# 2018 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

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.

## Player movements
### Signings

* Clay Priest from Canberra Raiders
* Fa'amanu Brown from Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
* Kieran Foran from New Zealand Warriors
* Aaron Woods from Wests Tigers

### Transfers/Leaving

* James Graham to St. George Illawarra Dragons
* Sam Kasiano to Melbourne Storm
* Josh Reynolds to Wests Tigers

## Fixtures
### Trial Matches

* Saturday, 17 February 5.00pm local
| Canberra Raiders | v | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| 12 | | 16 |
* Sunshine Coast Stadium, Kawana Waters
* Saturday, 24 February 6.30pm local
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | v | Penrith Panthers |
| 24 | | 10 |
* Belmore Sports Ground, Belmore

### Regular season

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

## Ladder

2018 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 542 | 361 | +181 | 34 |
| 2 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 536 | 363 | +173 | 34 |
| 3 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 582 | 437 | +145 | 34 |
| 4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 519 | 423 | +96 | 34 |
| 5 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 517 | 461 | +56 | 32 |
| 6 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 556 | 500 | +56 | 32 |
| 7 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 519 | 472 | +47 | 32 |
| 8 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 472 | 447 | +25 | 32 |
| 9 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 377 | 460 | −83 | 26 |
| 10 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 563 | 540 | +23 | 22 |
| 11 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 414 | 607 | −193 | 20 |
| 12 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 428 | 474 | −46 | 18 |
| 13 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 449 | 521 | −72 | 18 |
| 14 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 472 | 582 | −110 | 18 |
| 15 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 500 | 622 | −122 | 16 |
| 16 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 374 | 550 | −176 | 14 |