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Dogs hit by covid, injuries

BULLDOGS coach Trent Barrett remains confident that they will field a competitive side against the Broncos tomorrow night, despite four players testing positive to Covid and a number of others injured.

He said he’s not worried about the quality of the team, but it would be harder if more go down.
“It is what it is,” he said.
Brent Naden, Ava Seumanufagai, Jake Averillo and Reece Hoffman returned positive RAT tests.
Barrett said it’s going to be difficult going to Brisbane, “but we’ve all been in and around teams who have faced adversity”.
“It’s a huge opportunity for our young blokes but it’s up to the senior players as well, we’re still going up there expecting to win,” he said.
“The thing we want to focus on for the guys coming in is it is a huge opportunity for them.
“Some of them are fifth and sixth on the depth chart and all of a sudden they’re going to play Brisbane on a Friday night.”
Barrett said the Bulldogs were still searching for that 80 minute performance.
“We were good for 30 minutes against Souths and the sin-binning didn’t help but it’s no excuse for the 18 points we leaked in 10 minutes,” he said.
“The players were really disappointed in that because we were in the game.”
The Bulldogs take on the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, from 7.55pm.