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    News Spine fix under Ciraldo’s nose as messy shake-up rocks bold title tilt — Bulldogs State of Play

    A pretty good summary of the issues we have but a weird take on recruitment solutions.
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    News 2026 Draw

    We don't leave Sydney for the last 5 rounds and only once after our final bye. Helpful for rest in the leadup to the finals and partially offsets the lack of a late bye.
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    Burton a Rooster in 2026

    Noice :joycat::joycat::joycat:
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    We'll never hear the end of this now. Will almost be as bad as if Penrith won a 5th.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Loiero made the mistake of not being named Walsh.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Wishart showing he's not a centre. What a dumb play on the second.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Paps does it all and they balls it up again.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Walsh will get the Churchill whether they win or lose now.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Wingers should always stay on their man.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    How can they give a penalty for an earlier play? I hate that.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Great first half. Really enjoyable as a neutral.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    You might not like him but there's no doubt Walsh is a freak in attack.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    If Hughes' tackle was high and reportable, then Walsh's deserves a life ban
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Tried the ol Benny Barba chase off the scrum.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Walsh very lucky. Clear shoulder to the head and has been a sin-bin all season.
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    2025 Grand Final - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Only 10 minutes in and it's clear how lacking we are in offensive strike weapons compared to both teams.
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    Which Preliminary Final loss hurt/annoyed you the most?

    Why did I read this thread? As if the end of this season wasn't miserable enough, we needed to remind ourselves of previous misery? We are all gluttons for punishment.
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    2025 Final 4 - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    About freakin' time!
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    2025 Final 4 - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    I'm so sick of Penrith. (Mostly because I live here and will have to put up with it for another year).
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    Dogs sign Dolphins halfback O'Sullivan - Brent Read (Code Sports)

    #Breaking: The Bulldogs have reacted to their straights sets elimination from the finals by recruiting the veteran halfback. DOGS SIGN DOLPHINS HALFBACK - Brent Read The Bulldogs have reacted to their straight sets elimination from the finals by recruiting Dolphins half Sean O’Sullivan to...
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    They are the best

    Anyone but Penrith.
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    Official Semi Final vs Penrith @ Accor Sunday 4pm

    Yep. Easy to look like a genius coach early season when your team is twice as fit as everyone else. Just a shame the best teams peak in September when we are burnt out.
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    Official Semi Final vs Penrith @ Accor Sunday 4pm

    Ciro clearly has some stupid training demand that unless they absolutely go 200% in the preseason and early rounds he doesn't want them. A genius move to have players who burn out each year by round 18.
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    Official Semi Final vs Penrith @ Accor Sunday 4pm

    I worry we'll be worse and a fair few teams are definitely improving.
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    Official Semi Final vs Penrith @ Accor Sunday 4pm

    "I thought we played well. Plenty of lessons to learn for next year."
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    Official Semi Final vs Penrith @ Accor Sunday 4pm

    I think I don't but my disappointment and anger tells me otherwise...
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    Official Semi Final vs Penrith @ Accor Sunday 4pm

    The defensive maestro can't organise a fresh defence against a team running around us. That's game.
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    Official Semi Final vs Penrith @ Accor Sunday 4pm

    Depends if Xerri passes to him.
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    Jethro Ratu Rinakama discussion

    Good article. Seems like a good kid.
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    News NRL world erupts over staggering news about Stephen Crichton ahead of Panthers showdown

    Foregoing sleep is moronic seeing your body recovers during sleep. Hope we have wiser physios and trainers than that.
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    Official Supercoach & other comps 2025

    @Philmus You're the top scorer winner in my books. It was the only comp everyone here could join.
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    Just making up the numbers

    Will it though? Our spine is crap and rather than strengthen it, we've weakened it by letting Mahoney go. Our hooker depth is so weak we had to re-sign Turpin this week. We've only added one prop to a forward rotation that gets out muscled most weeks. We only have 1 genuinely quality winger...
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    Official RND 27 VS Sharks @ ACCOR - Sat 6th Sept 7:50 PM

    Well there clearly wasn't any freakin emphasis on defence either!!! What the hell was the emphasis on then???!!! Smh
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    Official RND 27 VS Sharks @ ACCOR - Sat 6th Sept 7:50 PM

    2 years in a row we have peaked far too early and had the wheels fall off a month out from the finals. It's like maybe having the most physically and mentally difficult bootcamps pre-season when you play a physically and mentally demanding style in one of the most physically and mentally...
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    Official RND 27 VS Sharks @ ACCOR - Sat 6th Sept 7:50 PM

    So what the hell did we try differently in that Manly game and why the hell haven't we tried it since...
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    Official RND 27 VS Sharks @ ACCOR - Sat 6th Sept 7:50 PM

    What's worst is that this was the year where Penrith are weak, Storm are injured, the Raiders while consistent lack finals experience, the Warriors are gone, and the other remaining finals teams are super inconsistent. It was a year there for the taking for whomever was consistent and injury...
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    Better outcome than finishing first

    Finishing second and getting a home game would have been better than finishing third though.
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    Bulldogs upper hand! (Hughes + Papi out)

    NAS with a 3 game suspension so it's actually in their best interest to lose in the first round so that they can have him back for the grand final.
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    Bulldogs upper hand! (Hughes + Papi out)

    Beat the Sharks by 75 points and we get a home final
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    Has anyone else felt worse after a win ?

