The 2011 NRL season consisted of 26 weekly regular season rounds, which began on 11 March and ended on 4 September, followed by four weeks of the finals series culminating in the grand final on 2 October.Official Schedule . Retrieved 11 March 2011.
Pre-season Saturday 5 February HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationTime (Local)VenueInformation Attendance New Zealand Warriors22-22 Newcastle Knights 6:00 pmWingham Park, NZ Mine Disaster Charity Match 6,500 South Sydney Rabbitohs 10–4 Newtown Jets 6:00 pmRedfern Oval, NSW Return to Redfern 5,000 Ipswich Jets 12–22 Sydney Roosters 8:30 pmNorth Ipswich Reserve, QLD 4,500
Friday 11 February HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationTime (Local)VenueInformation Attendance Ipswich Jets 0–34 Melbourne Storm 8:00 pmLanglands Park, QLD First HalfEastern Suburbs Tigers 10–0 Melbourne Storm 8:45 pmLanglands Park, QLD Second Half Manly Sea Eagles 18–0 Cronulla Sharks 7:00 pmBrookvale Oval, NSW North Queensland Cowboys 10–22 Wests Tigers 8:30 pmJack Manski Oval, QLD 4,000
Saturday 12 February HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationTime (Local)VenueInformation Attendance New Zealand Warriors 24–4 Parramatta Eels 3:00 pmRotorua International Stadium, NZ 8,600 Sydney Roosters 22–24 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 5:00 pmLeichhardt Oval, NSW Indigenous All Stars 12–28NRL All Stars 7:30 pmSkilled Park, QLD 2011 All Stars Match 25,800 Brisbane Broncos 42–18 Gold Coast Titans 8:30 pmKougari Oval, QLD 3,500
Sunday 13 February HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationTime (Local)VenueInformation Attendance South Sydney Rabbitohs 10–32 St George Illawarra Dragons 7:00 pmANZ Stadium, NSW Charity Shield 19,267 Newcastle Knights 72–0 Fiji 6:00 pmEnergyAustralia Stadium, NSW
Friday 18 February HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationTime (Local)VenueInformation Attendance St George Illawarra Dragons 28–12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 7:00 pmWIN Stadium, NSW Mercury Challenge
Saturday 19 February HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationTime (Local)VenueInformationAttendance New Zealand Warriors 30–0 Burleigh Bears 3:00 pmToll Stadium, NZ 8,500 Wests Tigers 10–30 Parramatta EelsCampbelltown Stadium, NSW 12,761 South Sydney Rabbitohs 4–42 Gold Coast Titans 7:00 pmBCU International Stadium, NSW Melbourne Storm 24–4 Canberra Raiders 7:00 pmBega Recreation Oval, NSW 6,169 Penrith Panthers 28–22 Newcastle Knights 7:30 pmPort Macquarie Regional Stadium, NSW Brisbane Broncos 26–4 North Queensland Cowboys 9:00 pmANZAC Oval, NT
Saturday 26 February 6:00 pm Warriors v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles @ North Harbour Stadium, Auckland NZ 7:30 pm Canterbury Bulldogs v Canberra Raiders @ Scully Park, Tamworth NSW 7:30 pm Newcastle Knights v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks @ Olympic Park, Muswellbrook NSW 7:30 pm Sydney Roosters v Wests Tigers @ Sydney Football Stadium, NSW (Foundation Cup) 8:00 pm North Queensland Cowboys v Gold Coast Titans @ Barlow Park, Cairns QLD (Stockland Trophy) 8:00 pm Penrith Panthers 0 v Parramatta Eels 30 @ Penrith Stadium, Penrith NSW (Battle for the West Cup) 8:30 pm Brisbane Broncos v Melbourne Storm @ Dolphin Oval, Redcliffe QLD
Regular season Details are correct with the Official NRL site.
Round 1 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Brisbane Broncos14–16 North Queensland Cowboys 11 March 2011, 7:35 pmSuncorp StadiumShayne HayneGerard Sutton45,119 Sydney Roosters40–29 South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 March 2011, 7:35 pmSydney Football StadiumTony Archer Alan Shortall28,703 Gold Coast Titans16–25 St George Illawarra Dragons 12 March 2011, 6:30 pmSkilled ParkJared Maxwell Phil Haines21,709 Melbourne Storm18–6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 12 March 2011, 7:30 pmAAMI ParkMatt Cecchin Gavin Reynolds14,651 New Zealand Warriors 18–24 Parramatta Eels 12 March 2011, 7:30 pmEden ParkSteve Lyons Chris James38,412 Canberra Raiders 40–12 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13 March 2011, 2:00 pmCanberra StadiumAshley Klein Adam Devcich13,450 Penrith Panthers8–42 Newcastle Knights 13 March 2011, 3:00 pmCentrebet StadiumBen Cummins Tony De Las Heras12,431 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24–14 Wests Tigers 14 March 2011, 7:00 pmANZ StadiumGavin BadgerBrett Suttor26,737 Source: NRL 2011 Round 1 – RL Project The attendances for this round totalled beyond 200,000 for the first time to be the highest attended round in NRL history, with 201,247 fans attending. Luke Burt of the Parramatta Eels reached the milestone of scoring over 1,500 career points, becoming the 14th player to do so. The New Zealand Warriors hosted their first ever home match outside of Mt Smart Stadium, playing against the Parramatta Eels at Eden Park. The North Queensland Cowboys defeated the Brisbane Broncos for the first time since 2007.
