2015 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

Season 2015
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
CEO	Raelene Castle
Head Coach	Des Hasler
Captain	James Graham
NRL	5th (Semi- Finalists)
Top Try scorer	Curtis Rona (23)
Top Points scorer	Trent Hodkinson (99)
Holden Cup	10th
NSW Cup	5th
Highest home attendance	40,523
Lowest home attendance	11,021
Average home attendance	20,126
← Previous season 2014	Next season → 2016

The 2015 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 81st in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by James Graham, who replaces Micheal Ennis after his departure from the club. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2015 Telstra Premiership. After finishing the 2014 season as the runners up, the team will be aiming to go one step further and win the premiership this year.

Fixtures

Regular season

The Bulldogs will begin the regular season with an away match against the Penrith Panthers on March 8th. They will host their first home game against the Parramatta Eels the following week on March 13th.

The Club's 80th anniversary will be celebrated with a return to Belmore Sports Ground on July 26th in a match against the Cronulla Sharks.

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Crowd
1	Penrith Panthers	24-18	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 8 Mar 2015, 4:00pm AEDT	Pepper Stadium	18,814
2	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	32-12	Parramatta Eels	Fri 17 Mar 2015, 7:35pm AEDT	ANZ Stadium	28,876^[1]
3	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	12-16	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 20 Mar 2015, 7:35pm AEDT	Brookvale Oval	10,498 ^[2]
4	Wests Tigers	24-25	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 27 Mar 2015, 7:35pm AEDT	ANZ Stadium	20,121
5	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	17-18	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Fri 3 Apr 2015, 4:00pm AEDT	ANZ Stadium	40,523
6	St. George Illawarra Dragons	31-6	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 12 Apr 2015, 4:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	20,273
7	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	28-16	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Fri 17 Apr 2015, 7:35pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	13,568
8	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	14-38	Wests Tigers	Fri 24 Apr 2015, 7:45pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	18,521
9	North Queensland Cowboys	23-16	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 9 May 2015, 7:30pm AEST	1300 Smiles Stadium	15,794
10	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	10-24	Sydney Roosters	Fri 15 May 2015, 7:35pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	17,093
11	Canberra Raiders	34-41	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 24 May 2015, 4:00pm AEST	GIO Stadium	12,221
12		BYE
13	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	29-16	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Mon 8 Jun 2015, 4:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	27, 291
14	Gold Coast Titans	28-14	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 14 Jun 2015, 4:00pm AEST	Robina Stadium	10,645
15	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	24-12	Penrith Panthers	Sat 20 Jun 2015, 7:30pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	12,476
16	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	20-4	Melbourne Storm	Mon 29 Jun 2015, 7:00pm AEST	Belmore Sports Ground	16,764
17		BYE
18	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	8-16	Brisbane Broncos	Sat 11 Jul 2015, 7:30pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	16,253 ^[3]
19	Parramatta Eels	4-28	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 17 Jul 2015, 7:35pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	17,082 ^[4]
20	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	16-18	Cronulla Sharks	Sun 26 Jul 2015, 4:00pm AEST	Belmore Sports Ground	19,005
21	Sydney Roosters	38-28	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 31 Jul 2015, 7:45pm AEST	Sydney Football Stadium	13,589
22	Brisbane Broncos	16-18	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 7 Aug 2015, 7:45pm AEST	Suncorp Stadium	34,082
23	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	36-14	Gold Coast Titans	Sun 16 Aug 2015, 4:00pm AEST	Central Coast Stadium	11,021
24	South Sydney Rabbitohs	18-32	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 21 Aug 2015, 7:45pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	26,503
25	Newcastle Knights	18-20	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 29 Aug 2015, 5:30pm AEST	Hunter Stadium	23,604
26	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26-22	Warriors	Sun 6 Sep 2015, 6:30pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	14,821
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Finals

