The 2020 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season was the 86th in the club's history. They were competing in the

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was the coach from Round 1 to Round 9. He formally resigned from this position on 14 July 2020 was replaced by

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, 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

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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

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's efforts to limit the spread of the

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virus. *Limited crowd attendance on matches from round 5 were allowed after the

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eased its

restrictions.

Ladder

References

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Fixtures

Regular season

Ladder

See also

References