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Canterbury Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo rolled the dice this week, laughing in the face of those accusing him of meddling with his team too much by meddling even more.

Reed Mahoney, already axed from the starting side for a spot on the bench, was axed altogether in favour of the most controversially axed player this season, Toby Sexton.

It was a gamble that could have left Cameron Ciraldo with egg on his face, but when Stephen Crichton limped from the field in the first half with a potential season-ending ankle injury, it proved an unfortunate stroke of genius.

Sexton replaced Crichton by coming on in the halves, forcing No.6 Matt Burton to shift into the centres where he has played plenty of football for Penrith, NSW and Australia.

Not so much for the Bulldogs, though, havi

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