2018 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

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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]

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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2018 season
CEOAndrew Hill
Head coach Dean Pay
Captain Josh Jackson
NRL 12th
Top try scorerClub: Josh Morris 6
Top points scorerClub: Moses Mbye 74
Highest home attendance38,824
Lowest home attendance11,247
Average home attendance19,266
← 2017 2019 →

Player movements

Signings

Transfers/Leaving

Fixtures

Trial Matches

Regular season

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueCrowd
1 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 18 – 36 [7] Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Sat 10 Mar, 8PM AWST Perth Stadium 38,842 [7]
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 30 – 12 [8] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 16 Mar 6PM AEDT Allianz Stadium 12,226 [9]
3 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 20 – 18 [10] Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Fri 23 Mar, 6PM AEDT ANZ Stadium 11,247 [11]
4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16 [12] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 30 Mar, 4:10PM AEDT ANZ Stadium 32,471 [12]
5 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 26 – 10 [13] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Thu 5 Apr, 7:50pm AEST GIO Stadium 11,800
6 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 10 – 27 [14] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sat 14 Apr, 5:30pm AEST 1300SMILES Stadium 14,434
7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 – 6 [15] Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Thu 19 Apr, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 11,309
8 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 22 – 14 [16] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Fri 27 Apr, 7:50pm AEST Panthers Stadium 13,760
9 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 22 – 20 [17] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Thur 3 May, 7:50pm AEST Suncorp Stadium 22,225
10 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20–12 [18] Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Fri 11 May, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 15,683
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 22–16 [19] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 20 May, 4:10pm AEST Southern Cross Group Stadium 14,004
12 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 14–10 [20] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 27 May, 4:10pm AEST ANZ Stadium 18,847
13 BYE
14 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16–18 [21] Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Mon 11 Jun, 4pm AEST ANZ Stadium 21,376
15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10-32 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Sat 16 Jun, 3pm AEST Belmore Sports Ground 6,874
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 16-36 [22] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sat 30 Jun, 5:30pm AEST McDonald Jones Stadium 17,755
17 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-32 [23] Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Sat 7 Jul, 7:30pm AEST Belmore Sports Ground 10,145
18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6-24 [24] South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sat 14 Jul, 3pm AEST ANZ Stadium 14,278
19 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 14-8 [25] Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Thu 19 Jul, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 8,437
20 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16-4 [26] Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Fri 27 Jul, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 9,865
21 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 36-22 [27] Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Thu 2 Aug, 7:50pm AEST ANZ Stadium 6,434
22 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18-6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sat 11 Aug, 5:30pm AEST Lottoland
23 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 27-26 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Sun 19 Aug, 2pm AEST ANZ Stadium
24 Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 0-38 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sun 26 Aug, 4:10pm AEST UOW Jubilee Oval
25 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18-30 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Sun 2 Sep, 2pm AEST ANZ Stadium
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Ladder

2018 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

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