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2024 National Rugby League
Duration2 March[a] – 6 October 2024
Teams17
Matches played121
Points scored5,525
Average attendance19,104
Attendance2,311,594
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 NRL season is the 117th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 27th season run by the National Rugby League.

Teams[edit]

The lineup of teams in the league remained unchanged after the admission of the Dolphins into the competition in the previous season, with seventeen participating in the regular season: ten from New South Wales, four from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.

Club Season Home ground(s) Head coach Captain(s)
Brisbane Broncos 37th season Suncorp Stadium Kevin Walters Adam Reynolds
Canberra Raiders 43rd season GIO Stadium Ricky Stuart Elliott Whitehead
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 90th season Accor Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground Cameron Ciraldo Stephen Crichton[1]
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 58th season PointsBet Stadium Craig Fitzgibbon Dale Finucane & Cameron McInnes[2]
Dolphins 2nd season Suncorp Stadium & Kayo Stadium Wayne Bennett Jesse Bromwich
Gold Coast Titans 18th season Cbus Super Stadium Des Hasler[3] Tino Fa'asuamaleauiKieran Foran
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 75th season 4 Pines Park Anthony Seibold Daly Cherry-Evans
Melbourne Storm 27th season AAMI Park Craig Bellamy Harry Grant[4]
Newcastle Knights 37th season McDonald Jones Stadium Adam O'Brien Jayden Brailey & Kalyn Ponga
New Zealand Warriors 30th season Go Media Stadium Andrew Webster Tohu Harris
North Queensland Cowboys 30th season Queensland Country Bank Stadium Todd Payten Reuben Cotter & Tom Dearden[5]
Parramatta Eels 78th season CommBank Stadium Brad ArthurTrent Barrett (interim)[6] Clint Gutherson & Junior Paulo
Penrith Panthers 58th season BlueBet Stadium Ivan Cleary Isaah Yeo & Nathan Cleary
South Sydney Rabbitohs 115th season Accor Stadium Jason DemetriouBen Hornby (interim)[7] Cameron Murray
St. George Illawarra Dragons 26th season Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium Shane Flanagan[8] Ben Hunt
Sydney Roosters 117th season Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson James Tedesco
Wests Tigers 25th season Leichhardt Oval & Campbelltown Sports Stadium Benji Marshall[9] Apisai Koroisau

Pre-season[edit]

The 16 game Pre-season challenge was played from 15 February to 25 February 2024, being won by the Brisbane Broncos.

Regular season[edit]

