With International Cup looming on the horizon the Bulldogs are continuing their pre-tournament preparations with weekend training sessions aimed at honing the tactics they hope to employ to winning effect in Melbourne.

After a perfect end of 2007, with victory over rivals Ireland and a successful turnout in the Manchester Carnival, the Bulldogs have begun concentrating on the challenges ahead. Lessons have been learnt from the recent ANZAC pre-season cup (read more here) and the players understand that they will need to play at nothing less than the highest of levels if they are to come away with anything at all.

Off the field efforts are also continuing in order to raise the funds needed to get the team over to Melbourne, which is another area where you come in! If you want to sponsor the team yourself or know of a friendly company who might be interested in providing a few quid to help the national team achieve glory we'd love to hear from you! Just e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it  and we’ll be really happy to talk more! If you've got any other ideas of ways to make money for the boys, drop us an e-mail as well.