The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...
football club based in
Belmore, a suburb in the
Canterbury-Bankstown
Canterbury-Bankstown is a customary region of Sydney, Australia, in the south-western suburbs. The area is located around the Bankstown railway line, to the west of the St George region and to the south of the Inner West region. The suburbs ...
region of Sydney. They compete in the
NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by the
New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was ...
, including the
Canterbury Cup NSW
The NSW Cup, currently known as the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. The competition has a history dating back to the NSWRFL's origins in 1908, starting off as a reserv ...
, the
Jersey Flegg Cup
The Jersey Flegg Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales, contested among teams made up of players aged 21 or under. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL), and is named for Easte ...
,
Harvey Norman Women's Premiership,
Tarsha Gale Cup
The Tarsha Gale Cup is one of the main Women's rugby league elite aged group competitions in Australia.
The New South Wales Rugby League announced the creation of a nine-a-side under-18s women's league for 2017 Named the Tarsha Gale Nines after ...
,
S. G. Ball Cup and the
Harold Matthews Cup
The NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup is a junior rugby league competition played in New South Wales between teams made up of players aged under 16. The competition is administered by the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL). The competition is made up o ...
.
The club was admitted to the
New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership
The New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the first rugby league football club competition established in Australia and contributor to today's National Rugby League. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League (initially named the New Sou ...
, predecessor of the current NRL competition, in
1935. They won their first premiership in their fourth year of competition with another soon after, and after spending the 1950s and most of the 1960s on the lower rungs went through a very strong period in the 1980s, winning four premierships in that decade.
Known briefly in the 1990s as the Sydney Bulldogs, as a result of the
Super League war
The Super League war was a commercial competition between the Australian Rugby League (ARL) and the Australian Super League to establish pre-eminence in professional rugby league competition in Australia and New Zealand in the mid-1990s.
Super ...
the club competed in that competition in 1997 before changing their name to the geographically indistinct Bulldogs and continuing to play every season of the re-unified NRL, winning their most recent premiership in
2004. In 2012, Canterbury won the minor premiership, but lost to the
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are a rugby league club based in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia that participates in the National Rugby League. The first fully professional rugby league team based in the state, the Storm entered the competition in 1998. ...
14-4 in the grand final. In 2014, they came from 7th to make the grand final against
South Sydney, but lost 30-6.
History
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In 1935—thirteen years after a meeting above "The Ideal Milk Bar" in
Campsie led to the creation of the Canterbury-Bankstown Junior Rugby League—the Canterbury club was admitted into the elite New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. It took the new club, nicknamed "Country Bumpkins" because of their rural recruiting and CB emblem, four years to win their first premiership in
1938. The grand final-winning effort was repeated in
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...
before a 38-year premiership drought.
In
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
, having ended the 11-year premiership reign of
St. George by defeating them in the final, "The Berries" (as they were known at the time) lost to
South Sydney in the grand final. But the return to the top end of the table set the scene for off-field restructuring that laid the foundations for the club to become one of the most consistent achievers in the remaining decades of the 20th century.
In 1978, Canterbury became known as "The Bulldogs". Nicknames such as "Cantabs" "CBs" and "Berries" were seen to be "soft" and the club wanted something to signify determination and grit. A grand final appearance in
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
, followed by a grand final win in
1980 with a young, enthusiastic and free-running side dubbed "The Entertainers", was the beginning of a golden era that was to produce three more grand final wins in the 1980s:
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
,
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
and
1988
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.
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During the mid-1990s'
Super League war
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Super ...
, Canterbury aligned themselves with the Super League competition, playing in the
1997 premiership season. In
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
the Bulldogs came close to adding another premiership trophy after qualifying for the grand final where they met the
Brisbane Broncos
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and lost 38-12. On the way to the 1998 Grand Final, Canterbury had two come-from-behind wins. The first was against the Newcastle Knights in the third week of the finals—behind 16-0 in the second half, they fought back to 16 all at full time and went on to win in extra time. A week later they trailed arch rivals Parramatta in the preliminary final by 16 points with 9 minutes remaining. Three tries and a conversion from the sideline by
Daryl Halligan
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in the final minutes got them back level at 18 all and send the game into extra-time. Canterbury eventually went on to win 32-20 in one of the greatest finals comebacks in the history of the game.
Following indifferent form in 1999, 2000 and 2001 where they had varying levels of success, the club was found to have systematically and deliberately breached the NRL
salary cap
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in 2002 (for the 2001–02 seasons), and was penalized all 37 competition points which it had amassed up to that point for 2002. This resulted in the club falling from first to last place on the ladder, and at the end of the season the Bulldogs received their first "wooden spoon" (a reference to the club which finishes last in the competition) since
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...
.
The Bulldogs returned to finals contention in
2003; however, they fell one step short of yet another grand final after losing to the Roosters 28-18 in the preliminary final.
The club went through some off-field dramas in 2004, the most serious of which included rape allegations during a pre-season match in
Coffs Harbour. The team managed to focus on football and triumphed when they held out the
Sydney Roosters
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16-13 with a try-saving tackle by
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in the dying seconds of the 2004 Grand Final. The game was to be the last for departing captain
Steve Price, but he missed the match due to a leg injury. Price is now taking over at the club as the General Manager of Football, this position becoming effective in 2020 as he looks to turn the club's fortunes around to that of 2004.
2005 saw Canterbury-Bankstown unable to mount a serious defence of their premiership title as injuries and contract negotiations saw the year start and finish on a sour note for the club. Due to the extent of injuries suffered, the team was under-strength for most of the year. This took its toll in the final six weeks of the season, with the club suffering successive heavy losses and missing the finals series. In
2006, little was expected from the club after a poor 2005 season, but despite some doubt over the strength of their side, Canterbury's forward pack helped them to a better than expected result for the year, finishing a game short of the grand final, losing to eventual premiers the
Brisbane Broncos
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. Inconsistency and a poor finish to the
2007 season meant Canterbury were knocked out of the finals in week two.
In
2008
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, having already lost
Mark O'Meley
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He also ...
to the Sydney Roosters,
Willie Mason
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left the club. Further into the off-season Canterbury-Bankstown also lost halfback
Brent Sherwin
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, and prospects for the
2008 NRL season began to look dim. Although they recorded at the start of the season a couple of victories, the injury toll and the departure
Sonny Bill Williams mid-season demoralized the club and players, and the Canterbury-Bankstown club earned their second wooden spoon of the decade.
Another source of discontent in 2008 was the battle for election to the football club board. Many contenders believed that the board of the time was steering the club in the wrong direction, particularly then-
CEO Malcolm Noad. New members were elected to the board early in 2008, and later in the season Noad resigned as CEO. His replacement as head of the football club was
Todd Greenberg.
Greenberg's influence became apparent during the
2009 season. Premiership-winning coach Steve Folkes was replaced with his assistant
Kevin Moore
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. The purchases of several key players, including former Melbourne and Cronulla playmaker
Brett Kimmorley
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changed Canterbury from a poorly run and poorly performing club to one of the best clubs both on and off the field in 2009. Canterbury finished second in the regular season (losing the minor premiership to the
St. George Illawarra Dragons
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due to a loss of two competition points for an interchange breach against
Penrith in Round 2), and players and officials took out a number of Dally M awards. 2009 was also the final season for
Hazem El Masri
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, who became the highest all-time pointscorer in Australian rugby league history with a penalty goal in the Bulldogs' Round 1 match against the
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
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.
From
2010, Canterbury-Bankstown returned to the name Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
The Canterbury-Bankstown club celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010.
In the
2012 NRL season
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, Canterbury finished first on the competition ladder to take out their first minor premiership since 1994. They made it to the grand final, losing to Melbourne 14-4.
