Canterbury Bulldogs odds

The Bulldogs entered the 2023 NRL season an incredibly exciting prospect having signed Viliame Kikau and Reed Mahoney to join Matt Burton and Josh Addo-Carr at the club. Sadly, injuries to Kikau and a host of other players de-railed their season early. Burton and Mahoney have been named captains for the upcoming season and will be tasked with leading the side back to their glory days of winning premierships.

Throughout the off-season head coach Cameron Ciraldo and General Manager of Football Gus Gould signed Penrith Panthers star Stephen Crichton with Jaeman Salmon along with Blake Taaffe from the Rabbitohs, Connor Tracey from the Sharks, Drew Hutchison from the Roosters, Josh Curran from the Warriors, and Kurt Mann from the Knights. It’s a recruitment drive so large that no one from the 2021 top 30 squad of the Bulldogs remains at the club today.

Will Gould and Ciraldo be able to unite this new-look playing group and put wins on the board for the Bulldogs in 2024?

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Best Canterbury Bulldogs bets for NRL 2024

There are dozens of NRL betting markets for Canterbury-Bankstown, but where are they likely to return some real value?

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• Premiership betting
  The Bulldogs are $41 changes to win the 2024 NRL Premiership with Neds, odds that are much longer than 2023 and a fair representation of their chances to win the competition. With an entirely new playing group from two years ago, the players will only have a few months of pre-season training to establish connections on the field, which will be put under pressure when the bright lights of the regular season arrives. Further losses could also put coach Ciraldo under pressure at the club with Gould who has a history of undermining head coaches at his previous clubs.
• Top 8 betting
  The Bulldogs are $3.75 chances to finish in the top eight this season which could be a great value bet if this side reaches its high potential. Adding Crichton, Tracey, Curran and Mann to this squad gives the Bulldogs enormous attacking potential in the outside backs along with quality, mobile forwards which are critical to succeeding in the current game. Their only barrier will be the relatively short period this squad has had together since being assembled.
• Top Try Scorer betting
  In the lead-up to the start of the 2024 NRL season, Stephen Crichton has been tipped to start in the centres, despite rumours he would be signed to play fullback at his new club. The three-time premiership-winning Panther will be expected to start at right centre with former Rooster Hutchison. Towards the back end of the 2023 NRL season, Hutchison did a brilliant job of getting the ball to the star players on his outside in attacking space to beat their defenders. If Hutchison can do the same for Crichton this season, he will be the club’s leading try-scorer ($6).

2024 Canterbury Bulldogs draw

Canterbury Bulldogs players to watch in 2024

Drew Hutchison

Born: 26/4/1995
Games: 75
Tries: 12
Position: Halfback

Drew Hutchison may not be the most talented halves player at the Bulldogs, but he may be exactly the right player the club needs to succeed in 2024. The former Rooster is a strong defender and ball-runner who has the game awareness and skill to put his teammates in attacking positions at the right times. The only concern for Hutchison could be a lack of success early in the season, which could put pressure on coach Ciraldo to bring other younger players into the side.

Josh Curran

Born: 10/6/1999
Games: 61
Tries: 12
Position: Lock

Josh Curran has made the move across the Tasman to the Bulldogs after not getting a consistent run in the starting side for the Warriors in recent years. Curran is an incredibly tough, talented player who can play in the second row or lock. His late footwork and leg speed make him very difficult to tackle and very effective in playing an up-tempo brand of football. With a sustained run starting at the top level, Curran could be one of the best young forwards in the NRL.

Kurt Mann

Born: 1/3/1993
Games: 178
Tries: 45
Position: Lock

Kurt Mann has made the move from the Knights to the Bulldogs, having also struggled to play regular football in a defined role at his previous club. Mann can play five-eighth or lock as well as hooker for brief periods in the match. Should he be used by the Bulldogs as a ball-playing lock to start the game before relieving dummy-half Mahoney for a brief period on either side of halftime, Mann could be a very effective player for the Bulldogs and a key piece to their success in 2024.

Canterbury Bulldogs records and stats

• Player records

  • Most games: 317 – Hazem El Masri
  • Most career points: 2,418 – Hazem El Masri
  • Most career tries: 159 – Hazem El Masri
  • Most points in a season: 342 – Hazem El Masri (2004)
  • Most points in a match: 34 – Hazem El Masri (vs. Tigers, 2006)

• Team records

  • Most wins in a season: 20 (2002)
  • Fewest wins in a season: One (1964)
  • Most consecutive wins: 17 (2002)
  • Most consecutive losses: 11 (1955-56, 1965-66)
  • Biggest winning margin: 66-4 (vs. Cowboys, 1995)
  • Biggest losing margin: 6-91 (vs. Dragons, 1935)

• Bulldogs NRL history
  Formed in 1934, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are the oldest surviving expansion club in the top flight of Australian rugby league. Only two teams in the NRL have contested more first-grade premierships: the Sydney Roosters and the South Sydney Rabbitohs, both foundation members of the NSWRL.

  It took Canterbury only four years to win their first flag, and only four more to repeat the feat. However, things got much tougher after World War II. The Berries, as they were once known, were nowhere near it in the 1950s and did not reach the grand final again until 1967, when they ended St George’s 11-year premiership streak with a one-point win in the prelim. They lost the decider to South Sydney, who would go on to win four titles between ’67 and ’71.

  That year was something of a watershed for Canterbury. The club grew stronger as the ’70s progressed and developed an exciting, free-flowing brand of footy that took them to the GF in 1974 and 1979. They lost both of those encounters, but the drought broke at last in 1980 when the Dogs exacted revenge for ’74 with an 18-4 demolition of Eastern Suburbs.

  The floodgates were open. Canterbury added back-to-back flags in 1984 and 1985, then another in ’88. They finished the decade as one of the strongest teams in the division, which put them in a position of rare security while other clubs battled for survival during the Super League wars of the 1990s.
  

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