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I don't know, obviously no one knows except Dom Young, and who knows whether he'd be honest about it if it were true. But consider this: 11th minute, Young is flying down field after Tracy spills a hard catch, Taaffe measures him up and makes an outstanding tackle forcing Young to offload the...

Let's just appreciate this all on its own, it really was the moment of the match, and no doubt one that Cartwright and Moses will remember and be reminded of for years to come...

Former Australian swimming star James Magnussen will start a program of performance-enhancing supplements in the quest to break the 50m world record and win $1.5m after accepting a challenge from the founder of the Enhanced Games. The Games were founded by Australian Aron D’Souza, who confirmed...

As Canterbury coach Cameron Ciraldo looks to end the club's longest run without finals football since the 1950s, he's got all the options a coach could ask for. It's not just that the Bulldogs have embarked on yet another big recruitment drive that gives the club's roster a new look for 2024...

Brad Walter NRL Senior Reporter Bronson Xerri only needs to look at new Bulldogs team-mate Stephen Crichton to be reminded of how much he has missed out on while serving a four-year ASADA ban. The pair were rivals at junior representative level and destined for stardom but while Xerri was...

Wally Lewis has revealed he has been diagnosed with probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) – describing his shock after seeing scans of his brain that even made his doctor tear up. The rugby league legend – dubbed 'the King' – recently received the diagnosis after being concerned about...

I've had pneumonia twice, it really wipes you out, pretty remarkable RFM is back this soon tbh... 'I lost 6kg': RFM details pneumonia toll as 'Dogs prepare Belmore ambush Raymond Faitala-Mariner has revealed how he lost six kilograms after being bed-ridden with a bout of pneumonia as the...

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A nice little watch, no ordering or anything, though I feel that they start with probably the best try of the season, Waddell to ZDC to King to Flange to Burton to Avo. That was special. The try when Fox kicks to Kiraz is also top 3 for me. I feel like there was one or two team tries that don't...

Rainwater is no longer safe to drink anywhere on Earth, due to 'forever chemicals' linked to cancer, study suggests Morgan McFall-Johnsen Aug 13, 2022, 7:30 PM Eight-year-old Chelsea Symonds carries a bucket of collected rainwater in her family's yard in the drought-affected town of...

I think this sums it up pretty well...

See thread title.

3 - Burton, hopefully this was his break out match, there were several things from Burto that we haven't really seen yet. A couple of kicks into space for our speedsters, a LOT more running, excellent set up for the Fox try that Waddell bombed, and an excellent try for himself. 138 metres, 12...

We need to get more value out of our tackle breaks. Two of our backs (no prizes for guessing who) are in the top 5 at the moment for tackle breaks. Burton and Flanno need to make it their business to get around these two players and try to make something of it when it happens, be available for...

JAC - 2 tries, 161m, 11 tackle breaks! 2 errors 0 pens. He is getting more elusive when hitting the ball up, finding a way to get metres. Good to see him scoring tries again. He is the least of our problems. Vaughan - 147m, ave 11+ metres a run, 73pcm, 3 tackle breaks (of 4 total among our...

Strom had an average play the ball speed of less than 3 seconds until right near the end of the match. The next best for this round was Manly, 3.11, and then Knights, 3.54. Whatever the reason for us letting Strom getting such a consistently quick PTB, it is a massive failure. You can't let a...

3 - Vaughan - He really stood up this game, seemed to be feeling his way a bit in the first two rounds, but showed how important he will be for us this season. Most run metres, most pcm, huge try saving tackle in the 2nd half that was all brute strength, 29 tackles no misses, 0 errors, 0 pens. 2...

Storm players to invest in online bookmaker owned by chairman The NRL is set to allow a controversial proposal allowing Melbourne Storm players to invest in an online betting agency owned by their chairman Matt Tripp and News Corp. In a move that’s already raised the ire of rival clubs, it can...

I know everyone is talking about Matt Burton already, but wanted to bring something to your attention. After 2 rounds he is second only to DCE for total kick metres, Burto has 925m, DCE 1000m. Moses is 3rd and a long way back on 807m. Here is the thing though, when you bring it down to...

