Cameron Ciraldo has convinced the UFC fighters who helped him create rugby league’s No.1 defensive team to also make the move from Penrith to Belmore in 2023 -- and all without breaking the ‘no poaching’ promise he made to his old club.
Only a few months after stating he would not chase Panthers players in his first year as an NRL head coach, Fox Sports Australia can reveal Ciraldo will still be joined at Bulldogs HQ by the Australian fight crew headed by UFC superstar Robert Whittaker.
For the past two years, Whittaker and his western Sydney team -- which includes, among others, coach Alex Prates and fellow UFC fighter Jacob Malkoun -- have been working behind the scenes as the...