Bulldogs star ruled out for clash with former club

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The Canterbury Bulldogs volition play the Eels adjacent Sunday without its skipper - and erstwhile Eel - Reed Mahoney aft the hooker failed a caput wounded appraisal against the Roosters.

Mahoney attempted to tackle Roosters prima Joseph Suaalii with 5 minutes near successful the archetypal fractional but enactment his caput successful an awkward presumption and didn't instrumentality to the field. The Roosters went connected to triumph the crippled 25-24.

The hooker was suffering from class 2 symptoms aft referee Ashley Klein told him to permission the tract but was past ruled out. He volition present person to beryllium retired for a mandatory 11 days.

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Bulldogs manager Cameron Ciraldo revealed a replacement for Mahoney is acceptable to spell successful Kyle Flanagan.

"Kyle's playing 80 minutes regularly, week to week successful NSW Cup, he's been moving hard connected playing hooker and truly bought successful connected transforming successful that position, much than apt he'll get an accidental there," helium said.

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"We spoke to him past week and told him what our thoughts were the adjacent fewer weeks astir trying to springiness him an accidental determination due to the fact that he's been moving hard, it looks similar that accidental volition travel adjacent week."

After a pugnacious week successful the aftermath of disapproval from his State of Origin Game I performance, James Tedesco was the prima for the Roosters, scoring 2 tries and claiming a effort assist.

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Fellow Blues teammate Tevita Pangai Junior scored archetypal successful the game, giving the Bulldogs a pb earlier Mahoney extended it successful the 14th infinitesimal to marque it 12-0.

Tedesco past ran successful his 2 tries to adjacent up proceedings aft 22 minutes arsenic some sides went successful 12-12 astatine half-time.

Luke Keary kicks the match-winning tract goal. (Getty)

Josh Addo-Carr scored 2 2nd fractional tries but the Roosters continued to support it adjacent with debutant Junior Pauga and Suaalii besides scoring.

Luke Keary past kicked a tract extremity with 5 minutes remaining to seal a 25-24 triumph astatine Gosford.

Post-game, Tedesco admitted helium needed to conscionable play what was successful beforehand of him aft a "tough" period.

"It was a pugnacious fewer days aft Origin, it was deserved criticism, I wasn't astatine my best, I conscionable wanted to fto that spell and get backmost to my best, instinctive footy ... I'm gladsome to get a win, we made it hard connected ourselves but it feels good," helium told Fox League.

Sitili Tupouniua was enactment connected study for this shot. (Fox)

"For maine I wanted to get backmost to my instinctive footy. This year, and successful that Origin game, I've worn a batch of value connected my shoulders, I've tried to bash excessively much, I conscionable wasn't wide connected my role, I conscionable wanted to get backmost to my wide relation arsenic a fullback and get backmost to my champion footy that I've done for a fewer years ... I've learnt a lot, peculiarly aft Wednesday."

Roosters second-rower Sitili Tupouniua whitethorn person a lawsuit to reply aft helium was enactment connected study for a precocious changeable connected Blake Wilson.

Rugby league fable Cooper Cronk believed helium was fortunate to enactment connected the field.

"It's evidently forceful due to the fact that of the ricochet and whip lash ... I deliberation that's 10 successful the bin, lone happening I tin spot that saved him was (Blake Wilson) wasn't concussed ... I deliberation that's interaction to the head," Cronk said astatine half-time connected Fox League.

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