2024 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

2024 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season
2024 record	Wins: 7; losses: 7
Points scored	For: 300 (Rd 15); against: 237 (Rd 15)
Team information
CEO	Aaron Warburton
Head Coach	Cameron Ciraldo
Captain	Stephen Crichton
Stadium	Accor Stadium Belmore Sports Ground
Avg. attendance	19,166 (at home)
High attendance	45,496 (Rd 14)
Low attendance	7,169 (Rd 5)
Top scorers
Tries	Matt Burton (8) (Rd 15)
Goals	Matt Burton (36) (Rd 15)
Points	Matt Burton (104) (Rd 15)
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The 2024 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the club's 90th season in the professional National Rugby League (NRL) football competition in Australia.

It is Cameron Ciraldo's second season as head coach of the club.

Pre-season challenge

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	Melbourne Storm	Belmore
19:00 AEDT	Tries: Clark  4' Wilson  23' Skelton  53' Xerri  65' Sua  72' Goals: Burton 1/2  6' Sexton 1/3  67' Field goals: Sexton 0/1 (2 pt)	Report	Tries: Ieremia  12' Papenhuyzen  39' Goals: Pezet 2/2  13', 39'	Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Round 2: 23 February 2024	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	12–6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Belmore
20:00 AEDT	Tries: Wilton  12' Vea'ila  72' Goals: Trindall 2/2  14', 74' Sin bin: Nikora 29' to 39'	Report	Tries: Preston  32' Goals: Burton 1/1  33'	Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Referee: Adam Gee

Regular season

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	–	H	A	N	H	A	H	–	A	H	H	–	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	B	W	L	L	W	W	W	B	L			B
Position	15	17	12	14	13	15	12	8	8	9	11	10	9	7	6	6
Points	0	0	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	12	14	16	18	18

Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; N = Neutral; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Main article: 2024 NRL season results

Round 1: 9 March 2024	Parramatta Eels	26–8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Parramatta
17:30 AEDT	Tries: Harper  12' Cartwright  36', 50' Simonsson  76' Goals: Moses 1/1  13' Gutherson 4/4  26 pen', 37', 51', 77'	Report	Tries: Wilson  65' Crichton  69' Goals: Burton 0/2	Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 29,171 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 2: 15 March 2024	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	25–6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Woolooware
18:00 AEDT	Tries: Trindall  23' Katoa  55' Mulitalo  64' Wilton  74' Goals: Hynes 4/4  24', 57', 69', 75' Field goals: Hynes 1/1  79 '(1 pt) Sin bin: Nikora 5' to 15'	Report	Tries: Wilson  12' Goals: Burton 1/1  14'	Stadium: PointsBet Stadium Attendance: 12,928 Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

Round 3: 30 March 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	32–0	Gold Coast Titans	Belmore
15:00 AEDT	Tries: Preston  17' Kikau  29' Mahoney  46' Kiraz  53' Tracey  60' Taaffe  62' Goals: Burton 4/6  19', 31', 47', 64'	Report		Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 12,037 Referee: Todd Smith

Round 4: 29 March 2024	South Sydney Rabbitohs	20–16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sydney Olympic Park
16:05 AEDT	Tries: Burgess  9' Wighton  13', 44' Goals: Mitchell 4/6  10', 45', 52', 75'	Report	Tries: Burton  24' Tracey  33', 79' Goals: Burton 2/3  26', 35' Sin bin: Morrin 50' to 60'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 35,275 Referee: Gerard Sutton

