Bulldogs Honours

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are a professional rugby league club in the National Rugby League (NRL), the premier rugby league football competition in Australia.

Based in Belmore, a suburb of Sydney, the Bulldogs in 1935 were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL) competition, a predecessor of the current NRL competition.

The Bulldogs won their first premiership in just their fourth season (1938). At the time it made them the quickest club (barring the founding clubs) to win a premiership after admission to the competition, a record which was only recently beaten in 1999 by the Melbourne Storm. They won a second premiership in 1942 but then had to wait another 38 years before breaking through for a third title in 1980. During the 80s, the Bulldogs were a dominant force in the competition appearing in five Grand Finals, winning four of them. In the 90s they featured in the 1995 and 1998 Grand Finals, winning the former. Their most recent success was in 2004 when they beat the Sydney Roosters 16 - 13. The tryscorers were Hazem El Masri and Matt Utai, and the Clive Churchill Medal winner was Willie Mason.

Their eight premiership trophy moved the club into a clear 5th place in the all-time tally.

1ST Grade

Premierships (8)

YearOpponentScore
1938Easts19-6
1942St. George11-9
1980Easts18-4
1984Parramatta6-4
1985St. George7-6
1988Balmain24-12
1995Manly17-4
2004Sydney16-13

Runners Up (8)

YearOpponentScore
1940Easts14-24
1947Balmain9-13
1967Souths10-12
1974Easts4-19
1979St. George13-17
1986Parramatta2-4
1994Canberra12-36
1998Brisbane12-38

Minor Premierships (7)

YearCompetitionWins
1938NSWRL11 (2 draws)
1942NSWRL10
1947NSWRL13 (1 draw)
1984NSWRL19
1993NSWRL17
1994NSWRL18
2012NSWRL18

Finals Appearances (34)

YearCompetitionFinishing Position
1936NSWRLSemi Finalists
1938NSWRLPremiers
1939NSWRLSemi Finalists
1940NSWRLRunners Up
1941NSWRLSemi Finalists
1942NSWRLPremiers
1946NSWRLSemi Finalists
1947NSWRLRunners Up
1960NSWRLSemi Finalists
1967NSWRLRunners Up
1970NSWRLSemi Finalists
1973NSWRLPreliminary Semi Finalists
1974NSWRLRunners Up
1975NSWRLPreliminary Semi Finalists
1976NSWRLPreliminary Finalists
1978NSWRLPreliminary Semi Finalists
1979NSWRLRunners Up
1980NSWRLPremiers
1983NSWRLPreliminary Finalists
1984NSWRLPremiers
1985NSWRLPremiers
1986NSWRLRunners Up
1988NSWRLPremiers
1993NSWRLPreliminary Finalists
1994NSWRLRunners Up
1995ARLPremiers
1997SLPreliminary Semi Finalists
1998NRLRunners Up
1999NRLSemi Finalists
2001NRLSemi Finalists
2003NRLPreliminary Finalists
2004NRLPremiers
2006NRLPreliminary Finalists
2007NRLSemi Finalists
2009NRLPreliminary Finalists
2012NRLRunners Up

2ND Grade/NSW Cup
2ND Grade
Premiers (11) 1939, 1971, 1972, 1980, 1997 (SL), 1998*, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2018
Runners-Up (3) 1945, 1952, 1979

3RD Grade
3RD Grade
Premiers (1) 1971
Runners-Up (5) 1963, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1976

President's Cup
President's Cup
Premiers (4) 1931, 1976, 1991, 1998*
Runners-Up (5) 1942, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975

Jersey Flegg Cup
Jersey Flegg Cup
Premiers (10) 1963, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
Runners-Up (0)

Harold Matthews Cup
Harold Matthews Cup
Premiers (3) 2007, 2009, 2011
Runners-Up (1) 2006

SG Ball Cup
S. G. Ball Cup
Premiers (2) 1972, 1978, 2009
Runners-Up (2) 1965, 1966

Club Championships
Club Championships
Club Championships (7) 1938, 1939, 1993, 1994, 2009, 2010, 2011
  • The Bulldogs won the President's Cup title in 1998; however this title was also considered to be the equivalent of 2nd Grade and as such is listed in both tables.

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    Footnotes
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