"When I looked at the clock and noticed everyone was tired, I decided to dummy," Campese said.

"I thought the defender would slide off on me, which did happen, and luckily for me, space opened up for me to score on the inside."

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The Bulldogs got off to a blistering start, scoring the opening two tries, before the Blues came back with a couple of tries of their own and didn't hold back after that.

Bulldogs coach Adam Kyle was livid with his side's performance.

"There was nothing to smile about," Kyle said.

"We were very poor and not good enough."

"In the first 30 minutes we were really good and showed our class, but we weren't prepared to stay in the grind for long enough unfortunately.

"We overplayed our hand and just expected to score."

With the finals just around the corner, Kyle said the goal leading up to that was to eliminate the errors and play consistent football.

Campese, on the other hand, was pleased with the attitude shown by the players.

"We started a mess after going down two tries in the first 10 minutes," he said.

"Sometimes, the team drops their head, but today, they fought back and we showed that we had grit."

Next up for the Blues is an away fixture to the Woden Valley Rams while the Bulldogs have a week off.

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