Skipper's scathing review after Dogs' 'unacceptable' showing

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Bulldogs skipper Reed Mahoney has unleashed connected his squad aft what helium described arsenic an "unacceptable" showing against the Warriors.

The Bulldogs conceded the archetypal 3 tries of the nighttime to the Warriors, who ran retired with a comfy 24-12 triumph astatine Accor Stadium, with the last scoreline not telling the afloat communicative of the New Zealanders' dominance.

Speaking post-match, a livid Mahoney offered up a downcast reappraisal of his team's performance.

"The full happening was frustrating," helium said.

"It's unacceptable. I haven't got overmuch other to say.

Reed Mahoney reacts aft losing the circular 11 NRL lucifer betwixt the Canterbury Bulldogs and Warriors. (Brendon Thorne via Getty Images)

"We've got to person a hard look astatine ourselves, arsenic individuals arsenic well. We're conscionable waiting connected others to bash our occupation and it's not what we're about."

After opening the crippled successful an 18-point hole, Bulldogs manager Cameron Ciraldo labelled his team's attacking unit arsenic "disappointing".

"The archetypal fractional conscionable wasn't bully enough," helium said.

"We spoke each week astir starting accelerated and we conscionable didn't get it done.

"We springiness a punishment distant early, we springiness the absorption possession and [conceding] the 3 tries is conscionable not what we privation to beryllium about, but it is what we are astatine the moment.

The Bulldogs responded aft the interruption arsenic young weapon Harrison Edwards stepped the Warriors forwards adjacent to the enactment successful the 45th minute.

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Winger Jayden Okunbor besides scored but the harm was already done.

"I thought we responded successful the 2nd half, I thought we played better but it was mode excessively late," Ciraldo said.

"We can't travel successful and play similar that successful the archetypal fractional and past hold for a spray astatine fractional clip and past respond successful the 2nd half."

Coming disconnected a four-point nonaccomplishment to the Raiders during Magic Round, Ciraldo said helium would see shaking up his squad up of the circular 12 clash with the Titans.

"We'll look astatine making changes," helium said.

"It's a effect of performance, intelligibly if guys are doing their occupation successful the 17 past you're not making galore changes.

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"The teams astatine the apical of the array rotation retired the aforesaid squad due to the fact that everyone is doing their occupation but erstwhile you're successful a presumption wherever you're not getting those performances consistently, past I've got to look for guys who can.

"There are immoderate guys connected the fringe of our squad that are truly putting their manus up [to play].

"Blake Wilson came successful contiguous and did an outstanding job. This is the archetypal week we person been capable to usage guys similar Blake due to the fact that he's extracurricular of the apical 30 - erstwhile you get to circular 11 you tin usage blokes extracurricular of the apical 30 and there's a mates much [players] successful that vessel arsenic well.

"We've got a NSW Cup crippled time that's a truly bully accidental for those guys to travel retired and amusement america that they privation to beryllium successful the NRL team, but the mode immoderate of them are training, they're showing maine each day."

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