69-803: The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore , a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership , as well as competitions facilitated by the New South Wales Rugby League , including the NSW Cup , the Jersey Flegg Cup , NSWRL Women's Premiership , Tarsha Gale Cup , S. G. Ball Cup and
138-555: A rugby league ground , the club eventually decided to move all future home matches to the Stadium, where the club remains. The club's training and administration offices remained at Belmore Sports Ground until the beginning of 2008, but were relocated to Sydney Olympic Park during the 2008 season. With the NSW Government committing to upgrading Belmore Sports Ground, the club administration and training has now been returned to
207-820: A Grand Final in 2014 losing to South Sydney . They are commonly referred to as Canterbury , the Bulldogs or just the Dogs . In 1935—thirteen years after a meeting above "The Ideal Milk Bar" in Campsie led to the creation of the Canterbury-Bankstown Junior Rugby League—the Canterbury club was admitted into the elite New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership. It took the new club, nicknamed "Country Bumpkins" because of their rural recruiting and CB emblem, four years to win their first premiership in 1938 . The grand final-winning effort
276-588: A better than expected result for the year, finishing a game short of the grand final, losing to eventual premiers the Brisbane Broncos . Inconsistency and a poor finish to the 2007 season meant Canterbury were knocked out of the finals in week two. In 2008 , having already lost Mark O'Meley to the Sydney Roosters, Willie Mason left the club. Further into the off-season Canterbury-Bankstown also lost halfback Brent Sherwin , and prospects for
345-409: A conversion from the sideline by Daryl Halligan in the final minutes got them back level at 18 all and send the game into extra-time. Canterbury eventually went on to win 32–20 in one of the greatest finals comebacks in the history of the game. Following indifferent form in 1999, 2000 and 2001 where they had varying levels of success, the club was found to have systematically and deliberately breached
414-699: A huge history of Greeks playing for the club dating back to the 1970s with club legend Dr George Peponis , who migrated from Greece as a very young child who captained the Bulldogs and Australia. El Masri retired at the end of the 2009 season. The rivalry between the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the Parramatta Eels is one of the fiercest in the NRL. The two clubs have been geographically close throughout their whole histories. In
483-467: A humiliating 32–10 loss to the Gold Coast Titans at Belmore, in the press conference coach Dean Pay said "Physically, we just weren't good enough. The way they turned up, the way they trained during the week wasn't good enough, I feel sorry for the fans". On 20 July 2018, Canterbury played against arch rivals Parramatta in what the media had dubbed as the "Spoon Bowl" with both sides sitting at
552-539: A poorly run and poorly performing club to one of the best clubs both on and off the field in 2009. Canterbury finished second in the regular season (losing the minor premiership to the St. George Illawarra Dragons due to a loss of two competition points for an interchange breach against Penrith in Round 2), and players and officials took out a number of Dally M awards. 2009 was also the final season for Hazem El Masri , who became
621-566: A row over Penrith , the Wests Tigers , South Sydney and Parramatta who were all competing for a place in the finals series and were higher on the table. Pay was credited with the late season revival as the side focused heavily on defence. In the 2020 NRL season , Canterbury-Bankstown were defeated in both of their opening fixtures. The season was then temporarily postponed. Following the season resumption, they were defeated by Manly-Warringah at Central Coast Stadium . They then defeated
690-497: A young, enthusiastic and free-running side dubbed "The Entertainers", was the beginning of a golden era that was to produce three more grand final wins in the 1980s: 1984 , 1985 and 1988 . During the mid-1990s' Super League war , Canterbury aligned themselves with the Super League competition, playing in the 1997 premiership season . In 1998 the Bulldogs came close to adding another premiership trophy after qualifying for
759-530: Is located on the Bankstown railway line . The line was opened in 1895 and electrified in 1926. The station at Belmore opened on 1 February 1895. The station was temporarily closed on 30 September 2024 to allow for the line to be converted to Sydney Metro standards. Once reopened, the station will be serviced by the Metro North West & Bankstown Line . Belmore has many bus routes navigating to
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#1732780580906828-576: The 1928 NSWRFL season who managed to only score 12 points in their first four matches. On 30 June 2021, Canterbury were fined $ 50,000 by the NRL after failing to communicate the increased COVID restrictions to players. The incident was in relation to five Canterbury players visiting Sydney's Eastern Suburbs which was a COVID-19 hotspot. In round 16 of the 2021 NRL season , Canterbury suffered their third heaviest defeat in club history losing 66–0 to Manly-Warringah at Western Sydney Stadium . In round 22 of
