Newcastle Knights beat Canterbury Bulldogs 44-8 in NRL round 10 clash Willie Mason on the charge. A RAMPANT Newcastle scored 32 unanswered points in the second half to smash Canterbury 44-8 at Hunter Stadium and end the Bulldogs' three game winning streak. A week after suffering an embarrassing loss to Canberra, the Knights responded brilliantly to record their most dominant win of the season. From the moment winger James McManus pounced on a Darius Boyd grubber kick early in the second half for his side's third try, it was all Newcastle. Boyd was outstanding at fullback while five-eighth Jarrod Mullen was another star performer for the home side, with his attacking kicking game a feature in the seven try romp. Game details and stats The second half wasn't without controversy with prop Willie Mason involved in an on-field verbal with Bulldogs fullback Ben Barba and forward James Graham. The Dogs were a long way from their best with their defence at times brittle, particularly up the middle. Newcastle dominated much of the first half but only had a four point lead to show for it at the break. Knights skipper Kurt Gidley put backrower Robbie Rochow over after just seven minutes for a 6-0 lead and it was 12-0 when Mullen's perfectly weighted cross kick found an unmarked Kevin Naiqama midway through the half. The Dogs struggled to contain the Knights up the middle and the home side could easily have found themselves further ahead. The Bulldogs finally got themselves into the game when Frank Pritchard stormed over off a James Graham pass seven minutes from halftime to narrow the gap to 12-6. Trent Hodkinson landed a penalty goal in the shadows of halftime for scoreline of 12-8 in favour of the Knights at the break. But from there it was one-way traffic, with the Knights posting second half tries to McManus (46th minute), Boyd (51st minute), Joseph Leilua (63rd minute), Gidley (70th minute) and Naiqama (76th minute). NEWCASTLE 44 (K Naiqama 2 D Boyd K Gidley J Leilua J McManus R Rochow tries K Gidley 6 T Roberts 2 goals) bt BULLDOGS 8 (F Pritchard try T Hodkinson 2 goals) at Hunter Stadium.