This was a hard pick, which is always indicative of a strong team effort. 3 - TPJ, was spent at the end of the game and for good reason. 20 runs, 150m, 7 offloads, stung in his tackles, no errors, no pens 2 - Naden, 6 tackle breaks, over 50 pcm, 160m, 1 error, 0 pens, is making a huge...

Gun had blanks in it, director was wounded. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59005500 Bizarre, may be a bit like the Brandon Lee death.

Discuss...

Nice to see this posted on nrl.com. Thoughts and memories from the ref of the game (Harrigan) and two of our blokes, the original superboot and Rocket Rod. https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/09/26/defy-impossible-finals-edition-bulldogs-v-eels-1998/

Thoroughly enjoyed Gus' take on the way the NRL is handing the game in terms of rules. He has a good phrase; "this is the receipt you get". He also mentions fans are sick of it. Wonder if he has seen any of the comments on TK's game day threads...

I thought it might be interesting to look at the player changes from the squad of 29 players listed here for January 2021, and the current 29 players signed for 2022, to see if this can provide any clues regarding recruitment strategy. There are a total of 14 player changes, half the squad...

Make your vote.

Thought this might be an interesting exercise given how many TKers think Hetho is our future in the front row. Minutes played Runs Run metres Post contact mtrs Run mtrs/minute Run mtrs/run Tackle breaks Tackles Tackles/minute Missed tackles Hetho 69 16 121 40 1.75 7.56 1 21 0.30 4 TPG...

The overall crap performance has to be noted, however here are my best 3 players for us tonight. 3 - Jacko, notably trying to lift the team, standing up for both Flanno and BBO during the game, made some clutch tackles that other players were missing. 80 mins, 149 metres, 43 PCM, 48 tackles...

Tonight in the presser Barrett mentioned Paul Alamoti. It reminded me that earlier in the season he dropped some hints that after Rd 10 we'd start seeing some new players. So far we have seen: Aaron Schoupp - Debuted round 11, has played 5 times in the 6 games since Rd 10, missed one due to...

Wests Tigers winger David Nofoaluma was stood down from the club’s senior leadership group after turning up to training hungover the morning after the wedding of chairman Lee Hagipantelis’ daughter. Nofoaluma, who was at the wedding alongside coach Michael Maguire, chief executive Justin Pascoe...

Gotta say I am enjoying this Wobblies game against a team of unknown frenchies. Unlike our boys the French lads don't make basic technical mistakes every 30 seconds. When is Aussie Rugly going to throw the towel in?

As far as I can tell this is the current situation regarding the 2022 squad. I've listed those who have a contract with us, those who are currently with us but have no contract anywhere for 2022, and the main players currently available to be signed for next year from elsewhere that play the...

3 - JMK, 50 tackles, high efficiency, made some good metres out of dh again 2 - Jacko, 42 tackles, high efficiency, more PCM than any other forward except Napa 1 - Napa, a try, and 150+ run metres, no other forward got passed 100. Wakeham had a great first half, but not present in the 2nd, Avo...

Any word on him, is young fella OK?

Belmore-bound Storm winger Josh Addo-Carr is hoping to bring leadership skills and premiership-winning experience to bear in Trent Barrett's Bulldogs rebuild next year. After scoring a record-breaking six tries in his side's huge 50-0 win over Souths on Thursday night, Addo-Carr admitted to...

Plenty of people have been noticing how far downhill Cook has gone. It was highlighted again last night when JAC went past him from 20m out to score in the corner. Cook looked like he couldn't get out of 2nd gear. It wasn't long ago he was challenging Smith as best dummy half in the comp. These...

The last three rounds are the first time since late 2018 that we have scored 18 points or more 3 games in a row. The 3 games before that when we didn't score at all was notable for all the wrong reasons (especially the absolute low against Bonks), so just wanted to point out this stat as well.

3 - DWZ (234m, 84pcm, did two hitups after the Hetho send off when the cows were trying to hurt us in retaliation. Immense) 2 - Thommo (148m, 54pcm, 37 tackles, more hitups and more tackles than any other forward, also did multiple efforts in the same set when we needed a lift) 1 - Atoni (second...

3 - Hetho (150+ metres, 72 PCM, 0 missed tackles, under 3 sec PTB, played with fire, if he can do this consistently and not cop suspensions he can keep his starting spot) 2 - Topine (most tackles, 74 minutes, what a game/situation to debut in, this guy could be a big part of putting new heart...

