Warriors outgunned by Bulldogs: Elliott After he had calmed down, Warriors coach Matthew Elliott acknowledged the same problems of the past month had buried his team in their 24-16 loss to Canterbury. Elliott was furious the referees didn't penalise Bulldogs captain Michael Ennis late in an intense NRL match at Wellington on Saturday which left them in second-last place with seven losses from nine games. The veteran mentor will pursue the decision not to penalise Ennis for an apparent charge on fullback Glen Fisiiahi in the leadup to the visitors' third try eight minutes from fulltime. That try to fullback Ben Barba put the Bulldogs in front for the first time and they cleared out to a flattering winning margin when Josh Reynolds pounced on a loose ball to score from 60m in the final minute. Analysing the rest of the game, a more composed Elliott admitted the Sydney club deserved victory courtesy of their more "constructive" play in the second half, which they won 18-0, and superior kicking game. Elliott was especially concerned with how his tired team's ruck speed slowed as the game wore on, contributing to another poor finish. In the past month they have been over-run in the late stages by the Rabbitohs, Raiders and Storm. Even last week's one-point win over the Titans featured a last-quarter meltdown. I think it's pretty much the same as the last few weeks. It's obviously something in preparation that we need to tidy up," Elliott said. It's not as though we're not addressing it. We've just got to do a better job of it that's for sure. I thought our effort to hang in there and get ourselves back in the game again was really positive. We just didn't play positive footy... it's too hard to be stuck in your end for 40 minutes and try and hold on. Elliott was relieved there was no apparent addition to his lengthy injury list while praising prop Suaia Matagi for his first grade debut. Matagi was a late replacement for Sam Rapira, who is battling a hand injury.