Two years later in 1940, the sides met again with the Easts winning the 1940 NSWRFL Grand Final 24–14.
During their Good Friday clash in 2015, this game was labelled for its controversy, as South Sydney won 18-17 thanks to a late penalty goal. In 2008, having already lost Mark O'Meley to the Sydney Roosters, Willie Mason left the club. This resulted in the club falling from first to last place on the ladder, and at the end of the season the Bulldogs received their first "wooden spoon" (a reference to the club which finishes last in the competition) since 1964.
The only exception to this was during the Second World War, when rationing meant they had to wear a maroon jersey with a blue 'V'. 1 people are currently looking at this product.
However Bulldogs skipper Easton Wood backed the design and said the playing group liked it — perhaps proving once and for all that footy players are indeed not the masters of the fashion world. In the 1980s, Canterbury and Parramatta both won four premierships each and met in two Grand Finals in 1984 and 1986. The adoption of the 'Bulldogs' name and mascot took place in 1978.
In 1967, having ended the 11-year premiership reign of St. George by defeating them in the final, "The Berries" (as they were known at the time) lost to South Sydney in the Grand Final.
[9], The 2018 NRL season started off badly for Canterbury with the club only winning 3 of its first 10 matches. Known briefly in the 1990s as the Sydney Bulldogs, as a result of the Super League war the club competed in that competition in 1997 before changing their name to the geographically indistinct Bulldogs and continuing to play every season of the re-unified NRL, winning their most recent premiership in 2004.
Paul Johnson news.com.au March 13, 2019 7:59am They won their first premiership in their fourth year of competition with another soon after, and after spending the 1950s and most of the 1960s on the lower rungs went through a very strong period in the 1980s, winning four premierships in that decade. 2005 saw the Bulldogs unable to mount a serious defence of their premiership title as injuries and contract negotiations saw the year start and finish on a sour note for the club. In Round 7 of the 2014 season, after beating the South Sydney Rabbitohs 15–14, the Bulldogs became the first club to win three consecutive matches by 1 point. Due to the 2020 COVID-19 season postponement and season rescheduling, it is unclear whether or not the Bulldogs will play a match at Belmore. The Bulldogs have played in predominantly blue and white strip since the club entered the league in 1935. At the club's foundation in 1935, it was known only as 'Canterbury-Bankstown', without an animal mascot.