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A white picket fence protects the carefully manicured green grass of the Salter Oval, but will fall apart when the city’s biggest sporting event arrives this Sunday. Key points: Record attendance expected for Bundaberg’s first sold-out NRL match Bundaberg shop says team merchandise is in high demand The Bulldogs will have an open training session for fans on Saturday morning Bundaberg is busy counting down the NRL round of 21 clash between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and final challengers North Queensland Cowboys, the first time the city will host a competition points match. Temporary stands have been set up for sold-out spectators, and space has been made for the arrival of a large media crowd to broadcast the match to league fans across the country. “I think it’s going to be an audience record,” said Bundaberg Rugby League chairman Mike Ireland. “The Cowboys are second on the competition ladder and the Bulldogs are starting to collect some win...

Canterbury striker Corey Waddell was found guilty of gouging Gold Coast captain Tino Fa’asuamaleaui in the eye and was banned for five games. Key points: Stephen Crichton left the pitch with a concussion immediately after contact Crichton also needs plastic surgery on his ear Finucane says if given the chance to try another tackle, he wouldn’t do anything different The NRL tribunal, made up of Dallas Johnson and Bob Lindner and presided over by Judge Geoffrey Bellew, deliberated for about 15 minutes on Tuesday night before unanimously finding that Waddell’s contact with Fa’asuamaleaui was dangerous and reckless. The match review committee referred Waddell directly to NRL court on charges of dangerous contact, meaning he has no option to enter a defence. Waddell told the court he had tried to knock Fa’asuamaleaui to the ground in a tackle when his arm reached his teammate and into the lock’s forehead. Waddell insisted that he only touched Fa’asua...