Round 2 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Parramatta Eels6–20 Penrith Panthers 18 March 2011, 7:35 pmParramatta StadiumShayne HayneGerard Sutton15,974 Canberra Raiders4–20 Brisbane Broncos 18 March 2011, 8:35 pmCanberra StadiumMatt CecchinSteve Lyons16,146 Melbourne Storm40–12 Gold Coast Titans 19 March 2011, 5:30 pmAAMI ParkAdam DevcichAshley Klein12,391 Wests Tigers20–12 New Zealand Warriors 19 March 2011, 7:30 pmLeichhardt OvalTony ArcherAlan Shortall13,161 North Queensland Cowboys22–34 Newcastle Knights 19 March 2011, 8:30 pmDairy Farmers StadiumPhil HainesJared Maxwell14,061 South Sydney Rabbitohs19–28 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 20 March 2011, 2:00 pmANZ StadiumGavin BadgerBrett Suttor18,271 Sydney Roosters16–27 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 20 March 2011, 3:00 pmSydney Football StadiumBen CumminsTony De Las Heras11,016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks16–10 St George Illawarra Dragons 21 March 2011, 7:00 pmToyota StadiumChris JamesJason Robinson12,183 Source: NRL 2011 Round 2 – RL Project Billy Slater of the Melbourne Storm broke his club's all-time try scoring record, surpassing Matt Geyer with 114 tries. Preston Campbell of the Gold Coast Titans played his 250th NRL game. Adam Blair of the Melbourne Storm played his 100th NRL game.
Round 3 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesAttendance Gold Coast Titans 8–14 Brisbane Broncos 25 March 2011, 7:35 pmSkilled ParkGavin BadgerBrett Suttor20,226 Parramatta Eels18–32 South Sydney Rabbitohs 25 March 2011, 7:35 pmANZ StadiumMatt CecchinSteve Lyons22,153 Penrith Panthers12–44 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 26 March 2011, 5:30 pmCentrebet StadiumPhil HainesJared Maxwell9,275 Wests Tigers34–24 Canberra Raiders 26 March 2011, 7:30 pmCampbelltown StadiumChris JamesJason Robinson14,091 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs24–20 Sydney Roosters 27 March 2011, 2:00 pmANZ StadiumAdam DevcichAshley Klein23,723 New Zealand Warriors12–25 St George Illawarra Dragons 27 March 2011, 2:00 pmMt Smart StadiumBen CumminsTony De Las Heras11,651 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles26–12 Newcastle Knights 27 March 2011, 3:00 pmBrookvale OvalShayne HayneGerard Sutton13,087 North Queensland Cowboys34–6 Melbourne Storm 28 March 2011, 6:15 pmDairy Farmers StadiumTony ArcherAlan Shortall9,554 Source: NRL 2011 Round 3 – RL Project The Sydney Roosters played their 2000th premiership match, becoming the first and only club to achieve such a feat. Todd Payten of the Wests Tigers played his 250th NRL game. Jeremy Smith of the Cronulla Sharks played his 100th NRL game. The North Queensland Cowboys defeated the Melbourne Storm for the first time since 2006.