In May 2013, former Netball New Zealand chief executive Raelene Castle was appointed CEO, the first female in the NRL's history.
They finished the regular season sixth on the ladder and bowed out in the semi final.
In 2014, Canterbury-Bankstown made history by winning three consecutive games by one point, from Round 5 to Round 7. They finished runners up to
South Sydney in the
2014 NRL Grand Final
The 2014 NRL Grand Final was the concluding and premiership-deciding match of the 2014 NRL season. Played on the evening of Sunday 5 October 2014 at ANZ Stadium, the match was contested by the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury-Bankstown B ...
. Canterbury reached the grand final after winning three sudden death finals matches against Melbourne, Manly-Warringah and Penrith.
On 10 August 2017, Canterbury announced Rugby League World Cup CEO Andrew Hill as the replacement for outgoing boss Raelene Castle. On the appointment, chairman Ray Dib noted that "Andrew was appointed from a very strong list of candidates and has exceptional experience in the game of rugby league."
In September 2017, Canterbury announced that former premiership winning player
Dean Pay
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He played for the Cant ...
would be the new coach at the club starting in 2018.
The
2018 NRL season
The 2018 NRL season was the 111th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 21st season run by the National Rugby League. The main competition, known as the 2018 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra, featured 16 team ...
started off badly for Canterbury with the club only winning 3 of its first 10 matches. In May 2018, the new Canterbury board admitted that they would not be able to make any major signings until the end of the 2021 season due to the salary cap drama engulfing the club. The issue with the salary cap problems involved the previous administration and former coach
Des Hasler
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He initially played for the Penrith Panthers, and then spent most of his playi ...
who signed numerous players on back ended deals. In the wake of the scandal, the club was forced to offload players to free up room in the cap. This resulted in
Moses Mbye departing for the
Wests Tigers
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and star recruit
Aaron Woods
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He previously captained Wests Tigers and played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sha ...
being sold to Cronulla after only signing with Canterbury months prior. On 16 June 2018, Canterbury suffered a humiliating 32-10 loss to the
Gold Coast Titans
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at Belmore, in the press conference coach Dean Pay said "Physically, we just weren't good enough. The way they turned up, the way they trained during the week wasn't good enough, I feel sorry for the fans".
On 20 July 2018, Canterbury played against arch rivals Parramatta in what the media had dubbed as the "Spoon Bowl" with both sides sitting at the bottom of the ladder. There were fears before the game that the match would attract the lowest NRL crowd in over 20 years. Parramatta went on to win the match 14-8.
After the defeat by Parramatta, Canterbury were facing the prospect of finishing with the wooden spoon for the first time since 2008 but over the coming four weeks the club managed to pull off upset wins against the
Wests Tigers
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, the
Brisbane Broncos
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and St. George to finish the season in 12th place. The lower grades of Canterbury performed better in 2018 with the club winning the
Intrust Super Premiership
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defeating Newtown 18-12 in the final and also winning the
NRL State Championship
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defeating Redcliffe 42-18.
Canterbury started off the
2019 NRL season
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losing their two first games in convincing fashion against the
New Zealand Warriors
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and rivals Parramatta. Due to the bad start to the season, there were rumours that coach
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 Cant ...
would be relieved of his duties but he was then granted a 12-month contract extension to remain as Canterbury coach until the end of 2020.
By the midway part of the 2019 season, Canterbury-Bankstown found themselves sitting last on the table and in real danger of finishing with the wooden spoon. However, for the third straight season, Canterbury achieved four upset victories in a row over
Penrith, the
Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers are an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West and South West Sydney. They have competed in the National Rugby League since being formed at the end of the 1999 NRL season as a joint-venture ...
,
South Sydney and
Parramatta
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who were all competing for a place in the finals series and were higher on the table. Pay was credited with the late season revival as the side focused heavily on defence.
In the
2020 NRL season
The 2020 NRL season was the 113th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 23rd season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 14th consecutive year.
; Notes
:
:
:
Pre-seaso ...
, Canterbury-Bankstown were defeated in both of their opening fixtures. The season was then temporarily postponed. Following the season resumption, they were defeated by
Manly-Warringah at
Central Coast Stadium
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. They then defeated the
St George Illawarra Dragons
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22-2 at
Bankwest Stadium
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. After round 9, they have not won a game. They were defeated in round 9 by the
Brisbane Broncos
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at
Suncrop Stadium 26-8. The speculation that then Head Coach
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 Cant ...
would be sacked grew. By Tuesday 14 July 2020, Canterbury-Bankstown released a statement saying that
Pay had resigned from his position. In this statement, the club announced that
Pay's assistant coach
Steve Georgallis
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would take over the role. Following this, it was reported that
Dean
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's other assistant, Steve Antonelli, also resigned from his position. The clubs
Canterbury Cup NSW
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head coach Brad Henderson would fill in as
Georgallis's assistant coach.
On Wednesday 22 July 2020, the club announced that they had secured the services of former
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
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head coach and current (at 22 July 2020)
Penrith Panthers
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assistant coach,
Trent Barrett
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He was previously the head ...
to coach the club from the start of season 2021 on a three-year deal.
Canterbury finished the
2020 NRL season
The 2020 NRL season was the 113th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 23rd season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 14th consecutive year.
; Notes
:
:
:
Pre-seaso ...
in 15th place on the table after a horror year on and off the field. Canterbury finished on equal points with
Brisbane
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but avoided the wooden spoon due to a slightly better for and against record.
Canterbury started the
2021 NRL season
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
Ladd ...
poorly losing their opening three matches including being kept scoreless in round 2 & round 3 against Penrith and Brisbane respectively. This was the first time in the club's history that this had occurred.
In round 4 of the
2021 NRL season
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
Ladd ...
, Canterbury were defeated 38-0 by
South Sydney in the traditional
Good Friday game. Canterbury became only the second team in the
NRL
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era to lose three straight games without scoring a point after Cronulla who achieved this in the
2014 NRL season
The 2014 NRL season was the 107th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 17th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand, for the Auckland Nines, replacing the Rugby Lea ...
.
It was also the worst start to a season by any team since Glebe in the
1928 NSWRFL season
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who managed to only score 12 points in their first four matches.
On 30 June 2021, Canterbury were fined $50,000 by the
NRL
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after failing to communicate the increased Covid restrictions to players. The incident was in relation to five Canterbury players visiting Sydney's Eastern Suburbs which was a
Covid-19
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hotspot.
In round 16 of the
2021 NRL season
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Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
Ladd ...
, Canterbury suffered their third heaviest defeat in club history losing 66-0 to
Manly-Warringah at
WEstern Sydney Stadium
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.
In round 22 of the
2021 NRL season
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Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
Ladd ...
, Canterbury were handed their sixth
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after losing 24-10 against the
New Zealand Warriors
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. Canterbury needed to win the match and their remaining three fixtures to avoid finishing last.
Despite a number of off-season recruits, Canterbury started the
2022 NRL season
The 2022 NRL season is the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest s ...
poorly winning only two of their first ten matches. On 16 May 2022, Canterbury head coach Trent Barrett resigned from his position with the club sitting bottom of the table.
On 18 May 2022, Michael Potter was named as interim coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs after the resignation of Barrett. Under Potter, the club won five of their last 14 matches to avoid the wooden spoon by finishing 12th.