    Went out beach fishing last night as I was in a bad mood and absolutely killed it. Had to call it quits because I hit the bag limit. So it put me in a better mood.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Don't think I've ever been more angry after a win of that size in my life.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Absolutely zero discipline and execution tonight.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    This team should be dropped for our flegg side.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    And the laziness and I'll discipline gets worse and worse.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Getting lazy and losing focus. Need to shape up.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    If you kick on the 3rd it can't be straight to the fullback.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Simply to slow the game down and give them rests. We are bigger, faster and fitter than them so they won't win a war of attrition. It's good coaching.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Shoulder to the head in an earlier tackle. Pretty clear cut.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Mann out for next week both suspended and concussed.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    When Laurie smashes Salmon you know he isn't a forward.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    About freakin time. But I'm not celebrating.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Tracey balls'd that. Just needed to step inside. Idiot.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Great run Sitili. Need more of that.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Well we said we were a year or two ahead of schedule. This is proving we are still a couple of years away.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    If we can't score against 12 reserve graders, then we are genuinely useless.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Another rubbish last play option.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Great line Curran. Nearly balls'd it up by not passing it early enough.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Stupid rule. Team receiving the dropout should be able to get it from wherever.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Good lad Xerri. We were under pressure.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Laurie looking like an immortal that play. Horrible defence.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Critta got greedy thinking he could just run over them. Was plenty of space for the grubber though.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Got away with that play the ball and possible lost ball all in 1 tackle.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    Bloody useless. If we give them a sniff the enthusiasm of youth could do anything.
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    If we blow this I might have an actual breakdown :laughing:
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    Official RND 26 VS PENRITH @ ACCOR STADIUM - THU 28TH AUGUST 7:50 PM

    And "home" this year is at Parra anyway, and hasn't had the same home fortress vibe anyway. So either way they are kinda playing away.
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    2025 Round 25 - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    But now we could get another Cleary fieldgoal and w*%$fest
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    2025 Round 25 - Other Team Lists and Game Discussion

    Stupid Penrith are going to win this stupid comp again aren't they...
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    Official RND 24 vs Easts @ Allianz Stadium Friday 15th August 8pm

    That strip is an example of how just nothing went our way tonight. We played crap, and every bit of luck went against us.
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    Official RND 24 vs Easts @ Allianz Stadium Friday 15th August 8pm

    We get to lose 2 finals games this year instead of 1.
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    Official RND 24 vs Easts @ Allianz Stadium Friday 15th August 8pm

    We could easily lose our final 4 games.
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    Official RND 24 vs Easts @ Allianz Stadium Friday 15th August 8pm

    That's all on Preston. It was on him to actually help his halfback when they have the prop running at him, but he didn't get across and fell off his ankle.
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    Official RND 24 vs Easts @ Allianz Stadium Friday 15th August 8pm

    Preston pushed back in the opening set and I just realised I hadn't noticed him all game.
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    Official RND 24 vs Easts @ Allianz Stadium Friday 15th August 8pm

    Absolutely no luck at all. But Tuala can't defend kicks to save his life and Curran continuing his run of atrocious form.
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    Official RND 24 vs Easts @ Allianz Stadium Friday 15th August 8pm

    Must have signed up for Lachlan Lewis's program.
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    Departed Dogs

    That list there doesn't have half the players let go. Just from this year it misses Sutton, Amone and Morrin.
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    Slowest Dogs players since 2000

    Big bad Barry Ward.
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    Departed Dogs

    I don't get your maths? How can you include 2026? We haven't even ended 2025 yet and there are 5 more off contract players for this year alone that at least 3 will likely go (Drew Hutchison, Daniel Suluka-Fifita, Blake Taaffe, Jake Turpin, Blake Wilson). He could let another dozen or more blokes...
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    Rate the best hooker who played for Bulldogs in the last 30 years

    Hetherington played 8 games for Qld and 2 for Australia, including a SOO man of match game and Qld best player of the series award, and won Dally M hooker of the year in 98. Edit 1: Ennis was great (and a close second) but I think recency bias and the overexposure of him on tv has some lifting...
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    Opinion Who is our ‘Hooker’ for 2026 and beyond?

    Reports floating around that Hayward just re-signed to 2028. https://www.zerotackle.com/bulldogs-back-bailey-as-utility-signs-long-term-extension-225303/
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    Official RND 24 vs Easts @ Allianz Stadium Friday 15th August 8pm

    Roosters finding that form that had them one of the favourites at the start of the year. They could easily push on in the finals if they keep the momentum going.
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