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Live: Bulldogs and Broncos End Disappointing NRL Seasons in Sydney

From ABC Australia · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Canterbury and Brisbane meet in the final regular-season round, but both teams are already out of the finals race.
  • The Bulldogs enter the match 10th and the Broncos 15th after seasons that disappointed compared with expectations.
  • Brisbane prop Payne Haas is playing his final game for the club before joining the Rabbitohs next season.

The Canterbury Bulldogs and Brisbane Broncos were expected to feature in the 2026 NRL finals picture. Instead, their final-round meeting in Sydney brings disappointing seasons to a close, with the Bulldogs 10th and Brisbane 15th.

The Bulldogs host the match at Homebush, while Brisbane prop Jack Gosiewski and Blake Mozer drop out of the Broncos’ named side. Ben Talty and young hooker Cameron Bukowski replace them. Canterbury also makes one change, with Jed Reardon coming in for Cooper Toy, another 2026 debutant.

The game is the final Brisbane appearance for superstar prop Payne Haas before he moves to the Rabbitohs next season. Both clubs had entered the year with far greater expectations. The Bulldogs are the reigning premiers, while the Broncos had been viewed as one of the leading contenders in 2025.

Neither side can now influence the finals race, turning the last-round contest into a closing chapter for two teams whose seasons fell well short of what had been anticipated.

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Originally published by ABC Australia in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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