The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs SG Ball Cup side has been named for the second week of the 2025 finals series.
After a thrilling comeback victory for the ages, the Bulldogs knocked out the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the first week of finals, and will now face the Canberra Raiders at Leichhardt Oval at 2:15pm on Saturday afternoon.
Meanwhile, the Lisa Fiaola Cup and Tarsha Gale Cup teams will enjoy a well-earned break after qualifying for the Preliminary Finals of their respective competitions following wins against the Sharks and Wests Tigers respectively.
SG Ball Cup (Mens Under 19s)
Match: Raiders v Bulldogs
Finals Week 2 -
home Team
Raiders
away Team
Bulldogs
Venue: Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jai Callaghan |
| 2 | Aisake Manna |
| 3 | Marcellous Iakopo |
| 4 | Cheldon Hayward |
| 5 | Paul Johnson |
| 6 | Alex Conti |
| 7 | Mitchell Woods |
| 8 | Oliva Smith |
| 9 | Kaawyn Patterson |
| 10 | David Leota |
| 11 | Solomone Tupou |
| 12 | Sosaia Alatini |
| 13 | Patrick Carey |
| Interchange | |
| 14 | Chayse Geros |
| 15 | Mace Andrew |
| 16 | Zane Groves |
| 17 | Sheldon Abbey |
| Reserves | |
| 18 | Jope Rauqe |
A word from Head Coach, Steve Turner:
"It was a game of two halves," referring to last week's victory.
"We started well, but let the Sharks back in the game through our errors and they led 24-8 at half-time.
"The second half was much better because we built our game on possession and field position which allowed us to build pressure, score points and come away with an eight-point win.
"A good result, but now we turn our focus to the Canberra Raiders."
