As it happened: Stephen Crichton seals 90-minute Las Vegas thriller with clutch field goal

Twenty second left. They take two settling hit-ups. Ten metres out. Stephen Crichton is deep and ready to take the shot. Take it he does. Nails it. Dogs win.

Incredible finish. A lot to be desired about how the Bulldogs managed every chance they got to set up for a field goal… until the skipper stepped in there.

Credit to the Dragons. They defended and scrambled like nothing else. Didn’t just deserve a draw, they were arguably the better side. Not the first, or the last to be ruing their luck in Las Vegas.

That’s all from us today. Quite the afternoon of footy. To be perfectly honest, I think the Dragons and Knights might’ve been the most impressive sides out there. Ain’t that something.

Rather large week of footy coming up too - Friday’s Roosters-Warriors and Broncos-Panthers double-header is a cracker. Melbourne v Parramatta on Thursday after a week of squaring off in the Supreme Court should be quality too. Until then, enjoy your rugby league football.

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That’s all from us today. Quite the afternoon of footy. To be perfectly honest, I think the Dragons and Knights might’ve been the most impressive sides out there. Ain’t that something.

Thoughts with all those fans, players, media types and Christian Nicolussi now left to make their way home from Las Vegas.

The good news is we’ve got a rather large week of footy right around the corner - Friday’s Roosters-Warriors and Broncos-Panthers double-header is a cracker.

Melbourne v Parramatta on Thursday after a week of squaring off in the Supreme Court over Zac Lomax’s contract should be quality too. Until then, enjoy your rugby league football.

Twenty second left. They take two settling hit-ups. Ten metres out. Stephen Crichton is deep and ready to take the shot. Take it he does. Nails it. Dogs win.

Incredible finish. A lot to be desired about how the Bulldogs managed every chance they got to set up for a field goal… until the skipper stepped in there.

Credit to the Dragons. They defended and scrambled like nothing else. Didn’t just deserve a draw, they were arguably the better side. Not the first, or the last to be ruing their luck in Las Vegas.

That’s all from us today. Quite the afternoon of footy. To be perfectly honest, I think the Dragons and Knights might’ve been the most impressive sides out there. Ain’t that something.

Rather large week of footy coming up too - Friday’s Roosters-Warriors and Broncos-Panthers double-header is a cracker. Melbourne v Parramatta on Thursday after a week of squaring off in the Supreme Court should be quality too. Until then, enjoy your rugby league football.

Bulldogs 15 Dragons 14

Now it’s the Dragons belting the kick-off long, Canterbury with first use. Forty-metre set that one. Burton bombs high and long. Feagai handles this one. Daniel Atkinson plays it safe at the end of the set, opts against a shot at field goal for territory.

The Bulldogs, under pressure, head wide and find space and an open play-the-ball, only for Stephen Crichton to cramp up in the tackle. Play stops and momentum is lost.

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The Bulldogs with a great set. Burton gets a shot at field goal from inside 40. He hammers it but the Dragons kick chase charges it down. There’s a Bulldogs knock-on and now with a minute left, it’s advantage Dragons.

They truck it to within 30 metres. It’s swung back to Kyle Flanagan on the 40-metre line. Charge down. Dragons still with it. Twenty seconds left. Last shot. Daniel Atkinson is caught trying to take the shot. Val Holmes then takes it. Nowhere near it. Siren sounds. Change of ends. Everyone, including me, take a breath.

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And despite Viliame Kikau busting the Dragons down the left - as he’s done repeatedly - the siren sounds at 14-all. We’ve got a captain’s challenge against the ruling of accidental offside.

Matt Burton’s kicked it into the back of Connor Tracey. Accidental offside stands and that’s full-time. Or break time at least, because we’re going to golden point.

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Well. Canterbury has just produced as underwhelming an attacking set as you would ever hope to not see. A full set attacking the Dragons line from a Moses Suli error.

Never looked to get Matt Burton in position for a field goal attempt. Never looked like getting to a last-tackle kick. Never fired a shot. Just bizarre. Val Holmes has a crack from halfway at least. Falls well short.

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