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Broncos hand Bulldogs 42-12 thrashing and end finals hopes
Dean Ritchie, The Daily Telegraph
July 21, 2017 5:18am
BAD Dog.
The once-mighty Bulldogs have been embarrassingly sent to their kennel for the remainder of this season — with still six rounds remaining.
The Bulldogs’ dismal season is now over. They have been put down.
Despite having a powerful playing roster, a limp Canterbury was whacked 42-12 by a rampant Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium.
It now seems certain that 2017 will be the first season a Des Hasler coached side has missed the finals since 2004.
Ennis slams 'horrendous' Dogs
That’s 12 straight years of finals footy. Until now.
Despite signing a new two-year contract extension in April, Hasler is still facing his critics. The rumour mill continues to suggest he is under immense pressure at Belmore.
Hasler will now face yet another week of scrutiny and dissection. He is being hammered on social media by cranky Canterbury fans.
For Canterbury, the season from hell just can’t end quick enough.
Enough is enough.
Try as they have, nothing has gone right.
The Dogs were blown away. It was a mismatch. And yet again, their attack — or lack of it — was the issue. They offered-up very little.
Defeat leaves the Bulldogs stranded on 18 competition points. They could drop to 14th position after this round.
Canterbury will have to win five — even all six — of their remaining matches to qualify for the finals. That would appear an assignment simply too difficult based on current form.
The battling Belmore club plays Penrith Parramatta and Souths over the next three weeks and then finish with Manly, Gold Coast and St George Illawarra.
It’s hard to see Canterbury defeating all — if any — of these sides.
Asked was pressure starting to mount, Bulldogs forward Josh Jackson told ABC Radio: “Yeah, I guess so. You can’t doubt the effort we have put in all year. We have made most teams work hard for their wins.
“It might be a case of over-trying, I’m not too sure. “They are all must-win games now. You don’t want to be in this position at the back-end of the year when you’ve got to count on other results.
“It’s not a good place to be but you can’t fault our preparation — we are putting in the hard work. “We started the game really well but a few stupid errors in the second half. We let the pressure off them.”
It understood Bulldogs chairman Ray Dib returned this week from an overseas trip. He must have been extremely disappointed with Thursday night’s result.
Canterbury has just won seven from 18 games this season. Speaking with The Daily Telegraph, Bulldogs winger Marcelo Montoya said: “It’s been a tough run for us. We can’t afford to lose another one.
“We have to win every game. No excuse. We owe it to each other and we owe it to the fans. “You never want to lose like that up in Brisbane.”
The game was over in the 59th minute when Kodi Nikorima cut through to score from a scrum win.
It took Brisbane out to a 24-6 lead. A Josh McGuire try moments later further humiliated the Dogs.
And it only got worse when Jimmy the Jet — James Roberts — cut Canterbury’s defence wide open for yet another try.
There were plenty of offloads in the first half, plenty of second phase, plenty of ball movement. And a few mistakes too.
Amazingly, Canterbury had averaged a little more than just four points in first halves throughout this season.
Yet the Bulldogs scored six points in just seven minutes of play. The ball was beautifully — and deftly — swung through three players before winger Marcelo Montoya scored in the corner.
It was smooth and pretty. Chase Stanley’s conversion gave his side an early 6-0 lead. Canterbury was committed and focused early. In fact, the Dogs were well on top before Brisbane scored a long-range try against the run-of-play.
Brisbane hooker Andrew McCullough made a clean break — through a dummy — before passing to centre Tautau Moga, who broke a tackle and scored.
The conversion levelled the scores. Brisbane’s error-rate was high in the first half but the locals hung in until momentum swung.
And it did.
A fine individual try to halfback Ben Hunt gave the home side a 10-6 lead nearing halftime.
And then right on halftime, as the siren sounded, Broncos winger Jordan Kahu crossed despite a blatant forward pass in the lead-up.
It was heartbreaking for Canterbury, who battled hard for the opening 40 minutes.
Kahu converted giving Brisbane a 16-6 lead at halftime. Offloads killed Canterbury over the back-end of the first half.
Full-time BRISBANE 42 (J Roberts 2 B Hunt J Kahu J McGuire T Moga K Nikorima tries J Kahu 7 goals) bt CANTERBURY 12 (M Montoya C Stanley tries C Stanley 2 goals) at Suncorp Stadium. Referee: Chris Sutton, Grant Atkins. Crowd: 24,267
Dean Ritchie, The Daily Telegraph
July 21, 2017 5:18am
BAD Dog.