897-493: The 2008 NRL season began to look dim. Although they recorded at the start of the season a couple of victories, the injury toll and the departure Sonny Bill Williams mid-season demoralised the club and players, and the Canterbury-Bankstown club earned their second wooden spoon of the decade. Another source of discontent in 2008 was the battle for election to the football club board. Many contenders believed that
966-434: The 2014 NRL Grand Final . Canterbury reached the grand final after winning three sudden death finals matches against Melbourne, Manly-Warringah and Penrith. On 10 August 2017, Canterbury announced Rugby League World Cup CEO Andrew Hill as the replacement for outgoing boss Raelene Castle. On the appointment, chairman Ray Dib noted that "Andrew was appointed from a very strong list of candidates and has exceptional experience in
1035-487: The 2021 NRL season , Canterbury were handed their sixth wooden spoon after losing 24–10 against the Warriors . Canterbury needed to win the match and their remaining three fixtures to avoid finishing last. Despite a number of off-season recruits, Canterbury started the 2022 NRL season poorly winning only two of their first ten matches. On 16 May 2022, Canterbury head coach Trent Barrett resigned from his position with
1104-501: The Brisbane Broncos and St. George to finish the season in 12th place. The lower grades of Canterbury performed better in 2018 with the club winning the NSW Cup , defeating Newtown 18–12 in the final and also winning the NRL State Championship defeating Redcliffe 42–18. Canterbury started off the 2019 NRL season losing their two first games in convincing fashion against the Warriors and rivals Parramatta. Due to
1173-546: The Canberra Raiders in Round 1 1991 at North Sydney Oval . Halligan made 25 appearances for Norths as they enjoyed one of their best ever seasons finishing third on the table. In the minor preliminary semi final, Halligan kicked six goals as Norths defeated arch rivals Manly-Warringah 28-16. The following week, Norths opponents were minor premiers the Penrith Panthers with the winner qualifying for
1242-596: The Harold Matthews Cup . The club was admitted to the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership , predecessor of the current NRL competition, in 1935 . They won their first premiership in their fourth year of competition with another soon after, and after spending the 1950s and most of the 1960s on the lower rungs went through a very strong period in the 1980s, winning four premierships in that decade. The club won
1311-554: The St George Illawarra Dragons 22–2 at Western Sydney Stadium . After round 9, they have not won a game. They were defeated in round 9 by the Brisbane Broncos at Lang Park 26–8. The speculation that then Head Coach Dean Pay would be sacked grew. By Tuesday 14 July 2020, Canterbury-Bankstown released a statement saying that Pay had resigned from his position. In this statement, the club announced that Pay 's assistant coach Steve Georgallis would take over
1380-449: The "Sydney Bulldogs" in an attempt to broaden its fan base and played matches at Parramatta Stadium where spectator facilities were of a higher class. This move paid off with the club going on to become premiers that season. However, the club reverted its name to Canterbury for the 1996 season and once again played matches out of Belmore Sports Ground; something that lasted up until the inaugural National Rugby League season of 1998. Once
1449-505: The 1980s, Canterbury and Parramatta both won four premierships each and met in two grand finals in 1984 and 1986. In the 1990s, at the height of the super league war, Parramatta signed four of Canterbury's star players Jarrod McCracken , Dean Pay , Jim Dymock and Jason Smith which helped Parramatta reach the finals for the first time in eleven years, in the 1998 preliminary final, Parramatta were winning against Canterbury 18–2 with less than ten minutes to play when Canterbury staged one of
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#17327805809061518-574: The 2021 season due to the salary cap drama engulfing the club. The issue with the salary cap problems involved the previous administration and former coach Des Hasler who signed numerous players on back ended deals. In the wake of the scandal, the club was forced to offload players to free up room in the cap. This resulted in Moses Mbye departing for the Wests Tigers and star recruit Aaron Woods being sold to Cronulla after only signing with Canterbury months prior. On 16 June 2018, Canterbury suffered
1587-432: The 2023 NRL season in 15th place. The club also finished with the worst for and against out of all 17 teams with a -331 points differential. In the 2024 NRL season , Canterbury qualified for the finals finishing 6th on the table. This was the first time in eight years that the club had managed to achieve this. However, they lost their elimination finals match 24-22 against Manly at Stadium Australia. The name and emblem of