Name and emblem
The name and emblem of the club has changed several times over its history. At the club's foundation in 1935, it was known only as 'Canterbury-Bankstown', without an animal mascot. The nicknames 'Berries' and 'C-Bs' (or, derisively, 'Country Bumpkins') were often used informally, 'C-Bs' being used from the outset and 'Berries' coming into use by the mid-1940s. The club had been referred to as the 'Bulldogs' as early as 1977. In 1978, the Bulldog mascot and name was adopted, with the club becoming known as the 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs'. This was the name used throughout the team's 1980s glory era. In 1995 the club name was changed to 'Sydney Bulldogs', reflecting a similar change by
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(to 'Sydney City Roosters'). The name changed again in 1996, returning to 'Canterbury Bulldogs' with 'Bankstown' omitted, and yet again in 2000, to the geographically indistinct 'Bulldogs'. Bob Hagan, the club boss at the time of the 2000 change, explained that the dropping of the name 'Canterbury' was intended to broaden the appeal of the club outside of its traditional supporter base, so that the club could attract a geographically diverse following like
Manchester United or the
Chicago Bulls
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. Despite the name change, some supporters, as well as many television and radio commentators, continued to refer to the club as 'Canterbury'. In the most recent change, board officials voted in late 2009 for the club to return to 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' from the 2010 season onwards.
The initial crest was a 'C-B' in a shield. The adoption of the 'Bulldogs' name and mascot took place in 1978. There have been three main versions of the mascot logo. The first, which featured a snarling bulldog inside a circle, was replaced in 1998 by a more 'cartoonish' logo of a bulldog's head. In 2009, the club announced that the logo would be changing again, and asked members to vote on which of two similar proposed logos would be used from 2010. The rationale for the logo change was to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary in 2010 and to better reflect the club's "true essence and history". Two months later, the new design was unveiled, with the official change of logo taking place in November 2009. The current logo returns to the standing bulldog of the 1978–1997 logo, although it is no longer snarling. It also references elements of the club's history by incorporating the 'C-B' emblem, the club's year of foundation (1935), and the blue and white 'V' design which has featured on many of the club's jerseys over the years. The change of name from 'Bulldogs' to 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' took place after the new logo was unveiled.
Image:Bulldogs 1935 Logo.svg, 1935-1977
Image:Canterbury-bankstown bulldogs 1980s logo.jpg, 1978-1997
Image:BullDogs.svg, 1998-2009
Colours
The Bulldogs have played in predominantly blue and white strip since the club entered the league in 1935. The only exception to this was during the Second World War, when rationing meant they had to wear a maroon jersey with a blue 'V'.
There have been four basic strip designs since the club's inception in the top-flight league competition:
* The irregular ("butcher stripes") stripes design – used from 1935 until 1962. This design had blue and white irregular stripes worn with black shorts. The irregular strip has been used recently in occasional 'heritage' matches (e.g. Heritage round in 2008 vs St. George Illawarra)
* Maroon with Blue V - used from 1943 until 1945 during the war. Due to the war effort, dye was in limited supply. Teams were asked to avoid stripes to conserve dye. This jersey design has been seen as 'unlucky' by fans.
* The 'V Strip' – used between 1963 and 1969, and revived in 1973. White shirt with blue V, blue shorts. The current "away" strip has blue shorts, but features a blue shirt with white V.
* Blue & White hoops - From 1970 to 1972, the club adopted a jersey featuring blue and white hoops. This reverted to the 'V Strip' from 1973 onwards.
Image:Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1935.png, 1935–1942
Image:Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1943.png, 1943–1945
Image:Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1938.png, 1946–1962
Image:Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1963.png, 1963–1969, 1973–1977
Image:Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1970.png, 1970–1972
Image:Canterbury-Bankstown Jersey 1979.png, 1978–1996
Image:Canterbury Jersey 1997.png, 1997–1998
Image:Canterbury Jersey 1999.png, 1999–2006
Image:Bulldogs Jersey 2007.png, 2007–2012
Stadium
![Stadium Australia 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Stadium_Australia_2.jpg)
In their inaugural season, very few home matches were allocated to the Canterbury-Bankstown club. However, when the opportunity arose the club took their matches to either
Marrickville
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or
Pratten Park
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Pratten Park was named after Herbert Pratten, an alderman and then mayor ...
. From the following season, the club began to base itself at
Belmore Sports Ground
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. The club had a long-time affinity with the ground and stayed there continuously until 1994.
![Belmore Sports Ground](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Belmore_Sports_Ground.jpg)
In 1995 when the
Super League War
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Super ...
began to come about, the club changed its playing name to the "Sydney Bulldogs" in an attempt to broaden its fan base and played matches at
Parramatta Stadium where spectator facilities were of a higher class. This move paid off with the club going on to become premiers that season. However, the club reverted its name to Canterbury for the 1996 season and once again played matches out of Belmore Sports Ground; something that lasted up until the inaugural
National Rugby League
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season of 1998.
![Panorama-TelstraStadium-Oct2005](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Panorama-TelstraStadium-Oct2005.jpg)
Once the new
Stadium Australia
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had been finished and opened in preparation for the
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
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, the club began to play matches there between 1999 and 2000. From 2001 to 2005, the club then began to play matches out of the new
Sydney Showground at
Homebush Bay, with bigger matches played out of the then-Telstra Stadium from 2003. When fans began to complain about the poor quality of the Showground venue as a
rugby league ground, the club eventually decided to move all future home matches to the Stadium, where the club remains. In 2008, Telstra Stadium became known as ANZ Stadium due to a naming rights change.
The club's training and administration offices remained at Belmore Sports Ground until the beginning of 2008, but were relocated to Sydney Olympic Park during the 2008 season. With the NSW Government committing to upgrading Belmore Sports Ground, the club administration and training has now been returned to the historical ground after a $9 million upgrade.
In 2015, the club played two home games at their traditional home ground
Belmore Sports Ground
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as part of the club's 80th-anniversary celebrations. They have continued to play some games at
Belmore every year since 2015. From 2019, the club started to schedule only one home fixture at
Belmore Sports Ground
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. No game was held at Belmore in the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 season postponement and season rescheduling.
Supporters
![Belmoreoval1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Belmoreoval1.jpg)
The Bulldogs Army is the core
supporter group for the Bulldogs, with the section they sit within known as 'The Kennel'. To be sitting in this section, supporters must become a member of the club itself and register any large flags and/or banners which are brought to the game. At all away games the Bulldogs Army locates themselves in the general admission section. The main aim of the Bulldogs Army is to show support and passion for the Bulldogs.
As the region's traditional local representatives, the Bulldogs predominantly draw on a support base in and around the districts of
Canterbury
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and
Bankstown
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in
south-western Sydney
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, although in recent years club administration and home matches have relocated to
Sydney Olympic Park. The Bulldogs are the most supported NRL club in regional NSW—over 25% of Bulldog fans are located in regional NSW, over 25% are located outside of NSW and over 10% are located in Queensland. The club has one of the highest average attendances in the league: over the
2010 season, it was one of only two clubs to record an average home crowd of more than 20,000.
The multicultural demographics of the suburbs in the club's support base, such as
Lakemba, means the club has a large number of supporters from a range of non-Anglo ethnicities. In recent years the club has become particularly identified in the media with the
Lebanese and the
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community, particularly with the club's former star goalkicker
Hazem El Masri
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, who migrated from
Lebanon
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as a young child. The Greek community has a huge history of Greeks playing for the club dating back to the 1970s with club legend Dr
George Peponis
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, who migrated from
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as a very young child who captained the Bulldogs and Australia. El Masri retired at the end of the 2009 season.
Notable supporters
Rivalries
Parramatta Eels
The rivalry between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the
Parramatta Eels
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The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...
is one of the fiercest in the NRL. The two clubs have been geographically close throughout their whole histories. In the 1980s, Canterbury and Parramatta both won four premierships each and met in two grand finals in 1984 and 1986.
