The 2020 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season was the 86th in
the club's history. They were competing in the
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...
's
2020 Telstra Premiership.
Dean Pay
Dean Pay (born 3 June 1969) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer and former head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL, a professional player who played in the late 1980s and 1990s.
He played for the Can ...
was the coach from Round 1 to Round 9. He formally resigned from this position on 14 July 2020 was replaced by
Steve Georgallis
Steve Georgallis (Greek: Στυλιανός Γεωργάλλης; born 17 June 1968) is a Greek professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of Greece, an assistant coach for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL and former ...
, who was named as
Pay's interim replacement. It was reported that, following
Pay's resignation and
Georgallis's appointment, the clubs other Assistant Coach, Steve Antonelli also resigned from his position. In Round 2 the
NRL
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announced a shortened Season from 26 rounds to 20.
Fixtures
Regular season
* Matches from round 2 - 4 were played without crowds as part of the
Australian Government
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's efforts to limit the spread of the
COVID-19
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virus.
*Limited crowd attendance on matches from round 5 were allowed after the
Australian government
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eased its
COVID-19
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restrictions.
Ladder
See also
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List of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs seasons
This is a list of seasons for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs rugby league club
Season summaries
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Seasons
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References
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