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Bulldogs young star Lachlan Lewis nails clutch field goal, dent Warriors' top four NRL hopes

August 19, 2018

Relive all the action of 1 NEWS NOW's live coverage of this afternoon's NRL match between the Bulldogs and Warriors at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

FULLTIME - BULLDOGS 27 WARRIORS 26

The Warriors have gone down to a gallant Bulldogs side who have dented the New Zealand Warriors' top four NRL hopes.

78 mins: BULLDOGS 27 WARRIORS 26

DROP GOAL! Lachlan Lewis nails a huge 30m+ drop kick and gives his side a one-point lead.

76 mins: BULLDOGS 26 WARRIORS 26

TRY! Peta Hiku runs off the shoulder of Adam Blair after the Warriors second rower shows brilliant footwork at the line and making a half break.

Shaun Johnson converts the try and the scores are level 26-26 with three minutes remaining in the match.

71 mins: BULLDOGS 26 WARRIORS 20

PENALTY! Simon Mannering is penalised ruled by the ref as being offside after a kick from Shaun Johnson. Warriors have eight minutes to get a converted try and even up the match.

62 mins: BULLDOGS 26 WARRIORS 20

ANOTHER SET! Shaun Johnson puts in a smart grubber and Gerard Beale wraps up Brett Morris in the in-goal. And the Bulldogs are forced to make another goal-line dropout.

60 mins: BULLDOGS 26 WARRIORS 20

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck takes on the defence. Canterbury Bulldogs v Vodafone Warriors. NRL Rugby League. ANZ Stadium, Sydney, Australia. 19th August 2018. Copyright Photo: David Neilson / www.photosport.nz

GOAL-LINE DROPOUT! The Warriors almost come close to scoring another try as Will Hopoate fumbles the ball in his own in-goal. The Warriors get the ball back!

57 mins: BULLDOGS 26 WARRIORS 20

TRY! David Fusitu'a goes over to score his second try of the match. It was Issac Luke who made the initial break and got the Warriors going forward. Shaun Johnson did well to suck in Bulldogs centre Josh Morris, throwing a double pump before pass it long to Fusitu'a.

Johnson's attempt from the sideline is no good and the Warriors are trailing by six-points.

52 mins: BULLDOGS 26 WARRIORS 16

TRY! The Bulldogs brothers Brett and Josh Morris combine. Lachlan Lewis puts up a brilliant bomb and Brett gets to the ball first and bats the ball back to Josh who goes over to score for the home team.

A poor defensive effort from the Warriors, Reimis Smith swings the ball from right to left and through the uprights. A spectacular conversion attempt from the Bulldogs second rower.

48 mins: BULLDOGS 20 WARRIORS 16

TRY! The Warriors get three sets in a row and David Fusitu'a goes over down the right hand corner. The Warriors spread the ball through the hands and Fusitu'a does well to stay in the field of play and ground the ball.

Shaun Johnson misses his conversion from the side-line.

40 mins: BULLDOGS 20 WARRIORS 12

And we are back underway! The Warriors kick off deep towards the Bulldogs through the boot of Issac Luke.

HALFTIME - BULLDOGS 20 WARRIORS 12

40 mins: BULLDOGS 20 WARRIORS 12

TRY! Kerrod Holland makes a bust up the middle of the field after hitting the line at pace, he offloads the ball to Will Hopoate before the Bulldogs fullback passes the ball to his half Lachlan Lewis who goes over to score just before the break.

The pass from Bulldogs second-rower Josh Jackson to Holland looked a bit suspect, but the referee blows his whistle and the Dogs are over for their third try of the match.

Rhyse Martin bangs over the conversion from in front.

38 mins: BULLDOGS 14 WARRIORS 12

TWO!  Rhyse Martin gives the home side a two-point lead after Blake Green of the Warriors is ruled to have been offside.