Results[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 F1 F2 F3 GF
Brisbane Broncos SYD
−10
SOU
+10
PEN
−22
NQL
+26
MEL
−2
DOL
+14
CAN
+24
WTI
+24
SYD
−22
PAR
+16
MAN
+1
GCT
−2
X CRO
−10
SOU
−10
X NZL PEN SGI NEW CBY GCT NQL X PAR DOL MEL
Canberra Raiders NEW
+16
WTI
+20
NZL
−8
CRO
−14
PAR
+33
GCT
+1*
BRI
−24
CRO
−40
MAN
+2
X CBY
+4
SYD
−28
DOL
+1*
X NQL
−18
WTI
−24
MEL NEW X NZL SOU CBY MAN NQL PEN SYD SGI
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs PAR
−18
CRO
−19
GCT
+32
SOU
−4
SYD
+4
MEL
−2
NEW
+24
X WTI
+8
PEN
−6
CAN
−4
SGI
+32
NEW
+30
PAR
+4
X SYD
−18
CRO NZL X NQL BRI CAN SGI DOL NZL MAN NQL
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NZL
+4
CBY
+19
WTI
−26
CAN
+14
X SOU
+12
NQL
+36
CAN
+40
SGI
+10
MEL
+7
SYD
+8
PEN
−42
PAR
−12
BRI
+10
DOL
−2
X CBY GCT WTI X NQL SOU GCT NEW SGI NZL MAN
Dolphins NQL
−25
SGI
+38
X GCT
+16
WTI
+10
BRI
−14
PAR
+28
NEW
−4
NQL
+2
MAN
+6
WTI
+12
NZL
−4
CAN
−1*
X CRO
+2
MEL
−6
SGI X SOU PEN GCT SYD NZL CBY MEL BRI NEW
Gold Coast Titans SGI
−24
X CBY
−32
DOL
−16
NQL
−13
CAN
−1*
MAN
−4
NZL
+3
MEL
−2
NQL
+2
NEW
−4
BRI
+2
X SOU
−34
WTI
−8
NZL
+60
X CRO PAR MAN DOL BRI CRO SGI SYD NEW PEN
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles SOU
+12
SYD
+7
PAR
−4
SGI
−8
PEN
+14
NZL
0*
GCT
+4
PAR
+14
CAN
−2
DOL
−6
BRI
−1
MEL
+6
X PEN
−10
SGI
+16
SOU
−14
X NQL NEW GCT SYD X CAN NZL WTI CBY CRO
Melbourne Storm PEN
+8
NZL
+4
NEW
−2
X BRI
+2
CBY
+2
SYD
+6
SOU
+34
GCT
+2
CRO
−7
PAR
+32
MAN
−6
X NEW
+8
NZL
+14
DOL
+6
CAN WTI X SYD PAR SGI SOU PEN DOL NQL BRI
Newcastle Knights CAN
−16
NQL
−1*
MEL
+2
NZL
−8
SGI
+20
SYD
−2
CBY
−24
DOL
+4
NZL
+6
WTI
+6
GCT
+4
X CBY
−30
MEL
−8
PEN
−8
X PAR CAN MAN BRI X PEN WTI CRO SOU GCT DOL
New Zealand Warriors CRO
−4
MEL
−4
CAN
+8
NEW
+8
SOU
+30
MAN
0*
SGI
−12
GCT
−3
NEW
−6
SYD
−20
PEN
+2
DOL
+4
X NQL
+30
MEL
−14
GCT
−60
BRI CBY X CAN WTI PAR DOL MAN CBY CRO X
North Queensland Cowboys DOL
+25
NEW
+1*
SGI
+22
BRI
−26
GCT
+13
PAR
−7
CRO
−36
PEN
−6
DOL
−2
GCT
−2
SOU
+6
WTI
+14
SYD
+2
NZL
−30
CAN
+18
X PEN MAN X CBY CRO WTI BRI CAN X MEL CBY
Parramatta Eels CBY
+18
PEN
−8
MAN
+4
WTI
−1
CAN
−33
NQL
+7
DOL
−28
MAN
−14
X BRI
−16
MEL
−32
SOU
−16
CRO
+12
CBY
−4
SYD
−10
X NEW SOU GCT X MEL NZL PEN SYD BRI SGI WTI
Penrith Panthers MEL
−8
PAR
+8
BRI
+22
SYD
+6
MAN
−14
X WTI
+16
NQL
+6
SOU
+30
CBY
+6
NZL
−2
CRO
+42
SGI
−12
MAN
+10
NEW
+8
X NQL BRI X DOL SGI NEW PAR MEL CAN SOU GCT
South Sydney Rabbitohs MAN
−12
BRI
−10
SYD
−42
CBY
+4
NZL
−30
CRO
−12
X MEL
−34
PEN
−30
SGI
−14
NQL
−6
PAR
+16
X GCT
+34
BRI
+10
MAN
+14
X PAR DOL WTI CAN CRO MEL WTI NEW PEN SYD
St. George Illawarra Dragons GCT
+24
DOL
−38
NQL
−22
MAN
+8
NEW
−20
WTI
+12
NZL
+18
SYD
−42
CRO
−10
SOU
+14
X CBY
−32
PEN
+12
WTI
+42
MAN
−16
X DOL SYD BRI X PEN MEL CBY GCT CRO PAR CAN
Sydney Roosters BRI
+10
MAN
−7
SOU
+42
PEN
−6
CBY
−4
NEW
+2
MEL
−6
SGI
+42
BRI
+22
NZL
+20
CRO
−8
CAN
+28
NQL
−2
X PAR
+10
CBY
+18
WTI SGI X MEL MAN DOL X PAR GCT CAN SOU
Wests Tigers X CAN
−20
CRO
+26
PAR
+1
DOL
−10
SGI
−12
PEN
−16
BRI
−24
CBY
−8
NEW
−6
DOL
−12
NQL
−14
X SGI
−42
GCT
+8
CAN
+24
SYD MEL CRO SOU NZL NQL NEW SOU MAN X PAR
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 F1 F2 F3 GF

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Storm 14 11 0 3 2 384 281 +103 26 Advance to finals series
2 Penrith Panthers 14 10 0 4 2 336 218 +118 24
3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 10 0 4 2 354 276 +78 24
4 Sydney Roosters 15 9 0 6 1 440 279 +161 20
5 Dolphins 14 8 0 6 2 365 305 +60 20
6 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 15 7 1 7 2 351 323 +28 19
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14 7 0 7 2 300 237 +63 18
8 Brisbane Broncos 14 7 0 7 2 335 298 +37 18
9 North Queensland Cowboys 15 8 0 7 1 381 389 −8 18
10 St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 7 0 7 2 296 346 −50 18
11 Canberra Raiders 14 7 0 7 2 296 375 −79 18
12 Newcastle Knights 14 6 0 8 2 248 303 −55 16
13 South Sydney Rabbitohs 14 5 0 9 3 286 398 −112 16
14 New Zealand Warriors 15 6 1 8 1 312 359 −47 15
15 Gold Coast Titans 14 4 0 10 3 305 376 −71 14
16 Wests Tigers 14 4 0 10 2 253 358 −105 12
17 Parramatta Eels 14 4 0 10 2 283 404 −121 12
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2024. Source: National Rugby League