In the 1990s, at the height of the super league war, Parramatta signed four of Canterbury's star players
Jarrod McCracken
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,
Dean Pay
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He played for the Cant ...
,
Jim Dymock
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A Tonga and Australia inter ...
and
Jason Smith which helped Parramatta reach the finals for the first time in eleven years, in the 1998 preliminary final, Parramatta were winning against Canterbury 18-2 with less than ten minutes to play when Canterbury staged one of the biggest comebacks finals comebacks defeating Parramatta 32-20 in extra time.
In the
2007 NRL season
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, the club's played each other in the elimination final at
Telstra Stadium
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with Parramatta gaining revenge for the 1998 preliminary final as they defeated Canterbury 25-6.
In the
2009 NRL season, Parramatta defeated Canterbury in the preliminary final to cap off a remarkable run to the grand final. The crowd which attended the match was a non grand final record of 74,000 fans.
Speaking to the Herald Sun in 2007, former Canterbury-Bankstown player
Craig Polla-Mounter
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Polla-Mounter was born in Melbour ...
described the rivalry between the two club's saying "I think the Parramatta and Canterbury fans can be the most unforgiving, especially when we play each other. I have no doubt it is the biggest rivalry in rugby league and part of the reason he didn't play again". Polla-Mounter said this in reference to Parramatta player
Paul Carige and his infamous performance in the 1998 preliminary final.
Speaking of the rivalry in 2015, former Canterbury player
James Graham said "As soon as I came to this club, I was told that they were the closest club to us and that there was no love lost between players and fans".
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who played for both clubs said "Both clubs do speak about the rivalry, in the change room and leading into the clashes, they always want to get the wood on their rival, I went for Canterbury when I was a kid, but then got my first opportunity in first grade to play for Parramatta. They place a huge amount of emphasis on the game. I think I was one of the only players to go the other way, a lot of players who had played for the Bulldogs allayed first the Eels, not too many went the other way".
Sydney Roosters
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have a long-standing rivalry with fellow team the
Sydney Roosters
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, Whilst both teams had crossed premiership paths in grand finals in four occasions. In 1938, Canterbury-Bankstown won their first premiership against the Eastern Suburbs as what they were known as back then winning 19-6 at the
Sydney Cricket Ground. Two years later in 1940, the sides met again with the Easts winning the 1940 NSWRFL Grand Final 24-14. In 1980, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs broke a 38-year premiership drought defeating the Eastern Suburbs Roosters 18-4 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
In 2002, the Sydney Roosters won the NRL premiership on the back of a 9-game winning streak. This was the same year the premiership favourite Canterbury were stripped of 37 points due to systematic breaches of the salary cap in
2001 and
2002, in 2003, the Roosters proved themselves worthy of defending premiers title when they defeated Canterbury in the preliminary final 28-18 in front of a sold out Aussie Stadium. In 2004, the Roosters defeated Canterbury 35-0 and fighting broke out in the stands during and after the game had been completed. While the Roosters finished the regular season with the minor premiership, Canterbury defeated them in the grand final 16-13 after trailing 13-6 at half time.
As of the
2021 NRL season
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Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
Ladd ...
, the last time the two clubs met in a finals game was the 2015 Elimination Final which the Roosters won 38-12 at the
Sydney Football Stadium.
St. George Illawarra Dragons
The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have a fierce rivalry with their neighbour the
St. George Illawarra Dragons
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. Canterbury-Bankstown were founded in 1935, fourteen years after
St. George Dragons
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, St. George inflicted a premiership record 91-6 victory over Canterbury in 1935 but Canterbury enjoyed premiership success first in 1938 and St. George in 1942. In the
1942 NSWRFL season
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, the two clubs met in the Grand Final with Canterbury-Bankstown defeating St. George 11-9 in a low-scoring affair at the Sydney Cricket Ground. After that however, St. George recorded eleven straight premierships in the years following 1955-1966. It was also Canterbury who put an end to their Premiership run in 1967, when they beat them by a point in the preliminary final to face South Sydney in the grand final. Since then, both clubs inflicted Premiership defeats on the other, with the St. George Dragons defeating the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in their last grand final success in 1979, the Bulldogs returned the favour in 1985.
The two teams subsequently met in the 1993 preliminary final which St. George defeated Canterbury 27-12. They would meet again in the 1995 and 1998 finals series with Canterbury running out winners on both occasions. The elimination final in 1998 was also St. George's last game as a stand-alone entity as the club elected to form a joint venture with
Illawarra
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for the
1999 NRL season
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.
Biggest loss 6-91 (85 pts) - May 11, 1935 - vs. St George
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Souths and Canterbury-Bankstown have played each other every
Good Friday since 2012. They met in the
1967 NSWRFL Grand Final with South Sydney winning 12-10. However, the competitive nature intensified when they met in the
2014 NRL Grand Final
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where Souths won 30-6 to claim their first premiership since 1971.
During their Good Friday clash in 2015, this game was labelled for its controversy, as South Sydney won 18-17 thanks to a late penalty goal. Canterbury fans were angry about the match officials decision and attacked the match officials when they walked off the field, throwing bottles at them, even causing one of them to slip over. Some fans were given lifetime bans for throwing bottles at the match officials.
In round 4 of the
2021 NRL season
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
Ladd ...
, Canterbury were defeated 38-0 by
South Sydney in the traditional
Good Friday game. Canterbury became only the second team in the
NRL
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era to lose three straight games without scoring a point after Cronulla who achieved this in the
2014 NRL season
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.
It was also the worst start to a season by any team since Glebe in the
1928 NSWRFL season
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who managed to only score 12 points in their first four matches.
Canterbury League Club
The Canterbury League Club is the licensed club of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Canterbury League Club first opened its doors for trade in September 1956 to service the needs of the football club and local community. The Salvation Army Hall became the first venue of the Canterbury League Club. Sixty people would fill the venue on a busy night.
In the first two years of trade the club was outgrowing itself and in 1960 the Club moved its premises to Bridge St which allowed the League Club to grow as well as cater for patron parking.
During the 1990s Canterbury managed one of the most successful league clubs in NSW and was quickly becoming known as one of the most progressive leisure facilities in Australia. With trade booming and patronage at an all-time high, the Club extended its trading to 24-hour trading.
In 2000, the Board had approved major renovations. The renovations started in 2000 and in 2002 the Banyan Brasserie, Dynasty Restaurant, new foyer, level 1 and health club were opened to the public.
The club also amalgamated with Lakemba Services Memorial Club (2008) & Belfield RSL (2013).
Canterbury League Club has since become one of Sydney's premier hospitality destinations with 5-star amenities including three restaurants, two coffee shops, multiple bars and entertainment lounges and a 24-hour health club.
Statistics and records
Hazem El Masri
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holds the NRL record for the most games played for the club, having made 317 appearances in total.
Hazem El Masri also holds records for the most points scored, the most tries scored and the most points scored for the Bulldogs. Since his debut in 1996, he has scored a total of 2,418 points—which was also a competition record for Rugby League in Australia until 2019. Former player
Daryl Halligan
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, who retired with the club in 2000, had previously held the competition record for most points scored with 2,034, which included points scored whilst at his former club the
North Sydney Bears
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.
The club's largest win occurred in 1995 when they played as the "Sydney Bulldogs." In a match against the newly formed
North Queensland Cowboys
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Sinc ...
, the Bulldogs won 66-4. In the club's first season in 1935 they were subject to the two heaviest defeats in competition history two weeks in succession. Firstly, they lost to St. George 91-6 and the following week to Eastern Suburbs 87-7. However, despite these big losses, the club was able to secure their first premiership 3 years later in 1938 in the
Grand Final
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against Eastern Suburbs; at the same time setting the record for becoming the quickest non-foundation club to win a title. This record was not broken until 1999.
