The 2024 NRL season was the 117th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 27th season run by the National Rugby League (NRL). The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, followed by a finals series contested by the top eight teams on the competition ladder. The Melbourne Storm were the minor premiers, and the Penrith Panthers took their fourth premiership in a row, and sixth overall.
The season recorded the highest aggregate and average regular season crowds in first-grade rugby league history.
Teams 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 and Belmore Sports Ground Cameron Ciraldo Stephen Crichton Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 58th season PointsBet Stadium Craig Fitzgibbon and Cameron McInnes Dolphins 2nd season Kayo Stadium and Suncorp Stadium Wayne Bennett Jesse Bromwich Gold Coast Titans 18th season Cbus Super Stadium Des Hasler Tino Fa'asuamaleaui → Kieran 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 Newcastle Knights 37th season McDonald Jones Stadium Adam O'Brien Jayden Brailey and 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 and Tom Dearden Parramatta Eels 78th season CommBank Stadium → Trent Barrett (interim) Clinton Gutherson and Junior Paulo Penrith Panthers 58th season BlueBet Stadium Ivan Cleary Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo South Sydney Rabbitohs 115th season Accor Stadium → Ben Hornby (interim) Cameron Murray St. George Illawarra Dragons 26th season Netstrata Jubilee Stadium and WIN Stadium Shane Flanagan Ben Hunt Sydney Roosters 117th season Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson James Tedesco Wests Tigers 25th season Leichhardt Oval and Campbelltown Sports Stadium Benji Marshall Apisai Koroisau
Pre-season
Trials Italics indicates a non-NRL club
DateTimeHomeScoreAwayStadiumAttendanceReport10 February 202416:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Wynnum Manly Seagulls16–26 Brisbane BroncosKougari Oval, Brisbane5,000Report10 February 202418:10 AEST (UTC+10:00) Central Queensland Capras6–58 DolphinsBrowne Park, Rockhampton Report11 February 202416:00 AEST (UTC+10:00) Manly Warringah Sea Eagles68–6 South Sydney RabbitohsCentral Coast Stadium, Gosford Report
All Stars match
Pre-season Challenge
The 16-game Pre-season Challenge was played from 15 February to 25 February 2024, the winners being the Brisbane Broncos.
Regular season For the first time, the NRL season began with a split-round, commencing with a double-header at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, United States, with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles taking on the South Sydney Rabbitohs followed by the Sydney Roosters facing the Brisbane Broncos on 2 March 2024. Subsequently, the Sea Eagles became the first side in NRL history to play in three separate countries in one season when they played the New Zealand Warriors in Auckland in Round 6, having already played in the United States and Australia.
Results
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 BroncosSYD−10SOU+10PEN−22NQL+26MEL−2DOL+14CAN+24WTI+24SYD−22PAR+16MAN+1GCT−2XCRO−10SOU−10XNZL−16PEN−8SGI−4NEW+16CBY−25GCT−28NQL+24XPAR+6DOL−34MEL−38 Canberra RaidersNEW+16WTI+20NZL−8CRO−14PAR+33GCT+1*BRI−24CRO−40MAN+2XCBY+4SYD−28DOL+1*XNQL−18WTI−24MEL−10NEW−4XNZL+2SOU+20CBY−4MAN−22NQL−38PEN+4SYD+2SGI+2 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsPAR−18CRO−19GCT+32SOU−4SYD+4MEL−2NEW+24XWTI+8PEN−6CAN−4SGI+32NEW+30PAR+4XSYD−18CRO+1*NZL+1*XNQL−2BRI+25CAN+4SGI+18DOL+20NZL+16MAN−12NQL−38MAN−2 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksNZL+4CBY+19WTI−26CAN+14XSOU+12NQL+36CAN+40SGI+10MEL+7SYD+8PEN−42PAR−12BRI+10DOL−2XCBY−1*GCT−4WTI+52XNQL−8SOU+14GCT+44NEW+1*SGI+28NZL−2MAN+20MEL−27NQL+8PEN−20 