{"id":275973,"date":"2025-11-10T18:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/275973\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T18:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:41:25","slug":"canterbury-bulldogs-confirm-three-new-signings-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/275973\/","title":{"rendered":"Canterbury Bulldogs confirm three new signings – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs<\/a> have confirmed the signings of three new players for 2026 as they aim to win their first premiership\u00a0since 2004.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Monday, the club confirmed the arrivals of Fletcher Baker<\/a> (Brisbane Broncos<\/a>), Gordon Chan Kum Tong<\/a> (Manly Sea Eagles<\/a>) and Sean O’Sullivan<\/a> (The Dolphins<\/a>)<\/p>\n

A member of the Penrith Panthers’ premiership-winning squad in 2022, O’Sullivan will immediately join the club’s Top 30 roster on a one-year contract, but does have a mutual option in his deal for the following season.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Baker and Chan Kum Tong will be added to the club’s development list for next season, with the latter confirmed to be moving into the Top 30 the following year, in 2027.<\/p>\n

The arrival of the three players means that the Bulldogs still have three vacant spots left on their Top 30 roster for next season and also receive some salary cap relief from Jethro Rinakama<\/a> injuring himself at the 2025 Pacific Championships<\/a> with Fiji<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re very pleased to welcome Sean, Gordon and Fletcher to the Bulldogs family,\u201d Bulldogs GM of Football Phil Gould said.<\/p>\n

“Sean has proven to be a reliable half in the NRL<\/a> with a great footy IQ, which we believe will be beneficial for the young playmakers in our squad.<\/p>\n

\u201cGordon has only scratched the surface of his potential and we’re excited to see where he can take his game, while Fletcher brings valuable experience and depth to our squad after spending time in other successful systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bulldogs 2026 Squad<\/p>\n

1. Connor\u00a0Tracey<\/a>
2. Marcelo\u00a0Montoya<\/a>
3. Stephen\u00a0Crichton<\/a>
4. Bronson\u00a0Xerri<\/a>
5. Jacob\u00a0Kiraz<\/a>
6. Matt\u00a0Burton<\/a>
7. Lachlan Galvin<\/a>
8. Leo Thompson<\/a>
9. Bailey Hayward<\/a>
10. Max\u00a0King<\/a>
11. Viliame Kikau<\/a>
12. Jacob\u00a0Preston<\/a>
13. Kurt Mann<\/a><\/p>\n

Interchange
14. Jaeman Salmon<\/a>
15. Sitili\u00a0Tupouniua<\/a>
16. Josh Curran<\/a>
17. Harry\u00a0Hayes<\/a><\/p>\n

Rest of squad
18. Lipoi\u00a0Hopoi<\/a>
19. Enari\u00a0Tuala<\/a>
20. Samuel Hughes<\/a>
21. Zyon Maiu’u<\/a>
22. Jack Todd<\/a>
23. Finau Latu<\/a>
24. Mitchell Woods<\/a>
25. Daniel Suluka-Fifita<\/a>
26. Kade Dykes<\/a>
27. Sean O’Sullivan<\/a>
28. No player signed.
29. No player signed.
30. No player signed.<\/p>\n

2026 development list
1. Logan\u00a0Spinks<\/a>
2. Sosaia Alatini<\/a>
3. Jack Underhill<\/a>
4. Jethro Rinakama<\/a>
5. Gordon Chan Kum\u00a0Tong<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have confirmed the signings of three new players for 2026 as they aim to win…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-275973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}