NRL Highlights: Bulldogs v Eels
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs take on the Paramatta Eels in Round 14 of the 2025 NRL Premiership at Accor Stadium, Sydney.
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Sydney Morning Herald
an hour ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘The job isn't finished': Daley sticks with Blues winners
'We added Keaon and Lindsay, which gives us the flexibility of having a front-rower and a back-rower, while 'Burto' gives us cover in the outside backs. 'With Haumole, we decided it was best for him to miss camp. He's got a little one on the way, and it would have been no good having him in Perth if something happened.' Victory in Perth would be the perfect redemption story for Daley who spent five years coaching against the finest Queensland teams ever assembled for just the one series triumph. The Blues defeated the Maroons 18-6 in their own backyard in game one, and just as the home side and Slater said they would improve, so, too, will the Blues. Daley won game one at Suncorp Stadium in 2017 before the Maroons fought back to win the series, which would be Daley's last. The Blues' record in Perth is excellent, winning both games in 2019 and 2022 by a combined 82-18 margin. NSW Blues squad for Origin II in Perth on June 18 1. Dylan Edwards (Penrith Panthers) 2. Brian To'o (Penrith Panthers) 3. Stephen Crichton (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) 4. Latrell Mitchell (South Sydney Rabbitohs) 5. Zac Lomax (Parramatta Eels) 6. Mitchell Moses (Parramatta Eels) 7. Nathan Cleary (Penrith Panthers) 8. Max King (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) 9. Reece Robson (North Queensland Cowboys) 10. Payne Haas (Brisbane Broncos) 11. Liam Martin (Penrith Panthers) 12. Angus Crichton (Sydney Roosters) 13. Isaah Yeo (c) (Penrith Panthers) 14. Connor Watson (Sydney Roosters) 15. Spencer Leniu (Sydney Roosters) 16. Hudson Young (Canberra Raiders) 17. Stefano Utoikamanu (Melbourne Storm) 18. Matt Burton (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) 19. Keaon Koloamatangi (South Sydney Rabbitohs) 20. Lindsay Smith (Penrith Panthers) Coach: Laurie Daley Up to 14 NSW players were involved in NRL games on Sunday and Monday, compared to the Maroons' two. Daley will need to go easy with most of his squad in the early half of the week to allow them to get sufficient rest and recovery. Crichton went into Origin I with a quad strain, then revealed after the win over Parramatta that he had 'strained my neck' while practising goalkicking at Sunday's captain's run, 'which is a first'. The coach would have loved what he saw in the space of three minutes in the first half at a wet Accor Stadium involving three of his Blues. Lomax did well to pluck a Burton pass out of the air, stayed in the field of play, ran a few metres before sending Moses racing 80 metres down field. Moses never took the foot off the gas and beat off three Bulldogs' defenders, including Josh Curran who refused to give up. Then Crichton popped up on the other side of the field and man-handled Isaiah Iongi when he tried to get on his outside. Crichton was having none of it and wrestled him into touch. Moses was placed on report for a high shot on Daniel Suluka-Fifita late in the game, but should escape with a fine if charged. The Eels and Dogs contingent will join their teammates in the Blue Mountains early Tuesday. Meanwhile, Slater said of his decision to axe Cherry-Evans: 'We just feel Tom is the right person for the No.7 jersey right now ... you won't hear a negative word from me about Daly Cherry-Evans. Loading 'What he has given this jersey and what he has done for this footy team and this group, that will be with all Queenslanders and with Daly for the rest of his life. 'No-one can take that away from him. We just feel that you earn every opportunity to play in this jersey, and we feel that Tom Dearden has earned the opportunity to play in the No.7 jersey. 'We feel it is the right thing for the footy team. We just want Tom Dearden to do his job and be the best version of Tommy Dearden that he can be. He will get a bit of support around him.'
