{"id":550622,"date":"2026-03-19T13:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/550622\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:28:11","slug":"bulldogs-defeat-canberra-raiders-cameron-ciraldo-press-conference-damages-hand-in-shattered-glass-gio-stadium-venue-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/550622\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulldogs defeat Canberra Raiders, Cameron Ciraldo press conference, damages hand in shattered glass, GIO Stadium venue, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo will need to get stitches on his hand after the window of the coaches\u2019 box shattered at GIO Stadium on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-canberra-raiders-vs-canterbury-bulldogs-round-3-live-scores-how-to-watch-teams-videos-ethan-strange-lachlan-galvin\/news-story\/94c91f0ab9d1b826394f3efcb34eb678\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Bulldogs sealed a tense 14-10 victory<\/a> over the Canberra Raiders following a wet slugfest the Australian capital, with fullback Connor Tracey producing a last-minute tackle on rival halfback Ethan Sanders metres from the line to prevent a game-winning try.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every game of every round of the Premiership Season LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/nrl?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkleague-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-nrl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaiders were minor premiers last year, so we knew it was going to be a tough ask coming down here,\u201d Ciraldo told reporters during the post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just really proud of the performance. The Raiders started fast. At one stage we were a try down with 80-20 possession against us and really had to dig deep there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the boys were hurting. They hadn\u2019t played in 19 days, so they were just trying to find their rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dogs survive Raiders rally in milestone | 01:23<\/p>\n<p>Ciraldo\u2019s right hand was bandaged during the press conference, with the Bulldogs mentor revealing he sustained the injury during a bizarre incident in the coaches\u2019 box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was quite foggy, so we couldn\u2019t see what was happening,\u201d Ciraldo recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried to open the window and the whole window smashed on us. Glass all over us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201c(My hand\u2019s) all right. I need to go get stitches now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt actually happened when we scored our last try. It was hard to stay present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ciraldo then suggested the Canberra venue was overdue for an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great place to play. It\u2019s a great atmosphere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it deserves an upgrade. You can\u2019t have stuff like that happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Minutes later, Raiders coach Ricky Stuart launched into a scathing attack on the venue\u2019s facilities after being informed of Ciraldo\u2019s injury, calling GIO Stadium \u201cs***house\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome into our change room. I thought it was raining in there,\u201d said Stuart, celebrating his 300th game in charge of the Raiders.`<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s no good whingeing about it, because the people you\u2019ve got to whinge to don\u2019t give a s***.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who make decisions about our stadium don\u2019t care about the stadium. They don\u2019t care about the nation\u2019s capital having a s***house stadium that we have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I don\u2019t think about it, I don\u2019t care. We just do what we\u2019ve got to do, because they don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tracey Try-Saver denies Sanders winner | 00:59<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Ciraldo praised Bulldogs centre Enari Tuala for a try-saving effort that denied the Raiders a potential try.<\/p>\n<p>Tuala\u2019s inclusion in the side came at the expense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/nrl\/nrl-premiership\/nrl-2026-cameron-ciraldo-on-bronson-xerri-dropped-immediate-release-canterbury-bulldogs-vs-raiders-round-3\/news-story\/fe7556592663a5fd18e28fdd023ccfe7\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">dropped outside back Bronson Xerri<\/a>, who reportedly sought a release this week from the last two years of his contract. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sports scientist came up at halftime and (Tuala\u2019s) basically blown up the GPS,\u201d Ciraldo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was working that hard. I think that\u2019s a credit to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the off-field drama involving Xerri, Ciraldo declared his players handled the situation \u201cgreat\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere might be stuff going on off the field, but they\u2019re really good at just staying process-minded and getting on with the job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bulldogs captain Stephen Crichton agreed: \u201cIt\u2019s always been process-driven with us, regardless of media and regardless of the noise that\u2019s outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know within our four walls who we represent and what we\u2019re playing for. As long as our leaders are driving that, the whole group follows that.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulldogs, currently top of the ladder with six points, will next host the Newcastle Knights at Accor Stadium on Saturday, March 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo will need to get stitches on his hand after the window of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-550622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550622","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=550622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}