Round 5: 5 April 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	30–26	Sydney Roosters	Sydney Olympic Park
18:00 AEST	Tries: Taaffe  0' Burton  8', 14', 64' Hughes  39' Goals: Burton 5/6  27 pen', 2', 9', 15', 39'	Report	Tries: E. Butcher  46', 54' Whyte  50' Manu  57' Tupou  74' Goals: Suaalii 2/2  47', 75' Keary 1/3  51' Sin bin: Radley 72' to 80' Sent off: Young  26'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 7,169 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 6: 12 April 2024	Melbourne Storm	16–14	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Melbourne
18:00 AEST	Tries: Papenhuyzen  2' Smith  22' Blore  74' Goals: Meaney 2/3  3', 75' Sin bin: Papenhuyzen 55' to 65'	Report	Tries: Addo-Carr  47', 56', 61' Goals: Burton 1/3  49' Sin bin: Hughes 53' to 63'	Stadium: AAMI Park Attendance: 16,065 Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Round 7: 21 April 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	36–12	Newcastle Knights	Sydney Olympic Park
14:00 AEST	Tries: Hughes  4' Kiraz  21' Xerri  34' Hayward  48' Addo-Carr  58' Crichton  71' Goals: Burton 6/6  6', 23', 35', 50', 59', 73' Sin bin: Mahoney 76' to 80'	Report	Tries: Lucas  30' Best  79' Goals: Ponga 1/1  32' Hastings 1/1  79' Sin bin: Hetherington 76' to 80'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 17,784 Referee: Peter Gough

BYE

Round 9: 4 May 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	22–14	Wests Tigers	Sydney Olympic Park
15:00 AEST	Tries: Mann  22' Curran  44' Xerri  56' Goals: Burton 5/5  24', 45', 49 pen', 53 pen', 57'	Report	Tries: Staines  15' Pole  26' Goals: Sezer 3/3  13 pen', 16', 28' Sin bin: Klemmer 73' to 80' Seyfarth 73' to 80'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 17,068 Referee: Kasey Badger

Round 10: 10 May 2024	Penrith Panthers	16–10	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Penrith
18:00 AEST	Tries: Garner  25' To'o  37' Goals: Cleary 1/1  26' Edwards 3/3  38', 52 pen', 75 pen'	Report	Tries: Burton  68' Kiraz  79' Goals: Burton 1/2  80'	Stadium: BlueBet Stadium Attendance: 21,525 Referee: Liam Kennedy

Round 11: 17 May 2024	Canberra Raiders	24–20	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Brisbane
18:00 AEST	Tries: Savage  2' Kris  19' Young  51', 60' Goals: Rapana 4/4  4', 20', 52', 62' Sin bin: Rapana 35' to 45' Papalii 39' to 49'	Report	Tries: Preston  30' Crichton  36' Burton  39' Kiraz  41' Goals: Burton 2/4  32', 42'	Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 50,971 Referee: Ashley Klein

Round 12: 23 May 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	44–12	St George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney Olympic Park
19:50 AEST	Tries: Burton  8', 67' Salmon  46', 52' Kiraz  56', 78' Preston  60' Crichton  70' Goals: Burton 6/9  20', 46', 53', 58', 63 pen', 71'	Report	Tries: Suli  12' Liddle  31' Goals: Lomax 2/2  14', 33' Sin bin: Lomax 63' to 73'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 15,442 Referee: Adam Gee

Round 13: 31 May 2024	Newcastle Knights	2–32	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle
20:00 AEST	Goals: Hastings 1/1  6 pen' Sin bin: J. Saifiti 78' to 80'	Report	Tries: Addo-Carr  14', 27' Preston  47', 67' Curran  61' Xerri  73' Goals: Sexton 4/6  16', 68', 74', 79 pen' Hayward 0/1 Sin bin: Tracey 6' to 16' Sexton 53' to 63'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 21,204 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 14: 10 June 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	22–18	Parramatta Eels	Sydney Olympic Park
16:00 AEST	Tries: Crichton  12', 67' Wilson  17', 74' Goals: Burton 3/4  19', 67', 75' Sin bin: Mann 55' to 65'	Report	Tries: Talagi  6' Penisini  33' Tuilagi  44' Goals: Moses 3/3  7', 34', 46'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 45,496 Referee: Peter Gough