Yeah it really hurts, it sucks a lot, these loses are starting to hurt like a sledgehammer to the nether regions. But I'm going to suggest that the main reasons for what is happening is actually a reason for some optimism. What we are seeing at the moment owes a lot to the Pay era, which in...

How is this ok? https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/01/19/premiers-chase-discipline-edge-with-sutton-appointment/

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/12/11/nrl-announces-rule-changes-to-make-game-more-entertaining/ Mostly a bit of fiddling around the edges. The 40+ metre field goal being worth 2 points could be interesting. Do we have any sharpshooters?

Departing Storm speedster Josh Addo-Carr wants to take on a leadership role mentoring young players as a player trade involving Canterbury's Reimis Smith gains traction with the 2020 premiers. Addo-Carr's whirlwind season continues on Wednesday when he goes into NSW Origin camp, three days...

Interested in getting some discussion around this from those more in the know. My question is really in two parts, the second part is what I'm really getting at, but is not able to be answered without having an answer to the first question. 1. What is the best way to define "youth program" in a...

Major Canterbury sponsor Laundy Hotels has allayed concerns it will walk away from the club following the departure of three directors after welcoming the prospect of Gary Hughes filling one of the voids. Chairwoman Lynne Anderson, deputy chairman John Ballesty and fellow director Paul Dunn...

Garry Hughes has been sounded out about the prospect of filling one of the vacant board spots after three high-profile directors quit to head off a coup to overthrow them. Outgoing Bulldogs chair Lynne Anderson made an impassioned plea for disgruntled Canterbury people to "stop the negativity"...

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs can provide the following injury update heading into their final game of the home and away season. After leaving the field midway through the first half with an HIA injury, Lachlan Lewis is recovering well and passed the HIA test 48 hours after the game. The...

Following their historic success at the 2013 World Cup, the Jillaroos needed someone to continue the growth and momentum at the highest level of the women's game. The late, great Steve Folkes was that person, becoming the second coach with NRL experience to lead the Jillaroos from 2014 to 2016...

No I'm not going to start some argument that Lewis is our halfback going forward. It will always mystify me how a bloke with the number 7 on his back can pass to the grass so often, and in terms of his ability to play first grade I think he can count himself fortunate he has his current...

Whatever we might be tempted to say about this or that player who is still signed, fact is that we still have quite a few spots open next year (7 I think?), and more open spots than any other team for the year after.

After going to a "dark place" earlier this year, Lachlan Lewis is optimistic again and credits interim Bulldogs coach Steve Georgallis with unlocking his attack. Lacking self-belief, the halfback struggled when Dean Pay dropped him for Brandon Wakeham in round six. With no reserve grade...

The Newcastle Knights have confirmed that Sydney fans and non-essential officials will be banned from buying tickets to this Sunday's game at Hunter Stadium to stop further spread of COVID-19. The Knights chief executive officer Phil Gardner said the restrictions were put in place after the NSW...

Canterbury have splashed close to a $2m to land Nick Cotric for the next three years, as the Raiders queried whether the advice the youngster had received was in his best interests. As interim Bulldogs coach Steve Georgallis made it clear to the club board the players wanted to roll out the...

Leading NRL referee Gerrard Sutton has tested negative to coronavirus but is set to miss the next two weeks of play as he prepares to self-isolate. Sutton has a child who attends Camden High School, where a positive test was recorded this week. Source Obviously hopefully everyone at CHS is...

Are we not doing this? The game finished some time ago... 3 - JJ, another great game, fought hard, some good runs. 2 - Napa, good controlled aggression, hit hard 1 - Elliott, made some great hits, running with aggression again Would have picked DWZ except a few too many dropped kicks and...

Brisbane have stood down Joe Ofahengaue for two NRL games after he pleaded guilty earlier this month to being in charge of a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. In a statement released on Friday afternoon, the club said it decided to stand him down after...

New highlights video from the club. Really it ought to include some moments from that game he helped us win against the Storm, as a Storm player. He was a decent attacking running-half for a few years there.

There's blood in the water – and it's coming from the Sharks The Sharks look to be in serious trouble ahead of the 2020 season. Like most teams, on paper, their roster looks OK. But paper is weak. Once you start scratching the surface at Shark Park, things look grim. Let’s start with Josh...

