Sunday has three NRL matches with the second game for Round 17 is between Canterbury Bulldogs and Newcastle Knights with the opening kick to commence at 3pm local time. The game is to be played at Mackay Stadium with the favourite for the match being Canterbury Bulldogs. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between Canterbury Bulldogs and Newcastle Knights.

WHERE AND WHEN: Mackay Stadium, Sunday, 3pm

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Opening odds comparison:

Canterbury Bulldogs	1.48	1.53	1.47	1.53	1.48	1.49
Newcastle Knights	2.65	2.50	2.75	2.50	2.65	2.67

Preview:

The Bulldogs play the Newcastle Knights on Sunday, 3.00pm at Mackay Stadium. This game looks like a good one, with the Bulldogs fresh from a bye and Newcastle coming off a 44-14 win against the Titans last round. The Bulldogs are on a roll at the moment, having only lost one game since they lost to the Knights earlier in the season. They will go into this one as favourites, although at an unfamiliar Mackay Stadium against an inconsistent Knights outfit, anything is possible.

Teams:

Canterbury Bulldogs:
Ben Barba, Mitch Brown, Josh Morris, Krisnan Inu, Sam Perrett, Josh Reynolds, Trent Hodkinson, Aiden Tolman, Michael Ennis (capt), James Graham, Frank Pritchard, Tony Williams, Greg Eastwood. Interchange: Dene Halatau, Josh Jackson, Sam Kasiano, Dale Finucane, Martin Taupau (one to be omitted).

Newcastle Knights:
Darius Boyd, James McManus, Dane Gagai, Joey Leilua, Akuila Uate, Jarrod Mullen (capt), Tyrone Roberts, Kade Snowden, Danny Buderus, Willie Mason, Robbie Rochow, Beau Scott, Jeremy Smith. Interchange: Craig Gower, Chris Houston, Zane Tetevano, Neville Costigan, Korbin Sims (one to be omitted).

Rampant Knights thump Titans 46-16

Newcastle winger James McManus scored a club-record four tries as the Knights reclaimed eighth spot on the NRL ladder with a crushing 46-16 home win over Gold Coast on Sunday.

The Titans’ season of promise hit its lowest note at Hunter Stadium, with star centre Jamal Idris suffering a suspect broken ankle in the fifth minute and Ash Harrison limping off the park early in the second half.

Queensland enforcer Nate Myles was unable to back up from State of Origin, and fellow co-captain Greg Bird might’ve wished he did the same as Newcastle snapped a four-game losing streak in style.

The visitors struggled to complete sets and knocked-on at will in slippery conditions and their misery was compounded by the Knights’ ability to swing the ball left to McManus with devastating effect.

Titans winger Anthony Don fumbled Jarrod Mullen’s kick after the game’s opening set of six and it proved a telling omen of what was to come.

Halfback Tyron Roberts opened the scoring when he sold a dummy and ducked over himself in the 10th minute, and the Knights poured on five more tries in the opening half.

On three occasions it was McManus who slid over the try-line, terrorising Don and capping off some stellar ball movement to give Newcastle a 36-0 half-time lead.

Roberts helped set up another four-pointer for the 27-year-old just two minutes into the second stanza, meaning the Scottish-born winger joined Andrew Johns and four others as the only men to score four tries in a match for Newcastle.

From there, the procession slowed.

Mullen scored the Knights’ eighth try before the Titans finally got on the scoreboard in sensational style in the 68th minute when Kevin Gordon sprinted over 80m after intercepting a kick.

Bird and David Mead crossed in the dying stages, but even that failed to add a modicum of respect to the scoreboard.

The only sour note for the crowd of 9,208 was Newcastle veteran Willie Mason being put on report for a high shot on Titans youngster Sam Irwin.

Roberts slotted six conversions in the wet, and also added another goal after Albert Kelly clattered into McManus with his knees during the former NSW representative’s second try.

McManus has 15 tries for the season and is the competition’s leading try-scorer.