In 2002, the club won 17 matches in a row after getting beaten by
New Zealand Warriors
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; falling just two short of the record set by the Eastern Suburbs team of 1975.
In Round 7 of the 2014 season, after beating the South Sydney Rabbitohs 15-14, the Bulldogs became the first club to win three consecutive matches by 1 point. They went on to be runners up to South Sydney Rabbitohs in the grandfinal.
In April 2015, the Bulldogs played the Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium in front of 40,523 spectators.
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1940 NSWRFL season
The 1940 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-third season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, which ...
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Jack Bonnyman
John Bonnyman (born 1920) is a former rugby league footballer who played for Canterbury-Bankstown and New South Wales.
Career
Bonnyman started his career at the Central-Newcastle Rugby League club. He was all set to join St. George Dragons, bu ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1940
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1941
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1942 NSWRFL season
The 1942 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-fifth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season, whi ...
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Jerry Brien
Jerry Brien was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played for Western Suburbs, St. George and for the New South Wales Rugby League team. He also coached the Canterbury-Bankstown club and Western Suburbs.
Playing career
In 19 ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1942
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1943 NSWRFL season
The 1943 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-sixth season of Sydney's top-level rugby league competition, Australia's first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which lasted from April unti ...
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Roy Kirkaldy
Roy Kirkaldy (26 March 1910 – 13 August 1973) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached in the 1940s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown and for the New South Wales Rugby League ...
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Roy Kirkaldy
Roy Kirkaldy (26 March 1910 – 13 August 1973) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, and coached in the 1940s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown and for the New South Wales Rugby League ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1943
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1944 NSWRFL season
The 1944 NSWRFL season was the thirty-seventh season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, and Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested the premiership duri ...
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Cec Fifield
Cec "Dicky" Fifield (1903-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative centre, he play ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1944
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1945 NSWRFL season
The 1945 NSWRFL season was the thirty-eighth New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership season, Sydney’s top-level rugby league club competition, and Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season whic ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1945
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1946 NSWRFL season
The 1946 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the thirty-ninth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Eight teams from across the city contested during the season which culminated in Balmain ...
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Ross McKinnon
Ross McKinnon (1914-1962) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. Born in Oberon, New South Wales, he played for the University, Eastern Suburbs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side.
Playing career
McKinnon, who ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1946
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1947 NSWRFL season
The 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the fortieth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. For the first time, the number of clubs in the league reached double digits due to the admis ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1947
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1948 NSWRFL season
The 1948 NSWRFL season was the forty-first New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership season, Sydney’s top-level rugby league football competition, and Australia’s first. The teams remained unchanged from the previous season, with ten ...
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Arthur Halloway , ,
Canterbury-Bankstown 1948
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1949 NSWRFL season
The 1949 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-second season of Sydney's top-level professional rugby league football club competition, Australia's first. Ten teams from across the city contested the premiership during ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1949
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1950 NSWRFL season
The 1950 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-third season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Ten teams from across the city contested the premiership during the season which culmina ...
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Alby Why
Albert George Henry Why, known by the alias Alby Carr, (1899–1969) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s player for South Sydney, who played under his alias for most of his career.
Playing career
He was born ...
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Eddie Burns
Eddie Burns (16 January 1916 – 30 June 2004) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach of the mid 20th century. A New South Wales representative prop-forward, he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the NSWRFL Premiership, l ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1950
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1951 NSWRFL season
The 1951 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the forty-fourth season of Sydney’s top-level rugby league competition, Australia’s first. Ten teams from across the city competed for the newly created J. J. Giltinan Shield dur ...
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Vic Bulgin /
Alby Why
Albert George Henry Why, known by the alias Alby Carr, (1899–1969) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s player for South Sydney, who played under his alias for most of his career.
Playing career
He was born ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1951
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Alby Why
Albert George Henry Why, known by the alias Alby Carr, (1899–1969) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s player for South Sydney, who played under his alias for most of his career.
Playing career
He was born ...
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Ken Charlton , ,
Canterbury-Bankstown 1952
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1953 NSWRFL season
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
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Jack Hampstead
Jack Hampstead (1920-1992) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s. A New South Wales state representative lock forward, he played in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for th ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1953
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1954 NSWRFL season
The 1954 NSWRFL season was the forty-seventh season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership competition, based in Sydney. Ten rugby league football teams from across the city competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the se ...
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Leo Trevena
Leo Trevena (1929-2013) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown and the Western Suburbs Magpies in the 1950s. He also coached the Pen ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1954
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1955 NSWRFL season
The 1955 NSWRFL season was the 48th season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League. Ten teams from across Sydney competed for the NSWRFL Premiership J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a replay of the previous year' ...
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Vic Hey
Victor John Hey (18 November 1912 in Liverpool, New South Wales – 11 April 1995), also known by the nickname of "The Human Bullet", was an Australian rugby league national and state representative and later a successful first-grade and natio ...
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Ray Gartner
Raymond William Gartner (1934-1983) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1950s and 1960s.
Playing career
Gartner had a long and successful career at Canterbury-Bankstown, playing eleven seasons and over 200 grade games betwe ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1955
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1956 NSWRFL season
1956's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 49th season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten teams from across the city competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a Grand Fin ...
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Col Geelan
Stanley Colin (Col) Geelan (1927–1996) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.
Career
A Newtown Junior, Geelan started his career at Newtown in 1948, but then spent the 1949 season at Gunnedah before returning in 1950. He p ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1956
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1957 NSWRFL season
1957's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 50th season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten teams from across the city competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a grand fi ...
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Col Geelan
Stanley Colin (Col) Geelan (1927–1996) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.
Career
A Newtown Junior, Geelan started his career at Newtown in 1948, but then spent the 1949 season at Gunnedah before returning in 1950. He p ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1957
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1958 NSWRFL season
The 1958 NSWRFL season was the 51st season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, Australia's first rugby league football competition. Ten teams from across Sydney competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated i ...
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Ray Gartner
Raymond William Gartner (1934-1983) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1950s and 1960s.
Playing career
Gartner had a long and successful career at Canterbury-Bankstown, playing eleven seasons and over 200 grade games betwe ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1958
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1959 NSWRFL season
1959's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 52nd season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten teams from across the city competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a grand fin ...
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Brian Davies , ,
Canterbury-Bankstown 1959
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1960 NSWRFL season
1960's New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 53rd season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten teams from across the city competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culmi ...
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Eddie Burns
Eddie Burns (16 January 1916 – 30 June 2004) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach of the mid 20th century. A New South Wales representative prop-forward, he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the NSWRFL Premiership, l ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1960
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1961 NSWRFL season
The 1961 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 54th season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten teams from across the city competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which cul ...
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Ray Gartner
Raymond William Gartner (1934-1983) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1950s and 1960s.
Playing career
Gartner had a long and successful career at Canterbury-Bankstown, playing eleven seasons and over 200 grade games betwe ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1961
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1962 NSWRFL season
The 1962 NSWRFL season was the 55th New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, Australia's first rugby league competition. Ten teams from across Sydney competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which cu ...
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Ray Beavan /
Brian Davies , ,
Canterbury-Bankstown 1962
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1963 NSWRFL season
The 1963 NSWRFL season was the 56th season of the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership based in Sydney. Ten teams from across the city competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a ...
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Clive Churchill
Clive Bernard Churchill AM (21 January 1927 – 9 August 1985) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer and coach in the mid-20th century. An Australian international and New South Wales and Queensland interstate representative ...
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Ray Gartner
Raymond William Gartner (1934-1983) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1950s and 1960s.