DolphinsNQL−25SGI+38XGCT+16WTI+10BRI−14PAR+28NEW−4NQL+2MAN+6WTI+12NZL−4CAN−1*XCRO+2MEL−6SGI−20XSOU+8PEN−2GCT−7SYD−6NZL+2*CBY−20MEL−42BRI+34NEW−8 Gold Coast TitansSGI−24XCBY−32DOL−16NQL−13CAN−1*MAN−4NZL+3MEL−2NQL+2NEW−4BRI+2XSOU−34WTI−8NZL+60XCRO+4PAR+8MAN−30DOL+7BRI+28CRO−44SGI−16SYD−26NEW−22PEN−6 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesSOU+12SYD+7PAR−4SGI−8PEN+14NZL0*GCT+4PAR+14CAN−2DOL−6BRI−1MEL+6XPEN−10SGI+16SOU−14XNQL+1*NEW+38GCT+30SYD−4XCAN+22NZL+14WTI−8CBY+12CRO−20CBY+2SYD−24 Melbourne StormPEN+8NZL+4NEW−2XBRI+2CBY+2SYD+6SOU+34GCT+2CRO−7PAR+32MAN−6XNEW+8NZL+14DOL+6CAN+10WTI+12XSYD+16PAR+18SGI−2SOU+12PEN+2DOL+42NQL−8BRI+38CRO+27XSYD+30PEN−8 Newcastle KnightsCAN−16NQL−1*MEL+2NZL−8SGI+20SYD−2CBY−24DOL+4NZL+6WTI+6GCT+4XCBY−30MEL−8PEN−8XPAR+8CAN+4MAN−38BRI−16XPEN−8WTI+16CRO−1*SOU+20GCT+22DOL+8NQL−12 New Zealand WarriorsCRO−4MEL−4CAN+8NEW+8SOU+30MAN0*SGI−12GCT−3NEW−6SYD−20PEN+2DOL+4XNQL+30MEL−14GCT−60BRI+16CBY−1*XCAN−2WTI+12PAR−10DOL−2*MAN−14CBY−16CRO+2X North Queensland CowboysDOL+25NEW+1*SGI+22BRI−26GCT+13PAR−7CRO−36PEN−6DOL−2GCT−2SOU+6WTI+14SYD+2NZL−30CAN+18XPEN+10MAN−1*XCBY+2CRO+8WTI+18BRI−24CAN+38XMEL+8CBY+38NEW+12CRO−8 Parramatta EelsCBY+18PEN−8MAN+4WTI−1CAN−33NQL+7DOL−28MAN−14XBRI−16MEL−32SOU−16CRO+12CBY−4SYD−10XNEW−8SOU−16GCT−8XMEL−18NZL+10PEN−2SYD−24BRI−6SGI+4WTI+34 Penrith PanthersMEL−8PAR+8BRI+22SYD+6MAN−14XWTI+16NQL+6SOU+30CBY+6NZL−2CRO+42SGI−12MAN+10NEW+8XNQL−10BRI+8XDOL+2SGI+36NEW+8PAR+2MEL−2CAN−4SOU+22GCT+6SYD+20XCRO+20MEL+8 South Sydney RabbitohsMAN−12BRI−10SYD−42CBY+4NZL−30CRO−12XMEL−34PEN−30SGI−14NQL−6PAR+16XGCT+34BRI+10MAN+14XPAR+16DOL−8WTI+14CAN−20CRO−14MEL−12WTI−2NEW−20PEN−22SYD−8 St. George Illawarra DragonsGCT+24DOL−38NQL−22MAN+8NEW−20WTI+12NZL+18SYD−42CRO−10SOU+14XCBY−32PEN+12WTI+42MAN−16XDOL+20SYD−30BRI+4XPEN−36MEL+2CBY−18GCT+16CRO−28PAR−4CAN−2 Sydney RoostersBRI+10MAN−7SOU+42PEN−6CBY−4NEW+2MEL−6SGI+42BRI+22NZL+20CRO−8CAN+28NQL−2XPAR+10CBY+18WTI+34SGI+30XMEL−16MAN+4DOL+6XPAR+24GCT+26CAN−2SOU+8PEN−20MAN+24MEL−30 Wests TigersXCAN−20CRO+26PAR+1DOL−10SGI−12PEN−16BRI−24CBY−8NEW−6DOL−12NQL−14XSGI−42GCT+8CAN+24SYD−34MEL−12CRO−52SOU−14NZL−12NQL−18NEW−16SOU+2MAN+8XPAR−34 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
Ladder progression Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight. Numbers highlighted in blue indicate that the team finished first on the ladder in that round. Numbers highlighted in red indicate that 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 28 30 32 34 36 36 38 40 42 42 44 2 Penrith Panthers 0 2 4 6 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 36 36 38 40 3 Sydney Roosters 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 8 10 12 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 30 32 34 36 36 38 4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 22 22 24 24 24 26 28 28 30 32 34 36 36 38 5 North Queensland Cowboys 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 28 30 32 34 36 6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 0 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 30 32 34 34 34 7 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2 4 4 4 6 7 9 11 11 11 11 13 15 15 17 17 19 21 23 25 25 27 29 31 31 33 33 8 Newcastle Knights 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 14 16 18 20 20 20 22 22 24 24 26 28 30 9 Canberra Raiders 2 4 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 20 22 24 24 24 24 26 28 30 10 Dolphins 0 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 20 20 22 24 24 24 24 26 26 26 28 28 11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 16 16 18 20 20 22 24 24 26 26 28 28 28 28 12 Brisbane Broncos 0 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 18 18 18 18 20 20 20 22 24 26 26 26 13 New Zealand Warriors 0 0 2 4 6 7 7 7 7 7 9 11 13 15 15 15 17 17 19 19 21 21 21 21 21 23 25 14 Gold Coast Titans 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 22 22 22 22 22 15 Parramatta Eels 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 18 20 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 17 Wests Tigers 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 16 18 18
