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Got into a conversation with someone about former Bulldogs players who have played first grade elsewhere (or top grade rugby union), yet never played first grade for us, and whether we could make a full team out of those players. This also includes juniors. Only ones of note that come to mind...

I could just picture the mic coming down as you said that

And they all eventually come to the Bulldogs

In regards to the birth certificate, I think you will find that it is a"commemorative" birth certificate, and not an official birth certificate. Still issued by the government but not usable as a form of identification.

They did the parra game last time...so this time they are going for different games

Having a flick through the channels on Foxtel, and noticed that they are doing the NRL Club Day thing again on Fox Sports. Does anyone have any idea when the Bulldogs will be on?

At the time the rumours were that Anasta had an affair with Sherwins wife, had an affair with Lolesi's wife, and had an affair with someone else's wife (can't remember who). And there was a picture that did the rounds of Anasta with a woman who looked quite a lot like Sherwin's wife (of course...

Of course, for the NRL, that handful of 50's is probably 50 cent coins

Gotta love the ads on here. Whether I get a Bulldogs membership or not I haven't decided yet... But I found it funny that one of the ads i came across today was advertising storm memberships

Stuck up here on the Gold Coast...could someone write about what is discussed?

Yeah, and then the NRL would just find some way of banning his skills, like they did to our team in 2012

Best use for tony Williams is as a door at ANZ Stadium...although Des would still probably be able to knock it off its hinges.

I am thinking that after the whole Andrew Fifita and Matautia fiascos, the Bulldogs won't announce any signings until every part of the contract is signed, and then registered with the NRL and rubber stamped

2012, bulldogs vs Melbourne grand final. Melbourne fresh off their salary cap scandal, make the grand final. Season of redemption win. 2014 grand final, bulldogs vs souths. Souths, the darlings of the NRL, no grand final for 43 years. Season of redemption win. 2015. Cronulla have never been...

Thanks.

As the title suggests, I need some help in identifying a game...actually, I have several on videotape, know who we played and what the score line was, but not the year. The first one faces cronulla, score 14 to 12. Bulldogs team patten, elmasri, phelps, Millard, Tonga, Roberts, Sherwin, Maitua...

This is how the Bulldogs got Martin Bella from Manly in the early 90's. Bullfrog wanted him, spoke to Arthurson, and Bullfrog got him.

Since BHP left, Newcastle and the hunter is run by the mining companies. They don't care about destroying little towns (Bulga, Hebden), they don't care about destroying world class wineries (vineyards operated by dray tons, mcguigan brothers, rosemount estate), they don't care about destroying...

1. 98 final against parramatta. I have written about this in the past, won't repeat it all again. 2. 94 final against Canberra scores locked 18 all. 30 seconds to go in the second half of extra time. Jason Williams makes a break down the sideline, then on the next play or two halligan comes in...

Never been mixed up with Gus worland before...

Last night, I went to the Paloma Faith concert at the Opera House. Look who I had the pleasure of sitting next to for the entire concert. Now, I was there for the concert, so I didn't talk too much about the bulldogs. And this is my third attempt at posting a pic...let's hope it works this time...

If you want to talk about halfbacks...anyone remember peter wheeler? Supposed to be a gun half, being groomed to replace lamb back in 95, and what happened? Despite the money being thrown around In super league, his career fizzled out quicker than kasiano takes to eat a Big Mac.

In regards to the state of refereeing, I can't mention names because I was told this in confidence by a friend of my fathers a few years ago. This friend used to be a referee in the ARL, back around the Super League days. He mainly refereed the lower grades, but did get to referee some of the...

Aah...but you can't leave the Easter show, watch the game, and then return.

I doubt it, unless the NSW government quickly builds a rail line before Friday. But seriously, except for certain games at ANZ Stadium, and the occasional supporters bus during the finals, there doesn't seem to be any special train or bus.

I saw this in everyone's favourite newspaper, the daily telecrap, and am starting to wonder just who we are. Are we the Bulldogs, are we Canterbury Bankstown, or are we the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs? Or are we paying good money for us to watch the first grade team play themselves (nearly...