Playing career
Gartner had a long and successful career at Canterbury-Bankstown, playing eleven seasons and over 200 grade games betwe ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1963
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1964 NSWRFL season
The 1964 NSWRFL season was the fifty-seventh season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership, Australia's first. Ten clubs from across the city competed for the J. J. Gilti ...
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Les Johns
Les Johns (born 1942 in Newcastle, New South Wales) is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Club career
Les Johns started his career at Newcastle's Souths club.
He then played nine ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1964
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Eddie Burns
Eddie Burns (16 January 1916 – 30 June 2004) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach of the mid 20th century. A New South Wales representative prop-forward, he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown club of the NSWRFL Premiership, l ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1965
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1966 NSWRFL season
The 1966 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 59th season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Ten clubs from across the city competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield and the WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, whic ...
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Roger Pearman
Roger Pearman (born ) is an English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, , ,
Roger Pearman
Roger Pearman (born ) is an English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, /
George Taylforth
George Henry Taylforth (born 25 January 1941) is a British-born Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played for Canterbury-Bankstown and Cronulla-Sutherland, notable for his long-range go ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1966
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1967 NSWRFL season
The 1967 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 60th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. The introduction of the Cronulla-Sutherland and Penrith clubs saw a total of twelve ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1967
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1968 NSWRFL season
The 1968 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 61st season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Twelve teams, including six Sydney-based foundation teams and another six from around Sydney competed for the J.J. ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1968
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1969 NSWRFL season
The 1969 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 62nd season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six Sydney-based foundation teams and another six from the Sydney ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1969
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1970 NSWRFL season
The 1970 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 63rd season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six foundation clubs and another six admitted post 1908, competed ...
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Ron Raper
Ronald Paul Raper (born 22 November 1945) is an Australian former rugby league footballer, and coach from the 1960s and 1970s.
Background
Born in Camperdown, in inner-western Sydney into a working-class family of nine boys, he played junior ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1970
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1971 NSWRFL season
The 1971 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixty-fourth season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six foundation clubs and another six admitted since 1908 ...
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Bob Hagan
Robert F. Hagan (born March 31, 1949) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for the 58th District from 2007 to 2014. He represented the same seat from 1987 to 1997, an ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1971
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1972 NSWRFL season
The 1972 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 65th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six of 1908's foundation clubs and another six from across Sydn ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1972
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1973 NSWRFL season
The 1973 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the sixty-sixth season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Twelve district clubs from across the city, including six foundation clubs, competed for the J.J. Giltinan Sh ...
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Malcolm Clift
Malcolm Clift (born 31 October 1936) is an Australian former rugby league footballer and former coach of Canterbury-Bankstown, Leeds and the Gold Coast Seagulls.
Background
Clift was born in Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia.
Career
Clif ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown 1973
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1974 NSWRFL season
The 1974 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 67th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six of 1908's foundation clubs and another six from across Sydne ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1974
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1975 NSWRFL season
The 1975 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 68th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six of 1908's foundation clubs and another six from across Sydne ...
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Tim Pickup
Timothy Alexander Pickup (6 October 1948 – 7 June 2021) was an Australian Rugby League footballer for the North Sydney Bears, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and Australian national side in the 1970s. He played Rugby Union for ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1975
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1976 NSWRFL season
The 1976 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 69th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve teams, including six of 1908's foundation clubs and another six from around Sydne ...
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Bob McCarthy
Bob McCarthy MBE (born 5 August 1946) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. He lat ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1976
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1977 NSWRFL season
The 1977 NSWRFL season was the 70th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. Twelve clubs, including six of 1908's foundation teams and another six from around Sydne ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1977
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1978 NSWRFL season
The 1978 NSWRFL season was the 71st season of the NSWRFL Premiership, Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, and Australia's first. Twelve clubs, including six of 1908's foundation teams and another six from around Sydney compete ...
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Ted Glossop
Ted Glossop (1934 – 31 December 1998) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach.
Playing career
He played for the St. George Dragons for eight seasons between 1950 and 1958 and played 115 games for the club scoring 17 tries. He ...
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George Peponis
George Peponis (born Georgios Peponis el, Γιώργος Πεπόνης; on 3 September 1953) is a Greek Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia national and New South Wales stat ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1978
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1979 NSWRFL season
The 1979 NSWRFL season was the 72nd season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve New South Wales Rugby Football League clubs competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield and WD & HO Wills Cup during the ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1979
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1980 NSWRFL season
The 1980 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 73rd season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve clubs, including six of 1908's foundation teams and another six from around Sydn ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1980
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1981 NSWRFL season
The 1981 New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership was the 74th season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, Australia's first. Twelve clubs, including six of 1908's foundation teams and another six from around Sydne ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1981
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1982 NSWRFL season
The 1982 NSWRFL season was the 75th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and saw the New South Wales Rugby Football League’s first expansion since 1967 with the introduction of the first two clubs from outside the Sydney area ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1982
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1983 NSWRFL season
The 1983 NSWRFL season was the 76th season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Fourteen teams competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a replay of the previous year's grand final ...
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Chris Anderson Chris Anderson may refer to:
Sports
* Chris Anderson (baseball) (born 1992), American baseball player
* Chris Anderson (cheese roller), 22-time winner of annual cheese rolling
* Chris Anderson (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1986), Scottish footb ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1983
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1984 NSWRL season
The 1984 New South Wales Rugby League season was the 77th season of competition between the top professional rugby league football clubs within New South Wales. With the departure from the first grade competition of Sydney foundation club the N ...
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Warren Ryan
Warren Redman Ryan (born 27 October 1941) is an Australian former professional rugby league football coach and player. He is considered one of the most influential rugby league coaches of the 20th century. Ryan also played in the NSWRFL Premie ...
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Steve Mortimer
Stephen Charles Mortimer (born 15 July 1956), also nicknamed "Turvey", is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a . Mortimer played a Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs club record 272 first-grade games between 1976–88, winni ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1984
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1985 NSWRL season
The 1985 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the seventy-eighth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen teams competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a gra ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1985
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1986 NSWRL season
The 1986 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the seventy-ninth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen clubs competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated in a gran ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1986
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1987 NSWRL season
The 1987 NSWRL season was the 80th season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Thirteen clubs competed for the New South Wales Rugby League premiership's J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the season, which culminated i ...
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1988 NSWRL season
The 1988 NSWRL season was the 81st season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and saw the first expansion of the New South Wales Rugby League Premiership outside the borders of New South Wales, and another expansion outside of Syd ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1988
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1989 NSWRL season
The 1989 NSWRL season was the 82nd season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen clubs competed for the New South Wales Rugby League's J.J. Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup Premiership during the season, which culminated ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1989
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1990 NSWRL season
The 1990 New South Wales Rugby League season was the eighty-third season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen clubs competed for the J J Giltinan Shield and Winfield Cup during the premiership season, which culminated in a g ...
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Chris Anderson Chris Anderson may refer to:
Sports
* Chris Anderson (baseball) (born 1992), American baseball player
* Chris Anderson (cheese roller), 22-time winner of annual cheese rolling
* Chris Anderson (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1986), Scottish footb ...
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Terry Lamb
Terence John Lamb (born 15 September 1961), also nicknamed "Baa", is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He played 350 games, with the Western Suburbs (1980–1983) and Canterbury (1984–1996).
