# 2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

The 2023 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season is the 89th in the club's history. They will compete in the National Rugby League's 2023 Telstra Premiership. Cameron Ciraldo takes over as head coach of the team for his first season following the departure of Trent Barrett part way through the previous season.

## Fixtures

The club started 2023 with two pre-season trial matches against the Canberra Raiders and the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks in February before kicking off the regular season away to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in round one.

### Regular season

| Round | Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Round | Home | Score | Away | Date and Time | Venue | Crowd |
| 1 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 31 - 6 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 4 Mar, 3:00pm AEDT | 4 Pine Park | 17,217 |
| 2 | Melbourne Storm | 12 - 26 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sat 11 Mar 7:35pm AEDT | AAMI Park | 17,248 |
| 3 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 26 - 22 | Wests Tigers | Sun 19 Mar 4:05pm AEDT | Belmore Sports Ground | 16,404 |
| 4 | New Zealand Warriors | 16 - 14 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 26 Mar 2:00pm AEDT | Mount Smart Stadium | 18,595 |
| 5 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 15 - 14 | North Queensland Cowboys | Sun 2 Apr 6:15pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 9,626 |
| 6 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 16 - 50 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Fri 7 Apr 4:00pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 35,211 |
| 7 | Parramatta Eels | 30 - 4 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 16 Apr 4:05pm AEST | CommBank Stadium | 26,755 |
| 8 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 20 - 33 | Cronulla Sutherland Sharks | Sat 22 Apr 5:30pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 12,184 |
| 9 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 16 - 18 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 30 Apr 4:05pm AEST | WIN Stadium | 16,678 |
| 10 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 30 - 34 | Canberra Raiders | Fri 5 May 6:00pm AEST | Suncorp Stadium | 41,462* |
| 11 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 12 - 24 | New Zealand Warriors | Fri 12 May 6:00pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 14,294 |
| 12 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 20 - 18 | Gold Coast Titans | Sun 21 May 2:00pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 10.815 |
| 13 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 14 | Sydney Roosters | 25 - 24 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 4 Jun 2:00pm AEST | Industree Group Stadium | 18,338 |
| 15 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 12 - 34 | Parramatta Eels | Mon 12 Jun 4:00pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 33,866 |
| 16 | Cronulla Sutherland Sharks | 48 - 10 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 18 Jun 4:05pm AEST | PointsBet Stadium | 11,901 |
| 17 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 18 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 0 - 66 | Newcastle Knights | Sun 02 Jul 2:00pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 11,004 |
| 19 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 32 - 36 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sat 08 Jul 7:35pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 16,166 |
| 20 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 - 44 | Brisbane Broncos | Sat 15 Jul 3:00pm AEST | Belmore Sports Ground | 17,103 |
| 21 | Penrith Panthers | 44 - 18 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 23 Jul 2:00pm AEST | BlueBet Stadium | 21,525 |
| 22 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 23 - 22 | The Dolphins | Sun 30 Jul 2:00pm AEST | Salter Oval | 5,130 |
| 23 | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE | BYE |
| 24 | Newcastle Knights | 42 - 6 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 13 Aug 4:05pm AEST | McDonald Jones Stadium | 23,464 |
| 25 | Canberra Raiders | 36 - 24 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 20 Aug 4:05pm AEST | GIO Stadium | 12,402 |
| 26 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 - 42 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Sun 27 Aug 2:00pm AEST | Accor Stadium | 13,074 |
| 27 | Gold Coast Titans | 34 - 30 | Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs | Sun 03 Sep 2:00pm AEST | Cbus Super Stadium | 14,942 |
| Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye | * Magic Round ||||||||| |

## Ladder

2023 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 645 | 312 | +333 | 42 |
| 2 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 639 | 425 | +214 | 42 |
| 3 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 627 | 459 | +168 | 38 |
| 4 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 572 | 448 | +124 | 38 |
| 5 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 626 | 451 | +175 | 35 |
| 6 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 619 | 497 | +122 | 34 |
| 7 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 472 | 496 | −24 | 32 |
| 8 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 486 | 623 | −137 | 32 |
| 9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 564 | 505 | +59 | 30 |
| 10 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 574 | +13 | 30 |
| 11 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 546 | 542 | +4 | 30 |
| 12 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 545 | 539 | +6 | 29 |
| 13 | Dolphins | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 520 | 631 | −111 | 24 |
| 14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 527 | 653 | −126 | 24 |
| 15 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 438 | 769 | −331 | 20 |
| 16 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 474 | 673 | −199 | 16 |
| 17 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 385 | 675 | −290 | 14 |

## Awards
### Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs awards night

Held at Doltone House, Darling Island, Tuesday 5 September.
* Dr George Peponis Medal (NRL Player of the Year): Jacob Preston
* Coaches Award: Jacob Kiraz
* Steve Mortimer Medal (NRL Rookie of the Year): Jacob Preston
* Member's Player of the Year: Jacob Preston
* Peter Warren Award (Community Service): Viliame Kikau
* Terry Lamb Medal (Player of the Year New South Wales Cup): Jayden Tanner
* Hazem El Masri Medal (Player of the Year Jersey Flegg Cup): Lachlan Vale
* Ron Massey Cup Player of the Year: Josh Kalati
* Harold Matthews Cup Player of the Year: Mitchell Woods
* S.G. Ball Cup Player of the Year: AJ Jones
* Tarsha Gale Cup Player of the Year: Tarli Dennis
* NSWRL Women's Premiership Player of the Year: Holli Wheeler
* Les Johns Medal (Club Person of the Year): Melanie Riccio
* Employee of the Year: Caitlin Glanville