Thursday night footy: Bulldogs v Broncos

48 min: Hunt winds back the clock, doing it all himself with a show-and-go from close range to beat Viliame Kikau and Semu to the line. Broncos 22-10.

47 min: Brisbane build more pressure on the line and earn several repeat sets in the Red Zone.

46 min: Bulldogs elect for the kick-off rule change and opt to receive the ball. Broncos go short and come up trumps with Anderson winning the race to the football and tapping it back to Kotoni Staggs.

45 min: Broncos come out of the sheds firing. Pat Carrigan gets an offload away to Walters who looks wide to Grant Anderson and the winger streams down field before finding Walters in support to score.

Half-time: We go to the break all square despite Brisbane playing down a player for 10min. The Broncos completed 16 of 20 sets at 80 per cent while the Bulldogs were 18 of 23 at 78 per cent. 

39 min: Connor Tracey lets a Hunt torpedo bounce and Crichton sends the ball dead to force a line dropout. Broncos get the ball back but put the ball down in the next set and points go begging for the visitors in the shadows of half-time.

35 min: Bulldogs go left with a silky set piece and a perfectly weighted Stephen Crichton cut out pass finishes the play to send Enari Tuala over untouched. Crichton's conversion attempt is wide. Score locked 10-10.

33 min: Galvin and Preston combine again and this time Preston looks to Alekolasimi Jones in support but Hayze Perham does an incredible job to dive onto the pass and save the try. Bulldogs scrum 10m out.

29 min: Haas makes an impact on his return to the field, breaking through the line and finding Ezra Mam in space. Mam loops a ball to Va'a Semu to finish on the wing but the pass goes well over his head and into touch.

22 min: The Bulldogs go right. Galvin takes on the line and simply beats Jaiyden Hunt on the outside to cross over for a try from close range. Broncos 10-6.

20 min: Bulldogs launch a captain's challenge for a Jaeman Salmon knock on. The bunker rules a one-on-one strip from Billy Walters followed by a Broncos knock on.

17 min: Ben Hunt puts up an awkward bomb and Kiraz fumbles the ball into the hands of Karapani who races away to score in the corner. Broncos 10-0.

15 min: The home side are on the attack and after repeated set restarts Haas is sent straight to the sin bin for holding onto Thompson in the ruck.

14 min: Bulldogs are winning the field position battle and Galvin forces a repeat set with Jordan Riki wrapped up in goal after picking up a grubber.

11 min: Bulldogs are on the attack and Lachlan Galvin looks to put Preston through the gap but the pass travels downfield.

6 min: Payne Haas takes a hit up from 10m out and runs over Bailey Hayward to score the opening try in his final game as a Bronco. Broncos 6-0.

6 min: Bulldogs march their way down field but a Kiraz offload is picked up by Josiah Karapani and the Broncos are on the attack.

3 min: Good field position early for the Bulldogs with the Broncos pinned for ruck interference. The home side throw the ball around to keep the last play alive but Leo Thompson puts the ball down. 

Late Mail 

Bulldogs: A late change on game day sees Jack Underhill make way for Sean O'Sullivan on the bench. Jed Reardon is the other new face on the interchange. Experienced utility Kurt Mann remains sidelined with a groin injury.

Broncos: A late change for the visitors with Jack Gosiewski dropping out and Cameron Bukowski joining the interchange for his second NRL game. Blake Mozer (concussion) is replaced by Ben Talty. The Broncos have won eight of their last nine games against the Bulldogs.