Holden axed in Australia as General Motors gets out of right-hand-drive globally The Holden brand will be retired at the end of this year, selected showrooms may stock a limited range of Chevrolet vehicles under new General Motors Specialty Vehicles badge. Holden will be axed in Australia at...

https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2020/02/05/luke-thompsons-highlights/ Big guys got some toe! Looks like a real danger on the edge of the ruck, shows some excellent timing hitting a few holes in those highlights. Hopefully a few of the guys are already working on ways to get a pass to him come...

'Second best isn't good enough': Bulldogs win race to sign England star Luke Thompson The Bulldogs have stunned the NRL world by landing the prized signature of star English prop Luke Thompson. Thompson will join Canterbury for the 2021 season, having put pen to paper on a four-year deal...

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/10/29/five-key-match-ups-of-the-bulldogs-2020-draw/ They have the games against Parra (R1, 6), Souffs (R5, 15), Seagles (R10, 14), Pantsers (R23), and Storm (R18) as key match ups. Do you agree? I agree with the first three, but not the last two. In terms of...

https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/01/09/former-nrl-stars-predict-the-wild-card-team-of-2020/ Both Wendell Sailor and Amos Roberts pick the Dogs, and both for the same basic reason, the back end of last season. Other teams picked are Parra, Manly, and Knights. Interesting to hear neutral perspective...

When a player leaves the Melbourne Storm the first question usually is: Why? For second-rower Joe Stimson the answer comes in two parts. Firstly, Storm said he was free to look elsewhere and secondly, his chances of playing NRL regularly in the NRL were starting to dry up. When a player...

I've put this here because it is about Essendon, but the bigger picture is the policing of drugs in sport. 'A stitch up': new twist in Essendon supplements saga reported Australian Associated Press Wed 16 Oct 2019 10.07 AEDT Thirty-four Essendon players were administered with a banned drug...

Love watching minor teams go at it in the Rugly. Just saw a Japanese player who looks about as Japanese as Winston Churchill strip the ball and run at full speed for the try line. I thought there is no way this guy is going to make it, he runs like Hoppa with his wrists tied to his ankles, but...

While watching the game last night it was pretty clear from early on that DWZ was a target, but I'm wondering if it was more than just a match tactic. Brown was especially obvious, and in the end he got him. I wonder if any of this has to do with the known fact that DWZ nearly went to the...

Broncos v Cowboys Raiders v Titans Roosters v Sea Eagles Dragons v Panthers Warriors v Knights West Tigers v Eels Sharks v Storm

Apparently the club is only focused at the moment on re-signing Moses, Klem, and Jacko. As a bit of fun, decide for all the other players off contract this year and next whether you would re-sign them or replace them. Next to each player off contract is a list of other players for that...

Looked really bad. 20+ minutes after he went off the field and channel nein can't get any info of Souths because the only people who've had access to him are the medical people, are they aren't talking to anyone but Sam atm. That is not a good sign. Usually they are in a rush to give good...

You can see a video of it here, nasty stuff, don't want to see it happen to anyone. Its noticeable in the vid that not one of the Roosters players makes a move towards him, no one tries to get the refs attention, nothing. Klemmer had to go to the judiciary in order to get his true motives...

MOSES Mbye, right now, is the most dangerous playmaker in the NRL. But good luck getting him to agree. “For me, Parramatta have the form halves,’’ the Canterbury No.7 says. “I mean, Kieran Foran, he’s really got some big things coming this year. “He was signed by the Eels to be their marquee...

Cowboys v Roosters Knights v Raiders Panthers v Broncos Titans v West Tigers Warriors v Storm Dragons v Rabbitohs Sea Eagles v Sharks My picks: Cows, Raiders, Horsies, Tiggers, Warriors, Rabbits, Sharks

With referee Ben Cummins providing supporting evidence, Canterbury prop David Klemmer was cleared by the NRL judiciary on Wednesday night. The NRL judiciary panel of Paul Whatuira, Bob Lindner and Don McKinnon took nine minutes to clear Klemmer to play in Friday's game against Parramatta...

Source Canterbury star Will Hopoate has attributed his early season NRL success to the grunt of the team's forward pack. The Bulldogs fullback has been one of the club's best in consecutive wins to start the new season, crossing for tries in both games and showing why he was quick to re-unite...

