Round 25 - Dogs vs Cowboys - NRL/NSWRL/NYC Discussion Thread & Team Lists

[Spoonman84]

With that win we confirm our finals spot and will be playing Wyong in a knock out game next weekend

 

[Spoonman84]

Other clubs even live stream their intrust games on their websites. Penrith did so last week which meant we could watch our boys play. Absolutely pathetic but what do you expect when the only team that is even acknowledged is first grade.

I find all our social media seems well behind other clubs just another why the club lets fans down.

 

[Doggies2015]

Is there any round 26?

 

[Spoonman84]

Is there any round 26?

No they finish a week earlier then NRL so the NSW cup winner plays QLD cup winner on NRL grand final day

 

[mattressback]

Thanks for saying that mate - it hurts but its the truth.

I go back to the days of Johnny Rhodes, Les Johns, Kevin Ryan and Johnny Greaves etc.
It meant something going there.

Then came the Warren Ryan years where our pigs would literally freak opposition teams out at Belmore.
Belmore Oval means a lot to bulldogs fans - we just don't go down there the way we did tonight.

Feel sad about what has happened to our team.

Me too, Kenya. That just makes it harder to watch this tripe year after year...

 

[Malpass]

The bears halfback is named Jack Siejka..... Must be related to our halfback Harry. If not what a coincidence 2 halfbacks with polish decent surnames.
Just tried to look him up on google and it said he is 1.9m and 97kg....... If true the worlds biggest half!!!!

 

[Mr Invisible]

@dogluva First post in the thread..

I always put up the live coverage links

 

[Mr Invisible]

Great to see one side playing with pride for the Dogs.

 

[dogluva]

@dogluva First post in the thread..

I always put up the live coverage links

Of course, silly me thinking to looking on our website. Hopefully now the semis are commencing next week we just might get TV coverage Panthers vs. Warriors. Wyong have finished in sixth spot on 28 points and will play the Dogs in the second knock-out Elimination Final next weekend.

http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2016/08/27/gutsy_bulldogs_quali.html

The defence of the Canterbury Bulldogs has secured an Intrust Super Premiership NSW finals position that looked incredibly unlikely at the start of the season.

It was a determined and gutsy effort by both sides, with the low score-line a true representation of the defensive prowess shown.

The game went down to the wire, and a controversial offside call in the dying minutes turned out to be the last North Sydney Bears play of 2016.

Both sides had scoring opportunities at the start of the match, in a game that started with a very end-to-end style.

The Bulldogs dropped the ball over the line, and had a potential Jarrod McInally try denied through obstruction, while the Bears could not capitalise on consecutive sets.

Latrell Robinson pulled off an amazing play at the 20-minute mark while retrieving a Bulldogs grubber. He collected the ball very close to the sideline, back-tracked into the in-goal area to seemingly get pushed out, but he ducked and weaved through the defenders to make a 30-metre run.

After half-an-hour of play, the Bulldogs finally got the scoreboard ticking when Harrison Siejka decided to run the ball on the last tackle, and have a beautiful short-ball to McInally, who crashed over.

Siosifa Talakai copped a bad knock in a tackle, and after a small delay, was assisted off the field to do a concussion test, however his return would seem close to impossible.

Off the back of a drop-out, the Bulldogs threaded a neat grubber behind the posts, and a small error at the back was all Adam Elliott needed to jump on the board and extend the Bulldogs’ lead to 10-0.

The Bears responded shortly after a counter-attack raid, as prolific try-scorer and Josh Mansour look-a-like Abbas Miski replicated the Origin winger’s finishing ability, with a beautiful dive to touchdown in the right corner.

The Bears have had their fair share of close encounters this year, and despite trailing by six, when they received a penalty in front of the posts; they took the two points on offer.

Call it determined defence or a complete brain-snap, but the Bulldogs were penalised off the kick-off for an obvious shoulder charge, which gifted the Bears some valuable metres.

A mistake gave possession away, but the Bears continued to show desperation in a bid to keep their season alive.

In the final minute of play, Brad Dietz put a smart grubber down the middle of the field, and a North Sydney chaser won the race and scored the try.

North Sydney Oval erupted at the thought the scores were locked up at 10-all, but the chaser was ruled offside.

It was a dramatic ending to an absolute thriller, but the Bulldogs held on for a gutsy win to secure their spot in the finals.