The Canterbury Bulldogs have come under the NRL's microscope for some goofy wrongdoings during their 14-8 loss to Parramatta on Thursday night.

The Bulldogs arrived at ANZ Stadium with their striped blue jersey instead of the home jerseys they were supposed to wear, which led to a clash the Eels' top.

It was revealed that once Canterbury realised they brought the wrong jersey, they considered making a hasty trip back to Belmore to grab the correct ones, only to discover that they were at the dry cleaners.

Moreover, the NRL has also asked for a please explain as to why sin binned Bulldogs star watched a mobile device in the dressing-room.

League commentator Warren Smith noted that the clash of jerseys made for a '"visually unappealing spectacle" and also asked "whatever happened to alternate strips?"

An NRL spokesperson told The Sydney Morning Herald:  "We will review the circumstances as a matter of course at the end of the round.

"The Bulldogs were instructed to wear their predominantly white home jersey but the club wore a kit, which had not been approved for use on this occasion."

Canterbury's new football manager Gareth Holmes admitted that there had been a breakdown of communication.

"We had put in a submission at the start of the season to wear a special-event jersey we had for the Parramatta game. It was a Dogs of War jersey, but it was denied," he told The Sydney Morning Herald.

"I can only assume it was denied because it wa s a darker shade of blue and similar to the jersey worn by Parramatta.

"We were told to wear the home jersey but that got missed and because we were the away team we turned up with the away jerseys.

"We looked at making a last-minute dash to get the other jerseys but because we had worn them last Saturday [against South Sydney] they were still in at the cleaners.''

The vision of Morris on the mobile will come under plenty of scrutiny by the NRL, considering utilising such devices is frowned upon.

The Bulldogs reportedly told the NRL that Morris was merely on the phone to access vision of the game while he had no other means to.

The NRL spokesperson confirmed that an investigation into Morris' blunder will be followed up "in due course".

 

 

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