Match Details
Match Date	13th Apr, 2008
Opponent	New Zealand Warriors
Result	Loss 16-36
Coach	Steven Folkes
Captain	Andrew Ryan
Venue	New Zealand (Mt Smart Stadium)
Crowd	15,912
Referee	Ben Cummins

Despite trailing 12-10 at the break, the hosts stormed home with four second-half tries to blast their opponents off the turf at their Mt Smart Stadium fortress.

Manu Vatuvei scored either side of the interval and made two line breaks, while full-back Lance Hohaia capped an industrious performance of 214 running metres with a late four-pointer.

Dejected Kiwi international Sonny Bill Williams said the Bulldogs were outclassed by the rampant Warriors attack in the second half.

"I was very disappointed, it is always good to come back here but the Warriors were just to good for us," Williams said.

"We had a lot of possession early in the second half we couldn't convert, and to the Warriors' credit they came back and just steamrolled us.

"Each week I look forward to playing footy, everything off the field is settled now and I'm just trying to play consistent footy."

The Bulldogs came back into the match after a poor start to the first-half when captain Andrew Ryan broke away and passed to full-back Luke Patten, who raced away to score.

Roberts then forced his way over and Hazem El Masri's conversion put the visitors in front 12-10 at the break.

But Heka Nanai's lone try was all the Bulldogs could muster in the second half as the Warriors ran in four times through Vatuvei, Hohaia, Sonny Fai and skipper Ruben Wiki.

The Warriors' third home win follows previous successes against the Knights and the Eels, but the New Zealanders face a tough fortnight on the road in Queensland against the Cowboys and the Titans.

Source: ABC 

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