The 2022 NRL season was the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest stretch of time (after 1947–1966, a span of 20 seasons) of a continuous line-up of teams in competition history (overtaking 15 seasons from 1967–1981).
Colours Club Season Home ground(s) Head coach Captain(s) Brisbane Broncos 35th season Suncorp Stadium Kevin Walters Adam Reynolds Canberra Raiders 41st season GIO Stadium Canberra Ricky Stuart Jarrod Croker & Elliott Whitehead Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 88th season Accor Stadium & CommBank Stadium → Mick Potter (interim) Josh Jackson Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 56th season PointsBet Stadium Craig Fitzgibbon Wade Graham Gold Coast Titans 16th season Cbus Super Stadium Justin Holbrook Tino Fa'asuamaleaui Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 73rd season 4 Pines Park Des Hasler Daly Cherry-Evans Melbourne Storm 25th season AAMI Park Craig Bellamy Jesse Bromwich & Christian Welch Newcastle Knights 35th season McDonald Jones Stadium Adam O'Brien Jayden Brailey & Kalyn Ponga New Zealand Warriors 28th season Mt. Smart Stadium & Moreton Daily Stadium → Stacey Jones (interim) Tohu Harris North Queensland Cowboys 28th season Queensland Country Bank Stadium Todd Payten Jason Taumalolo & Chad Townsend Parramatta Eels 76th season CommBank Stadium Brad Arthur Clint Gutherson & Junior Paulo Penrith Panthers 56th season BlueBet Stadium Ivan Cleary Isaah Yeo & Nathan Cleary South Sydney Rabbitohs 113th season Accor Stadium Jason Demetriou Cameron Murray St. George Illawarra Dragons 24th season Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium Anthony Griffin Ben Hunt Sydney Roosters 115th season Sydney Cricket Ground & Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson James Tedesco Wests Tigers 23rd season Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Stadium & CommBank Stadium → Brett Kimmorley (interim) James Tamou, Luke Brooks, Adam Doueihi, Ken Maumalo & Tyrone Peachey
Pre-season The 2022 pre-season for NRL teams featured nineteen matches across three weekends, including the 2022 All Stars match and the annual Charity Shield match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and St George Illawarra Dragons.
The pre-season also saw the first ever rugby league match to be played in the western Victorian city of Ballarat when Melbourne Storm played the Newcastle Knights at Eureka Stadium in front of 5,127 people. The Charity Shield match also drew the highest attendance for the fixture since 2017, and aside from the All Stars match, was the largest attended match of the pre-season with 9,257 fans.
The match between the New Zealand Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans was cancelled after being initially postponed and rescheduled from Moreton Daily Stadium to Cbus Super Stadium due to the 2022 South East Queensland flood.
All Stars match
Trials Italics indicates a non-NRL club.
DateTimeHomeScoreAwayStadiumAttendanceReport 12 February 2022 16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Wynnum Manly Seagulls 4–52 Brisbane Broncos Kougari Oval, Brisbane 5,000 Report 18 February 2022 18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Sydney Roosters 18–32 Canberra Raiders Leichhardt Oval, Sydney 5,563 Report 18 February 2022 20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Wests Tigers 4–28 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Leichhardt Oval, Sydney 5,563 Report 19 February 2022 16:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Melbourne Storm 16–30 New Zealand Warriors Casey Fields, Melbourne 6,876 Report 19 February 2022 17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) North Queensland Cowboys 24–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs Barlow Park, Cairns 7,128Report 19 February 2022 19:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Gold Coast Titans 26–26 Brisbane Broncos Robina Stadium, Gold Coast 4,919 Report 20 February 2022 16:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Penrith Panthers 34–6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney TBA Report 20 February 2022 18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Parramatta Eels 22–26 St George Illawarra Dragons Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney TBA Report 21 February 2022 19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Newcastle Knights 16–16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle 5,288 Report 25 February 2022 18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16–18 Canberra Raiders Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 5,601 Report 25 February 2022 20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Sydney Roosters 8–16 Wests Tigers Central Coast Stadium, Gosford 5,601 Report 26 February 2022 17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Penrith Panthers 0–36 Parramatta Eels Penrith Stadium, Sydney TBA Report 26 February 2022 19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) South Sydney Rabbitohs 10–16 St George Illawarra Dragons Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium, Mudgee 9,257 Report 26 February 2022 20:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) North Queensland Cowboys 26–6 Brisbane Broncos Stadium Mackay, Mackay 4,545 Report 27 February 2022 17:45 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Melbourne Storm 24–10 Newcastle Knights Eureka Stadium, Ballarat 5,127 Report 28 February 2022 19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30–6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Endeavour Field, Sydney TBA Report 28 February 2022 20:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) New Zealand Warriors C–C Gold Coast Titans Robina Stadium, Gold CoastN/ASource a The match was initially scheduled to be played on 26 February at Moreton Daily Stadium, but was rescheduled due to the 2022 South East Queensland flood.