Round 4 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd Brisbane Broncos18–10 Penrith Panthers1 April 2011, 7:35 pmSuncorp StadiumJason RobinsonChris James25,263 South Sydney Rabbitohs32–30 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles1 April 2011, 7:35 pmBluetongue Stadium Ashley KleinAdam Devcich18,108 Canberra Raiders22–23 Gold Coast Titans2 April 2011, 5:30 pmCanberra StadiumMatt CecchinSteve Lyons12,165 Parramatta Eels22–20 North Queensland Cowboys2 April 2011, 7:30 pmParramatta StadiumPhil HainesJared Maxwell11,226 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks18–26 New Zealand Warriors3 April 2011, 2:00 pmOwen Delany ParkGavin BadgerBrett Suttor14,645 Newcastle Knights18–20 St George Illawarra Dragons3 April 2011, 2:00 pmAusgrid StadiumBen CumminsTony De Las Heras20,986 Sydney Roosters24–6 Wests Tigers3 April 2011, 3:00 pmSydney Football StadiumTony ArcherAlan Shortall20,479 Melbourne Storm30–16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 4 April 2011, 7:00 pmAAMI ParkShayne HayneGerard Sutton11,592 Source: NRL 2011 Round 4 – RL Project Luke Burt of the Parramatta Eels broke his club's all-time try scoring record, surpassing Brett Kenny with 111 tries. Matt Bowen achieved the milestone of most games played for the North Queensland Cowboys, surpassing Paul Bowman by playing his 204th game. The Gold Coast Titans became the first of any Gold Coast club to win at Canberra Stadium, after nine previous losses. Canberra's loss was their first in golden point games.
Round 5 – Heritage Round HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd North Queensland Cowboys22–12 Gold Coast Titans8 April 2011, 7:35 pmDairy Farmers StadiumBen CumminsTony De Las Heras13,651 Wests Tigers30–6 South Sydney Rabbitohs 8 April 2011, 7:35 pmSydney Football StadiumAdam DevcichAshley Klein22,677 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks13–19 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles9 April 2011, 7:30 pmToyota StadiumMatt CecchinSteve Lyons15,133 New Zealand Warriors24–12 Sydney Roosters9 April 2011, 7:30 pmMt Smart StadiumChris JamesJason Robinson13,312 Penrith Panthers36–10 Canberra Raiders9 April 2011, 7:30 pmCentrebet StadiumGavin BadgerBrett Suttor10,229 Melbourne Storm38–0 Parramatta Eels10 April 2011, 2:00 pmAAMI ParkTony ArcherAlan Shortall11,805 St George Illawarra Dragons25–6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs10 April 2011, 3:00 pmSydney Cricket GroundShayne HayneGerard Sutton31,122 Brisbane Broncos17–6 Newcastle Knights11 April 2011, 7:00 pmSuncorp StadiumPhil HainesJared Maxwell24,522 For the first time since last year's salary cap scandal, the Melbourne Storm occupied top spot on the NRL ladder. Source: NRL 2011 Round 5 – RL Project
Round 6 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd Gold Coast Titans20–14 Wests Tigers 15 April 2011, 7:35 pmSkilled ParkShayne Hayne Adam Devcich17,221 Parramatta Eels14–34 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs15 April 2011, 7:35 pmANZ StadiumAshley Klein Gerard Sutton30,687 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles20–10 New Zealand Warriors16 April 2011, 5:30 pmBrookvale OvalTony ArcherBrett Suttor8,680 North Queensland Cowboys26–18 Canberra Raiders16 April 2011, 7:30 pmDairy Farmers StadiumGavin Badger Steve Lyons10,741 Sydney Roosters6–24 Brisbane Broncos16 April 2011, 7:30 pmBluetongue StadiumMatt CecchinGavin Reynolds8,616 Newcastle Knights24–20 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks17 April 2011, 2:00 pmAusgrid StadiumJason RobinsonPhil Haines 12,796 Penrith Panthers10–25 Melbourne Storm17 April 2011, 3:00 pmCentrebet StadiumBen CumminsChris James11,137 South Sydney Rabbitohs0–16 St George Illawarra Dragons18 April 2011, 7:00 pmANZ StadiumJared MaxwellAlan Shortall22,771 Source: NRL 2011 Round 6 – RL Project
Round 7 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles22–16 Penrith Panthers22 April 2011, 7:35 pmBrookvale OvalJason RobinsonPhil Haines14,623 Wests Tigers18–31 Brisbane Broncos 22 April 2011, 7:35 pmSydney Football StadiumTony ArcherBrett Suttor19,494 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks12–30 North Queensland Cowboys23 April 2011, 5:30 pmToyota StadiumGavin BadgerSteve Lyons7,340 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs36–24 South Sydney Rabbitohs23 April 2011, 7:30 pmANZ StadiumBen CumminsTony De Las Heras22,352 Canberra Raiders12–22 Newcastle Knights24 April 2011, 2:00 pmCanberra StadiumMatt CecchinGavin Reynolds11,879 Parramatta Eels22–18 Gold Coast Titans24 April 2011, 3:00 pmParramatta StadiumAshley KleinGerard Sutton10,052 Sydney Roosters10–24 St. George Illawarra Dragons25 April 2011, 4:00 pmSydney Football StadiumJared MaxwellAlan Shortall34,976 Melbourne Storm14–18 New Zealand Warriors25 April 2011, 7:00 pmAAMI ParkShayne HayneGavin Morris22,694