Ladder progression[edit]

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
  • Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
1 Melbourne Storm 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 24 26
2 Penrith Panthers 0 2 4 6 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 24
3 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 22 22 24
4 Sydney Roosters 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 8 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 20
5 Dolphins 0 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 20
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 0 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 16 18 18
7 Brisbane Broncos 0 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 18
8 North Queensland Cowboys 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 16 16 18
10 Canberra Raiders 2 4 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 18
11 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2 4 4 4 6 7 9 11 11 11 11 13 15 15 17 17
12 Newcastle Knights 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 14 16
13 New Zealand Warriors 0 0 2 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 9 11 13 15 15 15
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14
15 Gold Coast Titans 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 10 12
16 Wests Tigers 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 10 12
17 Parramatta Eels 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 12

2024 transfers[edit]

Source:[12]

Player 2023 Club 2024 Club
Kurt Capewell Brisbane Broncos New Zealand Warriors
Herbie Farnworth Brisbane Broncos Dolphins
Thomas Flegler Brisbane Broncos Dolphins
Keenan Palasia Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans
Jarrod Croker Canberra Raiders Retirement
Matt Frawley Canberra Raiders Leeds Rhinos (Super League)
Jack Wighton Canberra Raiders South Sydney Rabbitohs
Paul Alamoti Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Penrith Panthers
Jake Averillo Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Dolphins
Braidon Burns Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs South Sydney Rabbitohs (NSW Cup)
Raymond Faitala-Mariner Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs St. George Illawarra Dragons
Kyle Flanagan Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs St. George Illawarra Dragons
Jayden Okunbor Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Hull F.C. (Super League)
Tevita Pangai Junior Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Souths Logan Magpies (Hostplus Cup)
Josh Reynolds Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Retirement
Luke Thompson Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Wigan Warriors (Super League)
Corey Waddell Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Wade Graham Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Matt Moylan Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Leigh Leopards (Super League)
Connor Tracey Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Herman Ese'ese Dolphins Hull F.C. (Super League)
Poasa Faamausili Dolphins Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Brenko Lee Dolphins Brisbane Tigers (Hostplus Cup)
Kruise Leeming Gold Coast Titans Wigan Warriors (Super League)
Morgan Harper Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Eels
Sean Keppie Manly Warringah Sea Eagles South Sydney Rabbitohs
Josh Schuster Manly Warringah Sea Eagles TBA
Kelma Tuilagi Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta Eels
Christian Tuipulotu Manly Warringah Sea Eagles St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tom Eisenhuth Melbourne Storm St. George Illawarra Dragons
George Jennings Melbourne Storm Western Suburbs (Illawarra Rugby League)
Justin Olam Melbourne Storm Wests Tigers
Tariq Sims Melbourne Storm Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Fa'amanu Brown Newcastle Knights Hull F.C. (Super League)
Adam Clune Newcastle Knights Huddersfield Giants (Super League)
Lachlan Fitzgibbon Newcastle Knights Warrington Wolves (Super League)
Hymel Hunt Newcastle Knights Ryde-Eastwood Hawks (Ron Massey Cup)
Kurt Mann Newcastle Knights Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Dominic Young Newcastle Knights Sydney Roosters
Joshua Curran New Zealand Warriors Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Bayley Sironen New Zealand Warriors Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Brayden Wiliame New Zealand Warriors Retirement
Mitchell Dunn North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Brendan Elliot North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Ben Hampton North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Peta Hiku North Queensland Cowboys Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League)
Luciano Leilua North Queensland Cowboys St. George Illawarra Dragons
Gehamat Shibasaki North Queensland Cowboys South Sydney Rabbitohs
James Tamou North Queensland Cowboys Townsville Blackhawks (Hostplus Cup)
Waqa Blake Parramatta Eels St. Helens (Super League)
Andrew Davey Parramatta Eels Retirement
Josh Hodgson Parramatta Eels Retirement
Jack Murchie Parramatta Eels Huddersfield Giants (Super League)
Jack Cogger Penrith Panthers Newcastle Knights
Stephen Crichton Penrith Panthers Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Zac Hosking Penrith Panthers Canberra Raiders
Spencer Leniu Penrith Panthers Sydney Roosters
Jaeman Salmon Penrith Panthers Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Jed Cartwright South Sydney Rabbitohs Newcastle Knights
Hame Sele South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George Illawarra Dragons
Daniel Suluka-Fifita South Sydney Rabbitohs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Blake Taaffe South Sydney Rabbitohs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Talatau Amone St. George Illawarra Dragons Suspension
Billy Burns St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tyrell Fuimaono St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Tautau Moga St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Zane Musgrove St. George Illawarra Dragons Warrington Wolves (Super League)
Jayden Sullivan St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers
Corey Allan Sydney Roosters St. George Illawarra Dragons
Fletcher Baker Sydney Roosters Brisbane Broncos
Nathan Brown Sydney Roosters Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Drew Hutchison Sydney Roosters Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Paul Momirovski Sydney Roosters Leeds Rhinos (Super League)
Jaxson Paulo Sydney Roosters Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Jake Turpin Sydney Roosters Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Shawn Blore Wests Tigers Melbourne Storm
Luke Brooks Wests Tigers Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Daine Laurie Wests Tigers Penrith Panthers
David Nofoaluma Wests Tigers Salford Red Devils (Super League)
Will Smith Wests Tigers Western Suburbs (Newcastle Rugby League)
Tommy Talau Wests Tigers Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Brandon Wakeham Wests Tigers Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles (NSW Cup)
Will Pryce Huddersfield Giants (Super League) Newcastle Knights
Jake Clifford Hull F.C. (Super League) North Queensland Cowboys
Brad Schneider Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League) Penrith Panthers
Aidan Sezer Leeds Rhinos (Super League) Wests Tigers
Zane Tetevano Leeds Rhinos (Super League) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Thomas Mikaele Warrington Wolves (Super League) North Queensland Cowboys
Kai Pearce-Paul Wigan Warriors (Super League) Newcastle Knights
Morgan Smithies Wigan Warriors (Super League) Canberra Raiders
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck Blues (Super Rugby) New Zealand Warriors
Solomon Alaimalo Canterbury (National Provincial Championship) Wests Tigers
Chanel Harris-Tavita Hiatus New Zealand Warriors
Michael Jennings Suspension[13] Sydney Roosters
Bronson Xerri Suspension Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Mid-season transfers[edit]

