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A Bulldogs penalty turns into a Bulldogs blunder, as Matt Burton fails to find touch thanks to a diving effort over the sideline by Alofiana Khan-Pereira, who bats the ball infield.

The Warriors regain possession and go on the attack in the Bulldogs’ half, but Taine Tuaupiki spills the ball while attempting a pass and Canterbury are let off the hook.

The Dogs then have more success with a bomb in the next set, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak leaping high but unable to bring the ball down cleanly and Viliame Kikau grabs it for Canterbury.

A few tackles later Kikau produces his second offload of the game, and this one is a beauty – unleashing Matt Burton in space for the game’s opening try.

Bulldogs 6, Warriors 0 after six minutes

The Warriors get things started, and Lachie Galvin receives the kick-off and sends Leo Thompson on the first hit-up of the game.

Runs from Jacob Kiraz, Max King, and Viliame Kikau follow, with Kikau getting a very early offload away. Jaeman Salmon has the final hit-up before Galvin sends a good clearing kick to Taine Tuaupiki.

The Bulldogs managed to shut out the Tigers last week but their defence will face a much tougher test against the Warriors tonight.

Bulldogs 0, Warriors 0 after two minutes

We’re moments before kick-off at Accor Stadium, James Fisher-Harris leading out the Warriors before the returning Stephen Crichton leads the home side onto the field.

Crichton is again named at five-eighth tonight, alongside Lachlan Galvin, with Matt Burton in the centres and Sean O’Sullivan on the bench. Let’s see if their playmakers can get the job done against what has been an impressive Warriors side this season.

When is it a good time to blood a rookie playmaker?

The answer, if you’re Wests Tigers, is to hand the No.7 jersey to a teen after bumping Adam Doueihi to lock, prompting the regular halfback to stand down from playing duties, while the five-eighth’s head appears elsewhere, the team is going through a major form slump and their opponents have their number.

It’s unclear where Doueihi watched Saturday’s match, which ended in a 56-10 humiliation, or whether he witnessed it at all. He wasn’t at GIO Stadium, and we’ll never know for sure what sort of difference he would have made. But based on what his teammates dished up, it’s likely it would have been negligible.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

1. Connor Tracey 2. Jacob Kiraz 3. Matt Burton 4. Enari Tuala 5. Jethro Rinakama 6. Stephen Crichton 7. Lachlan Galvin 8. Max King 9. Bailey Hayward 10. Leo Thompson 11. Viliame Kikau 12. Jacob Preston 13. Jaeman Salmon.

Bench: 14. Sean O’Sullivan 15. Josh Curran 16. Harry Hayes 17. Lipoi Hopoi 19. Jed Reardon 20. Gordon Chan Kum Tong

Warriors

1. Taine Tuaupiki 2. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak 3. Ali Leiataua 4. Adam Pompey 5. Alofiana Khan-Pereira 6. Chanel Harris-Tavita 7. Te Maire Martin 8. James Fisher-Harris 9. Wayde Egan 10. Mitchell Barnett 11. Kurt Capewell 12. Jacob Laban 13. Erin Clark.

Bench: 14. Samuel Healey 15. Tanner Stowers-Smith 16. Demitric Vaimauga 17. Leka Halasima 21. Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 22. Luke Metcalf

Panthers champion Nathan Cleary has provided a huge update on his playing future, all but ruling out a potential move to the New Zealand Warriors because of fears he could block the path of his little brother, Jett.

What Cleary does beyond the 2027 season – and even if he is prepared to head to the open market on November 1 – has become one of rugby league’s biggest storylines.

The Warriors, where Cleary’s father Ivan coached and played, has been one rival club regularly linked to the halfback, along with the cashed-up PNG Chiefs and their tax exemptions.

The Panthers remain hopeful of getting a deal done, and even sitting down with him and his management in the coming weeks.

The Bulldogs ran away 32-14 victors over the Warriors in the corresponding fixture last season, in round 23.

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Newcastle’s finals campaign has been rocked with star pair Dylan Brown and Dylan Lucas both out for the rest of the season after suffering horror injuries in the Knights Friday night loss to the Roosters.

Brown ruptured his ACL injury in 23-22 round 21 defeat, with Lucas also gone after a serious ankle injury. Brown, in the first of a 10-year, $13 million contract, will require reconstructive surgery to his left knee.

Lucas, who made his State of Origin debut for NSW this year, will undergo surgery on Saturday after dislocating and fracturing his left ankle.

Despite losing the pair, the Knights pushed the Roosters until the end, before being thwarted by a Daly Cherry-Evans field goal. Both players have been in fine form this season under coach Justin Holbrook, but their absence could hurt Newcastle’s chances of playing finals footy. The team sits in seventh spot ahead of difficult games against the Broncos and Raiders.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Canterbury’s round 21 clash with the Warriors at Accor Stadium.

It’s a crucial game for the Bulldogs, who after a horror first half of the season are now closing in on a return to the top eight. They’re currently 10th, two competition points behind the eighth-placed Cowboys and with an inferior for-and-against, but they’ve won four of their past five games – easily their best run of form this season.

It’s been the other way round for the Warriors, who lost only twice in the opening dozen rounds of 2026 but have three wins and three losses since then. They’ve lost a couple of their breakout stars from the first half of the year – playmaker Tanah Boyd (ACL, season) and early Dally M frontrunner Jackson Ford (pectoral, finals) – but are otherwise pretty fit, while the Bulldogs welcome Stephen Crichton back to the team and Viliame Kikau back to the starting side this week.

Kick-off is at 5.30.