Warriors fail to fire as Bulldogs’ new father scores early to send them on way to comfortable NRL win

Warriors fail to fire as Bulldogs’ new father scores early to send them on way to comfortable NRL win

The Warriors came within five minutes of being held scoreless for the first time in more than three years.

Bulldogs skipper opens the scoring

Stephen Crichton opens the scoring for the Bulldogs against the Warriors.

Warriors outplayed as Bulldogs hand them costly defeat

The Warriors dropped to third on the NRL ladder after a disappointing 18-6 loss to the Bulldogs in Sydney, producing a flat performance that rarely troubled the home side. Canterbury took control with two early tries from captain Stephen Crichton and Jacob Preston to establish a 12-0 halftime lead, before Jacob Kiraz extended the margin after the break as the Warriors continued to undermine themselves with errors. Dallin Watene-Zelezniak thought…