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Private eye to investigate after Bulldogs stoush in bar
IN THE NRL, when it rains it generally pours, and at the Bulldogs it generally hails as well. With the club struggling on the field, off it they have also been thrown a fresh setback with allegations that a player was involved in a brawl in Cronulla at the weekend.
Polynesian promotion pin-up boy pulls out and Dogs pay
The Bulldogs sent out the invites, rolled out the red carpet . . . and then the host didn't turn up.
Bulldogs v Warriors
The Bulldogs were responsible for a stunning turnaround last
weekend, when, despite their ongoing injury problems, they burst
out of a poor run of form to beat the Broncos in Brisbane.
Sonny Bill backing old foe Mason at any rate
SONNY Bill Williams may have had his issues with Willie Mason this
year, but yesterday he jumped to his former Bulldogs teammate's
defence over the players' poll that rated Mason the NRL's most
overrated player.
My son's a victim of Gaz-gate, says Morris
STEVE MORRIS believes his identical twin sons, Brett and Josh, would not be separating at the end of this season had centre Mark Gasnier decided earlier to quit St George Illawarra and take up a lucrative deal with French rugby union club Stade Francais.
Walking wounded bite back
WE KNOW Sonny Bill Williams puts his back into the Bulldogs. But
never like he did yesterday. With a back injury that coach Steve
Folkes admitted should have sidelined him, Williams led the way as
the Bulldogs continued a weekend of upsets.
Taumata catch-up: Bulldogs slow to throw young star a bone
TIMING is everything in this game. Arana Taumata says timing has been the key to his try-scoring feats of recent weeks. And timing means his eye-catching form in his three NRL games is likely to net him a new contract.
Shame spurs Dogs to fetch points at last
FOOTBALLERS are motivated by many things when it comes to their weekend performance but I have found no greater incentive to produce a winning performance than that of embarrassment over past dismal efforts.
Broncos v Bulldogs
The Broncos welcome back their star halves pairing of Peter Wallace
and Darren Lockyer.
Bunny old game for Capewell
THE comeback kings needed a comeback kid. And there was no bigger
comeback than that of Luke Capewell, who even out-did the 18-point
overhaul by his team when it came to back-from-the-brink,
up-off-the-canvas plays.