NRL Good Friday Game

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NRL Good Friday Game
LocationStadium Australia, Sydney, New South Wales
TeamsCanterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
First meeting6 April 2012
South Sydney 20 def. Canterbury-Bankstown 10
Latest meeting2 April 2021
South Sydney 38 def. Canterbury-Bankstown 0
Next meeting15 April 2022
BroadcastersFox League, Channel 9
Statistics
Most winsSouth Sydney
6 wins
Largest victorySouth-Sydney
38 points (2 April 2021)

The National Rugby League's Good Friday Game is held annually on the Good Friday holiday in Australia between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. It is traditionally played at Stadium Australia.[1]

In 2014, it took a Trent Hodkinson field goal in the 78th minute to gift the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs the win 15-14.[2] In 2015, a controversial finish to the match ended with a penalty being awarded against James Graham of Canterbury-Bankstown, allowing South Sydney to score a winning penalty goal. [3]

This led to arguments between Canterbury players and referee Gerard Sutton, with David Klemmer being sin binned for dissent. Canterbury-Bankstown supporters then threw objects at the referees as they were escorted swiftly of the field straight after full-time.[4] In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, the NRL season was postponed meaning the match did not go ahead.

In round 4 of the 2021 NRL season, South Sydney recorded the biggest win in the fixture defeating Canterbury-Bankstown 38-0.[5]


Head to head[]

Team Played Games Won Draws Games Lost Points For Points Against Point Difference
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 9 3 0 6 142 162 -20
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 9 6 0 3 162 142 +20

Results[]

Date Home team Score Away team Venue Crowd Reference
6 April 2012 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20–10 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 35,221 [6]
29 March 2013 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 12–17 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 51,686 [7]
18 April 2014 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 14–15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 43,255 [8]
3 April 2015 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 17–18 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 40,523 [9]
25 March 2016 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 12–42 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 38,192 [10]
14 April 2017 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24–9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 35,984 [11]
30 March 2018 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20–16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 32,471 [12]
19 April 2019 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6–14 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs ANZ Stadium, Sydney 30,040 [13]
2 April 2021 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0–38 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Stadium Australia, Sydney 23,240 [14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bulldogs and Rabbitohs Good Friday History". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Flash back Friday: Good Friday 2014". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Good Friday Battle". www.bulldogs.com.au.
  4. ^ Chammas, Michael (3 April 2015). "South Sydney Rabbitohs win by point over Canterbury Bulldogs in controversial Good Friday clash". The Age. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Rabbitohs shine, Dogs scoreless in third straight game". www.espn.com.
  6. ^ "NRL 2012 - Round 6 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ^ "NRL 2013 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  8. ^ "NRL 2014 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  9. ^ "NRL 2015 - Round 5 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  10. ^ "NRL 2016 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  11. ^ "NRL 2017 - Round 7 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  12. ^ "NRL 2018 - Round 4 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  13. ^ "NRL 2019 - Round 6 - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Bulldogs v Rabbitohs". National Rugby League. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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