Broncos v Warriors Raiders v Roosters Rabbitohs v Knights Eels v Cowboys Sharks v Dragons Storm v Titans West Tigers v Sea Eagles Interesting, the only one that gets spellchecker excited is Rabbitohs

"I debuted against the Bulldogs and this is when the Bulldogs had a fairly great forward pack. Andrew Gee was my captain. My first run I took the ball up off the kick-off and ran straight at Mark O'Meley and he absolutely creased me. He wrestled me a bit too long so we got a penalty and kicked...

Source As David Klemmer's two and a half-year-old son Cooper begins to understand his father's status in the game, the Bulldogs prop has also began to ponder the influence his on-field behaviour will have on his children. Klemmer, an ambassador for a game-wide "Let Them Play" initiative, is...

Watching the presser after the Manly game, and reckon Des and Jimmy G are taking a more subtle approach to having digs at the whistle blowers. When Des comments that the Dogs giving away 7 penalties in a row was something the Dogs needed to work on, Jimbo is clearly having a giggle. Less...

The last 6 weeks or so have made something clear. The Dogs are too reliant on James Graham. He is a great player, and rightly should be part of a great team, however perhaps his personality has led him to become too dominant. I think it might be effecting his game also, he played better in...

Hope I'm not stealing your thunder Slick mate. Thought this would be an interesting topic in line with a few you've started recently. I'm going to make sure I restrict my Bulldogs picks to 2, although I often feel most of them are underrated. 1. Jack Wighton (hopefully Sticky doesn't ruin...

But is it a fair one? Phil Lutton refers to them as "the Bulldogs of the north" after their win against Panthers. Source

Putting aside the sin bin, here is Klemmers game according to NRL stats: 43 minutes 19 runs 205 metres 4 tackle breaks 24 tackles 0 missed tackles That is class.

I know plenty of people are going to be tempted to get upset by what they read in this post, and will likely pick half a sentence out of context and get upset with it, saying things like "do you want us to ban tackles", "its a contact sport ffs", or "stop making excuses for them". But this is...

Jeremy Clarkson joins Guardian drive for fossil fuel divestment Former Top Gear presenter says being sacked by the BBC was a ‘wake-up call’ as he joins host of celebrities backing climate change campaign. The disgraced former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has become the latest...

Sick and tired of the rubbish dished out by the popular dailies? I've been finding the Guardian to both entertaining and insightful. They don't employ nearly as many sports reporters as the populars, but the few they have seem really good. One of today's articles has a piece on the Dogs...

SOO Game 2 is the only guaranteed "sudden death" game in the Origin series. Neither team can win the series in game 1, and game 3 is half the time a dead rubber. So why do the two teams least likely to lose key players to Origin get given a bye before game 2? Canberra and Warriors lost one...

Jack Brady over at NRL.com has nominated 10 players yet to deliver in 2014. Included on the list, and thoroughly deserving of their place: Ben Barba and Darius Boyd. Not on the list: Anyone from the Dogs, even (surprise surprise for all the T-Rex haters out there) Tony Williams. Who do you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IaKVmkXuk

So, my retired-on-the-pension parents keep getting calls from those "Windows Update" fraudsters. For some reason today they just keep phoning and leaving messages. So I stepped in to help out. Her [you can do the accent yourselves, I actually like the accent, except for hearing it on calls...

Its pretty clear we missed our Origin blokes, but who did we miss the most. Pick more than 1 if you can't decide

Its time for RL in Australia to take a deep breath and go to the next level. If it keeps being treated like a protected species, it will become extinct. If the administrators and leaders in the game really believe what they preach; that this is a great game both for participants and...

Zane Tetevano has had his contract terminated by the Newcastle Knights due to disciplinary reasons, effective immediately. Tetevano was fined $440 and convicted in Belmont Local Court on Wednesday morning for smashing a taxi windscreen. The court heard...

With 9 rounds practically done, what are your predictions for the final top four, and the remaining four teams to make up the eight? Last year the top four were Chooks, Buns, Storm, and Sea Birdies, and many expected those four to stay on top this season. With the Bulldogs dominating the...

Source Based on the implications of the story linked to above, he is set to take up a new role as the next Bond...

Hey all. I grew up in Bankstown, have followed the doggies since I can remember.