2016 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season
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| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | |
| Season 2016 | |
|---|---|
| CEO | Raelene Castle |
| Head Coach | Des Hasler |
| Captain | James Graham |
| NRL | |
| Top Try scorer | Curtis Rona (7) Sam Perrett (7) |
| Top Points scorer | Kerrod Holland (54) |
| Holden Cup | |
| NSW Cup | |
| Highest home attendance | 30,018 |
| Lowest home attendance | 11,450 |
| Average home attendance | 18,169 |
| ← Previous season 2015 |
Next season → 2017 |
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.
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, dropping the interchanges allowed from 10 to 8. The Bulldogs however 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 13kg before the season kicked off. Any concerns about the interchange rule effecting 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 to be sitting on a 4-3 record after 7 rounds.
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 301 | 170 | +131 | 20 |
| 2 |  Melbourne Storm |
11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 130 | +111 | 20 |
| 3 |  Brisbane Broncos |
12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 312 | 155 | +157 | 16 |
| 4 | File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 308 | 172 | +136 | 16 |
| 5 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 261 | 208 | +53 | 14 |
| 6 |  Canberra Raiders |
12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 299 | 247 | +52 | 13 |
| 7 |  Penrith Panthers |
11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 222 | 225 | −3 | 12 |
| 8 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |
11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 238 | 243 | −5 | 12 |
| 9 |  Gold Coast Titans |
11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 224 | 241 | −17 | 12 |
| 10 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |
12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 143 | 242 | −99 | 12 |
| 11 |  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles |
11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 190 | 246 | −56 | 10 |
| 12 |  Wests Tigers |
12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 227 | 305 | −78 | 10 |
| 13 |  New Zealand Warriors |
11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 220 | 300 | −80 | 10 |
| 14 |  Sydney Roosters |
11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 193 | 265 | −72 | 6 |
| 15 |  Newcastle Knights |
12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 132 | 395 | −263 | 3 |
| 16 |  Parramatta Eels |
12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 210 | 177 | +33 | 21 |
1 Parramatta were deducted 12 competition points for gross long-term salary cap breaches.
Squad
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Canterbury Bulldogs 2016 Squad
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Head coach Assistant Coaches
Team Medical Professionals
Managers
Updated: 23 December 2015 |
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