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue	Crowd
Finals Wk 1	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	11-10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sat 12 Sep 2015, 5:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	33,854
Finals Wk 2	Sydney Roosters	36 - 12	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 18 Sep 2015, 7:55pm AEST	Sydney Football Stadium	35,711
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Qualifying / Elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand final

	QF1: 11 Sept, Allianz Stadium
1	Roosters	18
4	Storm	20	SF1: 18 Sept, Allianz Stadium
			Roosters	38
	EF1: 12 Sept, ANZ Stadium		Bulldogs	12	PF1: 26 Sept, AAMI Park
5	Bulldogs	11			Storm	12
8	Dragons	10			Cowboys	32	GF: 4 Oct, ANZ Stadium
							Broncos	16
	EF2: 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium				PF2: 25 Sept, Suncorp Stadium		Cowboys	17
6	Sharks	28			Broncos	31
7	Rabbitohs	12	SF2: 19 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium		Roosters	12
			Cowboys	39
	QF2: 12 Sept, Suncorp Stadium		Sharks	0
2	Broncos	16
3	Cowboys	12

Ladder

2015 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	18	0	6	2	591	300	+291	40
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	17	0	7	2	574	379	+195	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys (P)	24	17	0	7	2	587	454	+133	38
4	Melbourne Storm	24	14	0	10	2	467	348	+119	32
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	14	0	10	2	522	480	+42	32
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	2	469	476	−7	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	13	0	11	2	465	467	−2	30
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	435	408	+27	28
9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	0	13	2	458	492	−34	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	2	577	569	+8	24
11	Penrith Panthers	24	9	0	15	2	399	477	−78	22
12	Parramatta Eels	24	9	0	15	2	448	573	−125	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	0	15	2	445	588	−143	22
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	2	439	636	−197	22
15	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	2	487	562	−75	20
16	Newcastle Knights	24	8	0	16	2	458	612	−154	20

Squad

Canterbury Bulldogs 2016 Squad

First team squad

Coaching staff

Bradley Abbey - FB, FE
Kayne Brennan - WG, CE
Tim Browne - PR, SR
Graham Clark - SR
Greg Eastwood - LK, SR, PR
Adam Elliott - SR
Matt Frawley - HK, HB, FE, SR
Craig Garvey - HK
Jaline Graham - HB, FE
James Graham (c) - PR
Kerrod Holland - CE
William Hopoate - CE, WG

Head coach

Des Hasler

Assistant Coaches

Jim Dymock (Assistant Coach)
Kelly Egan (Assistant Coach)
Brett Kimmorley (Specialist Coach)

Team Medical Professionals

Donny Singe (Director of Athletic Performance)
Tony Grimaldi (Head Conditioner)
Larry Britton (Head Trainer)
Tony Ayoub (Physiotherapist)
Dr Joe Lombardo (Club Doctor)
John Novak (Head of Mind Management)
Garry Carden (Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach)
Steve McCullagh (Assistant Physiotherapist)
Dr Hugh Hazzard (Medical Consultant)

Managers

Fred Ciraldo (Team Manager)
Andy Patmore (NYC Coach & Manager Coaching and Development)
Barry Ward (NSW Cup Coach)

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain
Injured

Updated: 23 December 2015
Source(s): Bulldogs Squad 2016

References

↑ "Panthers v Bulldogs". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
↑ "Sea Eagles v Bulldogs". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
↑ "Bulldogs v Broncos". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
↑ "Eels v Bulldogs". Retrieved 19 July 2015.

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Est. 1935 in Sydney, New South Wales

Club	History Records Players Honours Coaches

Home grounds	Belmore Sports Ground Spotless Stadium ANZ Stadium

Culture	Club songs Bulldogs Hall of Fame Back to Belmore

Important figures	Moore family Mortimer brothers Chris Anderson Steve Folkes Hughes family Terry Lamb Hazem El Masri

League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL

Premierships (8)	1938 1942 1980 1984 1985 1988 1995 2004

Seasons (80)	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current National Youth Competition New South Wales Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	Sydney Bulls

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