Bulldogs NRL Team: All You Need To Know If You Are A Bulldogs Army

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Sydney region of Canterbury-Bankstown. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership as well as New South Wales Rugby League-sponsored competitions such as the Canterbury Cup NSW, Jersey Flegg Cup, Harvey Norman Women's Premiership, Tarsha Gale Cup, S. G. Ball Cup, and Harold Matthews Cup.

A Brief History Of Bulldogs NRL Team

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

In 1935, the club was admitted to the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership, the forerunner of the current NRL competition. They won their first premiership in their fourth year of competition, followed by another soon after, and after spending the 1950s and most of the 1960s on the lower rungs, they went on to win four premierships in the 1980s.

Known briefly as the Sydney Bulldogs in the 1990s, the club competed in the Super League war in 1997 before changing their name to the geographically indistinguishable Bulldogs and continuing to play every season of the re-unified NRL, winning their most recent premiership in 2004. Canterbury won the minor premiership in 2012 but lost the Grand Final 14-4 to the Melbourne Storm. In 2014, they came from seventh place to reach the Grand Final against South Sydney but were defeated 30-6.

Name And Logo

The club's name and emblem have changed several times throughout its history. When the club was founded in 1935, it was simply known as 'Canterbury-Bankstown,' with no animal mascot. The nicknames 'Berries' and 'C-Bs' (or, ironically, 'Country Bumpkins') were frequently used informally, with 'C-Bs' being used from the start and 'Berries' appearing in the mid-1940s. Since 1977, the club has been known as the 'Bulldogs.' The Bulldog mascot and name were adopted in 1978, and the club was renamed the 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.' This was the team's name throughout its glory years in the 1980s. The club name was changed to 'Sydney Bulldogs' in 1995, mirroring a similar change made by Eastern Suburbs (to 'Sydney City Roosters'). In 1996, the name was changed again, this time to 'Canterbury Bulldogs' with 'Bankstown' removed, and again in 2000 to the geographically indistinct 'Bulldogs'. The club's boss at the time, Bob Hagan, explained that dropping the name "Canterbury" was intended to broaden the club's appeal beyond its traditional fan base, so that the club could attract a geographically diverse following like Manchester United or the Chicago Bulls. Despite the name change, some fans, as well as many television and radio commentators, referred to the club as 'Canterbury'. In the most recent change, board members voted in late 2009 to rename the club the 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' beginning with the 2010 season.

Bulldogs Logo

The first crest featured a 'C-B' in a shield. The name and mascot of the 'Bulldogs' were adopted in 1978. The mascot logo has gone through three major revisions. The first logo, which featured a snarling bulldog inside a circle, was replaced in 1998 by a more 'cartoonish' bulldog head logo. The club announced in 2009 that the logo would be changed once more and asked members to vote on which of two similar proposed logos would be used beginning in 2010. The logo was changed to commemorate the club's 75th anniversary in 2010 and to better reflect the club's "true essence and history." The new design was unveiled two months later, with the official logo change taking place in November 2009. The current logo is a return to the standing bulldog from 1978 to 1997, though it is no longer snarling. It also incorporates elements of the club's history, such as the 'C-B' emblem, the club's founding year (1935), and the blue and white 'V' design that has appeared on many of the club's jerseys over the years. Following the unveiling of the new logo, the name was changed from 'Bulldogs' to 'Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.'

Rivalries Of Bulldogs NRL Team

• Parramatta Eels
• Sydney Roosters
• St. George Illawarra Dragons
• South Sydney Rabbitohs

The Bulldogs Army: Bulldog Fans

Bulldogs Army

The Bulldogs Army is the team's main fan base, and the section they sit in is known as 'The Kennel.' To sit in this section, supporters must first become members of the club and register any large flags and/or banners that they bring to the game. Bulldogs' fan sits in the general admission section at all away games. The Bulldogs Army's main goal is to show support and enthusiasm for the Bulldogs.

As the region's traditional local representatives, the Bulldogs primarily draw support from the districts of Canterbury and Bankstown in south-western Sydney, though club administration and home games have recently moved to Sydney Olympic Park. The Bulldogs are the most popular NRL club in regional NSW—over 25% of Bulldog fans live in regional NSW, 25% live outside of NSW, and 10% live in Queensland.[30] The club has one of the highest average attendances in the league: it was one of only two clubs to record an average home crowd of more than 20,000 during the 2010 season.

Because of the multicultural demographics of the club's support base, such as Lakemba, the club has a large number of supporters from a variety of non-Anglo ethnicities. In recent years, the club's former star goalkicker Hazem El Masri, who migrated from Lebanon as a child, has become particularly identified in the media with the Lebanese and Greek communities. Greeks have a long history of playing for the club, dating back to the 1970s with club legend Dr. George Peponis, who migrated from Greece as a young child and captained the Bulldogs and Australia. El Masri announced his retirement at the end of the 2009 season.

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