2018 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

The 2018 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season was the 84th in the club's history. Coached by Dean Pay, they finished the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership in 12th place and did not qualify for the finals.^[1]

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

2018 season
CEO	Andrew Hill
Head coach	Dean Pay
Captain	Josh Jackson
NRL	12th
Top try scorer	Club: Josh Morris 6
Top points scorer	Club: Moses Mbye 74
Highest home attendance	38,824
Lowest home attendance	11,247
Average home attendance	19,266
← 2017 2019 →

Player movements

Signings

• Clay Priest from Canberra Raiders^[2]
• Fa'amanu Brown from Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
• Kieran Foran from New Zealand Warriors^[3]
• Aaron Woods from Wests Tigers

Transfers/Leaving

• James Graham to St. George Illawarra Dragons^[4]
• Sam Kasiano to Melbourne Storm^[5]
• Josh Reynolds to Wests Tigers^[6]

Fixtures

Trial Matches

Canberra Raiders	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
12		16

Saturday, 17 February 5.00pm local

Sunshine Coast Stadium, Kawana Waters

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	Penrith Panthers
24		10

Saturday, 24 February 6.30pm local

Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore

Regular season

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time	Venue	Crowd
1	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	18 – 36[7]	Melbourne Storm	Sat 10 Mar, 8PM AWST	Perth Stadium	38,842[7]
2	Sydney Roosters	30 – 12[8]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 16 Mar 6PM AEDT	Allianz Stadium	12,226[9]
3	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	20 – 18[10]	Penrith Panthers	Fri 23 Mar, 6PM AEDT	ANZ Stadium	11,247[11]
4	South Sydney Rabbitohs	20 – 16[12]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 30 Mar, 4:10PM AEDT	ANZ Stadium	32,471[12]
5	Canberra Raiders	26 – 10[13]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Thu 5 Apr, 7:50pm AEST	GIO Stadium	11,800
6	North Queensland Cowboys	10 – 27[14]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 14 Apr, 5:30pm AEST	1300SMILES Stadium	14,434
7	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0 – 6[15]	Sydney Roosters	Thu 19 Apr, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	11,309
8	Penrith Panthers	22 – 14[16]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 27 Apr, 7:50pm AEST	Panthers Stadium	13,760
9	Brisbane Broncos	22 – 20[17]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Thur 3 May, 7:50pm AEST	Suncorp Stadium	22,225
10	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	20–12[18]	Parramatta Eels	Fri 11 May, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	15,683
11	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	22–16[19]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 20 May, 4:10pm AEST	Southern Cross Group Stadium	14,004
12	Wests Tigers	14–10[20]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 27 May, 4:10pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	18,847
13		BYE
14	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	16–18[21]	St George Illawarra Dragons	Mon 11 Jun, 4pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	21,376
15	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	10-32	Gold Coast Titans	Sat 16 Jun, 3pm AEST	Belmore Sports Ground	6,874
16	Newcastle Knights	16-36[22]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 30 Jun, 5:30pm AEST	McDonald Jones Stadium	17,755
17	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	28-32[23]	Canberra Raiders	Sat 7 Jul, 7:30pm AEST	Belmore Sports Ground	10,145
18	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	6-24[24]	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sat 14 Jul, 3pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	14,278
19	Parramatta Eels	14-8[25]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Thu 19 Jul, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	8,437
20	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	16-4[26]	Wests Tigers	Fri 27 Jul, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	9,865
21	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	36-22[27]	Brisbane Broncos	Thu 2 Aug, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	6,434
22	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	18-6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 11 Aug, 5:30pm AEST	Lottoland
23	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	27-26	New Zealand Warriors	Sun 19 Aug, 2pm AEST	ANZ Stadium
24	St George Illawarra Dragons	0-38	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 26 Aug, 4:10pm AEST	UOW Jubilee Oval
25	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	18-30	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	Sun 2 Sep, 2pm AEST	ANZ Stadium
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder

2018 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	1	542	361	+181	34
2	Melbourne Storm	24	16	0	8	1	536	363	+173	34
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	1	582	437	+145	34
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	16	0	8	1	519	423	+96	34
5	Penrith Panthers	24	15	0	9	1	517	461	+56	32
6	Brisbane Broncos	24	15	0	9	1	556	500	+56	32
7	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	15	0	9	1	519	472	+47	32
8	New Zealand Warriors	24	15	0	9	1	472	447	+25	32
9	Wests Tigers	24	12	0	12	1	377	460	−83	26
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	1	563	540	+23	22
11	Newcastle Knights	24	9	0	15	1	414	607	−193	20
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	8	0	16	1	428	474	−46	18
13	North Queensland Cowboys	24	8	0	16	1	449	521	−72	18
14	Gold Coast Titans	24	8	0	16	1	472	582	−110	18
15	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	7	0	17	1	500	622	−122	16
16	Parramatta Eels	24	6	0	18	1	374	550	−176	14

See also

• List of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs seasons

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