2017 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

The 2017 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 83rd in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by James Graham, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2017 Telstra Premiership after finishing the 2016 season in 7th place.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

2017 season
CEO	Raelene Castle
Head coach	Des Hasler
Captain	James Graham
Top try scorer	Club: Marcelo Montoya (12)
Top points scorer	Club: Kerrod Holland (80)
Highest home attendance	35,984
Lowest home attendance	7,421
Average home attendance	14,040
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Fixtures

Regular season

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match Information
				Date and Time	Venue	Crowd
1	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	6-12 ^[1]^[2]	Melbourne Storm	Fri 3 Mar, 6:00pm AEDT	Belmore Sports Ground	8,712^[3]
2	Sydney Roosters	28-24 ^[4]^[5]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Thu 9 Mar, 8:05pm AEDT	Allianz Stadium	13,505
3	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	24-12 ^[6]^[7]	New Zealand Warriors	Fri 17 Mar, 8:0pm NZST	Forsyth Barr Stadium^[8]	10,238^[9]
4	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	36-0 ^[10]^[11]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 25 Mar, 4:30pm AEDT	Lottoland Stadium	9,610^[12]
5	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	10-7 ^[13]^[14]	Brisbane Broncos	Thu 30 Mar, 8:05pm AEDT	ANZ Stadium	7,421
6	Newcastle Knights	12-22 ^[15]^[16]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 7 Apr, 6:00pm AEST	McDonald Jones Stadium	16,929^[17]
7	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	24-9 ^[18]^[19]	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Fri 14 Apr, 4:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	35,984
8	Wests Tigers	18-12 ^[20]^[21]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 23 Apr, 4:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	19,303
9	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	16-10 ^[22]^[23]	Canberra Raiders	Sat 29 Apr, 5:30pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	13,390
10	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	14-30 ^[24]^[25]	North Queensland Cowboys	Thu 11 May, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	8,122
11	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	18-24 ^[26]^[27]	Sydney Roosters	Sun 21 May, 4:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	15,090
12	Cronulla Sharks	9-8 ^[28]^[29]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 27 May, 7:30pm AEST	Southern Cross Group Stadium	20,497 ^[30]
13	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	0-38 ^[31]^[32]	Penrith Panthers	Sun 4 Jun, 7:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	11,283
14	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	16-2 ^[33]^[34]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Mon 12 Jun, 4:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	24,083^[35]
15		BYE
16	New Zealand Warriors	21-14 ^[36]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Fri 23 Jun, 7:30pm NZST	Mt Smart Stadium	13,476^[37]
17	Parramatta Eels	13-12 ^[38]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Thu 29 Jun, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	14,061^[39]
18	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	20-18 ^[40]	Newcastle Knights	Sun 9 Jul, 7:30pm AEST	Belmore Sports Ground	13,103^[41]
19		BYE
20	Brisbane Broncos	42-12 ^[42]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Thu 20 Jul, 7:50pm AEST	Suncorp Stadium	24,267^[43]
21	Penrith Panthers	16-8 ^[44]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Thu 27 Jul, 7:50pm AEST	Pepper Stadium	8,727^[45]
22	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	4-20 ^[46]	Parramatta Eels	Thu 3 Aug, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	12,137^[47]
23	South Sydney Rabbitohs	28-14 ^[48]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Thu 10 Aug, 7:50pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	8,247^[49]
24	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	30-16 ^[50]	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Sun 20 Aug, 4:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	8,912^[51]
25	Gold Coast Titans	14-26 ^[52]	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	Sat 26 Aug, 3:00pm AEST	Cbus Super Stadium	10,887^[53]
26	St. George Illawarra Dragons	20-26 ^[54]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sun 3 Sep, 4:00pm AEST	ANZ Stadium	21,582^[55]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Ladder

2017 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm (P)	24	20	0	4	2	633	336	+297	44
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	0	7	2	500	428	+72	38
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	16	0	8	2	597	433	+164	36
4	Parramatta Eels	24	16	0	8	2	496	457	+39	36
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	15	0	9	2	476	407	+69	34
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	2	552	512	+40	32
7	Penrith Panthers	24	13	0	11	2	504	459	+45	30
8	North Queensland Cowboys	24	13	0	11	2	467	443	+24	30
9	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	2	533	450	+83	28
10	Canberra Raiders	24	11	0	13	2	558	497	+61	26
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	10	0	14	2	360	455	−95	24
12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	9	0	15	2	464	564	−100	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	7	0	17	2	444	575	−131	18
14	Wests Tigers	24	7	0	17	2	413	571	−158	18
15	Gold Coast Titans	24	7	0	17	2	448	638	−190	18
16	Newcastle Knights	24	5	0	19	2	428	648	−220	14

Squad

Canterbury Bulldogs 2017 Squad

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First team squad								Coaching staff
Brad Abbey – FB Greg Eastwood – LK, SR, PR Adam Elliott – SR Raymond Faitala-Mariner – SR, LK Asipeli Fine – CE, SR, WG Craig Garvey – HK James Graham (c) – PR William Hopoate – CE, WG, FB Josh Jackson – SR, LK Sam Kasiano – PR, LK Richard Kennar – CE, WG David Klemmer – PR		Brenko Lee – CE, WG Michael Lichaa – HK Rhyse Martin – SR Moses Mbye – HB Brett Morris – WG, FB Josh Morris – CE Tyrone Phillips – WG, CE, FB Josh Reynolds – FE Chase Stanley – CE, WG Aiden Tolman (vc) – PR						Head coach Des Hasler Assistant coaches Jim Dymock (assistant coach) David Penna (assistant coach) Medical professionals Donny Singe (director of athletic performance) Tony Grimaldi (head conditioner) Rubin Ruzicka (strength and power coach) Larry Britton (head trainer) Tony Ayoub (physiotherapist) Dr Joe Lombardo (club doctor) Garry Carden (assistant strength & conditioning coach) Steve McCullagh (assistant physiotherapist) Dr Hugh Hazzard (medical consultant) Managers Fred Ciraldo (team manager) Andy Patmore (pathways performance manager) Steve Georgallis (NSW Cup coach) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s)   Injured Updated: 15 December 2016 Source(s): Bulldogs Squad 2016

See also

• List of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs seasons

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