Cameron Ciraldo and the Canterbury Bulldogs may have fallen short in their hunt for this season’s NRL premiership.
But NRL stats show the Belmore outfit has indeed topped the competition in three less auspicious categories in 2025.
The Bulldogs finished their season conceding more penalties than any other club (161), while also topping the list for fines and suspensions handed out by the NRL Match Review Committee.
Across the regular season Canterbury players were hit with 33 separate sanctions, racking up more than $47,000 in fines—second were the Canberra Raiders who were forced to cough up $45,400 in 2025.
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The Doggies also lost more weeks to player suspension than any other club this season with a combined first-grade total of 15 weeks. The Cowboys were second with 13 weeks.
While the stats suggest discipline is an area the club will likely be looking to improve in 2026, it wasn’t all bad news.
Despite enduring a tumultuous second half of the NRL season, the Bulldogs were easily the best supported Sydney-based club in 2025 with home crowds averaging more than 30,000 per game.
Most matches lost through suspension - 2025 NRL season
Canterbury Bulldogs | 15 matches |
North Queensland Cowboys | 13 matches |
13 matches |
Bulldogs player suspensions - 2025 NRL season
Sitili Tupouniua | 6 matches (two charges) |
Josh Curran | 4 matches (two charges) |
Jacob Preston | 4 matches |
Matt Burton | 1 match |
Source: NRL.com