McDonald Jones Stadium will play host to Sunday's Round 24 NRL game between Newcastle Knights and Canterbury Bulldogs. The game kicks off at 4:05 pm with Newcastle Knights heading into the game as favourites with the bookmakers. Continue reading for our in-depth preview of the Newcastle Knights vs. Canterbury Bulldogs game and give you our free tips and bets.

When: Sunday August 13, 2023 at 4:05 pm

Where: McDonald Jones Stadium

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Newcastle and Canterbury square off in the Hunter just six weeks after the Knights obliterated the Bulldogs 66-0 in Sydney.

Kalyn Ponga was on fire that afternoon and has rarely been anything less than brilliant since, leading the Knights on a six-match winning streak – and into the Top 8 for the first time thanks to last weekend’s 30-28 eclipse of the Dolphins in Perth.

The Knights fell behind during the first half due to Lachlan Fitzgibbon’s sin-binning but a Ponga- and Jackson Hastings-led rally was enough to propel the seemingly bottom-four bound side into outright seventh.

Bradman Best played his way into a NSW jersey with three tries against the Bulldogs in Round 18 but is out with an abductor injury and Enari Tuala replaces him in the centres.

Bulldogs prop Luke Thompson will play his first NRL game of 2023, coming onto the bench at Harrison Edwards’ expense in the only change to the team that pipped the Dolphins 23-22 in Bundaberg prior to last weekend’s bye.

It was a handy response to conceding 44 points in consecutive losses to Brisbane and Penrith, with the return of Toby Sexton in the No.7 making a sizeable difference.

But the 15th-placed Bulldogs’ defence remains easily the NRL’s worst – leaking 22-plus in their past eight – and they’re unlikely to outscore the red-hot Knights if this one opens up.

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