2018 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

The 2018 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season was the 84th in the club's history. Coached by Dean Pay, they finished the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership in 12th place and did not qualify for the finals.[1]

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2018 season
CEOAndrew Hill
Head coachDean Pay
CaptainJosh Jackson
NRL12th
Top try scorerClub: Josh Morris 6
Top points scorerClub: Moses Mbye 74
Highest home attendance38,824
Lowest home attendance11,247
Average home attendance19,266

Player movements

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Signings

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Transfers/Leaving

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Fixtures

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Trial Matches

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Regular season

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Round Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Crowd
1 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 18 – 36[7] Melbourne Storm Sat 10 Mar, 8PM AWST Perth Stadium 38,842[7]
2 Sydney Roosters 30 – 12[8] Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 16 Mar 6PM AEDT Allianz Stadium 12,226[9]
3 Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 20 – 18[10] Penrith Panthers Fri 23 Mar, 6PM AEDT ANZ Stadium 11,247[11]
4 South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16[12] Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 30 Mar, 4:10PM AEDT ANZ Stadium 32,471[12]
5 Canberra Raiders 26 – 10[13] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Thu 5 Apr, 7:50pm AEST GIO Stadium 11,800
6 North Queensland Cowboys 10 – 27[14] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sat 14 Apr, 5:30pm AEST 1300SMILES Stadium 14,434
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 – 6[15] Sydney Roosters Thu 19 Apr, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 11,309
8 Penrith Panthers 22 – 14[16] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 27 Apr, 7:50pm AEST Panthers Stadium 13,760
9 Brisbane Broncos 22 – 20[17] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Thur 3 May, 7:50pm AEST Suncorp Stadium 22,225
10 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20–12[18] Parramatta Eels Fri 11 May, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 15,683
11 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 22–16[19] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 20 May, 4:10pm AEST Southern Cross Group Stadium 14,004
12 Wests Tigers 14–10[20] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 27 May, 4:10pm AEST ANZ Stadium 18,847
13 BYE
14 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16–18[21] St George Illawarra Dragons Mon 11 Jun, 4pm AEST ANZ Stadium 21,376
15 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-32 Gold Coast Titans Sat 16 Jun, 3pm AEST Belmore Sports Ground 6,874
16 Newcastle Knights 16-36[22] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sat 30 Jun, 5:30pm AEST McDonald Jones Stadium 17,755
17 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-32[23] Canberra Raiders Sat 7 Jul, 7:30pm AEST Belmore Sports Ground 10,145
18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-24[24] South Sydney Rabbitohs Sat 14 Jul, 3pm AEST ANZ Stadium 14,278
19 Parramatta Eels 14-8[25] Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Thu 19 Jul, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 8,437
20 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-4[26] Wests Tigers Fri 27 Jul, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 9,865
21 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 36-22[27] Brisbane Broncos Thu 2 Aug, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 6,434
22 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18-6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sat 11 Aug, 5:30pm AEST Lottoland
23 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 27-26 New Zealand Warriors Sun 19 Aug, 2pm AEST ANZ Stadium
24 St George Illawarra Dragons 0-38 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 26 Aug, 4:10pm AEST UOW Jubilee Oval
25 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-30 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Sun 2 Sep, 2pm AEST ANZ Stadium
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 1 542 361 +181 34
2 Melbourne Storm 24 16 0 8 1 536 363 +173 34
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 16 0 8 1 582 437 +145 34
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 0 8 1 519 423 +96 34
5 Penrith Panthers 24 15 0 9 1 517 461 +56 32
6 Brisbane Broncos 24 15 0 9 1 556 500 +56 32
7 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 15 0 9 1 519 472 +47 32
8 New Zealand Warriors 24 15 0 9 1 472 447 +25 32
9 Wests Tigers 24 12 0 12 1 377 460 −83 26
10 Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 1 563 540 +23 22
11 Newcastle Knights 24 9 0 15 1 414 607 −193 20
12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 8 0 16 1 428 474 −46 18
13 North Queensland Cowboys 24 8 0 16 1 449 521 −72 18
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 8 0 16 1 472 582 −110 18
15 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 7 0 17 1 500 622 −122 16
16 Parramatta Eels 24 6 0 18 1 374 550 −176 14

See also

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References

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