The Bulldogs are searching their finest begin to a season since 2016 and made an ideal begin in opposition to the Warriors on Sunday afternoon.
Jacob Kiraz, who’s a shock early Dally M chief with 11 factors from the opening three rounds of the season, crossed over the primary attempt to put the Bulldogs up 6-0 after 4 minutes.
It was a comparatively gentle attempt too, with Kyle Flanagan doing nicely to attract within the defence as he double-pumped after which discovered centre Jake Averillo.
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Averillo then got rid of a couple of defenders and flicked it on to Kiraz, who strolled over.
“That’s a little bit of a worry there defensively for the Warriors,” Steve ‘Blocker’ Roach stated in commentary on Fox League.
“That is a worrying sign.”
The Warriors then conceded a late six-again and penalty quickly after to present the Bulldogs extra discipline place — and ultimately an additional factors to push the buffer out to 8-0.
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The much-improved Bulldogs head throughout the Tasman to tackle the Warriors, who’ve additionally come leaps and bounds.
Life underneath Cameron Ciraldo is wanting fairly candy for the Dogs as they chase a 3-1 document within the opening 4 rounds of a season for the primary time since 2016.
The Bulldogs piled 20 factors on the Tigers final week earlier than they have been nearly run down within the remaining quarter-hour.
But they held on to lock in back-to-back wins and coach Ciraldo has caught stable with the identical 17 this week.
The Warriors are additionally chasing their third win of the season after downing the Knights in Round 1 and upsetting the Cowboys final week.
Coach Andrew Webster has needed to shuffle his squad with some gamers returning and others sideline.
Star fullback Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is again on deck after lacking final week attributable to a head knock, so too is second-rower Jackson Ford.
Meanwhile, hooker Wayde Egan is out attributable to a head knock — with Freddy Lussick changing him — whereas Mitch Barnett is sideline with a neck harm.
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