2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season
NRL Rank	15th
Play-off result	Missed
2023 record	Wins: 7; losses: 17
Points scored	For: 438; against: 769
Team information
CEO	Aaron Warburton
Head Coach	Cameron Ciraldo
Captain	Raymond Faitala-Mariner (Club Captain) Matt Burton (Game day Co-Captain) Reed Mahoney (Game day Co-Captain)
Stadium	Accor Stadium Belmore Sports Ground
Avg. attendance	18,348
High attendance	41,462
Low attendance	5,130
Top scorers
Tries	Jake Averillo (12)
Goals	Matt Burton (60)
Points	Matt Burton (138)
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The 2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 89th in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. Cameron Ciraldo takes over as head coach of the team for his first season following the departure of Trent Barrett part way through the previous season. ^[1]

Fixtures

The club started 2023 with two pre-season trial matches against the Canberra Raiders and the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks in February before kicking off the regular season away to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in round one. ^[2]

Regular season

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time	Venue	Crowd
1	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	31–6	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 4 Mar, 3:00pm AEDT	4 Pine Park	17,217
2	Melbourne Storm	12–26	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 11 Mar 7:35pm AEDT	AAMI Park	17,248
3	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	26–22	Wests Tigers	Sun 19 Mar 4:05pm AEDT	Belmore Sports Ground	16,404
4	New Zealand Warriors	16–14	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 26 Mar 2:00pm AEDT	Mount Smart Stadium	18,595
5	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	15–14	North Queensland Cowboys	Sun 2 Apr 6:15pm AEST	Accor Stadium	9,626
6	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	16–50	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Fri 7 Apr 4:00pm AEST	Accor Stadium	35,211
7	Parramatta Eels	30–4	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 16 Apr 4:05pm AEST	CommBank Stadium	26,755
8	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	20–33	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	Sat 22 Apr 5:30pm AEST	Accor Stadium	12,184
9	St George Illawarra Dragons	16–18	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 30 Apr 4:05pm AEST	WIN Stadium	16,678
10	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	30–34	Canberra Raiders	Fri 5 May 6:00pm AEST	Suncorp Stadium	41,462*
11	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	12–24	New Zealand Warriors	Fri 12 May 6:00pm AEST	Accor Stadium	14,294
12	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	20–18	Gold Coast Titans	Sun 21 May 2:00pm AEST	Accor Stadium	10.815
13	BYE
14	Sydney Roosters	25–24	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 4 Jun 2:00pm AEST	Industree Group Stadium	18,338
15	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	12–34	Parramatta Eels	Mon 12 Jun 4:00pm AEST	Accor Stadium	33,866
16	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	48–10	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 18 Jun 4:05pm AEST	PointsBet Stadium	11,901
17	BYE
18	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	0–66	Newcastle Knights	Sun 02 Jul 2:00pm AEST	Accor Stadium	11,004
19	South Sydney Rabbitohs	32–36	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 08 Jul 7:35pm AEST	Accor Stadium	16,166
20	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	24–44	Brisbane Broncos	Sat 15 Jul 3:00pm AEST	Belmore Sports Ground	17,103
21	Penrith Panthers	44–18	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 23 Jul 2:00pm AEST	BlueBet Stadium	21,525
22	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	23–22	The Dolphins	Sun 30 Jul 2:00pm AEST	Salter Oval	5,130
23	BYE
24	Newcastle Knights	42–6	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 13 Aug 4:05pm AEST	McDonald Jones Stadium	23,464
25	Canberra Raiders	36–24	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 20 Aug 4:05pm AEST	GIO Stadium	12,402
26	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	24–42	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Sun 27 Aug 2:00pm AEST	Accor Stadium	13,074
27	Gold Coast Titans	34–30	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 03 Sep 2:00pm AEST	Cbus Super Stadium	14,942
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye | * Magic Round

Round 1: 4 March 2023	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	31–6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Brookvale
15:00 AEDT	Tries: T. Trbojevic  16' Garrick  35' Cherry-Evans  42', 60', 79' Goals: Garrick 5/6  18', 36', 44', 61', 80' Field goals: Cherry-Evans  71'	Report	Tries: Mahoney  20' Goals: Burton 1/1  21' Sin bin: Flanagan 34' to 44'	Stadium: 4 Pines Park Attendance: 17,278 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 2: 11 March 2023	Melbourne Storm	12–26	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Melbourne
19:35 AEDT	Tries: Asofa-Solomona  52' Hughes  57' Goals: Meaney 2/2  53', 58' Sin bin: Tonumaipea 24' to 34'	Report	Tries: Preston  8' Kiraz  27', 44' Addo-Carr  33' Averillo  49' Goals: Burton 3/5  10', 34', 50' Sin bin: Kikau 76' to 80'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 17,248 Referee: Chris Butler

Round 3: 19 March 2023	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26–22	Wests Tigers	Belmore
16:05 AEDT	Tries: Perham  4' Addo-Carr  13', 28' Burton  54' Goals: Flanagan 5/5  6', 15', 30', 40 pen', 55'	Report	Tries: Naden  21' Brooks  66' Pole  69' Staines  70' Goals: Doueihi 3/4  23', 69', 70'	Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 16,404 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 4: 26 March 2023	New Zealand Warriors	16–14	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Auckland
16:00 NZDT	Tries: Vailea  27' Montoya  55' Johnson  66' Goals: Johnson 2/3  28', 67'	Report	Tries: Kiraz  2' Addo-Carr  44' Goals: Burton 3/3  3', 8 pen', 45'	Stadium: Mount Smart Stadium Attendance: 18,595 Referee: Peter Gough

