2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season
2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 15th | |||
Play-off result | Missed | |||
2023 record | Wins: 7; losses: 17 | |||
Points scored | For: 438; against: 769 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Aaron Warburton | |||
Head Coach | Cameron Ciraldo | |||
Captain |
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Stadium | Accor Stadium Belmore Sports Ground | |||
Avg. attendance | 18,348 | |||
High attendance | 41,462 | |||
Low attendance | 5,130 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Jake Averillo (12) | |||
Goals | Matt Burton (60) | |||
Points | Matt Burton (138) | |||
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The 2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 89th in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. Cameron Ciraldo takes over as head coach of the team for his first season following the departure of Trent Barrett part way through the previous season.[1]
Fixtures
The club started 2023 with two pre-season trial matches against the Canberra Raiders and the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks in February before kicking off the regular season away to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in round one.[2]
Regular season
Round 1: 4 March 2023 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 31–6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Brookvale | |
15:00 AEDT |
Tries: T. Trbojevic 16' Garrick 35' Cherry-Evans 42', 60', 79' Goals: Garrick 5/6 18', 36', 44', 61', 80' Field goals: Cherry-Evans 71' |
Report |
Tries: Mahoney 20' Goals: Burton 1/1 21' Sin bin: Flanagan 34' to 44' |
Stadium: 4 Pines Park Attendance: 17,278 Referee: Grant Atkins |
Round 2: 11 March 2023 | Melbourne Storm | 12–26 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Melbourne | |
19:35 AEDT |
Tries: Asofa-Solomona 52' Hughes 57' Goals: Meaney 2/2 53', 58' Sin bin: Tonumaipea 24' to 34' |
Report |
Tries: Preston 8' Kiraz 27', 44' Addo-Carr 33' Averillo 49' Goals: Burton 3/5 10', 34', 50' Sin bin: Kikau 76' to 80' |
Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,248 Referee: Chris Butler |
Round 3: 19 March 2023 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 26–22 | Wests Tigers | Belmore | |
16:05 AEDT |
Tries: Perham 4' Addo-Carr 13', 28' Burton 54' Goals: Flanagan 5/5 6', 15', 30', 40 pen', 55' |
Report |
Tries: Naden 21' Brooks 66' Pole 69' Staines 70' Goals: Doueihi 3/4 23', 69', 70' |
Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 16,404 Referee: Todd Smith |
Round 4: 26 March 2023 | New Zealand Warriors | 16–14 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Auckland | |
16:00 NZDT |
Tries: Vailea 27' Montoya 55' Johnson 66' Goals: Johnson 2/3 28', 67' |
Report |
Tries: Kiraz 2' Addo-Carr 44' Goals: Burton 3/3 3', 8 pen', 45' |
Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 18,595 Referee: Peter Gough |
Round 5: 2 April 2023 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 15–14 (g.p.) | North Queensland Cowboys | Sydney Olympic Park | |
18:15 AEST |
Tries: Preston 18', 67' Addo-Carr 79' Goals: Burton 1/3 20' Field goals: Burton 84' Sin bin: Okunbor 13' to 23' |
Report |
Tries: Dearden 6' Chester 59' Goals: Holmes 3/4 7', 13 pen', 61' |
Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 9,626 Referee: Liam Kennedy |
Round 6: 7 April 2023 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 16–50 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Sydney Olympic Park | |
16:00 AEST |
Tries: Averillo 3' Burton 54', 72' Goals: Burton 2/3 4', 56' Sin bin: Preston 62' to 72' |
Report |
Tries: Murray 17' L. Mitchell 31', 34', 66' Host 38' Walker 63' Graham 68', 76', 78' Goals: L. Mitchell 7/10 18', 28 pen', 33', 35', 39', 65', 67' |
Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 35,211 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
Round 7: 16 April 2023 | Parramatta Eels | 30–4 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Parramatta | |
16:05 AEST |
Tries: Penisini 21' Sivo 25', 76' Moses 27' Campbell-Gillard 62' Goals: Moses 5/6 22', 27', 64', 74 pen', 77' |
Report |
Tries: Alamoti 49' Goals: Burton 0/1 |
Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 26,755 Referee: Chris Butler |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 645 | 312 | +333 | 42 |
2 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 639 | 425 | +214 | 42 |
3 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 627 | 459 | +168 | 38 |
4 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 572 | 448 | +124 | 38 |
5 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 626 | 451 | +175 | 35 |
6 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 619 | 497 | +122 | 34 |
7 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 472 | 496 | −24 | 32 |
8 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 486 | 623 | −137 | 32 |
9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 564 | 505 | +59 | 30 |
10 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 574 | +13 | 30 |
11 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 546 | 542 | +4 | 30 |
12 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 545 | 539 | +6 | 29 |
13 | Dolphins | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 520 | 631 | −111 | 24 |
14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 527 | 653 | −126 | 24 |
15 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 438 | 769 | −331 | 20 | |
16 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 474 | 673 | −199 | 16 |
17 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 385 | 675 | −290 | 14 |
2023 squad
Awards
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs awards night
Held at Doltone House, Darling Island, Tuesday 5 September.[3]
- Dr George Peponis Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Jacob Preston
- Coaches Award: Jacob Kiraz
- Steve Mortimer Medal (NRL Rookie of the Year): Jacob Preston
- Member's Player of the Year: Jacob Preston
- Peter Warren Award (Community Service): Viliame Kikau
- Terry Lamb Medal (Player of the Year New South Wales Cup): Jayden Tanner
- Hazem El Masri Medal (Player of the Year Jersey Flegg Cup): Lachlan Vale
- Ron Massey Cup Player of the Year: Josh Kalati
- Harold Matthews Cup Player of the Year: Mitchell Woods
- S.G. Ball Cup Player of the Year: AJ Jones
- Tarsha Gale Cup Player of the Year: Tarli Dennis
- NSWRL Women's Premiership Player of the Year: Holli Wheeler
- Les Johns Medal (Club Person of the Year): Melanie Riccio
- Employee of the Year: Caitlin Glanville
References
- ^ "Bulldogs and Ciraldo agree to terms". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 14 August 2022.
- ^ "2023 NRL Draw Released". 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Bulldogs Celebrate 2023 Dr George Peponis Medal". bulldogs.com.au. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.