{"id":416069,"date":"2026-05-07T10:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/416069\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:36:08","slug":"nrl-2026-dolphins-bulldogs-live-blog-round-10-official-match-highlights-injuries-coaches-media-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/416069\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 2026, Dolphins, Bulldogs, live blog, round 10, official match highlights, injuries, coaches media conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We kick off Round 10 with the under-fire Bulldogs looking to click into gear against the dangerous Dolphins at Suncorp Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides sit 3-5 after nine rounds and need to hit top form in a hurry before the season starts to get away from them.<\/p>\n<p>With plenty of gun attacking weapons on both sides this promises to be an enthralling clash to launch another huge round of NRL action.<\/p>\n<p>Follow all the action from Round 10 of the NRL Telstra Premiership on NRL.com&#8217;s live blog.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins v Bulldogs at Suncorp Stadium<\/p>\n<p>37th min:\u00a0Jacob Preston is sent to the sin bin after a late tackle on Isaiya Katoa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>33rd min: Selwyn Cobbo scores another Dolphins try against the run of play, following Jamayne Isaako racing away after retrieving an errant pass from Lachlan Galvin when the Bulldogs were on the attack. Isaako misses the conversion attempt from the sideline. Bulldogs 12-8<\/p>\n<p>27th min:\u00a0The Bulldogs hit straight back on their next opportunity, with Stephen Crichton enjoying the spoils of enterprising lead-up play from Sean O&#8217;Sullivan, an off-balance pass from Sitili Tupouniua and lob over the top from Connor Tracey. Crichton hit the woodwork with the conversion attempt. Bulldogs 12-4<\/p>\n<p>21st min: Jamayne Isaako runs 40 metres and skips down the sideline to score a try, taking advantage of one of the few Dolphins&#8217; entries into the Bulldogs&#8217; half. Isaako misses with the conversion attempt. Bulldogs 8-4<\/p>\n<p>17th min:\u00a0Stephen Crichton adds a penalty goal to the tally for the Bulldogs after Thomas Flegler is penalised for a high tackle of Sitili Tupounina. Bulldogs 8-0<\/p>\n<p>13th min:\u00a0The Bulldogs earn another attacking raid off the back off a Jacob Preston line break, but an error from Sam Hughes bring it undone.<\/p>\n<p>9th min: Jaeman Salmon opens the scoring for the Bulldogs under the black dot off a short pass from Lachlan Galvin. Stephen Crichton converts from in front. Bulldogs 6-0<\/p>\n<p>5th min: Sam Hughes crossed the stripe for the Bulldogs, but Enari Tuala is ruled to have knocked on in an aerial contest with Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow in the lead-up.<\/p>\n<p>3rd min: The Bulldogs earn the first attacking opportunity of the game, but the chance goes begging after Bailey Hayward makes an error at dummy half.<\/p>\n<p>Kickoff: We&#8217;re underway on a perfect night for rugby league in Brisbane.<\/p>\n<p>Late Mail<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins: Hooker Jeremy Marshall-King has been locked in to the game day 19, hoping to make his first appearance of the season off the bench after a lengthy recovery from a freak knee injury in January. Kodi Nikorima will start after initially being named on the bench in his return from suspension, with Brad Schneider reverting to the interchange. Oryn Keeley was omitted 90 minutes from kickoff. Trai Fuller and Lewis Symonds dropped out of the squad in the 24-hour update.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs: Matt Burton is a late withdrawal from the clash with the Dolphins due to illness, with Sean O&#8217;Sullivan to start at five-eighth against his former club. Logan Spinks joins the 19-man squad. Sitili Tupouniua has been retained in the starting line-up after coming off the interchange last week.<\/p>\n<p>Match preview<\/p>\n<p>      &#13;<br \/>\n        599&#8243;, &#8220;&gt;809&#8221;, &#8220;&gt;959&#8243;]&#8221;<br \/>\n          data-eqio-prefix=&#8221;video-post-screen&#8221;<br \/>\n          ref=&#8221;root&#8221;<br \/>\n        &gt;<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<br \/>\n                  Up Next&#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-content__topic o-topic u-color-white u-display-flex u-flex-wrap-yes u-font-weight-500\" v-if=\"isTvContent\">&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                \/&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;\n              <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<br \/>\n              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                    Replay&#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                    Play Next&#13;<br \/>\n                  &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;\n              <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"video-player__title\">Dolphins v Bulldogs: Round 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We kick off Round 10 with the under-fire Bulldogs looking to click into gear against the dangerous Dolphins&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-416069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}