Bulldogs 32–16 Panthers · Round 6 2026

Bulldogs too good

The Bulldogs beat the Panthers 32–16 at Accor Stadium in front of 23,984 in Round 6. They led 16–12 at half-time and never looked back. It ended the Panthers' 6-game winning run.

Thomas Jenkins scored 2 tries. Jacob Preston (Bulldogs) was the standout with 80 fantasy points, 115 run metres, 4 tackle breaks and 1 try. The Bulldogs won the metres battle 1,852 to 1,492 and made fewer errors (10 to 16).

Our Final Tip had the Panthers at 68% (a Lean) and got it wrong. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.

Form before this game · most recent first

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Game flow

Show scoring as a table

Min	Team	Player	Event	Score
5'	Bulldogs	Viliame Kikau	Try	4–0
9'	Bulldogs	Jacob Kiraz	Try	8–0
11'	Bulldogs	Matt Burton	Conversion	10–0
20'	Bulldogs	Samuel Hughes	Try	14–0
22'	Bulldogs	Matt Burton	Conversion	16–0
25'	Panthers	Thomas Jenkins	Try	16–4
27'	Panthers	Nathan Cleary	Conversion	16–6
29'	Panthers	Dylan Edwards	Try	16–10
31'	Panthers	Nathan Cleary	Conversion	16–12
42'	Panthers	Thomas Jenkins	Try	16–16
47'	Bulldogs	Jacob Preston	Try	20–16
48'	Bulldogs	Matt Burton	Conversion	22–16
69'	Bulldogs	Sitili Tupouniua	Try	26–16
70'	Bulldogs	Matt Burton	Conversion	28–16
73'	Bulldogs	Matt Burton	Penalty goal	30–16
79'	Bulldogs	Matt Burton	Penalty goal	32–16

Team stats

BulldogsPanthers

54% Possession 46%

79% Completion rate 65%

1,852 Run metres 1,492

551 Post-contact metres 459

7 Line breaks 4

34 Tackle breaks 32

6 Offloads 4

496 Kick metres 466

89.2% Effective tackle % 88.7%

32 Missed tackles 34

10 Errors 16

6 Penalties conceded 4

DisciplinePenalties + six-agains

	CBY	PEN
Six-again (ruck)
Offside inside 10m
Ball Strip
Offside General
Dangerous Tackle
Obstruction
Other
Total	10	10

Positional battles

Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle

Fullbacks

PEN 44-30

Tracey Edwards

132 Run metres 148

71 Kick return metres 14

1 Tackle breaks 7

0 Line breaks 1

Halves

CBY 98-56

Burton, Galvin Talagi, Cleary

1 Try assists 1

4 Line-break assists 1

451 Kick metres 395

0 Errors 3

Hookers

PEN 50-27

Hayward Kenny

33 Tackles 49

16 Run metres 32

90 Passes 121

1 Errors 0

Middles

CBY 133-125

King, Hughes, Salmon Leota, Smith, Yeo

314 Run metres 282

89 Post-contact metres 92

84 Tackles 100

2 Missed tackles 4

Back row

CBY 132-62

Kikau, Preston Papali'i, Martin

222 Run metres 183

8 Tackle breaks 2

59 Tackles 48

2 Missed tackles 3

Outside backs

CBY 127-125

Kiraz, Tuala, Xerri, Montoya Jenkins, Alamoti, McLean, To'o

644 Run metres 523

2 Line breaks 2

1 Tries 2

5 Errors 5

Best performers

CBY Jacob Preston 80

CBY Max King 60

CBY Lachlan Galvin 58

CBY Sitili Tupouniua 55

CBY Enari Tuala 54

PEN Isaah Yeo 54

CBY Viliame Kikau 52

PEN Mitch Kenny 50

Show performers as a table

Player	Team	Fantasy	Run m	Tackle breaks	Line breaks	Tries	Try assists	Tackles
Jacob Preston	Bulldogs	80	115	4	3	1	1	39
Max King	Bulldogs	60	123	0	0	0	0	42
Lachlan Galvin	Bulldogs	58	109	0	0	0	1	24
Sitili Tupouniua	Bulldogs	55	163	6	0	1	0	25
Enari Tuala	Bulldogs	54	180	7	1	0	0	22
Isaah Yeo	Panthers	54	99	1	0	0	0	45
Viliame Kikau	Bulldogs	52	107	4	1	1	0	20
Mitch Kenny	Panthers	50	32	1	0	0	0	49

Head-to-head

2025 R26Bulldogs home CBY 28 4 PEN Bulldogs by 24

2025 R17Panthers home CBY 6 8 PEN Panthers by 2

2024 R10Panthers home CBY 10 16 PEN Panthers by 6

2023 R21Panthers home CBY 18 44 PEN Panthers by 26

2022 R13Panthers home CBY 18 30 PEN Panthers by 12

How we tipped it

Chance each model gave the Bulldogs · right of 50% = tipped the winner

NRL / Round 6