1. Broncos 2. Bulldogs 3. Souths 4. Melbourne 5. Cowboys 6. Penrith 7. Warriors 8. Manly 9. Canberra 10. Newcastle 11. Roosters 12. Wests tigers 13. Parramatta 14. Cronulla 15. Gold Coast 16. Dragons

Something I was just thinking about. A lot of these Gold Coast players were former Broncos, thus the reason why the Broncos may be caught up in this drama. But, Beau Falloon, Dave Taylor, and Ashley Harrison are also former South Sydney Rabbitohs players as well...will the glamour boys of the...

Back under the original Gold Coast team, the area that provided the largest percentage of fans attending games was the northern rivers area of New South Wales. A study by Southern Cross University (I was a student there at the time), showed that 28% of regular attendees, and 35% of casual...

It will be hodkinson, although personally I would like to have hodkinson on the bench, and have mcgrady or frawley at halfback

I have no idea how I have ended up with it (I was living in Adelaide at the time), but going through a box of old videotapes, I found a 2002 season highlights video of the bulldogs. Anyone else remember the bulldogs selling this or giving it away?

It has been mentioned before, it will be mentioned again. No one knows the full story except for those involved, so we can only guess and listen to rumours and innuendo, even if it purportedly comes from people who would know. Basically, two words...Coffs Harbour.

The game in 2002 (I think) where vagana scored 5 tries.

How freaky was this...I am busy cleaning my kitchen. Decide to take a break, and turn on the tv (already had it on fox sports to record the games that I don't have in my collection). And the moment I sit down to turn on the tv, bulldogs had scored the first of their three tries in the game...

Game listing 12pm to 1pm - raiders vs bulldogs, quarter final, 1988 1pm to 2pm - storm vs bulldogs, semi final, 2004 2pm -3pm - eels vs bulldogs, preliminary final, 1998 3pm - 4pm - bulldogs vs tigers, round 24, 2012 4pm - 5pm - bulldogs vs broncos, round 11, 2011 5pm - 6pm - bulldogs vs...

It was a game, I think in 93 or 94. Friday night vs manly I think. It was the days of the delayed telecast. Bulldogs scored a try to level the scores, and halligan was lining up for a kick at goal. Channel nine went to a break. Comes back from the break, and halligan is lining up for another...

We have to wait THAT long for a specialist fullback?

I think HASLER will play mind games with everyone as to the fullback for next year. It has been mentioned in the media, and interviews, that Brett Morris will play fullback. But with haslers style of coaching and game theory, I honestly don't see Morris at fullback. I still think that the...

I would say our forward pack from 84 to 88 was the best I have ever seen...tunks, langmack, Gillespie, bugden, folkes, Kelly, Dunn, battese...heck even Phil Gould was part of it, and the infamous John Elias...anyone who was anyone was in that bulldogs pack.

Before I give my headline, a little background story to set it up. Back in 2012 we re-signed Barba. We signed tony Williams to a big contract. We signed drury low, Mitch brown, Sam Perrett, krisnan inu to mid season deals. Everyone thought we were rorting the salary cap. 2014. Ben barba has...

1. Souths 2. Bulldogs 3. Broncos 4. Cowboys 5. Melbourne 6. Roosters 7. Titans 8. Tigers 9. Manly 10. Panthers 11. Knights 12. Cronulla 13. Canberra 14. Warriors 15. Parramatta 16. Dragons

Even though he left and came back, I believe reni's contract may fall under the long serving players rule, plus part of his and loko's contracts are still being paid by parramatta. You would also have other exemptions and allowances we don't fully know about, and the way some contracts are...

I live across the river from Olympic park, at meadowbank. Plus I start work at 6am on the Monday morning, so can't stay up too late past fulltime. As soon as the fulltime siren went, and some of the celebrations were in full swing, I was planning on leaving the leagues club to come home, had I...

My story. Born in Parramatta (yes, still disgusted by that). Grew up in the Hunter Valley, with a father who supported the Dragons, a mother who supported Wests (now supports Wests Tigers), an older sister who supported Parramatta (now Manly), a younger sister who supported North Sydney (no...