Player Original Club New Club Date of transfer
Fa'amanu Brown Hull F.C. (Super League) St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 April[14]
Jack Gosiewski North Queensland Cowboys Brisbane Broncos 29 April[15]
Braidon Burns South Sydney Rabbitohs (NSW Cup) North Queensland Cowboys 6 May[16]
Aaron Schoupp Gold Coast Titans Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 20 May[17]
Jake Simpkin Wests Tigers Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 3 June[18]
Tevita Pangai Junior Souths Logan Magpies (Hostplus Cup) Dolphins 7 June[19]
Asu Kepaoa Wests Tigers Penrith Panthers 12 June[20]
Aaron Pene Melbourne Storm Leigh Leopards (Super League) 14 June[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ciraldo announces Crichton as new Club Captain, Expresses gratitude to Mahoney and Burton". Bulldogs.com.au. 22 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Finucane, McInnes announced as 2024 NRL co-captains". Sharks.com.au. 27 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Club statement: Head coach update". Titans.com.au. 22 June 2023.
  4. ^ "'Can't wait to get stuck in': Captain Harry joins Storm royalty". NRL.com. 7 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Cowboys crown new captains". Cowboys.com.au. 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Club Statement: Brad Arthur". ParraEels.com.au. 20 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Rabbitohs terminate coaching contract of Jason Demetriou effective immediately". Rabbitohs.com.au. 30 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Dragons appoint Shane Flanagan as head coach". Dragons.com.au. 14 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Sheens and Wests Tigers agree to part ways". WestsTigers.com.au. 16 August 2023.
  10. ^ "NRL confirm details for Rugby League Las Vegas 2024". 2023-08-25.
  11. ^ "Broncos with Big Bang Start to Season '24". Brisbane Broncos. 13 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  12. ^ "2024 NRL Signings Tracker: Latest signings news, contracts and details". NRL.com.
  13. ^ "Michael Jennings statement". NRL.com. 15 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Dragons sign Fa'amanu Brown for 2024 season". dragons.com.au. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Gosiewski Joins Broncos Through 2025". broncos.com.au. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  16. ^ "Cowboys sign Burns". cowboys.com.au. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Sea Eagles sign Aaron Schoupp". seaeagles.com.au. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  18. ^ "Sea Eagles sign hooker Jake Simpkin". seaeagles.com.au. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  19. ^ "Pangai Junior joins the Dolphins". dolphinsnrl.com.au. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Kepaoa joins Panthers, Lisati departs". penrithpanthersnrl.com.au. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  21. ^ "Aaron Pene Is A Leopard". leighleopards.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2024.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Local time in Las Vegas.