I am not sure how accurate the report is regarding the Dogs trainer saying something to the ref, but, I believe that the only person to say anything to a ref during the game are the captains and then the coaches after the game. Everyone else should just zip it.

HD, if the game was chess, Hasler would be a master, but it's rugby league and I agree, Pay runs rings around Hasler.

I agree on all points, I rated Chris Smith before he got here...

The guy that has really impressed me is Lewis, his kicking game last night was excellent.... I don't remember ever seeing him kick that well in the lower grades...

Lewis, Tolman, R Smith and Holland have made such a big difference, we are almost asking "what would have happened", regardless we don't have the cattle this year... But I've seen enough to conclude that Pay is a better coach than Hasler.

Another guy who has surprised me is Eastwood, I thought he was a spent force and not worth keeping. He is now worth keeping, at the right price.

BN, no one deserves those sort of threats. I know that the refs are not perfect and most do a good job. There is a certain ref though (who has a brother in the bunker but, I won't mention any names) who relishes in giving us a hard time and a swag of unfair calls against us but, still no one should be threatened because if the job they do. I feel sorry for Cecchin but did he have to specifically take a swipe at Bulldogs fans in that article.

I am absolutely stoked with the win and even more excited to get a glimpse on how we may travel next year. The Morris boys are going to be a loss that is quite evident.

The commentators on Fox were singing the praises of LL all night and intimating he may possibly be centre material. The handling last night was excellent and special mention to Danny F. in that area. For Brisbane Milford and Roberts are two of the most overrated players in the game. The times they go missing is phenomenal  and not just for a few minutes. When they do something good the commentators seem to forget about the quiet periods

very proud ,l lewis  for a young player will get better & better & his last tackle kicks what a difference it makes 2 the team  chris smith a third of
eastwoods money & goes good 

McGuire is an absolute grub and has no respect for the game or from the game - players and fans.

The best description of him come out of the NSW Origin camp " He just runs up and we knock him over."

That's why he's full of grub, he's got no game.

He should be cited for the hair pulling AND planting his hand and elbow in Tolman's face (while he was on the ground of course). He needs a month out of the game or drop the no punching rule for a few weeks and let the players sort him out.

Lewis shows the exuberance of a player playing what's in front of him. Never fill his head with structures Deano, he'd be half the player.

Very, very impressed with Chris Smith too. Can't belive before last night the bloke had 4 NRL games at 4 different clubs? (that's what they said?). Looks a career NRL player to me. Runs hard and direct, tackles with intent. No nonsense.

And very impressed (and have been for weeks now) with the other Smith, my old mate Remis. A weapon. Still don't think he's an NRl winger though, that's because I think he's an NRL center, and potentially a very very good one. We look better when him and Dutchy swap in attack and defense. Never thought I'd say I trust his defense but I did say the reason his defense was so abysmal in his debut was because he couldn't resist leaving his wing, he's much better defending one in and concentrating on marking players rather than protecting sidelines.

Got a Curtis Rona look about him at present - and Rona would've turned into a champion center if he stuck with the game.

Most people, at least the sane ones, just want to see consistency from all the refs & the right calls per the rules, especially with bunker replays to work with.
What they rule a penalty on one minute, often they don't the next minute, which is wrong.
In their defence, there's some nutter fans around & no ref deserves the drama this guy was put through :
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/death-threats-and-ongoing-criticism-force-cecchin-to-quit-the-nrl-20180802-p4zv6x.html

Yeah, they should do something about it. There's no sportsmanship in it. It's just a sleazy grubby act from a repeat offender.
The TV reports haven't mentioned it, but instead they're reporting on a C'bury trainer asking the ref why he doesn't ref fairly, in a way that implies the ref is innocent & the trainer is doing a sleazy grubby act that action must be taken on.

NRL needs to take action on this immediately.
Has happened twice now with Milford doing it to Harawera-Naira only 2 weeks ago and now another bronco does it.

Should be a penalty straight away and a warning from ref or sin bin.

I enjoyed it. They did really well. A few errors here & there but so did Bris. C'bury covered for theirs a bit better & with more enthusiasm.

I saw this incident when it happened, wasn't sure what happened as the commentators didn't say a word. Elliot lucky he didn't respond in a silly way.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/broncos/nrl-2018-broncos-lock-josh-mcguire-pulls-adam-elliotts-hair-in-bulldogs-clash/news-story/69aa016c7ea0f4ec3c4720ad586116fe

JJ interviewed saying how great it was playing with Holland and Smith and that their  enthusiasm was helping his game. Montoya hasn't shown the same form this year.

100% Marki

He’s a trillion times better than that hack Mbye

How much better also is it not having Montoya there on the wing too..... Smith’s carries have been huge & has an Attacking flair about him

They all played well...including Lichaa and Frawley! Lewis and Martin and JJ and BDP fav Kerrod Holland.

Good on 'em...they looked good and even won the penalties.

It just goes to show how important a strong kicking game is.
Lewis may have failed to find touch from the halfway penalty but the fact he kicks for distance has helped us gain good field position in his few games of first grade. He grabbers well, and more importantly his chips have enough hang time to allow our backs to contest them. 
Just his kicks alone are worth 1 to 2 tries a game.
I'm very excited for this kid. If he keeps it up for another few weeks, he'll be rookie of the year.

Well done Bulldogs!!!!


Lewis is a younger, hungrier & better version of Josh Reynolds..... kid played well

Lichaa AGAIN played well


I thought Eastwood played his best game in 2 seasons tonight


Jackson is a bloody legend.....

Yep. We may not play finals, but plenty to be proud about. With our best forward and one our halves out we put the Broncos to bed early. 

Great win 😊

Great performance tonight. 
Really happy with the Lewis-Frawley halves combo. 
Showed good mental resolve and picked up vital early points in the second half to shut the game. 

Good effort so far, but we will need to be good to win this.

We are lacking 2-3 quality forwards.

It's a cruel game. We've worked so hard for a good lead and then "circumstances" turn against the boys. C'mon Bulldogs.

We are making Sims look like Beetson....
Started with so much intent, then Ogden came on and our defence fell to bits. Add the inclusion of Sims and we are lucky to still be in front at halftime. Thank the bunker for that.

Broncos have the momentum now but hope the half time break spoils it and we wrestle the game back on our terms. 

...the mock, mock, mock!

Game day should be an easy win we are playing some nuffy team ... unless they forfeit, then it is straight to the pub for the team and fans. :)

I thought it was the sound that a dog with a hair-lip makes....... mark, mark, mark!!!!

While I was on a 'name' website, I looked up 'Mark' & it seems to have a different meaning in most countries.
The one that made me laugh was 'The tragedy of Julias Caeser'. 
It also means 'Warring' or 'Hammer' amongst others.

The names Natasha & Natalia both have the same meaning - born at Christmas.

Natasha is my 2nd favourite girl name...
And it has nothing to do with the fact that it spells Ah Satan backwards....