Match Details
Match Date	3rd Jun, 2006
Opponent	Newcastle
Result	Win 38-22
Coach	Steven Folkes
Captain	Andrew Ryan
Venue	Homebush (Telstra Stadium)
Crowd	12,658
Referee	Paul Simpkins

Hazem El Masri re-wrote the Bulldogs record books as his side powered to a 38-22 win over Newcastle at Telstra Stadium.

Already the holder of the Bulldogs all-time pointscoring mantle, El Masri became the club's all-time tryscoring leader after bagging his third four-pointer of the night - and 124th career - in the 67th minute to go ahead of former great Terry Lamb.

The sharp-shooting winger then nailed his 600th career goal from the sideline with just 40 seconds left on the clock to complete an historic night.

Hooker Corey Hughes also bagged a double for the Bulldogs as the home side scored four of the final five tries to run away with the game.

The scores had been locked 16-16 at halftime, but tries to El Masri in the 51st and five-eighth Daniel Holdsworth in the 55th gave the Dogs the upper hand.

The win secured the Bulldogs a place in the top four at the midway point of the season, while handing back-to-back losses to the Knights, who again looked tired in the second half.

The Dogs hurt the Knights physically early on with some tough defence - most notably from Mark O'Meley and Sonny Bill Williams - before doing the damage on the scoreboard in the second half.

A try to Newcastle winger Anthony Quinn just seconds before the break ensured nothing separated the teams at halftime.

The home side looked set to take a four-point advantage into the break after hooker Corey Hughes scored two tries in six minutes to turn a 4-12 deficit into a 16-12 Dogs lead.

But good hands from the Knights and a quick turn of speed from centre George Carmont allowed Quinn to duck over in the corner in the 40th minute to level the scores at 16-16.

Williams was particularly destructive down the right side of the field, laying on the opening try for El Masri in the 13th minute with a clever flick pass, before collecting Knights halfback Andrew Johns with a shuddering shoulder charge later in the half.

Source: AAP

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