Finals series
HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and time (Local)VenueRefereeAttendance Qualifying and elimination finals Penrith Panthers 30–10 Sydney Roosters 13 September, 19:50 BlueBet Stadium Ashley Klein 21,483 Melbourne Storm 37–10 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 September, 16:05 AAMI Park Gerard Sutton 26,326 North Queensland Cowboys 28–16 Newcastle Knights 14 September, 19:50 Queensland Country Bank Stadium Todd Smith 24,861 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 22–24 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 15 September, 16:05 Accor Stadium Grant Atkins 50,714 Semi-finals Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 26–18 North Queensland Cowboys 20 September, 19:50 Allianz Stadium Ashley Klein 19,124 Sydney Roosters 40–16 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 21 September, 19:50 Allianz Stadium Grant Atkins 40,818 Preliminary finals Melbourne Storm 48–18 Sydney Roosters 27 September, 19:50 AAMI Park Grant Atkins 29,213 Penrith Panthers 26–6 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 28 September, 19:50 Accor Stadium Ashley Klein 33,753
Bracket
Grand final
Player statistics and records
In Round 5, Daly Cherry-Evans surpassed Cliff Lyons as the most capped Manly Warringah Sea Eagles player of all time. In Week 3 of the Finals, Isaah Yeo surpassed Steve Carter as the most capped Penrith Panthers player of all time.
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 27.
Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerClubTriesGoalsField goals246Valentine HolmesNorth Queensland Cowboys14950223Jamayne IsaakoDolphins12871206Nick MeaneyMelbourne Storm5930204Sam WalkerSydney Roosters7880190Reuben GarrickManly Warringah Sea Eagles10750 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayerClub24Alofiana Khan-PereiraGold Coast Titans22Kyle FeldtNorth Queensland Cowboys19Dom YoungSydney Roosters19Daniel TupouSydney Roosters18Tommy TalauManly Warringah Sea Eagles
Top 5 goal kickers GoalsPlayerClub95Valentine HolmesNorth Queensland Cowboys93Nick MeaneyMelbourne Storm88Sam WalkerSydney Roosters87Jamayne IsaakoDolphins75Reuben GarrickManly Warringah Sea Eagles Top 5 tacklers TacklesPlayerClub1,178Reed MahoneyCanterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs959Jacob LiddleSt. George Illawarra Dragons937Blayke BraileyCronulla-Sutherland Sharks909Morgan SmithiesCanberra Raiders908Tom EisenhuthSt. George Illawarra Dragons
Attendances Club figures Team Games Total Average Highest Brisbane Broncos12478,47039,87346,224 Canberra Raiders11*153,54213,95818,049 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs12250,18120,84845,496 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks11*125,78911,43513,500 Dolphins12259,51021,62650,049 Gold Coast Titans11*178,64916,24125,278 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles11*205,47418,67940,746 Melbourne Storm11*218,33819,84926,106 New Zealand Warriors11*254,83023,16624,495 Newcastle Knights12271,62322,63529,433 North Queensland Cowboys12231,37019,28124,230 Parramatta Eels12218,29818,19229,171 Penrith Panthers12226,47218,87321,525 South Sydney Rabbitohs11*161,39614,67235,275 St. George Illawarra Dragons12180,43015,03640,727 Sydney Roosters12280,36523,36440,746 Wests Tigers11*136,63512,42117,351 * = Magic Round home game not counted
Top regular season crowds