31 mins: BULLDOGS 12 WARRIORS 12

TRY! It's a double back door play from the Warriors and Shaun Johnson drops the ball off to the front runner Isaiah Papali'i. The 19-year-old second rower manages to brush off the first tackler and he offloads to his skipper Roger Tuivasa-Sheck who dives over to score down the left edge.

Shaun Johnson converts the try from out wide, swinging the ball back and through the uprights.

28 mins: BULLDOGS 12 WARRIORS 6

FUMBLE! Shaun Johnson puts up a towering bomb and Brett Morris is hit in a big tackle by David Fusitu'a and Morris loses control of the ball. Warriors have a scrum inside the Bulldogs' 30m line.

Roger Tuivasa-Sheck breaks out.
NRL Premiership rugby league. Vodafone Warriors v Newcaste Knights. Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand. Friday 10 August 2018. © Copyright photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.Photosport.nz

26 mins: BULLDOGS 12 WARRIORS 6

TRY! Bulldogs' right winger Reimis Smith powers over to score carrying two Warriors defenders with him over the try-line. Rhyse Martin converts Smith's try.

22 mins: BULLDOGS 6 WARRIORS 6

CONTACT!  David Klemmer runs the ball back towards the Warriors and he is rattled and cleaned up by James Gavet and Agnatius Paasi.

21 mins: BULLDOGS 6 WARRIORS 6

TRY! The Bulldogs hit a back door play before Lachlan Lewis drops off a perfect ball to Adam Elliott who powers over to score. The extras are added by Rhyse Martin and the scores are locked at 6-6.

19 mins: BULLDOGS 0 WARRIORS 6

MISTAKE!  Lachlan Lewis makes a great goal-line dropout catches Warriors' Ken Maumalo napping with the ball bouncing over the touch-line adn the Bulldogs get the ball back.

18 mins: BULLDOGS 0 WARRIORS 6

GOAL-LINE DROPOUT! The Warriors march their way down field and after an excellent surge from Roger Tuivasa-Sheck it Blake Green who puts in a pin-point chip kick into the Bulldogs' in-goal and they can't get out. 

11 mins: BULLDOGS 0 WARRIORS 6

TRY! Roger Tuivasa-Sheck shuffles sideways before offloading the ball to Shaun Johnson, the Warriors' No.7 steps sideways before offloading the ball to Gerard Beale who crosses over to score the opening try of the match.

Shaun Johnson lands his conversion and the Warriors are up 6-0.

4 mins: BULLDOGS 0 WARRIORS 0

PENALTY! The Bulldogs force a goal line dropout and the Warriors opt for a short line drop out and earn themselves a penalty. The Bulldogs are ruled to have taken out a Warriors player who was competing for the high ball.

2 mins: BULLDOGS 0 WARRIORS 0

After a solid first set from the Warriors, the Bulldogs backs drag Solomone Kata into touch on their fourth tackle in the second set with the ball. 

BULLDOGS 0 WARRIORS 0

KICK-OFF!

And we are underway with the Bulldogs kicking off deep to the Warriors!

TEAMS:

WARRIORS: 1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 2 David Fusitu'a, 3 Gerard Beale, 4 Solomone Kata, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Blake Green, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 James Gavet, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Agnatius Paasi, 11 Isaiah Papali'i, 12 Adam Blair, 13 Simon Mannering.

Interchange: 14 Jazz Tevaga, 15 Leviaha Pulu, 16 Bunty Afoa, Peta Hiku.

BULLDOGS: 1 Will Hopoate, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Kerrod Holland, 5 Reimis Smith, 6 Lachlan Lewis, 20 Matt Frawley, 8 Aiden Tolman, 9 Michael Lichaa, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson, 12 Rhyse Martin, 13 Adam Elliott.

Interchange: 7 Jeremy Marshall-King, 15 Danny Fualalo, 16 Ofahiki Ogden, 17 Greg Eastwood.

4 mins: BULLDOGS 0 WARRIORS 0

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