The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have defeated the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 36-22 in round 12 of the Intrust Super Premiership at Belmore Sports Ground.
The Bulldogs opened the scoring early on in the contest with a converted try after just six minutes.
It didn’t improve there for Manly with Renouf To’omaga adding another try from directly under the posts as Brad Abbey added the extra two.
The former Junior Kiwi was at it again for the home side. This time bustling over from out wide after three Sea Eagles tried to hold him out but to no avail.
The Sea Eagles grabbed a much needed try before the break with rising star Jesse Ramien scoring from out wide after great build up play from Godient. That was the last play of the half as Canterbury-Bankstown took a 18-4 lead into the sheds at half time.
The second half started off horribly for the Sea Eagles as they conceded a try in the Bulldogs opening set.
The Sea Eagles soon made amends as Liam Knight broke through the home side's defensive line after a sharp pass from Pita Godinet.
Manly were looking to further close the gap on the home side until an inside pass from Hugh Pratt was intercepted by the ever impressive Chisholm who raced away to score under the posts.
Reimis Smith soon put the match beyond the Sea Eagles with a try in the corner to seal victory for the home side.
Rhys Armstrong and Cade Cust added late consolation tries as the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ran out as convincing 36-22 winners at Belmore Sports Ground.
Manly team:
1 Peter Schuster
2 Halauafu Lavaka
3 James Tuitahi
5 Jesse Ramien
4 Brad Parker
20 Cade Cust
7 Pita Godinet
11 Liam Knight
9 Hugh Pratt
10 Fabian Goodall
13 Nathan Green
21 Billy Bainbridge
17 Rhys Armstrong
Interchange:
14 Heath Garay
15 Moses Noovao-McGreal
16 Darcy Cox
19 Amoni Tufui