Lamb was known for his su ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1990
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1991 NSWRL season
The 1991 NSWRL season was the eighty-fourth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. This year the New South Wales Rugby League experimented with a draft system for the first time. Sixteen clubs competed for the J J Giltinan Sh ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1991
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1992 NSWRL season
The 1992 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership season was the eighty-fifth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen teams competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield during the season which culminated in a grand final for ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1992
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1993 NSWRL season
The 1993 NSWRL season (known as the 1993 Winfield Cup Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-sixth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. The New South Wales Rugby League's sixteen teams competed for the J. J. Gi ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1993
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1994 NSWRL season
The 1994 NSWRL season (known as the 1994 Winfield Cup Premiership due to sponsorship from Winfield (cigarette), Winfield) was the eighty-seventh season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen clubs, including 14 from within the ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1994
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1995 ARL season
The 1995 ARL premiership was the 88th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the first to be run by the Australian Rugby League following the hand-over of the Premiership's administration by the New South Wales Rugby Lea ...
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Sydney Bulldogs 1995
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1996 ARL season
The 1996 ARL premiership (also known as the 1996 Optus Cup due to sponsorship from Optus) was the 89th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the second to be administered by the Australian Rugby League (ARL). Twenty tea ...
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Sydney Bulldogs 1996
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Canterbury Bulldogs 1997
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1998 NRL season
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
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Darren Britt
Darren Britt (born 9 October 1969) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1990s and 2000s.
He played for Western Suburbs and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. He also represented the Australian n ...
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Canterbury Bulldogs 1998
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1999 NRL season
The 1999 NRL season was the 92nd season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the second to be run by the National Rugby League. With the exclusion of the Adelaide Rams and Gold Coast Chargers, and the joint venture of the St. ...
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Canterbury Bulldogs 1999
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2000 NRL season
The 2000 NRL season was the 93rd season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the third to be run by the National Rugby League. Fourteen teams competed from February till August for the NRL Premiership, culminating in the 2000 ...
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Bulldogs 2000
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2001 NRL season
The 2001 NRL season was the 94th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fourth run by the National Rugby League. Also called the 2001 Telstra Premiership (due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation) it was contested b ...
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Bulldogs 2001
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2002 NRL season
The 2002 NRL season was the 95th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the fifth to be run by the National Rugby League. The season was affected by the competition-leading Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' salary cap breach fi ...
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Bulldogs 2002
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2003 NRL season
The 2003 NRL premiership was the 96th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the sixth run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen teams competed, with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles returning in place of their failed join ...
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Bulldogs 2003
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2004 NRL season
The 2004 NRL season (also known as the 2004 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra) was the 97th season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the seventh run by the National Rugby League. Fifteen clubs competed dur ...
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Bulldogs 2004
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2005 NRL season
The 2005 NRL season was the 98th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the eighth run by the National Rugby League. The lineup of clubs remained unchanged from the previous year, with fifteen teams contesting the 2005 Te ...
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Andrew Ryan Andrew Ryan may refer to:
* Andrew Ryan (''BioShock''), a character in the 2007 video game ''BioShock''
*Andrew Ryan (rugby league) (born 1978), Australian rugby league player
* Andrew Ryan (diplomat) (1876–1949), British diplomat
*Andrew Ryan (a ...
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Bulldogs 2005
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2006 NRL season
The 2006 NRL season was the 99th season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the ninth run by the National Rugby League. The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous year, with fifteen clubs competing for the 2006 ...
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Bulldogs 2006
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2007 NRL season
The 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the tenth run by the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams contested the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, and with the inclusio ...
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Bulldogs 2007
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Bulldogs 2008
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Kevin Moore
Kevin Moore (born May 26, 1967) is an American keyboardist, composer, and founder of the Chroma Key music project. He is also a former member of the American progressive metal/ rock band Dream Theater, co-founder of the progressive rock supe ...
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Bulldogs 2009
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2010 NRL season
The 2010 NRL season was the 103rd season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the thirteenth run by the National Rugby League. The season commenced on 12 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 3 Octobe ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2010
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2011 NRL season
The 2011 NRL season was the 104th season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the fourteenth and last run by the National Rugby League's partnership committee of the Australian Rugby League and News Ltd. The N ...
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Kevin Moore
Kevin Moore (born May 26, 1967) is an American keyboardist, composer, and founder of the Chroma Key music project. He is also a former member of the American progressive metal/ rock band Dream Theater, co-founder of the progressive rock supe ...
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Jim Dymock
Jim Dymock (born 4 April 1972) is a professional rugby league coach who is the assistant coach of the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.
A Tonga and Australia inter ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2011
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2012 NRL season
The 2012 NRL season was the 105th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the first run by the newly formed Australian Rugby League Commission. The main competition, called the 2012 NRL Telstra Premiership due to spon ...
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Des Hasler
Desmond John Hasler (born 16 February 1961) is an Australian professional rugby league coach, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as and .
He initially played for the Penrith Panthers, and then spent most of his playi ...
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Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis (born 16 March 1984) is an Australian sports commentator for Fox League and former professional rugby league footballer of Irish descent. A New South Wales State of Origin representative , he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2012
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2013 NRL season
The 2013 NRL season was the 106th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia. The National Rugby League's main competition, named the 2013 Telstra Premiership after major sponsors Telstra Corporation, was contested by sixte ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2013
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2014 NRL season
The 2014 NRL season was the 107th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 17th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand, for the Auckland Nines, replacing the Rugby Lea ...
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Michael Ennis
Michael Ennis (born 16 March 1984) is an Australian sports commentator for Fox League and former professional rugby league footballer of Irish descent. A New South Wales State of Origin representative , he played for the Canterbury-Bankstown ...
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Frank Pritchard
Frank Semu Pritchard (born 3 November 1983), also known by the nicknames "Cranky" and "Frank the Tank", is a former professional rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand and Samoa at international level. A , he played in the Nationa ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2014
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2015 NRL season
The 2015 NRL season was the 108th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 18th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, which was followed ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2015
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2016 NRL season
The 2016 NRL season was the 109th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 19th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, w ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2016
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2017 NRL season
The 2017 NRL season was the 110th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 20th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, w ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2017
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2018 NRL season
The 2018 NRL season was the 111th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 21st season run by the National Rugby League. The main competition, known as the 2018 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra, featured 16 team ...
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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 Cant ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2018
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2019 NRL season
The 2019 NRL season was the 112th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 22nd season run by the National Rugby League. The Sydney Roosters became the first team to win back-to-back Premierships since the Brisbane Broncos in 1992 ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2019
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2020 NRL season
The 2020 NRL season was the 113th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 23rd season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 14th consecutive year.
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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 Cant ...
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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 ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2020
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2021 NRL season
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season
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Trent Barrett
Trent Barrett (born 18 November 1977) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is a former head coach and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
He was previously the head ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2021
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2022 NRL season
The 2022 NRL season is the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest s ...
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Trent Barrett
Trent Barrett (born 18 November 1977) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is a former head coach and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
He was previously the head ...
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Michael Potter
Michael Potter (born 24 September 1963) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the interim head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League, and a former professional rugby league football ...
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2022
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Players
2023 Squad
Hall of Fame
On 1 August 2015, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs announced the first five inductees into the Hall of Fame to celebrate their 80th anniversary.
Notable players
On 1 August 2015, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs announced a "Team of the Decade" to celebrate their 80th anniversary.
2023 Signings & Transfers
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West Tigers
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Jonah Glover
Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin: ''Ionas'' Ben (Hebrew), son of Amittai, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, from Gath-hepher of the northern Kingdom of Israel (Samaria ...
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Brisbane Tigers
The Brisbane Tigers are a rugby league club based at Langlands Park, in the suburb of Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. Since 1996, they have competed in the Queensland Cup, having competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1934 to 1997, where ...
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Andrew Davey
Andrew Davey (born 29 November 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL.
He previously played for the Parramatta Eels and Manly Sea Eagles in the Na ...
