WILLIE Mason is on the bench. Lote Tuqiri will start for the Tigers. And a whole batch of rookies are set to debut. Check out the full teams for round one. 

DANIEL Mortimer writes exclusively for The Daily Telegraph to reveal in his own words the inside story of his decision to stay with Parramatta.

STEVE Turner and Mickey Paea will make their debuts for the Bulldogs when they take on the Knights on Saturday. The Bulldogs have named a full-strength side.

IT'S the Bulldogs baby boom. One that started with David Stagg. Then Steve Turner. The wives of Brett Kimmorley, Chris Armit and Michael Ennis are also expecting.

SONNY Bill Williams has a price on his head if he wants to return to the NRL - a $1 million fee demanded by the Bulldogs, who he deserted in 2008.

The Daily Telegraph today provides an exclusive and revealing look into the life of respected Canterbury skipper Andrew Ryan as he completes a hectic week.

GOLDEN try, restart play from the 30-metre line if the ball is kicked dead, allow a set of six to be completed after fulltime. They are some of the changes fans want.

TWO high-ranking NRL club officials were involved in an ugly verbal spat at a junior game on the weekend, with the pair making plenty of noise in a fiery exchange.

CANTERBURY have suffered two injury blows before a ball has been kicked this NRL season, with recruits Dene Halatau and Corey Payne sidelined for lengthy periods.

BULLDOGS coach Kevin Moore has sent a warning to the outside backs of the NRL by saying Jamal Idris is even more dangerous now than when he came on the scene.

THE Daily Telegraph today launches its 2010 NRL Fans Survey. We're giving you the chance to have some real input into the game before season starts. Fans Survey

BULLDOGS lock David Stagg may miss the club's round one clash with Newcastle after the Queenslander vowed to stand down should his wife Temika go into labour.

BULLDOGS Test prop Ben Hannant has urged Canterbury to re-sign his front row partner at the NRL club, well-travelled veteran Michael Hodgson.

YET another player is in doubt for the NRL All Stars match on the Gold Coast after young Canterbury centre Jamal Idris felt pain in a hamstring during training.

MICHAEL Ennis has a lot to live up to considering the Bulldogs have had the code's two greatest goalkickers for the past 16 seasons - Darryl Halligan and Hazem El Masri.

CRONULLA fans have put the Sharks' nightmare 2009 season behind them, with ticketed memberships boosted by nearly 75 per cent on this time last year.

JAMAL Idris insists that when he stares down Bulldogs teammate Josh Morris in the All Stars clash on the Gold Coast it will be master versus apprentice.

THERE are plenty of big-wigs at Belmore who still rate Willie Mason. Kevin Moore, George Peponis, Ray Dib and more. So why did they knock him back this time around?

TODD Greenberg didn't go to Jason Stevens' wedding this month. But the Bulldogs CEO didn't need to be there to score the night's biggest present - a $1m sponsorship.

THE Bulldogs have suffered a couple of injury blows ahead of next month's trial matches, with prop Michael Hodgson and recruit Dene Halatau battling to be fit.

CANTERBURY Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg has dramatically bumped up his compensation price for Sonny Bill Williams to a staggering amount.

BOOM five-eighth Daniel Mortimer has today signed a new two-year contract with the Eels worth an estimated $500,000 after knocking back a huge offer from the Bulldogs.
 

BOOM five-eighth Daniel Mortimer has today signed a new two-year contract with the Eels worth an estimated $500,000 after knocking back a huge offer from the Bulldogs.

SONNY Bill Williams might be thinking about an NRL return but he shouldn’t be playing until his contract with the Bulldogs would have finished. Join Buzz's blog

IT'S the decision every Parramatta and Bulldogs fan has waited on for more than six months. The bait being used to lure Daniel Mortimer is revealed.

DANIEL Mortimer's impending decision on whether to stay at Parramatta or join Canterbury will not change the way Brett Kimmorley thinks about his future.

JARRYD Hayne wasn't listening when the suits started their speeches. He wasn't even in the room. He was performing tricks with the footy with Michael Jennings.

THIS is picture proof that life really is a beach for former Bulldogs and Cronulla backrower Reni Maitua as he spends time on the sidelines due to a drugs ban.

IT STARTED the day Bradman scored his 100th first-class century - November 15, 1947, to be precise - and it was a union that made a family and defined a football club.

THE NRL's four western Sydney captains will front an ad campaign as rugby league makes its latest grassroots assault on defending its turf against the AFL.

MARIE Moore, the wife, mother and grandmother whose warmth was the welcome blanket to generations of Bulldogs footballers and their partners, has died after a long illness.

NRL and soccer are usually enemies. But Australia's soccer World Cup bid could unwittingly work in the favour of the Bulldogs in their quest to return to Belmore.

DESPITE the physical test results for NRL players being closely guarded by their clubs, we can reveal which footy player is the strongest in the league.

YOUNG Bulldogs centre Jamal Idris has opened up about the racism he faced growing up - and how discrimination remains rife in Australian society today.

FORMER NSW and Australian winger Eric Grothe says "every game is a job interview" for him in the NRL this year, as he strives to get another deal at the Eels.

TERRY Lamb and Chris Anderson want a bigger role in the resurgence at Belmore and are preparing to challenge for places on the Canterbury Leagues Club board.

JARRYD Hayne had to battle past Parramatta teammate Fuifui Moimoi to secure a spot in the All Stars clash - but he wasn't the most popular choice among fans.

AFTER starring in a football script his wildest dreams couldn't have conjured last year, Bulldogs cult hero Jamal Idris has set his sights set on an acting career.

THE Bulldogs have laid down the terms which will dictate whether veteran halfback Brett Kimmorley achieves his dream of a contract extention.

ROY Asotasi has compared the monster new Rabbitohs pack to the premiership-winning Bulldogs forwards of 2004, and believes they can inflict the same sort of pain.