Belmore Sports Ground
Sydney (Belmore), New South Wales, Australia
Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney (Belmore), Australia — opened 1920, 1,483 rugby league games hosted, home of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Sourcing caveat: No Grand Finals are recorded as having been hosted at Belmore — the early-era NSWRFL/ARL Grand Finals were generally played at the Sydney Cricket Ground rather than suburban club grounds.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1920 (The ground opened in 1920 as a circular oval (originally 'Belmore Oval'); Canterbury-Bankstown (founded 1934, entered the NSWRL for 1935) began playing home games there from 1936.) |
| Home club | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1,483 |
| Top recorded crowd | 27,804 (27,804 (Canterbury 42-6 Parramatta, 12 April 1993)) |
| Capacity | 17,000–19,000 (sources vary; the ground's 10,000-seat main grandstand plus terracing) |
| First rugby league match | 13 April 1936 (Canterbury-Bankstown's first game at the ground) |
| Years used | 1910–2026 |
| Location | Sydney (Belmore), New South Wales |
Name history
- Belmore Sports Ground — 1920–present
Rugby league history
Belmore has been the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs' home since 1936, reshaped from its original circular oval layout into a rectangular ground in 1968 and given a major redevelopment completed in 2011. The Bulldogs shifted the bulk of their home fixtures to the larger Sydney Olympic/Accor Stadium after the 1998 season, but returned to playing one or two premiership home games a year at Belmore from 2015 under a long-term lease, keeping the club's spiritual home in regular NRL use rather than reducing it to a training base only.
Belmore's main modern use outside rugby league is as the Bulldogs' administrative and training headquarters.
Notable games played here
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 1997 | 1997-sl NRL Finals — Minor Preliminary Semi-Final | Penrith Panthers 15-14 Canterbury-Bankstown |
Only matches we have full, sourced records for are listed here — other historic games mentioned above may not have a dedicated match page built yet (World Cup coverage in particular is still expanding tournament by tournament).
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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