Eels Blogs

Penalties
There were 14 penalties conceded in total. The Bulldogs conceded 6 (6 of their players conceded 1) and the Eels conceded 8 (Tim Mannah and Tepai Moeroa both conceded the most with 2). 

Scrums
There were 14 scrums in total in the game. The Bulldogs had eight of those, the Eels had 6.

Completions
The Eels completed 33/39 sets at a completion percentage of 85%. 
The Dogs completion rate was slightly poorer, completing 30/38 at 79%.

Total Run Metres
The Bulldogs ran a total of 1237m from 166 runs at an average of 7.45m per run.
The Eels ran considerably more, with 1572m from 179 runs at an average of 8.78m per run.

Hit-Ups
The Dogs made 637m from 81 hit-ups at an average of 7.87m per hit-up. 
Aiden Tolman made the most metres from hit-ups with 110m from 17 at an average of 6.40m.

The Eels made 718m from 87 runs at an average of 8.25m per run.
Junior Paulo made the most metres from hit-ups with 117m from 13 at an average of 9m.

General Runs
The Bulldogs made 300m from 49 runs at an average of 6.12m per run.
Josh Morris made the most metres from runs with 59m from 6 at an average of 9.83m.

The Eels 438m from 50 runs at an average of 8.76m per run.
Semi Radradra made the most metres from runs with 111m from 8 at an average of 13.88m.

Dummy Half Runs
The Bulldogs made 101m from 11 dummy half runs at an average of 9.18m per dummy half run.
Craig Garvey made the most dummy half metres with 38m from 5 runs at an average of 7.6m.

The Eels made 94m from 10 dummy half runs at an average of 9.4m per dummy half run.
Clint Gutherson made the most dummy half metres with 35m from 3 runs at an average of 11.67m.

1st Receiver Runs
The Bulldogs made 43m from 7 first receiver runs at an average of 6.14m per 1st receiver run.
The Eels made 87m from 8 first receiver runs at an average of 10.88m per 1st receiver run.

Kick Return Runs
The Bulldogs made 75m from 8 kick return runs at an average of 9.38m per kick return run.
The Eels made 158m from 16 kick return runs at an average of 9.88m per kick return run.

Line-Breaks
The Bulldogs finished with two line-breaks (1 each to Josh Morris and Will Hopoate), whilst the Eels had 4 line-breaks in total (Michael Jennings had the most with 2).

Line-Break Assists
The Dogs finished with two line-break assists in the game (one each to Curtis Rona and Craig Garvey).
The Eels finished with 1 more for a total of 3 (David Gower, Kenny Edwards and Semi Radradra).

Tackles
The Bulldogs made 342 tackles in the game, with Aiden Tolman recording the most with 46.
The Eels made 2 more tackles with 344, with Issac De Gois recording the most with 45.

Missed Tackles
The Bulldogs missed a whopping 42 tackles in the game (Josh Reynolds, Craig Garvey and Josh Jackson all missed a whopping 7 tackles).
As for the Eels, they missed just 12 tackles in the game (Kenny Edwards missed the most with 4).

Ineffective Tackles
The Bulldogs had 32 ineffective tackles in total (Josh Jackson had the most with 5).
As for the Eels, they had just 20 ineffective tackles (Tepai Moeroa had the most with 4).

1-on-1 Tackles
The Bulldogs had 23 one-on-one tackles in total (Moses Mbye made the most with 5).
As for the Eels, they had 17 total one-on-one tackles (Michael Jennings, Brad Takairangi and Tepai Moeroa all had the most with three).

Offloads
The Bulldogs made 12 offloads in the game (Chase Stanley had the most for them with 3).
As for the Eels, they hit the big 20 in terms of offloads (both Semi Radradra and Junior Paulo had the most with 4).

Errors
There were a total of 17 errors in the game.
The Dogs made just 7 errors (7 players each made 1 error).
The Eels surprisingly made more errors - 10 in total (Semi Radradra, Clint Gutherson, Junior Paulo and Tepai Moeroa all made 2 errors).

Tackle Breaks
The Bulldogs had just 12 tackle breaks (Sam Perrett had the most with 3).
The Eels almost quadrupled the number of tackle breaks with a total of 42 (Semi Radradra finished with a total of 10).

Possession
Possession was bang on level. 50% for both sides throughout the game.