1656-479: The Bulldog mascot and name was adopted, with the club becoming known as the 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs'. This was the name used throughout the team's 1980s glory era. In 1995 the club name was changed to 'Sydney Bulldogs', reflecting a similar change by Eastern Suburbs (to 'Sydney City Roosters'). The name changed again in 1996, returning to 'Canterbury Bulldogs' with 'Bankstown' omitted, and yet again in 2000, to
1725-703: The Bulldogs Army is to show support and passion for Canterbury. As the region's traditional local representatives, the Bulldogs predominantly draw on a support base in and around the districts of Canterbury and Bankstown in south-western Sydney , although in recent years club administration and home matches have relocated to Sydney Olympic Park . The Bulldogs are the most supported NRL club in regional NSW—over 25% of Bulldog fans are located in regional NSW, over 25% are located outside of NSW and over 10% are located in Queensland. The club at one stage had one of
1794-540: The Bulldogs to stage a select number of NRL games at their traditional home ground in the long-term future. According to the 2021 census of population, there were 13,781 residents in Belmore. 33°55′3″S 151°5′16″E / 33.91750°S 151.08778°E / -33.91750; 151.08778 Daryl Halligan Daryl John Halligan (born 25 July 1966 ) is a rugby league commentator and former professional player. A New Zealand international winger, he
1863-499: The COVID-19 season postponement and season rescheduling. The Bulldogs Army is the core supporter group for the Bulldogs, with the section they sit within known as 'The Kennel'. To be sitting in this section, supporters must become a member of the club itself and register any large flags and/or banners which are brought to the game. At all away games the Bulldogs Army locates themselves in the general admission section. The main aim of
1932-477: The Canterbury-Bankstown club. However, when the opportunity arose the club took their matches to either Marrickville or Pratten Park . From the following season, the club began to base itself at Belmore Sports Ground . The club had a long-time affinity with the ground and stayed there continuously until 1994. In 1995 when the Super League War began to come about, the club changed its playing name to
2001-511: The NRL salary cap in 2002 (for the 2001–02 seasons), and was penalised all 37 competition points which it had amassed up to that point for 2002. This resulted in the club falling from first to last place on the ladder, and at the end of the season the Bulldogs received their first "wooden spoon" (a reference to the club which finishes last in the competition) since 1964 . The Bulldogs returned to finals contention in 2003 ; however, they fell one step short of yet another grand final after losing to
2070-585: The Roosters 28–18 in the preliminary final. The club went through some off-field dramas in 2004, the most serious of which included rape allegations during a pre-season match in Coffs Harbour . The team managed to focus on football and triumphed when they held out the Sydney Roosters 16–13 with a try-saving tackle by Andrew Ryan in the dying seconds of the 2004 Grand Final. The game was to be
2139-452: The bad start to the season, there were rumours that coach Dean Pay would be relieved of his duties but he was then granted a 12-month contract extension to remain as Canterbury coach until the end of 2020. By the midway part of the 2019 season, Canterbury-Bankstown found themselves sitting last on the table and in real danger of finishing with the wooden spoon. However, for the third straight season, Canterbury achieved four upset victories in
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2208-584: The biggest comebacks in finals history scoring three tries in nine minutes and Halligan kicking two goals from the side line, one of which would take the game into extra-time which Canterbury would go on to win 32-20 at the Sydney Football Stadium . Halligan retired at the conclusion of the 2000 season with his final game being in round 26 2000 against the Newcastle Knights where he kicked four goals from four attempts. Halligan
2277-427: The biggest finals comebacks defeating Parramatta 32–20 in extra time. In the 2007 NRL season , the club's played each other in the elimination final at Telstra Stadium with Parramatta gaining revenge for the 1998 preliminary final as they defeated Canterbury 25–6. In the 2009 NRL season , Parramatta defeated Canterbury in the preliminary final to cap off a remarkable run to the grand final. The crowd which attended
2346-605: The board of the time was steering the club in the wrong direction, particularly then- CEO Malcolm Noad. New members were elected to the board early in 2008, and later in the season Noad resigned as CEO. His replacement as head of the football club was Todd Greenberg . Greenberg's influence became apparent during the 2009 season . Premiership-winning coach Steve Folkes was replaced with his assistant Kevin Moore . The purchases of several key players, including former Melbourne and Cronulla playmaker Brett Kimmorley changed Canterbury from
2415-400: The bottom of the ladder. There were fears before the game that the match would attract the lowest NRL crowd in over 20 years. Parramatta went on to win the match 14–8. After the defeat by Parramatta, Canterbury were facing the prospect of finishing with the wooden spoon for the first time since 2008 but over the coming four weeks the club managed to pull off upset wins against the Wests Tigers ,