Regular season
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 F1 F2 F3 GF Brisbane BroncosSOU+7CBY+6NQL−26NZL−14SYD−4PEN−28CBY+20CRO+9SOU+20MAN+38NEW+24GCT+11XCAN+6MEL−12NQL−14SGI+14GCT+4PAR+22WTI−14SYD−18NEW+18MEL−48PAR−47SGI−10 Canberra RaidersCRO+5NQL−20GCT+2MAN−19MEL−14NQL−6PEN−30NZL−1*CBY+10CRO+20SOU+20PAR−8SYD+6BRI−6NEW+2SGI−2XMEL+4NZL+12GCT+12PEN−20SGI+2NEW+6MAN+42WTI+46MEL+8PAR−36 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsNQL+2BRI−6MAN−1MEL−44PEN−20SOU−20BRI−20SYD+4CAN−10NEW−10WTI−14SGI−10PEN−12PAR+30WTI+24CRO−12XSOU−8GCT+10NEW+14NQL−14NZL−24PAR−36CRO−16MAN+1 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksCAN−5PAR+2SGI+24NEW+18WTI+26MEL−16MAN+12BRI−9NZL+19CAN−20GCT+7SYD−20XNZL+22GCT+8CBY+12MEL+22NQL+14PEN−10SOU+1*SGI+6WTI+24MAN+34CBY+16NEW+22NQL−2*SOU−26 Gold Coast TitansPAR−4NZL+2CAN−2WTI+2PAR−6MAN−8NQL−26PEN−14SYD−28SGI+4*CRO−7BRI−11NQL−26SOU−14CRO−8NEW−26XBRI−4CBY−10CAN−12MEL−18MAN+20SGI−20NEW+10NZL+1* Manly Warringah Sea EaglesPEN−22SYD−14CBY+1CAN+19NEW+24GCT+8CRO−12SOU−18WTI+14BRI−38PAR−2MEL−20NZL+32WTI+26NQL−2MEL+6XNEW+30SGI−14SYD−10PAR−16GCT−20CRO−34CAN−42CBY−1 Melbourne StormWTI+10SOU+1*PAR−4*CBY+44CAN+14CRO+16NZL+60NEW+48SGI+36PEN−26NQL−30MAN+20XSYD+8BRI+12MAN−6CRO−22CAN−4SOU−12NZL+12GCT+18PEN+16BRI+48SYD−4PAR−8CAN−8 New Zealand WarriorsSGI−12GCT−2WTI+4BRI+14NQL+1*SYD−8MEL−60CAN+1*CRO−19SOU−2SGI−6NEW−8MAN−32CRO−22PEN−34WTI+20XPAR−10CAN−12MEL−12SOU−38CBY+24NQL−44PEN−34GCT−1* Newcastle KnightsSYD+14WTI+22PEN−18CRO−18MAN−24SGI−5PAR−37MEL−48NQL−20CBY+10BRI−24NZL+8XPEN−36CAN−2GCT+26SOU−12MAN−30SYD−30CBY−14WTI+4BRI−18CAN−6GCT−10CRO−22 North Queensland CowboysCBY−2CAN+20BRI+26SYD−24NZL−1*CAN+6GCT+26PAR+31NEW+20WTI+24MEL+30PEN−22GCT+26SGI+19MAN+2BRI+14XCRO−14WTI+1SGI+26CBY+14SYD−14NZL+44SOU−10PEN+30CRO+2*XPAR−4 Parramatta EelsGCT+4CRO−2MEL+4*SGI+34GCT+6WTI−1NEW+37NQL−31PEN+2SYD−7MAN+2CAN+8XCBY−30SYD+10SOU−18WTI+8NZL+10BRI−22PEN+24MAN+16SOU−26CBY+36BRI+47MEL+8PEN−19CAN+36NQL+4PEN−16 Penrith PanthersMAN+22SGI+4NEW+18SOU+14CBY+20BRI+28CAN+30GCT+14PAR−2MEL+26SYD+20NQL+22CBY+12NEW+36NZL+34SYD+8XWTI+2CRO+10PAR−24CAN+20MEL−16SOU+4NZL+34NQL−30PAR+19XSOU+20PAR+16 South Sydney RabbitohsBRI−7MEL−1*SYD+12PEN−14SGI+12CBY+20WTI−1MAN+18BRI−20NZL+2CAN−20WTI+26XGCT+14SGI−20PAR+18NEW+12CBY+8MEL+12CRO−1*NZL+38PAR+26PEN−4NQL+10SYD−10SYD+16CRO+26PEN−20 St. George Illawarra DragonsNZL+12PEN−4CRO−24PAR−34SOU−12NEW+5SYD+2WTI+6MEL−36GCT−4*NZL+6CBY+10XNQL−19SOU+20CAN+2BRI−14SYD−28MAN+14NQL−26CRO−6CAN−2GCT+20WTI+2BRI+10 Sydney RoostersNEW−14MAN+14SOU−12NQL+24BRI+4NZL+8SGI−2CBY−4GCT+28PAR+7PEN−20CRO+20CAN−6MEL−8PAR−10PEN−8XSGI+28NEW+30MAN+10BRI+18NQL+14WTI+66MEL+4SOU+10SOU−16 Wests TigersMEL−10NEW−22NZL−4GCT−2CRO−26PAR+1SOU+1SGI−6MAN−14NQL−24CBY+14SOU−26XMAN−26CBY−24NZL−20PAR−8PEN−2NQL−1BRI+14NEW−4CRO−24SYD−66SGI−2CAN−46 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 F1 F2 F3 GF
Bold – Home game X – Bye * – Golden point game Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder
Ladder progression
Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight. Numbers highlighted in blue indicate the team finished first on the ladder in that round. Numbers highlighted in red indicate the team finished last place on the ladder in that round. Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team123456789101112131415161718192021222324251 Penrith Panthers 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 36 38 38 40 42 422 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 30 32 34 36 383 North Queensland Cowboys 0 2 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 30 32 32 34 34 364 Parramatta Eels 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 22 24 24 26 28 28 30 32 345 Melbourne Storm 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 24 24 26 28 30 32 32 326 Sydney Roosters 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 327 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 0 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 28 30 308 Canberra Raiders 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 22 24 26 28 309 Brisbane Broncos 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 22 24 26 26 26 28 28 28 2810 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 20 20 20 20 22 24 2611 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 0 0 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2012 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 14 1613 Gold Coast Titans 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 12 1414 Newcastle Knights 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 1415 New Zealand Warriors 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 1416 Wests Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10
Finals series
HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and time (local)VenueRefereeCrowd Qualifying & elimination finals Penrith Panthers 27–8 Parramatta Eels 9 September 2022, 7:55pm BlueBet Stadium Gerard Sutton 21,863 Melbourne Storm 20–28 Canberra Raiders 10 September 2022, 5:45pm AAMI Park Grant Atkins 20,838 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30–32* North Queensland Cowboys † 10 September 2022, 7:55pm PointsBet Stadium Adam Gee 12,447 Sydney Roosters 14–30 South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 September 2022, 4:05pm Allianz Stadium Ashley Klein 39,816 Semi-finals Parramatta Eels 40–4 Canberra Raiders 16 September 2022, 7:50pm CommBank Stadium Ashley Klein 29,134 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12–38 South Sydney Rabbitohs 17 September 2022, 8:00pm Allianz Stadium Grant Atkins 39,733 Preliminary finals North Queensland Cowboys 20–24 Parramatta Eels 23 September 2022, 7:50pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Grant Atkins 25,372 Penrith Panthers 32–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 September 2022, 7:50pm Accor Stadium Ashley Klein 50,034 * Match decided in golden point extra time.
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Grand final
Player statistics and records
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 25.
Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerTriesGoalsField goals224 Valentine Holmes10912209 Sam Walker7901188 Mitchell Moses6812180 Nicho Hynes6764167 Zac Lomax6711 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayer28 Alex Johnston20 Corey Oates17 Jeremiah Nanai16 Taylan May16 Ronaldo Mulitalo16 Josh Addo-Carr
Top 5 goal scorers GoalsPlayer91 Valentine Holmes90 Sam Walker81 Mitchell Moses76 Nicho Hynes71 Zac Lomax Top 5 tacklers TacklesPlayer1,020 Blayke Brailey1,010 Reed Mahoney1,000 Reece Robson943 Lachlan Croker927 Jeremy Marshall-King
Attendances
Club attendances +Club figures 2022ClubHome gamesTotal attendanceAverageHighestLowestTotal