BYE

Round 16: 22 June 2024	Sydney Roosters	26–8	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Gosford
17:30 AEST	Tries: Young  21' N. Butcher  33' May  41' Steep  65' Goals: Walker 5/5  5 pen', 23', 34', 43', 66' Sin bin: Walker 78' to 80' Sent off: Pauga  72'	Report	Tries: Salmon  17' Skelton  46' Goals: Burton 0/2	Stadium: Industree Group Stadium Attendance: 16,868 Referee: Grant Atkins

Round 17: 28 June 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	Sydney Olympic Park
20:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 18: 6 July 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney Olympic Park
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium

BYE

Round 20: 21 July 2024	North Queensland Cowboys	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Townsville
18:15 AEST		Report		Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium

Round 21: 27 July 2024	Brisbane Broncos	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Brisbane
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 22: 4 August 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	Canberra Raiders	Belmore
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground

Round 23: 10 August 2024	St George Illawarra Dragons	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Kogarah
14:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Netstrata Jubilee Stadium

Round 24: 17 August 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	Dolphins	Bundaberg
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Salter Oval

Round 25: 23 August 2024	New Zealand Warriors	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Auckland
20:00 NZST		Report		Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 26: 30 August 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Olympic Park
18:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 27: 5 September 2024	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	North Queensland Cowboys	Sydney Olympic Park
17:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Storm	14	11	0	3	2	384	281	+103	26	Advance to finals series
2	Penrith Panthers	14	10	0	4	2	336	218	+118	24
3	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14	10	0	4	2	354	276	+78	24
4	Sydney Roosters	15	9	0	6	1	440	279	+161	20
5	Dolphins	14	8	0	6	2	365	305	+60	20
6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	14	7	0	7	2	300	237	+63	18
7	Brisbane Broncos	14	7	0	7	2	335	298	+37	18
8	North Queensland Cowboys	15	8	0	7	1	381	389	−8	18
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	14	7	0	7	2	296	346	−50	18
10	Canberra Raiders	14	7	0	7	2	296	375	−79	18
11	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	15	7	1	7	1	351	323	+28	17
12	Newcastle Knights	14	6	0	8	2	248	303	−55	16
13	New Zealand Warriors	15	6	1	8	1	312	359	−47	15
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	14	5	0	9	2	286	398	−112	14
15	Gold Coast Titans	14	4	0	10	2	305	376	−71	12
16	Wests Tigers	14	4	0	10	2	253	358	−105	12
17	Parramatta Eels	14	4	0	10	2	283	404	−121	12

Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2024. Source: National Rugby League

2024 squad

Canterbury Bulldogs 2024 squad

Top 30 squad - 2024 NRL season						Supplementary list		Coaching staff
Josh Addo-Carr – WG Matt Burton – FE, CE Stephen Crichton (c) – CE Joshua Curran – PR, LK, SR Sam Hughes – PR Drew Hutchison – HB, FE Kitione Kautoga – SR Viliame Kikau – SR Max King – PR Jacob Kiraz – WG, CE		Liam Knight – PR Reed Mahoney – HK Kurt Mann – LK Kurtis Morrin – LK Karl Oloapu – FE Chris Patolo – PR Hayze Perham – CE, WG Jacob Preston – SR Jaeman Salmon – SR, LK Jordan Samrani – SR, CE		Toby Sexton – HB Jeral Skelton – WG Daniel Suluka-Fifita – PR Ryan Sutton – PR, LK Blake Taaffe – FB Zane Tetevano – PR Connor Tracey – FB, WG Jake Turpin – LK Blake Wilson – WG Bronson Xerri – CE		Poasa Faamausili – PR Bailey Hayward – LK Joseph O'Neill – HB, FE Joash Papalii – FB Extended squad Eli Clark – CE, WG Harry Hayes – SR Lipoi Hopoi – LK, PR, SR		Manager Phil Gould (General Manager of Football) Head coach Cameron Ciraldo Assistant coaches Chad Randall Jason Taylor Luke Vella (NRL Transition Coach) Mick Potter (NSW Cup Coach) Josh Jackson (Jersey Flegg Coach) Managers Fred Ciraldo (Team Manager) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 19 May 2024 Source(s): Bulldogs 2023