2484-405: The club as 'Canterbury'. In the most recent change, board officials voted in late 2009 for the club to return to 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' from the 2010 season onwards. The initial crest was a 'C-B' in a shield. The adoption of the 'Bulldogs' name and mascot took place in 1978. There have been three main versions of the mascot logo. The first, which featured a snarling bulldog inside a circle,
2553-493: The club from the start of season 2021 on a three-year deal. Canterbury finished the 2020 NRL season in 15th place on the table after a horror year on and off the field. Canterbury finished on equal points with Brisbane but avoided the wooden spoon due to a slightly better for and against record. Canterbury started the 2021 NRL season poorly losing their opening three matches including being kept scoreless in round 2 & round 3 against Penrith and Brisbane respectively. This
2622-414: The club has changed several times over its history. At the club's foundation in 1935, it was known only as 'Canterbury-Bankstown', without an animal mascot. The nicknames 'Berries' and 'C-Bs' (or, derisively, 'Country Bumpkins') were often used informally, 'C-Bs' being used from the outset and 'Berries' coming into use by the mid-1940s. The club had been referred to as the 'Bulldogs' as early as 1977. In 1978,
2691-436: The club sitting bottom of the table. On 18 May 2022, Michael Potter was named as interim coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs after the resignation of Barrett. Under Potter, the club won five of their last 14 matches to avoid the wooden spoon by finishing 12th. In round 18 of the 2023 NRL season , Canterbury suffered their equal third worst loss as a club when they were defeated 66-0 by Newcastle . Canterbury would finish
2760-795: The first National premiership in 1995 , but would defect to Super League in 1997 during the Super League war . They would return in 1998 for the first NRL season , where they have played since. Known in 1995 as the Sydney Bulldogs , they reverted to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs until 1999 before changing their name to the geographically indistinct The Bulldogs before reverting again in 2009 to their current name. The club has won 8 premierships, with their most recent premiership in 2004 . In 2012, they won their most recent minor premiership. They last played in
2829-401: The game of rugby league." In September 2017, Canterbury announced that former premiership winning player Dean Pay would be the new coach at the club starting in 2018. The 2018 NRL season started off badly for Canterbury with the club only winning 3 of its first 10 matches. In May 2018, the new Canterbury board admitted that they would not be able to make any major signings until the end of
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2898-533: The geographically indistinct 'Bulldogs'. Bob Hagan, the club boss at the time of the 2000 change, explained that the dropping of the name 'Canterbury' was intended to broaden the appeal of the club outside of its traditional supporter base, so that the club could attract a geographically diverse following like Manchester United or the Chicago Bulls . Despite the name change, some supporters, as well as many television and radio commentators, continued to refer to
2967-526: The grand final where they met the Brisbane Broncos and lost 38–12. On the way to the 1998 Grand Final, Canterbury had two come-from-behind wins. The first was against the Newcastle Knights in the third week of the finals—behind 16–0 in the second half, they fought back to 16 all at full time and went on to win in extra time. A week later they trailed arch rivals Parramatta in the preliminary final by 16 points with 9 minutes remaining. Three tries and
3036-424: The grand final, losing to Melbourne 14–4. In May 2013, former Netball New Zealand chief executive Raelene Castle was appointed CEO, the first female in the NRL's history. They finished the regular season sixth on the ladder and bowed out in the semi-final. In 2014, Canterbury-Bankstown made history by winning three consecutive games by one point, from Round 5 to Round 7. They finished runners up to South Sydney in
3105-420: The grand final. Penrith lead Norths 12-0 at halftime before Norths fought back with Halligan scoring a try. Unfortunately for Norths, Halligan had one of his worst performances in his career as a goal kicker as he only kicked one goal from five attempts. Norths would lose the match 16-14 despite scoring more tries than Penrith and fell short of their first grand final appearance since 1943. The following week in
3174-607: The highest all-time pointscorer in Australian rugby league history with a penalty goal in the Bulldogs' Round 1 match against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles . From 2010 , Canterbury-Bankstown returned to the name Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. The Canterbury-Bankstown club celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2010. In the 2012 NRL season , Canterbury finished first on the competition ladder to take out their first minor premiership since 1994. They made it to
