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(NRL), the premier

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football competition in Australia. Based in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, the Bulldogs in 1935 were admitted to the

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(NSWRL) competition, a predecessor of the current NRL competition. The Bulldogs won their first premiership in just their fourth season (1938). At the time it made them the quickest club (barring the founding clubs) to win a premiership after admission to the competition, a record which was only recently beaten in 1999 by the

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. They won a second premiership in 1942 but then had to wait another 38 years before breaking through for a third title in 1980. During the 80s, the Bulldogs were a dominant force in the competition appearing in five Grand Finals, winning four of them. In the 90s they featured in the 1994, 1995 and 1998 Grand Finals, winning in 1995. Their most recent success was in 2004 when they beat the

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16 – 13. The tryscorers were

Hazem El Masri Hazem El Masri ( ar, حازم المصري; born 1 April 1976) is a Lebanese Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a er in the 1990s and 2000s. An international representative for Australia and Lebanon, and a New ...

and Matt Utai, and the

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winner was

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Ring of Champions (Hall of Fame)

70 Year Team of Champions

50th Anniversary Greatest Team Ever

Footnotes

*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 – Jarred 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 (2001–2007). ''Season Guide.'' *Middleton D (1987–2006). ''The Official NSWRL, ARL, NRL Yearbook / Annual.'' *Christensen EE (1946–1977). ''NSWRL Yearbook.'' *''Rugby League Review (2003–2007).'' *''Big League (1974–2007).'' *''Rugby League Week (1970–2007).'' *''The Rugby League News.''

References

External links

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