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Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
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Viliame Kikau
Viliame Hekmatzadah "Bill" Kikau (born 5 April 1995) is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL, and Fiji at international level.
He previously played for the Pe ...
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Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith that competes in the NRL. The team is based west of the centre of Sydney, at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Penrit ...
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Reed Mahoney
Reed Mahoney (born 22 April 1998) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. He is the on-field Co-Captain of the club alongside Matt Burton.
He has played for the Pr ...
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Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League.
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...
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Gold Coast Titans
The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...
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Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...
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Cronulla Sutherland Sharks
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Hayze Perham
Hayze Perham (born 2 July 1999) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL).
He previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and the Parramatt ...
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Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League.
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...
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Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...
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Josh Reynolds Josh Reynolds may refer to:
* Josh Reynolds (American football) (born 1995), American football wide receiver
* Josh Reynolds (rugby league) (born 1989), Australian rugby league player
* Josh Reynolds (rugby union) (born 1998), Welsh rugby union pla ...
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Jordan Samrani -
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks
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Jack Stringer
Jack may refer to:
Places
* Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA
People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
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Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...
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Ryan Sutton
Ryan Sutton (born 2 August 1995) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a and for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL).
He previously played for the Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League an ...
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Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby ...
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Sunshine Coast Falcons
The Sunshine Coast Falcons are a rugby league football team based on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast. They compete in the Queensland Cup and their home ground is Sunshine Coast Stadium. The Falcons are currently affiliat ...
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Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...
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Josh Cook
Josh Cook (born 15 June 1991) is a British racing driver currently competing in the British Touring Car Championship. He debuted in 2015, after being the runner-up in the Renault Clio Cup United Kingdom in 2014.
Racing career
Cook began his c ...
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Zach Dockar-Clay
Zach Dockar-Clay (born 24 April 1995) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for the North Sydney Bears in the NSW Cup.
He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the NRL. He also played fo ...
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Matt Doorey -
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League.
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...
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Harrison Edwards - Released
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Reece Hoffman - Released
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Jack Hetherington -
Newcastle Knights
The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. They compete in Australasia's premier rugby league competition, the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, th ...
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Josh Jackson - Retirement
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Tuipulotu Katoa -
Sydney Roosters
The Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional Rugby League Football Club based in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney) and parts of inner Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition. The Roosters have won fifteen Ne ...
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Isaac Lumelume - Released
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Jeremy Marshall-King -
The Dolphins
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Aaron Schoupp
Aaron Schoupp (born 29 June 2001) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL
Early life
Schoupp was born in Figtree, near Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. He played juni ...
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Gold Coast Titans
The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...
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Ava Seumanufagai - Released
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Joe Stimson -
Gold Coast Titans
The Gold Coast Titans are a professional rugby league football club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The club competes in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australia and New Zealand's national rugby league club competition. The ...
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Manly Sea Eagles
The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Sydney's Northern Beaches. The team colours are maroon and white, while their namesake and logo is the sea eagle. They compete in Australia's premier rugb ...
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Cooper Talau
Cooper, Cooper's, Coopers and similar may refer to:
* Cooper (profession), a maker of wooden casks and other staved vessels
Arts and entertainment
* Cooper (producers), alias of Dutch producers Klubbheads
* Cooper (video game character), in ...
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Paul Vaughan
Paul William Vaughan (24 October 1925 – 14 November 2014) was a British journalist, radio presenter (of art and science programmes) throughout the 1970s and 1990s, semi-professional jazz and classical musician and a narrator of many BBC Telev ...
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Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004.
Founded as Warrington ...
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Brandon Wakeham
Brandon Wakeham (born 11 January 1999) is a Fiji international rugby league footballer who plays as a or in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Wests Tigers.
Background
Wakeham was ...
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Honours
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New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was ...
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Australian Rugby League
The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator. It was founded in 1986 as the Australian Rugby Footbal ...
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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 ...
premiers: 8
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New South Wales Rugby League
The New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) is the governing body of rugby league in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission. It was formed in Sydney on 8 August 1907 and was ...
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Australian Rugby League
The Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL), formerly the Australian Rugby Football League known as the Australian Rugby League is an Australian rugby league football competition operator. It was founded in 1986 as the Australian Rugby Footbal ...
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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 ...
runners-up: 10
:: 1940, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2012, 2014
* New South Wales Rugby League, Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League minor premierships: 7
:: 1938, 1942, 1947, 1984, 1993, 1994, 2012
Reserve/Pre-season Representative Honours
* New South Wales Rugby League Club Championships: 7
:: 1938, 1939, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011
* Pre-Season Cup titles: 2
:: 1962, 1970
* Inter-City titles: 1
:: 1939
* NRL State Championship: 1
:: 2018
Junior Representative Honours:
''Jersey Flegg Premiers:'' 1963, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003.
''SG Ball Premiers:'' 1972, 1978, 2009.
''Harold Matthews Premiers:'' 2007, 2009, 2011
Canterbury-Bankstown District Juniors
Current Canterbury-Bankstown junior clubs are:
*Bankstown Bulls
*Bankstown Sports
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Berala Bears
Berala Bears Rugby League Football Club is an Australian rugby league football club based in Berala, New South Wales established in 1965. They conduct teams for both junior, senior and women tag teams. They have had senior teams participate in th ...
*Chester Hill Hornets
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East Hills Bulldogs
*Greenacre Tigers
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Milperra Colts
*Moorebank Rams
*Revesby Heights Rhinos
*St Christophers
*St George Dragons
*St Johns Eagles
In 1908 and 1909 the only districts with Junior Leagues were South Sydney and Balmain. The first clubs from the Canterbury district to participate in rugby league were Belmore in the NSWRL 2nd grade competition, and Campsie Triers in the Western Suburbs A Grade. When the St George JRL was established in 1911, Canterbury clubs were allocated to this competition. In 1922 the Canterbury JRL was established and Campsie Iona with 17 points edged out Wattle Hill 16 for the A Grade title, Lakemba won B Grade and Wattle Hill the C Grade. Campsie Iona repeated their A grade success in 1923, 1924 and 1925 before Belmore stopped their run in 1926.
Footnotes
References
* Blaschke B (2008). ''Steve Price – Be Your Best.'' Hachette Australia Publishing.
* Woods B (2007). ''El Magic – The Life of Hazem El Masri.'' Harper Collins Publishing.
* Andrews M (2006). ''The ABC of Rugby League.'' ABC Publishing.
* Whiticker A & Hudson G (2005). ''Canterbury Bulldogs – The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players.'' Bas Publishing.
* Whittaker A & Collis I (2004). ''The History of Rugby League Clubs.''
* Lane D (1996). ''A Family Betrayal – One Man's Super League War – Jarrod McCracken.'' Ironbark Publishing.
* Chesterton R (1996). ''Good as Gould – Phil Gould's Stormy Life in Football.'' Ironbark Publishing.
* Lester G (1991). ''The Bulldog Story.'' Publishing.
* Whiticker A (1992). ''The Terry Lamb Story.'' Gary Allen Publishing.
* Tasker N (1988). ''Top-Dog – The Steve Mortimer Story.'' Century Hutchinson Publishing.
* Lester G (1985). ''Berries to Bulldogs.'' Lester – Townsend Publishing.
* NRL Official Information Handbook (2001–2010). ''Season Guide.''
* Middleton D (1987–2009). ''The Official NSWRL, ARL, NRL Yearbook / Annual.''
* Christensen EE (1946–1977). ''NSWRL Yearbook.''
* ''Rugby League Review (2003–2010).''
* ''Big League (1974–2010).''
* ''Rugby League Week (1970–2010).''
* ''The Rugby League News.''
External links
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