minute stats forward of kick off through the NRL.

The Bulldogs have gained their final seven video games on the Olympic stadium.

The Sea Eagles have gained 9 of their previous 10 video games in opposition to the Bulldogs.

Bulldogs centre Jacob Kiraz has scored seven tries in his previous seven video games, whereas Sea Eagles fullback Tom Trbojevic has scored 12 tries in his previous six video games in opposition to the Bulldogs, and Bulldogs winger Josh Addo-Carr has scored 22 tries in 25 video games at Homebush.

Increase the bat, Tom Trbojevic.

Beautiful to listen to some French within the feedback, Natty.

Certainly, once I was in Paris I did see the NRL being proven on TV in a pub whereas I used to be on my wonderings…

A very world sport.

A few late adjustments for the Sea Eagles, with Matt Lodge and Karl Lawton promoted to the beginning facet.

Nathan Brown will transfer to the bench, whereas Ben Trbojevic drops to 18th man.

Tommy Talau comes again into the centres after lacking final week’s shock defeat in opposition to the Wests Tigers with a pec damage.

Tolu Koula additionally strikes again to the bench, whereas Corey Waddell is serving a two-match suspension.

There’s been a little bit of drama at Brookvale as properly over the previous week, with Anthony Seibold indignant that there have been options that the Sea Eagles instructed Tom Trbojevic to take a pay minimize.

Seibold insisted on Thursday it was Trbojevic who had approached him, suggesting he return a portion of his wage over the following two years given his struggles to remain match.

“It’s totally disappointing to listen to some folks query Turbo’s integrity or the integrity of the membership,” he mentioned.

“Turbo got here to me and mentioned that he wished to take a pay minimize as a result of he felt like he’d missed an entire heap of soccer.

“It was a very troublesome dialog for him to return to the coach and say that. That is all been buried, the NRL have mentioned that he cannot try this.

“I simply assume that claims a lot about his character [to make the offer].

“I believe the integrity round folks questioning that it was the membership who had the dialog with Turbo is simply not true.”

The 27-year-old has been restricted to solely 35 video games because the finish of his Dally M-winning 2021 season.

You possibly can learn extra about that right here.

Right here is how the Bulldogs line up.. 1-17 as named earlier within the week.

No Stephen Crichton means Jacob Kiraz shifts to the centre and Jeral Skelton comes into the facet on the wing.

Josh Curran will play off the bench on his return from a shoulder damage.

The Bulldogs come into this match off the again of five-straight victories.

However not all is correct for the Doggies, who’re lacking two key gamers for tonight’s conflict.

Lock Kurt Mann suffered a damaged collarbone within the Bulldogs’ victory over the Warriors final day trip.

That’s an damage that may maintain the 31-year-old out of motion till the 2025 season.

The Bulldogs will even be with out their skipper Stephen Crichton, after he accepted a one-game ban for making an attempt to take the pinnacle off Roger Tuivasa-Sheck.

Crichton was not censured for that hit in-game final weekend, with the NRL admitting that bunker official Liam Kennedy had made a “severe error of judgement” in not sending him to the bin.

It additionally prompted an entire load of questions on whether or not anybody knew what a excessive shot was any extra, which you’ll examine beneath.

Good day people and welcome the ABC Sport protection of tonight’s NRL motion!

My title is Simon Smale and I’m wanting ahead to bringing you a Friday night time double header that may have enormous implications for the make up of the highest 4.

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First we’re off to the Olympic stadium for the Bulldogs, who’re very a lot knocking on the door of the second-chance spot, as they host the Sea Eagles.

That match is fifth vs seventh and each groups will probably be hell-bent on victory.

Then we’re out to the house of the premiers Penrith, who’ve misplaced back-to-back video games for the primary time since early final 12 months.

They tackle a Rabbitohs facet that, frankly, are less than a lot having misplaced six of their final seven.

However stranger issues have occurred…

As at all times, I stay up for seeing how all of the motion shapes up over the following few hours.