2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2016 season
CEO Raelene Castle
Head coach Des Hasler
Captain James Graham
Top try scorerClub: Sam Perrett (11)
Top points scorerClub: Moses Mbye (90)
Highest home attendance30,018
Lowest home attendance11,450
Average home attendance16,362
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The 2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 82nd in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by James Graham, they will compete in the National Rugby League's 2016 Telstra Premiership after finishing the 2015 season as semi-finalists.

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Fixtures

Regular season

The Bulldogs started the season strongly, comfortably beating the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in round one. The Bulldogs were the outsiders with the bookmakers, with most rugby league experts citing the size of the forward pack as an issue with the 2016 season rule change, which dropped the interchanges allowed from 10 to 8. However, the Bulldogs surprised the rugby league community by unveiling a significantly leaner pack, with players having shed a lot of weight during the off season. Sam Kasiano was an example of this, having lost 13 kg before the season kicked off. Any concerns about the interchange rule affecting the team were put to rest with the side coming away with a convincing 28-6 first round victory, and a week later a last minute win against the Penrith Panthers proving the big men would not falter late in matches as a result of more minutes played. As though the team was further driving the point home, they completed the second round match using only 16 of the 17 named players.

The month that followed was not as impressive, with the club going loss, win, loss, win, for a 4-3 record after 7 rounds.

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueCrowd
1 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 6-28 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 4 Mar 2016, 8:05pm AEDT Brookvale Oval 16,512
2 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers 16-18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Thu 10 Mar 2016, 8:05pm AEDT Pepper Stadium 11,125
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 6-20 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Fri 18 Mar 2016, 8:05pm AEDT ANZ Stadium 30,018
4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-42 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 25 Mar 2016, 4:00pm AEDT ANZ Stadium 38,192
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 8-22 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Mon 4 Apr 2016, 7:00pm AEST Belmore Sports Ground 13,463
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 12-18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Mon 11 Apr 2016, 7:00pm AEST AAMI Stadium 11,037
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 20-24 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Sat 16 Apr 2016, 7:30pm NZST Westpac Stadium 18,212
8 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 21-20 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Sat 23 Apr 2016, 3:00pm AEST ANZ Stadium 11,450
9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 20-12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 29 Apr 2016, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 31,815
10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 4-36 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 15 May 2016, 4:00pm AEST ANZ Stadium 20.936
11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 32-20 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sun 22 May 2016, 4:00pm AEST ANZ Stadium 17,704
12 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 32-20 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 29 May 2016, 4:00pm AEST GIO Stadium 13,907
13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 18-20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks Mon 6 Jun 2016, 7:00pm AEST ANZ Stadium 10,081
14 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 16-34 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Mon 13 Jun 2016, 4:00pm AEST ANZ Stadium 20,153
15BYE
16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 40-14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Sat 25 Jun 2016, 7:30pm AEST ANZ Stadium 10,106
17 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 20-24 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Thu 30 Jun 2016, 7:50pm AEST Sydney Football Stadium 7,741
18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 32-22 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Sat 9 Jul 2016, 7:30pm AEST ANZ Stadium 16,212
19BYE
20 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 36-0 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Thu 21 Jul 2016, 7:50pm AEST 1300 Smiles Stadium 11,620
21 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 13-10 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Fri 29 Jul 2016, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 15,008
22 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 14-28 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Sat 6 Aug 2016, 3:00pm AEST Hunter Stadium 13,318
23 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 20-16 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Thu 11 Aug 2016, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 10,290
24 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 20-10 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Thu 18 Aug 2016, 7:50pm AEST Suncorp Stadium 27,746
25 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 16-24 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Thu 25 Aug 2016, 7:50pm AEST Belmore Sports Ground 10,144
26 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-28 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Fri 2 Sep 2016, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 14,731
Qualif Final Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers 12-28 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 11 Sep 2016, 4:10pm AEST Allianz Stadium 22,631
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Ladder

2016 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2419052563302+26142
2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2417162688456+23239
3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (P)2417162580404+17639
4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2415092584355+22934
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415092554434+12034
6 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24140102563463+10032
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24140102506448+5832
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24111122508497+1127
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110132499607−10826
10 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24100142513601−8824
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24100142341538−19724
12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2490152473549−7622
13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2480162454563−10920
14 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24130112298324−26181
15 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2460182443576−13316
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2411222305800−4957

1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.

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