2015 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2015 season
CEO Raelene Castle
Head coach Des Hasler
Captain James Graham
NRL 5th (Semi- Finalists)
Holden Cup 10th
NSW Cup 5th
Top try scorerClub: Curtis Rona (23)
Top points scorerClub: Trent Hodkinson (99)
Highest home attendance40,523
Lowest home attendance11,021
Average home attendance20,126
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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 Michael 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.

Contents

Fixtures

Regular season

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

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

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

Finals

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueCrowd
Finals Wk 1 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 11-10 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sat 12 Sep 2015, 5:50 pm AEST ANZ Stadium 33,854
Finals Wk 2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 36 - 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 18 Sep 2015, 7:55 pm AEST Sydney Football Stadium 35,711
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Ladder

2015 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2418062591300+29140
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2417072574379+19538
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys (P)2417072587454+13338
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102467348+11932
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24140102522480+4232
6 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102469476−732
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24130112465467−230
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24120122435408+2728
9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24110132458492−3426
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100142577569+824
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2490152399477−7822
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2490152448573−12522
13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2490152445588−14322
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2490152439636−19722
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2480162487562−7520
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2480162458612−15420

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References

  1. ↑ "Panthers v Bulldogs" . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sea Eagles v Bulldogs" . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bulldogs v Broncos" . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Eels v Bulldogs" . Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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