3243-511: The highest average attendances in the league: over the 2010 season , it was one of only two clubs to record an average home crowd of more than 20,000. At the end of the 2023 NRL season, the club recorded one of the lowest average home attendances in the league with 16,243. At the end of the 2023 NRL season , the club recorded 22,000 memberships which ranked them higher than the majority of the nine Sydney clubs but significantly lower than South Sydney and Parramatta. The multicultural demographics of
3312-420: The historical ground after a $ 9 million upgrade. In 2015, the club played two home games at their traditional home ground Belmore Sports Ground as part of the club's 80th-anniversary celebrations. They have continued to play some games at Belmore every year since 2015. From 2019, the club started to schedule only one home fixture at Belmore Sports Ground . No game was held at Belmore in the 2020 season due to
3381-530: The last for departing captain Steve Price , but he missed the match due to a leg injury. Price is now taking over at the club as the General Manager of Football, this position becoming effective in 2020 as he looks to turn the club's fortunes around to that of 2004. 2005 saw Canterbury-Bankstown unable to mount a serious defence of their premiership title as injuries and contract negotiations saw
3450-570: The match was a non grand final record of 74,000 fans. Belmore, New South Wales Belmore is a suburb of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia . Rapidly gentrifying, Belmore is located 11 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district , in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown . Belmore is named after the fourth Earl of Belmore , Governor of New South Wales from 1868 to 1872. The area
3519-477: The new Stadium Australia had been finished and opened in preparation for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games , the club began to play matches there between 1999 and 2000. From 2001 to 2005, the club then began to play matches out of the new Sydney Showground at Homebush Bay , with bigger matches played out of Stadium Australia from 2003. When fans began to complain about the poor quality of the Showground venue as
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#17327805809063588-509: The new logo was unveiled. The Bulldogs have played in predominantly blue and white strip since the club entered the league in 1935. The only exception to this was during the Second World War, when rationing meant they had to wear a maroon jersey with a blue 'V'. There have been four basic strip designs since the club's inception in the top-flight league competition: In their inaugural season, very few home matches were allocated to
3657-429: The odds as they came from sixth place on the table to defeat minor premiers Manly in the decider who had lost only two games all season. In 1998, he played on the wing for Canterbury in their loss in the 1998 NRL grand final to the Brisbane Broncos . In the preliminary final a week before, Canterbury were losing to arch-rivals the Parramatta Eels 18-2 with less than 10 minutes to play until Canterbury staged one of
3726-413: The preliminary final, Norths were defeated 30-14. Halligan spent two further seasons at Norths but they failed to reach the finals. Halligan then joined Canterbury-Bankstown in 1994 and in his first season there played in the club's grand final loss against Canberra. In 1995, Halligan became a premiership winning player as Canterbury defeated Manly 17-4 in the 1995 ARL grand final. Canterbury had defied
3795-567: The railway came through in 1895. The first school, Belmore South Primary School opened on 25 April 1892 and the post office opened in 1907. The town centre began developing in the 1920s and features some classic examples of art-deco architecture. Belmore has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: Belmore has a high percentage of period homes. It is predominantly a low-rise residential area full of well-maintained period family homes with large back-yards, wide tree-lined streets, and small parks and playgrounds. Art Deco shop façades dominate
3864-402: The remaining decades of the 20th century. In 1978, Canterbury became known as "The Bulldogs". Nicknames such as "Cantabs" "CBs" and "Berries" were seen to be "soft" and the club wanted something to signify determination and grit. The new name and logo was purchased from a local Sydney Liquor Store owner Bill Caralis. A grand final appearance in 1979 , followed by a grand final win in 1980 with
3933-441: The role. Following this, it was reported that Dean 's other assistant, Steve Antonelli, also resigned from his position. The clubs NSW Cup head coach Brad Henderson would fill in as Georgallis 's assistant coach. On Wednesday 22 July 2020, the club announced that they had secured the services of former Manly Warringah Sea Eagles head coach and current (at 22 July 2020) Penrith Panthers assistant coach, Trent Barrett to coach