I don't know exactly what will happen tomorrow at the grand final, but it looks like there will be some kind of light display happening. Waiting for my bus to work at meadowbank this morning, looking back across to Olympic park, they have got these big searchlights going. At first I thought they...

I have an update. Doing some research for some trivia questions I write up for an rsl club each week, I came across something. Clive Churchill is considered one of the greatest to ever play rugby league in Australia. His entire first grade career in Sydney was spent playing for South Sydney...

I love this...terry lamb, Brent Sherwin, Mitch Newton, billy Johnstone, krisnan inu...classic. But here is the big news...Trent hodkinson ruled out, and to take his place at halfback...DES HASLER!!! after all, he has been training with the team at halfback :)

For me, it is one of three options 1. I win tickets to the grand final, and go. Living across the river from Olympic park, it doesn't take long for me to get there, and I don't have to worry about parking. 2. I buy one of the grand final packages from bulldogs leagues club, have a meal, and...

I live in the Ryde/Eastwood area...not your traditional bulldogs fan base

Well, with the bulldogs making the grand final, whether this is related or not I don't know, but two service stations, a convenience store, and one newsagent have already sold out of the Sunday papers. I was lucky to get the very last Sunday telegraph, and a torn cover but otherwise alright sun...

Time to put my blue and white lights up around my carport again

This is the second in three years for my daughter.

I would put Reni in at hooker. Knows how to tackle, has some playmaking skills, knows how to niggle

This game was released as part of a 5 game DVD pack of bulldogs games. Think the 2004 penrith finals game is on there too

No, darts should be most popular...you can down a carton while playing, not have to go outside, and can still watch the footy in between shots.

Nah...Doolan actually had a little bit of talent. How about robin Thorne? As for the actual topic at hand, wouldn't be surprised if graham is given a rest, and mbye is given a chance at fullback, with Perrett on the wing

01. Scott Wilson - I actually liked Scott in his first stint with us, always thought he was a creative fullback with plenty of speed, safe under the high ball. The sort of fullback that could flourish in our current team. Didn't do much in his second stint. 02. Matthew Ryan - always thought Ryan...

From the bulldogs 1. Graham 2. Reynolds 3. Morris From the rest of the NRL 1. Brett Morris 2. Jarryd hayne 3. Willie Mason (while not the best player these days, he has matured as a person, and isn't the idiot he used to be)

If you want to stretch it to include nsw cup and whatever the comp is below that (used to be bundaberg cup at one stage), you would be able to include matt utai as a back.

I was a season ticket holder in 2010. In 2011 I decided not to be a member, because I was getting better seats by buying my tickets to the games I wanted to attend. In 2012 I had my daughter being born during the middle of footy season, so my fatherly duties to my newborn and my wife were more...

Mark Sargent. At the bulldogs. Went to the knights. Left the knights during super league, think he came back to us but did not play much first grade

Why don't we just buy the whole club...our leagues club buys plenty of other clubs...let's buy the knights as a feeder club. That way our juniors could get first grade experience without having to displace anyone in our first grade squad.

I have two copies of his book. One I have had for years, cover has fallen off, pages falling out because of frequent reading. The other copy I got about three years ago, for about $5 from a salvos. Open it up, and there is his autograph.

Meant lafai...darn autocorrect

Believe lads I played in the halves in nsw cup last year, and him and Stanley are both goal kickers too

Des will probably stick with the players that have already played first grade this year...so for Morris it will be Thompson or low. Mbye in for Reynolds. If Jackson, Tolman, Williams, and/or finucane (considered a smokey) get selected, then o'hanlon will be first. If ennis gets selected, then...

To me, wiping the floor with a team doesn't necessarily mean putting 60 points on the scoreboard. Wiping the floor means that we are dominating them, and playing the game on our terms. As for the 60 points, bulldogs vs souths, August 2003, we won 62-12. Start of a three game stretch where we...

I remember the story about how bullfrog went up to port Macquarie to witness a local game, mainly to look at a player recommended to him, Rex terp (who went on to play for the dragons). While watching the game, he saw a young blonde kid running around, said "stuff terp, I want this guy", and...