Round 5: 2 April 2023	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	15–14 (g.p.)	North Queensland Cowboys	Sydney Olympic Park
18:15 AEST	Tries: Preston  18', 67' Addo-Carr  79' Goals: Burton 1/3  20' Field goals: Burton  84' Sin bin: Okunbor 13' to 23'	Report	Tries: Dearden  6' Chester  59' Goals: Holmes 3/4  7', 13 pen', 61'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 9,626 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 6: 7 April 2023	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	16–50	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Olympic Park
16:00 AEST	Tries: Averillo  3' Burton  54', 72' Goals: Burton 2/3  4', 56' Sin bin: Preston 62' to 72'	Report	Tries: Murray  17' L. Mitchell  31', 34', 66' Host  38' Walker  63' Graham  68', 76', 78' Goals: L. Mitchell 7/10  18', 28 pen', 33', 35', 39', 65', 67'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 35,211 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 7: 16 April 2023	Parramatta Eels	30–4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Parramatta
16:05 AEST	Tries: Penisini  21' Sivo  25', 76' Moses  27' Campbell-Gillard  62' Goals: Moses 5/6  22', 27', 64', 74 pen', 77'	Report	Tries: Alamoti  49' Goals: Burton 0/1	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 26,755 Referee: Chris Butler

Ladder

2023 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	18	0	6	3	645	312	+333	42
2	Brisbane Broncos	24	18	0	6	3	639	425	+214	42
3	Melbourne Storm	24	16	0	8	3	627	459	+168	38
4	New Zealand Warriors	24	16	0	8	3	572	448	+124	38
5	Newcastle Knights	24	14	1	9	3	626	451	+175	35
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	3	619	497	+122	34
7	Sydney Roosters	24	13	0	11	3	472	496	−24	32
8	Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	3	486	623	−137	32
9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	12	0	12	3	564	505	+59	30
10	Parramatta Eels	24	12	0	12	3	587	574	+13	30
11	North Queensland Cowboys	24	12	0	12	3	546	542	+4	30
12	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	1	12	3	545	539	+6	29
13	Dolphins	24	9	0	15	3	520	631	−111	24
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	3	527	653	−126	24
15	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	7	0	17	3	438	769	−331	20
16	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	5	0	19	3	474	673	−199	16
17	Wests Tigers	24	4	0	20	3	385	675	−290	14

2023 squad

Canterbury Bulldogs 2023 squad

Top 30 squad - 2023 NRL season						Development players		Coaching staff
Josh Addo-Carr – WG Paul Alamoti – CE Jake Averillo – CE, FB, HB Braidon Burns – CE, WG Matt Burton (c) – FE, HB Declan Casey – WG Raymond Faitala-Mariner (c) – LK, SR, PR Kyle Flanagan – HB, HK, FE Reece Hoffman – CE, SR Sam Hughes – PR		Viliame Kikau – SR Max King – PR Jacob Kiraz – WG, CE Liam Knight – PR Reed Mahoney (c) – HK Jayden Okunbor – SR, WG Karl Oloapu – FE Tevita Pangai Junior – PR, LK, SR Chris Patolo – PR Franklin Pele – PR		Hayze Perham – FB Jacob Preston – SR Ethan Quai-Ward – CE Toby Sexton – HB Jeral Skelton – WG Ryan Sutton – PR, LK Luke Thompson – PR, LK Jackson Topine – SR Corey Waddell – SR, LK		Kitione Kautoga – SR Isaac Matalavea-Booth – PR Joseph O'Neill – HB, FE Jordan Samrani – CE Extended squad Bailey Biondi-Odo – HB, FE Harrison Edwards – LK, PR Kurtis Morrin – LK Khaled Rajab – FE Jayden Tanner – PR Blake Wilson – WG		Manager Phil Gould (General Manager of Football) Head coach Cameron Ciraldo Assistant coaches Mick Potter Chad Randall David Tangata-Toa (NSW Cup Coach) Managers Fred Ciraldo (Team Manager) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 10 May 2023 Source(s): Bulldogs 2023

Awards

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs awards night

Held at Doltone House, Darling Island, Tuesday 5 September. ^[3]

• Dr George Peponis Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Jacob Preston
• Coaches Award: Jacob Kiraz
• Steve Mortimer Medal (NRL Rookie of the Year): Jacob Preston
• Member's Player of the Year: Jacob Preston
• Peter Warren Award (Community Service): Viliame Kikau
• Terry Lamb Medal (Player of the Year New South Wales Cup): Jayden Tanner
• Hazem El Masri Medal (Player of the Year Jersey Flegg Cup): Lachlan Vale
• Ron Massey Cup Player of the Year: Josh Kalati
• Harold Matthews Cup Player of the Year: Mitchell Woods
• S.G. Ball Cup Player of the Year: AJ Jones
• Tarsha Gale Cup Player of the Year: Tarli Dennis
• NSWRL Women's Premiership Player of the Year: Holli Wheeler
• Les Johns Medal (Club Person of the Year): Melanie Riccio
• Employee of the Year: Caitlin Glanville

References

1. "Bulldogs and Ciraldo agree to terms". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 14 August 2022.
2. "2023 NRL Draw Released". 9 November 2022.
3. "Bulldogs Celebrate 2023 Dr George Peponis Medal". bulldogs.com.au. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.