List of Bulldogs players

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

To date there have been 690 first-grade players to wear the blue and white of the Bulldogs.

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.

Notable players

Australia
*flagicon|AUS Braith Anasta
*flagicon|AUS Chris Anderson
*flagicon|AUS Ron Bailey
*flagicon|AUS Ray Beavan
*flagicon|AUS Martin Bella
*flagicon|AUS Jack Bonnyman
*flagicon|AUS Jack Bradley
*flagicon|AUS Greg Brentnall
*flagicon|AUS Darren Britt
*flagicon|AUS Eddie Burns
*flagicon|AUS Ross Conlon
*flagicon|AUS Cec Cooper
*flagicon|AUS Ron Costello
*flagicon|AUS John Coveney
*flagicon|AUS Tony Currie
*flagicon|AUS Brett Dallas
*flagicon|AUS Brian Davies
*flagicon|AUS Merv Denton
*flagicon|AUS Garry Dowling
*flagicon|AUS Paul Dunn
*flagicon|AUS Jim Dymock
*flagicon|AUS Andrew Farrar
*flagicon|AUS Steve Folkes
*flagicon|AUS David Gillespie
*flagicon|AUS Simon Gillies
*flagicon|AUS Kevin Goldspink
*flagicon|AUS Johnny Greaves
*flagicon|AUS Bob Hagan
*flagicon|AUS Steve Hage
*flagicon|AUS Keith Harris
*flagicon|AUS Solomon Haumono
*flagicon|AUS Jason Hetherington
*flagicon|AUS Len Holmes
*flagicon|AUS Bruce Hopkins
*flagicon|AUS Garry Hughes
*flagicon|AUS Graeme Hughes
*flagicon|AUS Mark Hughes
*flagicon|AUS Pat Jarvis
*flagicon|AUS Les Johns
*flagicon|AUS Lindsay Johnson
*flagicon|AUS Billy Johnstone
*flagicon|AUS Peter Kelly
*flagicon|AUS Tommy Kirk
*flagicon|AUS Roy Kirkaldy
*flagicon|AUS Terry Lamb
*flagicon|AUS Paul Langmack
*flagicon|AUS Dennis Manteit
*flagicon|AUS Willie Mason
*flagicon|AUS Chris Mortimer
*flagicon|AUS Peter Mortimer
*flagicon|AUS Steve Mortimer
*flagicon|AUS Nate Myles
*flagicon|AUS Bob McCarthy
*flagicon|AUS Bruce McGuire

*flagicon|AUS Barry Nelson
*flagicon|AUS Edgar Newham
*flagicon|AUS Mark O'Meley
*flagicon|AUS Dean Pay
*flagicon|AUS George Peponis
*flagicon|AUS Tim Pickup
*flagicon|AUS Craig Polla-Mounter
*flagicon|AUS Henry Porter
*flagicon|AUS Michael Potter
*flagicon|AUS Steve Price
*flagicon|AUS Terry Reynolds
*flagicon|AUS Johnny Rhodes
*flagicon|AUS Kevin Ryan
*flagicon|AUS Jim Serdaris
*flagicon|AUS Brent Sherwin
*flagicon|AUS Rod Silva
*flagicon|AUS Darren Smith
*flagicon|AUS Jason Smith
*flagicon|AUS Frank Sponberg
*flagicon|AUS Frank Stewart
*flagicon|AUS Peter Tunks
*flagicon|AUS Dennis Ward
*flagicon|AUS Ron Willey

England
*flagicon|ENG Mick Adams
*flagicon|ENG Alan Burwell
*flagicon|ENG Ken Charlton
*flagicon|ENG Gary Connolly

*flagicon|ENG Paul Dixon
*flagicon|ENG Merv Hicks
*flagicon|ENG Eric Hughes
*flagicon|ENG Doug Laughton
*flagicon|ENG Brian Lockwood
*flagicon|ENG Roger Pearman

France
*flagicon|France Theo Anast
*flagicon|France Tas Baitieri

New Zealand
*flagicon|NZL Roy Asotasi
*flagicon|NZL Mark Elia
*flagicon|NZL Daryl Halligan
*flagicon|NZL Gavin Hill
*flagicon|NZL Bernie Lowther
*flagicon|NZL Jarrod McCracken
*flagicon|NZL Bill Noonan
*flagicon|NZL Willie Talau
*flagicon|NZL Henry Tatana
*flagicon|NZL John Timu
*flagicon|NZL Nigel Vagana

South Africa
*flagicon|South Africa Fred Anderson
*flagicon|South Africa Col Greenwood

Wales
*flagicon|Wales Jonathan Davies

First Grade Captains (since 1955)

Footnotes

References

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*Andrews M (2006). "The ABC of Rugby League." ABC Publishing. ISBN 0-7333-1946-7
*Whiticker A & Hudson G (2005). "Canterbury Bulldogs - The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players." Bas Publishing. ISBN 1-920910-50-6
*Whittaker A & Collis I (2004). "The History of Rugby League Clubs." ISBN 9781741104707
*Lane D (1996). "A Family Betrayal - One Man's Super League War - Jarred McCracken." Ironbark Publishing. ISBN 0-330-35839-1
*Chesterton R (1996). "Good as Gould - Phil Gould's Stormy Life in Football." Ironbark Publishing. ISBN 0-330-35873-1
*Lester G (1991). "The Bulldog Story." Playright Publishing. ISBN 0-646-04447-8
*Whiticker A (1992). "The Terry Lamb Story." Gary Allen Publishing. ISBN 1-875169-14-8
*Tasker N (1988). "Top-Dog - The Steve Mortimer Story." Century Hutchinson Publishing. ISBN 0-09-169231-8
*Lester G (1985). "Berries to Bulldogs." Lester - Townsend Publishing. ISBN 0-949853-06-2
*NRL Official Information Handbook (2001-2007). "Season Guide."
*Middleton D (1987-2006). "The Official NSWRL, ARL, NRL Yearbook / Annual."
*Christensen EE (1946-1977). "NSWRL Yearbook."
*"Rugby League Review (2003-2007)."
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*"The Rugby League News."

External links

* [http://www.bulldogs.com.au Official Bulldogs Website]
* [http://www.bulldogs.com.au/teamstore/ Official Bulldogs Team Store]
* [http://stats.rleague.com/rl/teams/canterbury/canterbury_idx.html Bulldogs Statistics]
* [http://www.backtobelmore.com.au Back to Belmore - The Official Campaign Website]
* [http://www.thekennel.com.au The Kennel]
* [http://bulldogs.rleague.com Bulldogs Debate Page]