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‘I’m shattered’: Ciraldo’s brutal truth bomb as frustration boils over after horror season finale In his final press conference of the year, Cameron Ciraldo didn’t mince his words. “I’m shattered.” “It’s been tough.” “Poor errors and no patience.” Watch every game of every round of the NRL Premiership LIVE with no ad-breaks during play on FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1. The Canterbury Bulldogs coach was left devastated and frustrated after his side produced another flat performance to close out a disappointing 2026 campaign After back-to-back finals appearances, the Bulldogs entered this season with plenty of promise and expectation. But when it mattered most, they continued to fall short of the standard they had set themselves. “We’ll go into review and plan pre-season next week but everything we did this week was about getting our best performance tonight and I’m shattered we didn’t,” Ciraldo said post-match. “I thought we had a lot to play for considering we’re back at home. “It’s been a tough year but we wanted to finish the season really strong. “We had 13,00 loyal fans turn up tonight and I expected us to put in our best performance of the year and we were a long way off that.” This was no different against the Brisbane Broncos, as most of the 13,000 fans in attendance began to leave the venue with 25 minutes remaining in the contest. Ciraldo continued, “I thought we prepared well. I thought we were ready for our best performance and didn’t start right.” ‘To give up two tries the way we did off just poor errors and no patience. Then we clawed our way back but that second half probably summed up our year. “We have these periods in the game where we just stop putting pressure on the opposition and put pressure on ourselves and give up easy tries from kicks.” It was a bitter end to a season which had promised so much. “Very disappointing. Probably not the year that we wanted a lot of up and down,” captain Stephen Crichton continued. “But like coach said, we still had a lot to play for, with a few boys leaving and that to leave it on a better note but (it) just wasn’t meant to be.”