Rain bomb floods Canterbury-Bankstown’s headquarters at Belmore Sports Ground

Canterbury-Bankstown’s first grade team is on the hunt for a temporary new training home after the wet and wild Sydney weather flooded parts of Belmore Sports Ground, while lower grade kick-off times have been moved.

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The Bulldogs will be without a home this week with Belmore declared a flood zone.

The NRL side and staff have been forced to abandon their training facilities and offices with more than a metre of water damage from Sydney’s weekend of torrential rain.

The Bulldogs' offices and gym at Belmore Sportsground have been flooded by the recent rain bomb. Credit: Supplied

Exclusive pictures obtained by The Sunday Telegraph show the Bulldogs gym, medical and team rooms under heavy water.

The team’s video review of their win over the Roosters needed to be moved from their Belmore theatrette to Canterbury Leagues Club on Saturday morning.

But the NSW Cup fixture between the Bulldogs and Roosters at Belmore Sports Ground will go ahead at 5pm today.

Another correction.

NSWCup @NRL_Bulldogs will now kick off at 5pm.

Need to get game completed before it gets dark. Lights may be compromised due to rain.

Anyway, now confirmed 5pm kick off Belmore Oval.

A nunber of our Jersey Flegg kids will be promoted to play in this…

— Phil Gould (@PhilGould15) April 5, 2024

The Bulldogs' offices and gym at Belmore Sportsground have been flooded by the recent rain bomb. Credit: Supplied

There are fears the club’s preparation for their next match against the Storm on Friday night will be severely impacted with the potential of training at another location this week.

Gould took to Twitter on Saturday to explain how the Dogs have been affected by Sydney’s big wet.

“Gym, dressing rooms and offices have been flooded. Up to a metre high. Unusable,” Gould said.

“Council coming to inspect and address clean up operations.

“It appears we will have to find alternate facilities for at least a week. We will have to assess damage.

“GPS and computer equipment potentially damaged.‘’

Originally published as Rain bomb floods Canterbury-Bankstown’s headquarters at Belmore Sports Ground