| 2024 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRL Rank | 6th | |||
| Play-off result | EF | |||
| 2024 record | Wins: 14; losses: 11 | |||
| Points scored | For: 551; against: 457 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Aaron Warburton | |||
| Head Coach | Cameron Ciraldo | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Accor Stadium Belmore Sports Ground | |||
| Avg. attendance | 19,245 | |||
| High attendance | 50,714 (EF) | |||
| Low attendance | 6,146 (Rd 24) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Jacob Kiraz (12) | |||
| Goals | Matt Burton (74) | |||
| Points | Matt Burton (187) | |||
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The 2024 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season was the club's 90th season in the professional National Rugby League (NRL) football competition in Australia.
It was Cameron Ciraldo's second season as head coach of the club.
The 2024 NRL pre-season was played in February, before the commencement of the regular season.
| Round 1: 15 February 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24–12 | | Belmore | |
| 19:00 AEDT | Tries: Clark Wilson Skelton Xerri Sua Goals: Burton 1/2 Sexton 1/3 Field goals: Sexton 0/1 (2 pt) | [Report Report] | Tries: Ieremia Papenhuyzen Goals: Pezet 2/2 | Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Referee: Wyatt Raymond |
| Round 2: 23 February 2024 | Cronulla Sutherland Sharks | 12–6 | | Belmore | |
| 20:00 AEDT | Tries: Wilton Vea'ila Goals: Trindall 2/2 Sin bin: Nikora | [Report Report] | Tries: Preston Goals: Burton 1/1 | Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Referee: Adam Gee |
The league fixtures were announced on 13 November 2023. [1]
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| Round 1: 9 March 2024 | Parramatta Eels | 26–8 | | Parramatta | |
| 17:30 AEDT | Tries: Harper Cartwright Simonsson Goals: Moses 1/1 Gutherson 4/4 | [Report Report] | Tries: Wilson Crichton Goals: Burton 0/2 | Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 29,171 Referee: Grant Atkins |
| Round 2: 15 March 2024 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 25–6 | | Cronulla | |
| 18:00 AEDT | Tries: Trindall Katoa Mulitalo Wilton Goals: Hynes 4/4 Field goals: Hynes Sin bin: Nikora | [Report Report] | Tries: Wilson Goals: Burton 1/1 | Stadium: PointsBet Stadium Attendance: 12,928 Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski |
| Round 3: 23 March 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 32–0 | | Belmore | |
| 15:00 AEDT | Tries: Preston Kikau Mahoney Kiraz Tracey Taaffe Goals: Burton 4/6 | [Report Report] | Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 12,037 Referee: Todd Smith |
| Round 4: 29 March 2024 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 20–16 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 16:05 AEDT | Tries: Burgess Wighton Goals: L. Mitchell 4/5 | [Report Report] | Tries: Burton Tracey Goals: Burton 2/3 Sin bin: Morrin | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 35,275 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
| Round 5: 5 April 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 30–26 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 18:00 AEST | Tries: Taaffe Burton Hughes Goals: Burton 5/6 | [Report Report] | Tries: E. Butcher Whyte Manu Tupou Goals: Sua'ali'i 2/2 Keary 1/3 Sin bin: Radley Sent off: Young | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 7,169 Referee: Grant Atkins |
| Round 6: 12 April 2024 | Melbourne Storm | 16–14 | | Melbourne | |
| 18:00 AEST | Tries: Papenhuyzen Smith Blore Goals: Meaney 2/3 Sin bin: Papenhuyzen | [Report Report] | Tries: Addo-Carr Goals: Burton 1/3 Sin bin: Hughes | Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,065 Referee: Wyatt Raymond |
| Round 7: 21 April 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 36–12 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 14:00 AEST | Tries: Hughes Kiraz Xerri Hayward Addo-Carr Crichton Goals: Burton 6/6 Sin bin: Mahoney | [Report Report] | Tries: Lucas Best Goals: Ponga 1/1 Hastings 1/1 Sin bin: Hetherington | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 17,784 Referee: Peter Gough |
| Round 9: 4 May 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 22–14 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 15:00 AEST | Tries: Mann Curran Xerri Goals: Burton 5/5 | [Report Report] | Tries: Staines Pole Goals: Sezer 3/3 Sin bin: Klemmer Seyfarth | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 17,068 Referee: Kasey Badger |
| Round 10: 10 May 2024 | Penrith Panthers | 16–10 | | Penrith | |
| 18:00 AEST | Tries: Garner To'o Goals: Cleary 1/1 Edwards 3/3 | [Report Report] | Tries: Burton Kiraz Goals: Burton 1/2 | Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: 21,525 Referee: Liam Kennedy |
| Round 11: 17 May 2024 | Canberra Raiders | 24–20 | | Brisbane | |
| 18:00 AEST | Tries: Savage Kris Young Goals: Rapana 4/4 Sin bin: Rapana Papali'i | [Report Report] | Tries: Preston Crichton Burton Kiraz Goals: Burton 2/4 | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 50,971 Referee: Ashley Klein |
| Round 12: 23 May 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 44–12 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 19:50 AEST | Tries: Burton Salmon Kiraz Preston Crichton Goals: Burton 6/9 | [Report Report] | Tries: Suli Liddle Goals: Lomax 2/2 Sin bin: Lomax | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 15,442 Referee: Adam Gee |
| Round 13: 31 May 2024 | Newcastle Knights | 2–32 | | Newcastle | |
| 20:00 AEST | Goals: Hastings 1/1 Sin bin: J. Saifiti | [Report Report] | Tries: Addo-Carr Preston Curran Xerri Goals: Sexton 4/6 Hayward 0/1 Sin bin: Tracey Sexton | Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 21,204 Referee: Grant Atkins |
