2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season
The 2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 82nd in the club's history. Coached by Des Hasler and captained by James Graham, they will compete in the National Rugby League's 2016 Telstra Premiership after finishing the 2015 season as semi-finalists.
2016 season | |||
CEO | Raelene Castle | ||
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Head Coach | Des Hasler | ||
Captain | James Graham | ||
Top try scorer | Club: Sam Perrett (11) | ||
Top points scorer | Club: Moses Mbye (90) | ||
Highest home attendance | 30,018 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 11,450 | ||
Average home attendance | 16,362 | ||
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Fixtures
Regular season
The Bulldogs started the season strongly, comfortably beating the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in round one. The Bulldogs were the outsiders with the bookmakers, with most rugby league experts citing the size of the forward pack as an issue with the 2016 season rule change, which dropped the interchanges allowed from 10 to 8. However, the Bulldogs surprised the rugby league community by unveiling a significantly leaner pack, with players having shed a lot of weight during the off season. Sam Kasiano was an example of this, having lost 13 kg before the season kicked off. Any concerns about the interchange rule affecting the team were put to rest with the side coming away with a convincing 28-6 first round victory, and a week later a last minute win against the Penrith Panthers proving the big men would not falter late in matches as a result of more minutes played. As though the team was further driving the point home, they completed the second round match using only 16 of the 17 named players.
The month that followed was not as impressive, with the club going loss, win, loss, win, for a 4-3 record after 7 rounds.
Round | Home | Score | Away | Match information | ||||||
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Date and time | Venue | Crowd | ||||||||
1 | 6-28 | Fri 4 Mar 2016, 8:05pm AEDT | Brookvale Oval | 16,512 | ||||||
2 | 16-18 | Thu 10 Mar 2016, 8:05pm AEDT | Pepper Stadium | 11,125 | ||||||
3 | 6-20 | Fri 18 Mar 2016, 8:05pm AEDT | ANZ Stadium | 30,018 | ||||||
4 | 12-42 | Fri 25 Mar 2016, 4:00pm AEDT | ANZ Stadium | 38,192 | ||||||
5 | 8-22 | Mon 4 Apr 2016, 7:00pm AEST | Belmore Sports Ground | 13,463 | ||||||
6 | 12-18 | Mon 11 Apr 2016, 7:00pm AEST | AAMI Stadium | 11,037 | ||||||
7 | 20-24 | Sat 16 Apr 2016, 7:30pm NZST | Westpac Stadium | 18,212 | ||||||
8 | 21-20 | Sat 23 Apr 2016, 3:00pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 11,450 | ||||||
9 | 20-12 | Fri 29 Apr 2016, 7:50pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 31,815 | ||||||
10 | 4-36 | Sun 15 May 2016, 4:00pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 20.936 | ||||||
11 | 32-20 | Sun 22 May 2016, 4:00pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 17,704 | ||||||
12 | 32-20 | Sun 29 May 2016, 4:00pm AEST | GIO Stadium | 13,907 | ||||||
13 | 18-20 | Mon 6 Jun 2016, 7:00pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 10,081 | ||||||
14 | 16-34 | Mon 13 Jun 2016, 4:00pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 20,153 | ||||||
15 | BYE | |||||||||
16 | 40-14 | Sat 25 Jun 2016, 7:30pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 10,106 | ||||||
17 | 20-24 | Thu 30 Jun 2016, 7:50pm AEST | Sydney Football Stadium | 7,741 | ||||||
18 | 32-22 | Sat 9 Jul 2016, 7:30pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 16,212 | ||||||
19 | BYE | |||||||||
20 | 36-0 | Thu 21 Jul 2016, 7:50pm AEST | 1300 Smiles Stadium | 11,620 | ||||||
21 | 13-10 | Fri 29 Jul 2016, 7:50pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 15,008 | ||||||
22 | 14-28 | Sat 6 Aug 2016, 3:00pm AEST | Hunter Stadium | 13,318 | ||||||
23 | 20-16 | Thu 11 Aug 2016, 7:50pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 10,290 | ||||||
24 | 20-10 | Thu 18 Aug 2016, 7:50pm AEST | Suncorp Stadium | 27,746 | ||||||
25 | 16-24 | Thu 25 Aug 2016, 7:50pm AEST | Belmore Sports Ground | 10,144 | ||||||
26 | 10-28 | Fri 2 Sep 2016, 7:50pm AEST | ANZ Stadium | 14,731 | ||||||
Qualif Final | 12-28 | Sun 11 Sep 2016, 4:10pm AEST | Allianz Stadium | 22,631 | ||||||
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 563 | 302 | +261 | 42 | |
2 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 688 | 456 | +232 | 39 | |
3 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 580 | 404 | +176 | 39 | |
4 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 584 | 355 | +229 | 34 | |
5 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 554 | 434 | +120 | 34 | |
6 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 563 | 463 | +100 | 32 | |
7 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 506 | 448 | +58 | 32 | |
8 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 508 | 497 | +11 | 27 | |
9 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 499 | 607 | −108 | 26 | |
10 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 513 | 601 | −88 | 24 | |
11 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 341 | 538 | −197 | 24 | |
12 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 473 | 549 | −76 | 22 | |
13 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 454 | 563 | −109 | 20 | |
14 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 298 | 324 | −26 | 181 | |
15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 443 | 576 | −133 | 16 | |
16 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 305 | 800 | −495 | 7 | |
1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points and their for/against tally accumulated between rounds 1-9 for gross long-term salary cap breaches.