4002-447: The small shopping strip. There are now an increasing number of high-rise units in the suburb mostly along Canterbury Road. Belmore contains a mixture of residential, significant landmarks, commercial and industrial developments. The main commercial area is located along Burwood Road, near Belmore railway station. Commercial and industrial developments are also located along Canterbury Road and surrounding streets. Belmore railway station
4071-605: The south, to the north and the inner south west to the Sydney CBD. Belmore Sports Ground is the home ground of the National Rugby League team Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs . It is the current home ground for New South Wales Premier League team Sydney Olympic . The "Back to Belmore" campaign was established in August 2005 to upgrade Belmore Sports Grounds as a top-class sporting facility to NRL standards for
4140-511: The suburbs in the club's support base, such as Lakemba , means the club has a large number of supporters from a range of non-Anglo ethnicities. In recent years the club has become particularly identified in the media with the Lebanese and the Greek community, particularly with the club's former star goalkicker Hazem El Masri , who migrated from Lebanon as a young child. The Greek community has
4209-402: The world. In 2000, Halligan became the first person to score 2,000 points in the NRL. That same year he overtook Mick Cronin 's record for the most points scored in an NSWRFL career (1,971) - a record which had stood since 1986; Halligan's eventual total of 2,034 was bettered by Jason Taylor in 2001. Halligan also scored 80 tries , and kicked 4 field goals to amass that total. Halligan
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#17327805809064278-448: The year start and finish on a sour note for the club. Due to the extent of injuries suffered, the team was under-strength for most of the year. This took its toll in the final six weeks of the season, with the club suffering successive heavy losses and missing the finals series. In 2006 , little was expected from the club after a poor 2005 season, but despite some doubt over the strength of their side, Canterbury's forward pack helped them to
4347-409: Was known as Darkwater in its early days. Some of the first land grants in 1810 were 40.5 hectares (100 acres ) to Richard Robinson east of Sharp Street and Kingsgrove Road and 24 hectares (60 acres) to Thomas Mansfield, to the west. Francis Wild and John Sullivan were each granted 12 hectares (30 acres) in 1823. The area was originally used for market gardens and orchards . Subdivision started after
4416-413: Was renowned as a fine goalkicker, his 855 first grade goals coming at an impressive 80% success rate. Halligan is noted for revolutionising goal-kicking by using a plastic tee from which to kick, instead of the old method where kickers would set the ball upon a mound of sand or earth. He has since worked to design the popular "Supertee" line of kicking tees, used by top kickers in both codes of rugby across
4485-428: Was repeated in 1942 before a 38-year premiership drought. In 1967 , having ended the 11-year premiership reign of St. George by defeating them in the final, "The Berries" (as they were known at the time) lost to South Sydney in the grand final. But the return to the top end of the table set the scene for off-field restructuring that laid the foundations for the club to become one of the most consistent achievers in
4554-407: Was replaced in 1998 by a more 'cartoonish' logo of a bulldog's head. In 2009, the club announced that the logo would be changing again, and asked members to vote on which of two similar proposed logos would be used from 2010. The rationale for the logo change was to celebrate the club's 75th anniversary in 2010 and to better reflect the club's "true essence and history". Two months later, the new design
4623-425: Was the first time in the club's history that this had occurred. In round 4 of the 2021 NRL season , Canterbury were defeated 38-0 by South Sydney in the traditional Good Friday game. Canterbury became only the second team in the NRL era to lose three straight games without scoring a point after Cronulla who achieved this in the 2014 NRL season . It was also the worst start to a season by any team since Glebe in
4692-713: Was the pre-eminent goal-kicker of his era, retiring as the highest point scorer in Australian premiership history. Halligan played club football in Australia for the North Sydney Bears and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs , winning the 1995 ARL Premiership with the latter. Halligan attended Hamilton Boys' High School and made the New Zealand national schoolboy rugby union team in 1984. He played representative rugby union for Waikato . Halligan made his first grade rugby league debut for North Sydney against
4761-549: Was unveiled, with the official change of logo taking place in November 2009. The current logo returns to the standing bulldog of the 1978–1997 logo, although it is no longer snarling. It also references elements of the club's history by incorporating the 'C-B' emblem, the club's year of foundation (1935), and the blue and white 'V' design which has featured on many of the club's jerseys over the years. The change of name from 'Bulldogs' to 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' took place after
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