The once-mighty Bulldogs have been embarrassingly sent to their kennel for the remainder of this season — with still six rounds remaining.
The Bulldogs’ dismal season is now over. They have been put down.
Despite having a powerful playing roster, a limp Canterbury was whacked 42-12 by a rampant Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium.
It now seems certain that 2017 will be the first season a Des Hasler coached side has missed the finals since 2004.
Ennis slams 'horrendous' Dogs
That’s 12 straight years of finals footy. Until now.
Despite signing a new two-year contract extension in April, Hasler is still facing his critics. The rumour mill continues to suggest he is under immense pressure at Belmore.
Hasler will now face yet another week of scrutiny and dissection. He is being hammered on social media by cranky Canterbury fans.
For Canterbury, the season from hell just can’t end quick enough.
Enough is enough.
Try as they have, nothing has gone right.
The Dogs were blown away. It was a mismatch. And yet again, their attack — or lack of it — was the issue. They offered-up very little.
Defeat leaves the Bulldogs stranded on 18 competition points. They could drop to 14th position after this round.
Canterbury will have to win five — even all six — of their remaining matches to qualify for the finals. That would appear an assignment simply too difficult based on current form.
The battling Belmore club plays Penrith Parramatta and Souths over the next three weeks and then finish with Manly, Gold Coast and St George Illawarra.
It’s hard to see Canterbury defeating all — if any — of these sides.
Asked was pressure starting to mount, Bulldogs forward Josh Jackson told ABC Radio: “Yeah, I guess so. You can’t doubt the effort we have put in all year. We have made most teams work hard for their wins.
“It might be a case of over-trying, I’m not too sure. “They are all must-win games now. You don’t want to be in this position at the back-end of the year when you’ve got to count on other results.
“It’s not a good place to be but you can’t fault our preparation — we are putting in the hard work. “We started the game really well but a few stupid errors in the second half. We let the pressure off them.”
It understood Bulldogs chairman Ray Dib returned this week from an overseas trip. He must have been extremely disappointed with Thursday night’s result.
Canterbury has just won seven from 18 games this season. Speaking with The Daily Telegraph, Bulldogs winger Marcelo Montoya said: “It’s been a tough run for us. We can’t afford to lose another one.
“We have to win every game. No excuse. We owe it to each other and we owe it to the fans. “You never want to lose like that up in Brisbane.”
The game was over in the 59th minute when Kodi Nikorima cut through to score from a scrum win.
It took Brisbane out to a 24-6 lead. A Josh McGuire try moments later further humiliated the Dogs.
And it only got worse when Jimmy the Jet — James Roberts — cut Canterbury’s defence wide open for yet another try.
There were plenty of offloads in the first half, plenty of second phase, plenty of ball movement. And a few mistakes too.
Amazingly, Canterbury had averaged a little more than just four points in first halves throughout this season.
Yet the Bulldogs scored six points in just seven minutes of play. The ball was beautifully — and deftly — swung through three players before winger Marcelo Montoya scored in the corner.
It was smooth and pretty. Chase Stanley’s conversion gave his side an early 6-0 lead. Canterbury was committed and focused early. In fact, the Dogs were well on top before Brisbane scored a long-range try against the run-of-play.
Brisbane hooker Andrew McCullough made a clean break — through a dummy — before passing to centre Tautau Moga, who broke a tackle and scored.
The conversion levelled the scores. Brisbane’s error-rate was high in the first half but the locals hung in until momentum swung.
And it did.
A fine individual try to halfback Ben Hunt gave the home side a 10-6 lead nearing halftime.
And then right on halftime, as the siren sounded, Broncos winger Jordan Kahu crossed despite a blatant forward pass in the lead-up.
It was heartbreaking for Canterbury, who battled hard for the opening 40 minutes.
Kahu converted giving Brisbane a 16-6 lead at halftime. Offloads killed Canterbury over the back-end of the first half.
Full-time BRISBANE 42 (J Roberts 2 B Hunt J Kahu J McGuire T Moga K Nikorima tries J Kahu 7 goals) bt CANTERBURY 12 (M Montoya C Stanley tries C Stanley 2 goals) at Suncorp Stadium. Referee: Chris Sutton, Grant Atkins. Crowd: 24,267
