Bulldogs: One late change 90 minutes before kick-off with Enari Tuala joining the six-man bench in place of Sean O’Sullivan, who drops out of the side.

Dragons: Hame Sele starts the game at lock and Hamish Stewart goes to the bench in a game day swap.

0.01m: Bulldogs five-eighth Matt Burton has kicked off and Dragons prop Hame Sele takes the first hit up off the game. 

5 min: The Bulldogs have committed the first error of the game after failing to have anyone at dummy half when Lachlan Galvin played the ball.

8 min: Dragons centre Val Holmes has opened the scoring with a penalty goal after Bulldogs prop Sam Hughes ran Clint Gutherson off the ball as he chased a Daniel Atkinson kick. Dragons 2 Bulldogs 0. 

11 min: Bulldogs strike secondrower Jacob Preston has scored the first try after Lachlan Galvin ran the ball to the line and linked with the Kangaroo tourist, who pushed off Moses Suli and swerved around Gutherson. Burton converted. Bulldogs 6 Dragons 2.

15 min: Prop Emre Guler has hit back for the Dragons after a perfectly weighted grubber into the in-goal by hooker Damien Cook. Holmes converted. Dragons 8  Bulldogs 6. 

21 min: Double change for the Dragons with local juniors Ryan Couchman and Hamish Stewart on for Sele and Guler.

25 min: Lachlan Galvin has been troubling the Dragons defence and the 20-year-old halfback – not yet old enough to buy a drink in Vegas – has received a penalty after Luciano Leilua interfered with him as he chased a kick. 

27 min: The Dogs have opted to take the two points and Burton has levelled the scores. Bulldogs 8 Dragon 8.

28 min: St George Illawarra prop Toby Couchman has been placed on report for a high tackle on Sitili Tupouniua.

29 min: Dragons winger Christian Tuipulotu has been placed on report for a shoulder charge on Connor Tracey