Bulldogs, Waratahs and Sea Eagles enjoy victories on Saturday night

That’s all we have for you tonight folks.

In case you missed all the action, here’s a quick rundown of tonight’s matches.

• The Bulldogs picked up where they left off last year, with a round one win against rivals the Dragons, who are waiting for the new combinations to click in 2025.
• Daly Cherry-Evans Sea Eagles showed they’re title contenders this season, with a comprehensive victory against the Cowboys in Brookvale.
• And finally, the Waratahs are 3-0 to start the season for the first time since 2009.

If you’d like an in-depth analysis of each of tonight’s games, check out our match reports from Adrian Proszenko, Christian Nicolussi and Iain Payten.

We’ll be back next Saturday to bring you all the live action, but until then, stay safe and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

At least the Force can’t be accused of throwing in the towel.

Despite a heap of errors, and more than enough ill-discipline, they didn’t stop trying.

A late try got the final scored back to 34-10 after Andrew Kellaway had earlier pushed the NSW score beyond 30.

It’s been a tough night if you’re a North Queensland fan, but they’ve finally been able to string some attacking sets together.

Braidon Burns and Viliami Vailea link up for a try now, with Manly maybe letting their guard down a little as we close in on full-time.

Sea Eagles 42, Cowboys 12 with two minutes to go

As we near full-time at 4 Pines Park, the Cowboys finally get their first points of the night.

It comes off an error from Luke Brooks and Tom Trbojevic, and Scott Drinkwater slips through the Sea Eagles defence on the next play.

I was just about to write a post saying the Sea Eagles had never kept an opponent to nil in an opening round match, and I guess I’ll have to save that for another year...on the other hand, the most points they’ve scored in round one is 44...still plenty of minutes left for them to beat that.

Sea Eagles 42, Cowboys 6 with six minutes to go

After some more enterprising play from NSW, it is Darby Lancaster who scores the fourth try of the night for the home team.

The Tahs now have a lead that they deserve. A successful conversion, the first from five attempts, has the team in blue sitting pretty.

Waratahs lead 22-5 after 55 minutes