| Round 14: 10 June 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 22–18 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 16:00 AEST | Tries: Crichton Wilson Goals: Burton 3/4 Sin bin: Mann | [Report Report] | Tries: Talagi Penisini Tuilagi Goals: Moses 3/3 | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 45,496 Referee: Peter Gough |
| Round 16: 22 June 2024 | Sydney Roosters | 26–8 | | Gosford | |
| 17:30 AEST | Tries: Young N. Butcher May Steep Goals: Walker 5/5 Sin bin: Walker Sent off: Pauga | [Report Report] | Tries: Salmon Skelton Goals: Burton 0/2 | Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 16,868 Referee: Grant Atkins |
| Round 17: 28 June 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 15–14 (g.p.) | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 20:00 AEST | Tries: Kikau Mahoney Goals: Burton 3/3 Field goals: Burton | [Report Report] | Tries: Nikora Katoa Trindall Goals: Hynes 1/3 | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 15,765 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
| Round 18: 6 July 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 13–12 (g.p.) | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 15:00 AEST | Tries: Xerri Kikau Goals: Burton 2/2 Field goals: Burton | [Report Report] | Tries: Watene-Zelezniak Montoya Goals: Pompey 2/3 | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 27,223 Referee: Chris Butler |
| Round 20: 21 July 2024 | North Queensland Cowboys | 20–18 | | Townsville | |
| 18:15 AEST | Tries: Luki Purdue Goals: Holmes 4/4 | [Report Report] | Tries: Curran Xerri Kiraz Goals: Burton 3/5 Sin bin: Wilson | Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium Attendance: 16,376 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
| Round 21: 27 July 2024 | Brisbane Broncos | 16–41 | | Brisbane | |
| 17:00 AEST | Tries: Walsh Staggs Taupau Goals: Reynolds 2/3 | [Report Report] | Tries: Xerri Tracey Skelton Kikau Kiraz Goals: Burton 6/7 Field goals: Burton | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 42,213 Referee: Grant Atkins |
| Round 22: 4 August 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 22–18 | | Belmore | |
| 16:05 AEST | Tries: Crichton Addo-Carr Goals: Burton 3/5 | [Report Report] | Tries: Mooney Timoko Rapana Goals: Fogarty 3/3 | Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 18,110 Referee: Ashley Klein |
| Round 23: 10 August 2024 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 10–28 | | Kogarah | |
| 19:35 AEST | Tries: Lomax Sloan Goals: Lomax 1/2 | [Report Report] | Tries: Burton Xerri Mann Goals: Burton 6/6 | Stadium: Nestrata Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 18,416 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
| Round 24: 17 August 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 30–10 | | Bundaberg | |
| 15:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) | Tries: Kiraz Addo-Carr Xerri Tracey Goals: Burton 5/7 | [Report Report] | Tries: Isaako Averillo Goals: Isaako 1/2 | Stadium: Salter Oval Attendance: 6,148 Referee: Adam Gee |
| Round 25: 23 August 2024 | New Zealand Warriors | 18–34 | | Auckland | |
| 20:00 NZST | Tries: Montoya Capewell Egan Goals: Johnson 3/3 | [Report Report] | Tries: Xerri Crichton Morrin Hayes Addo-Carr Kiraz Goals: Burton 5/6 | Stadium: Shaun Johnson Stadium Attendance: 24,295 Referee: Wyatt Raymond |
| Round 26: 30 August 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 22–34 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 18:00 AEST | Tries: Mahoney Addo-Carr Preston Goals: Burton 2/2 Sexton 1/2 | [Report Report] | Tries: Saab T. Trbojevic Hopoate Lawton Garrick Goals: Garrick 5/6 | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 35,502 Referee: Ashley Klein |
| Round 27: 7 September 2024 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 6–44 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 17:30 AEST | Tries: Sexton Goals: Crichton 1/1 | [Report Report] | Tries: Feldt Luki Drinkwater Holmes Taulagi Goals: Holmes 8/8 | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 32,437 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
Win Draw Loss Fixtures
| QEF: 15 September 2024 | Cantebury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 22–24 | | Sydney Olympic Park | |
| 16:05 AEST | Tries: Kiraz Kikau Crichton Skelton Goals: Burton 3/4 | [Report Report] | Tries: Talau Bullemor Cherry-Evans Koula Goals: Garrick 4/4 | Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 50,714 Referee: Grant Atkins |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 692 | 449 | +243 | 44 | Advance to finals series |
| 2 | | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 580 | 394 | +186 | 40 | |
| 3 | | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 738 | 463 | +275 | 38 | |
| 4 | | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 653 | 431 | +222 | 38 | |
| 5 | | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 657 | 568 | +89 | 36 | |
| 6 | | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 529 | 433 | +96 | 34 | |
| 7 | | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 634 | 521 | +113 | 33 | |
| 8 | | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 470 | 510 | −40 | 30 | |
| 9 | | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 474 | 601 | −127 | 30 | |
| 10 | | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 577 | 578 | −1 | 28 | |
| 11 | | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 508 | 634 | −126 | 28 | |
| 12 | | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 537 | 607 | −70 | 26 | |
| 13 | | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 512 | 574 | −62 | 25 | |
| 14 | | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 488 | 656 | −168 | 22 | |
| 15 | | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 561 | 716 | −155 | 20 | |
| 16 | | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 494 | 682 | −188 | 20 | |
| 17 | | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 463 | 750 | −287 | 18 |