Thanks for hanging out tonight, I'll see tomorrow for the double header when we do it all again.

Be good and if you can't be good, be careful.

The Warriors' top-four dream is threatening to slip away after a 32-14 loss to Canterbury continued their disastrously timed form slump ahead of the NRL finals.

Saturday night's loss in rainy Sydney caps a tough month for the depleted Kiwi side, who will finish a weekend outside the top four for the first time since round six.

Now in fifth, the Warriors' top-four hopes have been left to rely on red-hot Penrith losing once on the run home - assuming they win all four of their own remaining games.

That is easier said than done for the Warriors, who have lost their last three matches and have watched the Panthers, 17th after round 12, jump into fourth.

"Everyone wants to be a top-four team. It gives you a really good shot at the end of the season," said Warriors coach Andrew Webster.

"But tonight won't define us. We've got a lot of football to play at the back end of this year. 

"No one is happy in there (in the dressing room). We wish we were winning each week at the moment. But there's a lot to build off and a lot of spirit in that group. We'll keep fighting."

To make matters worse, Te Maire Martin will join an already busy casualty ward after a head knock 23 minutes into his first game replacing Tanah Boyd at halfback.

Boyd is set to replace Martin for next week's clash with giant-killers St George Illawarra, who could leave the Warriors as low as seventh on the ladder by the end of round 24.

The Warriors are still not guaranteed to play finals but will finish the season with a winning record if they can snatch one more victory.

Canterbury's three biggest losses this season have all come in the wet, but the Bulldogs finally mastered the slippery conditions before 25,377 home fans.

"I woke up and read in the paper today that we couldn't play in the wet. It was nice to prove that one wrong," said coach Cameron Ciraldo.

They remain in the hunt for a top-two spot, only behind second-placed Melbourne on points differential.

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A professional display from the Dogs and a tough out from the Warriors who now slip outside the top four.

Tuivasa-Sheck snatches an intercept from Kiraz and goes 40 metres to score. 

Pompey converts and it’s 32-14 Bulldogs. 

Stowers-Smith drops it around halfway, the Dogs go to work and Galvin throws an excellent ball down the right which allows Tuala to cut back inside and scores.

Nice way to secure what’s been a comprehensive win for the Dogs.

Crichton’s kick is good and it’s 32-8

One tackle after the kick-off Fisher-Harris gets pinged for raising the elbow in a tackle, the Dogs take the two and Crichton makes no mistake. Dogs lead us back out to 18 at 26-8.

The Warriors are in! Healy kicks for himself from hooker, toes through the loose ball and gets there first to put it down. Pompey kicks it and it’s 24-8 Dogs.

Tuivasa-Sheck drops a bomb cold and the Bulldogs have a chance to extend their lead. 

Galvin puts a grubber in and Capewell knocks it on, which gives Canterbury a fresh set.

Off the scrum Crichton shows it once, then twice, then powers through the tackle of Pompey to score! Powerful effort from the skipper.

Burton takes over the kicking and his kick hits the post. Dogs lead 24-2.

The Bulldogs get us started, kicking off left to right.

Dolphins coach Kristian Woolf is not thrilled with referee Gerard Sutton sending two Dolphins to the sin bin along with the two Roosters in the first half of their loss to the Roosters.

He made sure to say it wasn't the reason for the 64-12 drubbing, but he was baffled as to why Francis Molo and particularly Aublix Tawha were binned after Spencer Leniu square up in Tawha's face while walking over to celebrate a try.

Tawha moved to defend himself, and Naufahu Whyte came in and grabbed the rookie, before Francis Molo got involved.

"I just don't understand the sin-binnings to be honest with you," Woolf said in his post-match press conference.

"I don't get how [they're] allowed to do that. The opposition score, two guys come over pushing and shoving and shaping up; I don't know what our blokes are supposed to do. I can't understand those sin-bins at all.

"Do we have to allow ourselves to get punched to not get sin-binned? I don't know what our blokes are supposed to do."

Captain Isaiya Katoa echoed the sentiment.

"They're coming past and giving our boys a mouthful. Our boys are not gonna stand there and cop it. You've got to stand up for yourself."

Roosters coach Trent Robinson says "not much happened, it was push and shove" but the referee's warning for the previous skirmish about 30 seconds prior forced his hand into sending someone to the bin.

"But four off was a lot. One from each side would've been enough," he says.