Dolphins Secure Seventh Consecutive Win Against Tigers

By Jon Healy

The Dolphins were without Isaiya Katoa, Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Selwyn Cobbo, Tom Flegler and Max Plath, but still come away with the 36-22 win over the Tigers to move to third on the ladder.

The Phins show off their depth, with Kodi Nikorima particularly influential on both sides of the ball. Herbie Farnworth, Jeremy Marshall-King, Trai Fuller, Kurt Donoghoe … honestly there were stars across the board for this team.

For the Tigers, credit to them for never dropping their bundle no matter how many times it appeared the Dolphins might run away with it.

By Jon Healy

I thought the game-sealing try had been scored twice already, but this time it definitely has.

Jack Bostock has been a target all night for high kicks and once again comes down with one as he leaps over Heamasi Makasini, hits the deck and throws a pass from his back to Jamayne Isaako, who steps through the rushing cover defence to score.

By Jon Healy

Jarome Luai puts up the bomb and Trai Fuller struggles to get to it.

The ball comes down under the posts and Alex Seyfarth is Johnny on the spot to grab it and just fall over the line.

Eight points in four minutes? Stranger things have happened. I'm just not sure who's got a 40m field goal in them in this team without Adam Doueihi.

74' Terrell May with a 30m pass!

By Jon Healy

The Tigers go right then back to the left on the last and Terrell May sees brother Taylan out at left centre and just fires a bullet from in front of the posts.

Jamayne Isaako comes flying through, but May catches and sets off. He tries an offload, but it ends up with Isaako anyway.

Still, what a ball from the big prop.

By Jon Healy

Gorgeous play up the middle by Jeremy Marshall-King, Kurt Donoghoe and Trai Fuller to break through the middle.

Crucially, JMK and Donoghoe are backing up as well. Fuller offloads to Marshall-King, who finds Donoghoe and he pops a ball to Kodi Nikorima to score a much-needed and likely game-sealing try.

71' Tigers in again, but the bunkers confirms a knock-on

By Jon Healy

Starford Toa clearly knocks on in the lead-up to Tony Sukkar crashing over, but referee Ziggy Preklasa-Adamski sends it to the bunker just to be sure and sure it is.

By Jon Healy

The Dolphins go right and Brad Schneider fakes to turn Kulikefu Finefeuiaki under but offloads to Trai Fuller, who hits the ball at speed and sees Sione Fainu and Terrell May in front of him.

The livewire fullback jinks and bounces and steps and swerves to make it through and dives in for the Dolphins.

Jamayne Isaako converts and the lead is 24-16 with 10 minutes left.

66' Late changes for both teams

By Jon Healy

The Dolphins introduce Kulikefu Finefeuiaki and Jeremy Marshall-King retuns, while Benji Marshall has called on second-gamer Josese Lanyon as his fourth interchange player.

And the new kid knocks on! The pass from dummy half was just a little to high for him and he tried to catch it the wrong way, perhaps not used to playing with someone like Api Koroisau, who can throw such bullets out of dummy half.

Lanyon has only been training with the top squad for two weeks.

64' Isaako drops it cold!

By Jon Healy

The Dolphins have a golden chance out wide as Jack Bostock creates an overlap on the left, but his flick pass is just behind Jamayne Isaako and the winger can't handle it.

The Tigers survive.

58' Dolphins starting to slip

By Jon Healy

The Tigers are breaking tackles more regularly now. Jahream Bula is looking dangerous and Terrell May is rolling forward through the middle.

Momentum is completely with the Tigers now. One error could change this game.

By Jon Healy

The Tigers return to the play that got them points to start the game, with Jarome Luai rolling in the grubber for Sione Fainu.

Fainu is slowed in the chase by Jack Bostock, and it appears Trai Fuller arrives in time to clean up, but the ball wrong-foots him and Fainu just dives in to ground the ball.

52' Bula vs Fuller, and Fuller wins

By Jon Healy

Api Koroisau shreds the Dolphins through the middle and puts the Tigers on the attack, but Tony Sukkar somehow finds himself all alone after they spin it right.

The set ends with Koroisau kicking towards the post for Jahream Bula, who gets up above opposite number Trai Fuller, but can't mark cleanly.

50' Rough sledding for Pole

By Jon Healy

The Dolphins are penalised for forming a wall to protect Tevita Naufahu as he leaps for a bomb, giving the Tigers a full set 10 metres out.

Fonua Pole burrows within centimetres of the tryline on the first play, but he knocks it on as Tom Gilbert manages to get under the ball.

Brutal for the Tigers.

By Jon Healy

The Tigers' first set ends with an air-swing by Taylan May, allowing the Dolphins to immediately go on the attack.

They run it on the last and Kodi Nikorima nails the face ball across Herbie Farnworth to Tevita Naufahu to score out wide with a potentially unnecessary acrobatic effort.

43' Fascinating move by Benji Marshall

By Jon Healy

The Tigers have made a clever adjustment at half-time, moving 18-year-old Heamasi Makasini from right centre to left wing, with Starford Toa stepping into Patrick Herbert's old role. That means the teenager is no longer marking Herbie Farnworth. Wise.

41' Tigers kick us off after a long wait

By Jon Healy

Heath Mason was left waiting for longer than he would've liked for a kicking tee, but we're finally back underway.

HALF-TIME: The Dolphins lead 12-10 at the break in Campbelltown

By Jon Healy

It's been a proper shootout between the Dolphins and Tigers.

Neither coach will be particularly happy with their team's discipline, but they've both converted their opportunities pretty well in the dangerzone.

The Dolphins are without Isaiya Katoa and four of their five Origin players, and the Tigers lost Jock Madden (concussion) and Patrick Herbert (shoulder) in that first half, so both teams are trying to plug some gaps out there.

By Jon Healy

The Dolphins are going down the left, targeting the area vacated by Patrick Herbert and his replacement, Heamasi Makasini, makes a poor read, diving in and leaving a gap behind him for Connelly Lemuelu to steam through to score.

And Jamayne Isaako converts for the 12-10 lead.