The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are a professional rugby league club in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia.
Based in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, the Bulldogs in 1935 were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (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 Melbourne Storm. 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 Sydney Roosters 16 – 13. The tryscorers were Hazem El Masri and Matt Utai, and the Clive Churchill Medal winner was Willie Mason.
Ring of Champions (Hall of Fame)
edit| Ring of Champions (2007) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inductee | Year | |||||||||
| Chris Anderson | 2007 | |||||||||
| Ron Bailey | 2007 | |||||||||
| Greg Brentnall | 2007 | |||||||||
| Eddie Burns | 2007 | |||||||||
| Steve Folkes | 2007 | |||||||||
| David Gillespie | 2007 | |||||||||
| John Greaves | 2007 | |||||||||
| Les Johns | 2007 | |||||||||
| Peter Kelly | 2007 | |||||||||
| Roy Kirkaldy | 2007 | |||||||||
| Terry Lamb | 2007 | |||||||||
| Peter Moore | 2007 | |||||||||
| Chris Mortimer | 2007 | |||||||||
| Steve Mortimer | 2007 | |||||||||
| Edgar Newham | 2007 | |||||||||
| George Peponis | 2007 | |||||||||
| Henry Porter | 2007 | |||||||||
| Steve Price | 2007 | |||||||||
| Kevin Ryan | 2007 | |||||||||
| Frank Sponberg | 2007 | |||||||||
70 Year Team of Champions
edit| 70 Year Team of Champions (2004) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | |||||||||
| Les Johns | Full back | |||||||||
| Chris Anderson | Wing | |||||||||
| Ron Bailey | Centre | |||||||||
| John Greaves | Centre | |||||||||
| Edgar Newham | Wing | |||||||||
| Terry Lamb (C) | Five eighth | |||||||||
| Steve Mortimer | Half back | |||||||||
| Frank Sponberg | Lock | |||||||||
| Steve Folkes | Second Row | |||||||||
| David Gillespie | Second Row | |||||||||
| Kevin Ryan | Prop | |||||||||
| George Peponis | Hooker | |||||||||
| Eddie Burns | Prop | |||||||||
| Peter Kelly | Reserve | |||||||||
| Chris Mortimer | Reserve | |||||||||
| Greg Brentnall | Reserve | |||||||||
| Henry Porter | Reserve | |||||||||
| Roy Kirkaldy | Reserve | |||||||||
| Steve Price | Reserve | |||||||||
| Peter Moore | Administration | |||||||||
50th Anniversary Greatest Team Ever
edit| 50th Anniversary Greatest Team Ever (1985) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | |||||||||
| Les Johns | Full back | |||||||||
| Chris Anderson | Wing | |||||||||
| Ron Bailey | Centre | |||||||||
| John Greaves | Centre | |||||||||
| Edgar Newham | Wing | |||||||||
| Garry Hughes | Five eighth | |||||||||
| Steve Mortimer (C) | Half back | |||||||||
| Frank Sponberg | Lock | |||||||||
| Graeme Hughes | Second Row | |||||||||
| Bob McCarthy | Second Row | |||||||||
| Henry Porter | Prop | |||||||||
| George Peponis | Hooker | |||||||||
| Eddie Burns | Prop | |||||||||
| Chris Mortimer | Reserve | |||||||||
| Ron Costello | Reserve | |||||||||
Footnotes
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- Lane D (1996). A Family Betrayal – One Man's Super League War – Jarred McCracken. Ironbark Publishing. ISBN 0-330-35839-1
- Chesterton R (1996). Good as Gould – Phil Gould's Stormy Life in Football. Ironbark Publishing. ISBN 0-330-35873-1
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