NRL 2025 LIVE: Bulldogs start second half with quickfire double

The Bulldogs kick off the second half but do they have a chance of playing their way back into this one? Very recent history would say yes – unlikely comebacks are the flavour of the weekend after the Gold Coast Titans and South Sydney Rabbitohs both produced shock comeback wins last night over Newcastle and Brisbane respectively. And the Dogs, until today, have been the most successful team of the season.

It’s not an easy start to the second half for the visitors, having to defend back-to-back sets in their own half.

And it looks like the Raiders may have scored yet again – Josh Papalii getting an offload away for Tom Starling, who rolls in a grubber for a chasing Ata Mariota. But the bunker rules that Mariota has knocked on while trying to ground the ball and the Bulldogs survive.

Raiders lead 20-0 with 37 minutes left