Knights too good
The Knights beat the Bulldogs 24–16 at Accor Stadium in front of 20,572 in Round 4. They led 16–0 at half-time and held on.
Matt Burton scored 2 tries. Dominic Young (Knights) was the standout with 75 fantasy points, 269 run metres, 7 tackle breaks and 3 tries.
Our Final Tip had the Bulldogs at 72% (a Banker) and got it wrong. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.
Bulldogs
WWLWL
Knights
LWWLL
Game flow
Bulldogs · above
Knights · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6' | Knights | Dominic Young | Try | 0–4 |
| 33' | Knights | Tyson Frizell | Try | 0–8 |
| 34' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 0–10 |
| 39' | Knights | Dylan Lucas | Try | 0–14 |
| 40' | Knights | Sandon Smith | Conversion | 0–16 |
| 48' | Bulldogs | Matt Burton | Try | 4–16 |
| 50' | Bulldogs | Stephen Crichton | Conversion | 6–16 |
| 54' | Bulldogs | Matt Burton | Try | 10–16 |
| 55' | Bulldogs | Stephen Crichton | Conversion | 12–16 |
| 60' | Knights | Dominic Young | Try | 12–20 |
| 69' | Knights | Dominic Young | Try | 12–24 |
| 72' | Bulldogs | Jacob Kiraz | Try | 16–24 |
Team stats
Better on the day
BulldogsKnights
51%
Possession
49%
79%
Completion rate
82%
2,060
Run metres
1,700
659
Post-contact metres
524
7
Line breaks
5
30
Tackle breaks
57
12
Offloads
6
455
Kick metres
800
84.2%
Effective tackle %
86.9%
57
Missed tackles
30
11
Errors
8
3
Penalties conceded
5
| CBY | NEW | |
|---|---|---|
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| Flop | ||
| Hip Drop | ||
| Offside General | ||
| Professional Foul | ||
| Total | 8 | 10 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
NEW 42-32
Tracey
Hunt
233
Run metres
94
147
Kick return metres
25
3
Tackle breaks
6
1
Line breaks
0
Halves
CBY 120-85
Burton, Galvin
Sharpe, Smith
0
Try assists
1
1
Line-break assists
2
300
Kick metres
615
4
Errors
0
Hookers
NEW 52-23
Hayward
Crossland
35
Tackles
52
0
Run metres
0
125
Passes
73
0
Errors
0
Middles
NEW 170-115
King, Tupouniua, Salmon
Saifiti, Frizell, Croker
399
Run metres
383
165
Post-contact metres
158
96
Tackles
91
11
Missed tackles
3
Back row
NEW 117-87
Kikau, Preston
Lucas, McEwen
180
Run metres
246
6
Tackle breaks
7
67
Tackles
81
10
Missed tackles
9
Outside backs
NEW 196-177
Kiraz, Tuala, Crichton, Montoya
Young, Gagai, Best, Marzhew
718
Run metres
641
2
Line breaks
1
1
Tries
3
1
Errors
2
Best performers
NEW
Dominic Young
75
NEW
Jacob Saifiti
67
CBY
Matt Burton
66
NEW
Dylan Lucas
62
CBY
Viliame Kikau
56
NEW
Jermaine McEwen
55
CBY
Lachlan Galvin
54
NEW
Tyson Frizell
54
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic Young | Knights | 75 | 269 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Saifiti | Knights | 67 | 138 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Matt Burton | Bulldogs | 66 | 133 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Dylan Lucas | Knights | 62 | 120 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 |
| Viliame Kikau | Bulldogs | 56 | 100 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Jermaine McEwen | Knights | 55 | 126 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 |
| Lachlan Galvin | Bulldogs | 54 | 231 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Tyson Frizell | Knights | 54 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
Head-to-head
2025 R5Bulldogs home
CBY
20
0
NEW
Bulldogs by 20
2024 R13Knights home
CBY
32
2
NEW
Bulldogs by 30
2024 R7Bulldogs home
CBY
36
12
NEW
Bulldogs by 24
2023 R24Knights home
CBY
6
42
NEW
Knights by 36
2023 R18Bulldogs home
CBY
0
66
NEW
Knights by 66
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Knights · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:06 UTC