Canterbury Bulldogs
Opinion
NRL 2024
Bulldogs have had a great season – but this is why the party is about to end
This is one of the best weekends of the year – and I think the biggest winner will be one few are expecting.
- by Andrew Johns
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‘Do you still want this?’ How Xerri fought back from the brink
The Bulldogs offered Bronson Xerri an out during pre-season. Now they want to extend his time in Belmore.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
In more than 350 games only one opponent has made DCE lose his cool. And he’s playing him on Sunday
When Daly Cherry-Evans and Stephen Crichton face off this weekend, memories of the recent State of Origin series won’t be far from the surface.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Analysis
NRL 2024
A Corolla, phone charger and an EzyMart store: Inside Addo-Carr’s fateful 48 hours
Josh Addo-Carr left some of his teammates at the Roosters-Rabbitohs game just after 8.30pm. What happened next may define Canterbury’s season.
- by Michael Chammas and Adrian Proszenko
Addo-Carr seeking immediate reinstatement for second week of finals
If the Bulldogs beat Manly without him, Josh Addo-Carr wants to be catapulted straight back into the Canterbury line-up for next week’s playoff clash.
- by Adrian Proszenko, Michael Chammas and Danny Weidler
Opinion
NRL off-field behaviour
In one media conference, Phil Gould showed South Sydney how to handle a white-substance crisis
The Bulldogs general manager muddied the waters with a social media post about Josh Addo-Carr’s alleged drug positive. On Tuesday, he took the sting out of the story before it became a dumpster fire.
- by Andrew Webster
NRL concedes Sunday Bulldogs-Sea Eagles final ‘will have impact’ on player recovery
Having ducked a showdown with the AFL on Saturday night, the NRL knows there will be a flow-on effect for the second week of the finals.
- by Adam Pengilly
Updated
NRL off-field behaviour
‘Hard to trust anything’: Bulldogs boss Gould on Addo-Carr drugs test
Police have confirmed a 29-year-old male registered a positive reading to cocaine after he was stopped for a roadside test late Friday night.
- by Michael Chammas and Clare Sibthorpe
All roads lead to Homebush: Our experts predict how NRL finals will play out
The Herald’s experts take a look at this week’s finals matches and name the two teams they think will battle it out for the premiership.
Captain’s call: The players to watch in this year’s NRL finals
The skippers of this year’s top eight teams tell the Herald which players are primed to cause havoc in the play-offs, and which opponent they’ll be keeping their eyes on.
- by Billie Eder and Christian Nicolussi
Everything you need to know about the NRL finals
Sydney’s east and west will collide, the 2016 grand final combatants will renew their rivalry and the Bulldogs will play finals for the first time in eight years.
- by Adam Pengilly