The Age
an hour ago
- The Age
‘The job isn't finished': Daley sticks with Blues winners
'We added Keaon and Lindsay, which gives us the flexibility of having a front-rower and a back-rower, while 'Burto' gives us cover in the outside backs. 'With Haumole, we decided it was best for him to miss camp. He's got a little one on the way, and it would have been no good having him in Perth if something happened.' Victory in Perth would be the perfect redemption story for Daley who spent five years coaching against the finest Queensland teams ever assembled for just the one series triumph. The Blues defeated the Maroons 18-6 in their own backyard in game one, and just as the home side and Slater said they would improve, so, too, will the Blues. Daley won game one at Suncorp Stadium in 2017 before the Maroons fought back to win the series, which would be Daley's last. The Blues' record in Perth is excellent, winning both games in 2019 and 2022 by a combined 82-18 margin. NSW Blues squad for Origin II in Perth on June 18 1. Dylan Edwards (Penrith Panthers) 2. Brian To'o (Penrith Panthers) 3. Stephen Crichton (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) 4. Latrell Mitchell (South Sydney Rabbitohs) 5. Zac Lomax (Parramatta Eels) 6. Mitchell Moses (Parramatta Eels) 7. Nathan Cleary (Penrith Panthers) 8. Max King (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) 9. Reece Robson (North Queensland Cowboys) 10. Payne Haas (Brisbane Broncos) 11. Liam Martin (Penrith Panthers) 12. Angus Crichton (Sydney Roosters) 13. Isaah Yeo (c) (Penrith Panthers) 14. Connor Watson (Sydney Roosters) 15. Spencer Leniu (Sydney Roosters) 16. Hudson Young (Canberra Raiders) 17. Stefano Utoikamanu (Melbourne Storm) 18. Matt Burton (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs) 19. Keaon Koloamatangi (South Sydney Rabbitohs) 20. Lindsay Smith (Penrith Panthers) Coach: Laurie Daley Up to 14 NSW players were involved in NRL games on Sunday and Monday, compared to the Maroons' two. Daley will need to go easy with most of his squad in the early half of the week to allow them to get sufficient rest and recovery. Crichton went into Origin I with a quad strain, then revealed after the win over Parramatta that he had 'strained my neck' while practising goalkicking at Sunday's captain's run, 'which is a first'. The coach would have loved what he saw in the space of three minutes in the first half at a wet Accor Stadium involving three of his Blues. Lomax did well to pluck a Burton pass out of the air, stayed in the field of play, ran a few metres before sending Moses racing 80 metres down field. Moses never took the foot off the gas and beat off three Bulldogs' defenders, including Josh Curran who refused to give up. Then Crichton popped up on the other side of the field and man-handled Isaiah Iongi when he tried to get on his outside. Crichton was having none of it and wrestled him into touch. Moses was placed on report for a high shot on Daniel Suluka-Fifita late in the game, but should escape with a fine if charged. The Eels and Dogs contingent will join their teammates in the Blue Mountains early Tuesday. Meanwhile, Slater said of his decision to axe Cherry-Evans: 'We just feel Tom is the right person for the No.7 jersey right now ... you won't hear a negative word from me about Daly Cherry-Evans. Loading 'What he has given this jersey and what he has done for this footy team and this group, that will be with all Queenslanders and with Daly for the rest of his life. 'No-one can take that away from him. We just feel that you earn every opportunity to play in this jersey, and we feel that Tom Dearden has earned the opportunity to play in the No.7 jersey. 'We feel it is the right thing for the footy team. We just want Tom Dearden to do his job and be the best version of Tommy Dearden that he can be. He will get a bit of support around him.'
Sydney Morning Herald
an hour ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
He waited 56 minutes to get on. Then Galvin scored a try on his dream Bulldogs debut
It was a special moment in what is already shaping as a special career. 'We had a couple of plans, but that wasn't plan A,' Ciraldo said afterwards. 'We had a couple of different plans. It's been a really hard week for him to get his head around everything. 'On Tuesday, when I named the team, he wasn't in the team. I thought he'd play NSW Cup, and he'll just come through there and learn our systems. 'But every training session he did, he got better, he understood our systems better, and by the end of the week it became clear that we needed to have him in the team, and he could help us win the game. 'It's a credit to him and how he went about the week, and I thought he did great when he got on there.' Ciraldo confirmed Galvin was 'predominantly a half' but could also potentially fill other roles, depending on the team's needs. The win edged Canterbury (24 points) back ahead of Canberra and the Warriors (both 22 points) in the race for the minor premiership. Galvin's brief but promising display at least partially solved the mystery of how Ciraldo plans to deploy him. The teenage prodigy wants to play halfback, and it appears that will be his long-term position. The two sides were locked 12-all at half-time after posting two tries apiece in the opening 40 minutes. The Bulldogs drew first blood in the eighth minute, when Parramatta halfback Ryley Smith passed from a scrum win and Matt Burton intercepted, before bolting 60 metres to score. The boot was on the other foot four minutes later, when Burton tried to link with winger Marcelo Montoya, only for Parramatta flanker Zac Lomax to steal possession. Lomax immediately passed to his NSW teammate Mitchell Moses, who outpaced the cover defence in a thrilling 75-metre sprint to the line. Canterbury edged back ahead in the 20th minute, when they cleverly created an overlap with a blind-side raid the culminated in Montoya scoring. Then came a costly error in judgement from Kikau, who clumsily clipped Moses in the 36th minute as he launched a bomb. Moses crashed theatrically to the turf, and Kikau was dispatched to the sin-bin. Seconds later, Parramatta exploited a stretched defensive line when prop Junior Paulo off-loaded and utility Dylan Walker dived over between the posts. The Bulldogs kept their line intact for the remaining nine minutes without Kikau, then regained the lead in the 49th minute when Moses tackled Kurt Mann high, and Canterbury skipper Stephen Crichton kicked a penalty goal. That was all the encouragement the Bulldogs needed and they finished too strongly for Parramatta, as evidenced by their three tries in the final 20 minutes. Loading Adding to Parramatta's woes, Moses was placed on report late in the game for a high tackle. He will be hoping that does not impact on his hopes of playing in Origin II next week. Eels coach Jason Ryles was satisfied with his team's effort but said they were made to pay for their errors. 'We just gave them leg-ups,' he said. 'We made five yardage errors. They had zero. They completed at 90 per cent and had 60 per cent of possession. 'They're a disciplined footy team, and we gave them what they were after … again, another good lesson for us.'