If you are willing to pay for it, round 1 2009 vs manly, the bulldogs actually released this as a DVD. And I remember it well, because while it was pissing down with rain, I actually stayed in my seat to watch El Masri make the point scoring record. I was the only person left in an entire section.

True, they probably wouldn't contribute to the group, but it would explain how discussions on here and other groups suddenly find their way into being news and rumours elsewhere.

Oh, and I can confirm that news limited and the Sydney morning herald do have people who read forums such as this...I actually had an interview once for a job with a media organisation to do exactly that...Internet research assistant.

I have had several different sources over the years...ranging from current players, to past players, to a former coach, to one of the player agents, to a Sydney Morning Herald journalist (not Weidler thank goodness). And even then, some of the info I have heard, and what has actually happened...

Dean pay, Jason smith, Jim dymock, and jarrad McCracken all left us for the eels. My understanding is that McCracken was the only one with real hostility, but that has since been forgiven. The dean pay situation must be something different

From memory, kimmorley quit as an assistant coach because des only wanted him as a halves coach, and he was stuck behind Egan and dymock in the pecking order, so when Canberra offered him a role as assistant coach, he took it. And just a reminder, he has a soft spot for Newcastle, as that is...

There has been a bit of talk in his home town about what happened, and a fair bit of support from the locals too...while I grew up there, and my parents still live there, the McKinnon name was well known through out the town.

As much as we may want certain players dropped, and certain players brought into the team, I think des may be going for consistency. While the team is playing well as a whole, combinations are starting to gel, players are getting used to the other players, and why change what is working as a...

I liked him. He was a good tackler, good ball runner, and while he mostly played prop, he was also versatile in that he could also play second row and hooker. I was shocked when he wasn't resigned.

I am all for signing talented youngsters, but with the wraps on jawline graham, pat Templeman, and Moses mbye, after this two year contract is up, what chance does he have of ever seeing first grade? Are one of the previously mentioned out of favour?

For me, it is these three things. 1. Predictability. Our attacking plays, our defensive plays...far too predictable. Whether it is the structure that des has put in place, or whether it is the players not having the confidence to try things, I don't know. But I sit and watch a bulldogs game...

Unfortunately, I never got the ring back. As for the drama after the game, I never saw it, but heard about it. Oh, and I was there in my bulldogs gear, walking all the way from warringah mall up to brookvale oval, by myself. Maybe I am scary looking enough that no one wants to bother me :) I...

I remember it because it was the one and only time I ever went to a game at brookvale, and I lost my bloody wedding ring there when it flew off my finger when I put my hands up to catch a kick for touch by hodkinson.

We may be the fourth club Ennis has played for, but name a club he was at where he left of his own accord. Before us, he was at the broncos, where he was forced out because of the salary cup. Before that it was the dragons, same thing. Before that it was the knights, where he was stuck behind...

Everyone knows who Daniel Bryan is... And CM Punk is doing a Ben Barba and walking out on the WWE...

Actually, replace klemmer with Williams.

1. Phillips 2. Inu 3. Lafai 4. Morris 5. Perrett 6. Reynolds 7. Hodkinson 8. Tolman 9. Ennis 10. Graham 11. Pritchard 12. Finucane 13. Eastwood 14. Maitua 15. Klemmer 16. Kasiano 17. Templeman The likes of Jackson, burr, Stanley, and mbye will be the first ones chosen to cover for injury or...

I would be happy with patten, especially if he also refereed the game

Craig polla mounter, because we know he can almost make 49 metre field goals.

I know this is an NRL forum, I just thought I would post what I posted to silence some of the nonsense on here.

I believe that the debate about depression on here has gone on for long enough. There is far too much mis-information that has been posted on the subject. Of course, I need to make a few comments myself on the subject. I will start by stating I am not an expert in mental health. I have not read...

Didn't we sign David stagg as a replacement for Reni Maitua this late back in 2008/2009?

Noel "crusher" cleal...missed a shot at goal right in front ten metres out. Think it was a state of origin game.

Orisi cavuilati (sorry if I have the spelling wrong). Believe he played in the wing for us, and was blind in one eye.

Paul Cariage...the Parramatta player who single-handedly got the Bulldogs into the 1998 grand final in the last ten minutes of regular time.