NRL Analysis: How the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are using Viliame Kikau

There’s still plenty of work to do in Belmore but NRL Round 3 was our best indication yet that the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are trending in the right direction.
Against the Gold Coast Titans on Saturday, this improving Bulldogs attack found different ways to use Viliame Kikau as a catalyst for points a few tackles later. His ability to scramble the defensive line and inject panic or fatigue in the opposition is what led to four well-constructed scoring actions for the Bulldogs in Round 3.
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[@lukethmpsn]

Fantastic content. Subscribed. This really helps my understanding

[@lachym5700]

Great analysis mate, loving the yt content this season

[@Rayman96]

Very cool analysis

[@winna121]

Great analysis mate, subscribed!

[@jakeismyfirstname]

this is great mate!

[@RyanSymons]

One thing we've been sorely missing is guys who can disrupt defensive lines based purely on what they are capable of.. I've really enjoyed the player Kikau has become in terms of his effort plays, particularly spooking attackers.. we saw that become a big feature of his game during his last few years at the Panthers.

[@darrenwilson8921]

Lets hope Kikau stays healthy for the year. Him and Kiraz are genuine strike options for Canterbury, and dont they need it.

[@paulywalnutz5855]

mate this is super impressive analysis you would have had to have played alot of footy to spot these nuances in terms of the higher level game plan coming off in a series of plays like that

[@paulywalnutz5855]

this stuff coming off in a game is entirely dependent on so many other things, like kick pressure, kick chase, line speed and ball control which act like force multipliers and equal field position and possession, and faster play the balls. people think footy players are boofheads and all they do is charge into the other team lol