2023 NRL season

2023 National Rugby League
2023 National Rugby League
Duration	2 March – 1 October 2023
Teams	17
Premiers	File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers (5th title)
Minor premiers	File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers (5th title)
Matches played	213
Points scored	9,646
Average attendance	19,186
Attendance	4,086,547
Top points scorer(s)	File:Dolphins colours.png Jamayne Isaako (244)
Wooden spoon	File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers (2nd spoon)
Dally M Medal	File:Newcastle colours.svg Kalyn Ponga
Top try-scorer(s)	File:Newcastle colours.svg Dom Young (25)
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 NRL season was the 116th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 26th season run by the National Rugby League. The season consisted of 27 competition rounds, the longest in league history, followed by a finals series contested by the top eight teams on the competition table. The Penrith Panthers were the 2023 minor and major premiers.

Teams

For the 2023 season, the number of teams in the NRL increased from sixteen to seventeen with the inclusion of a fourth Queensland-based club, the Dolphins, based at Redcliffe.^[1] It is the first time the number of Premiership teams has changed since 2007 when the Gold Coast Titans joined the competition.

Colours	Club	Season	Home ground(s)	Head coach	Captain(s)
File:Brisbane colours.svg	Brisbane Broncos	36th season	Suncorp Stadium	Kevin Walters	Adam Reynolds
File:Canberra colours.svg	Canberra Raiders	42nd season	GIO Stadium Canberra	Ricky Stuart	Jarrod Croker & Elliott Whitehead
File:Canterbury colours.svg	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	89th season	Accor Stadium & CommBank Stadium	Cameron Ciraldo^[2]	Raymond Faitala-Mariner, Matt Burton, & Reed Mahoney^[3]
File:Cronulla colours.svg	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	57th season	PointsBet Stadium	Craig Fitzgibbon	Wade Graham & Dale Finucane
File:Dolphins colours.png	Dolphins	1st season	Suncorp Stadium, Kayo Stadium, & Sunshine Coast Stadium^[4]	Wayne Bennett^[5]	Jesse Bromwich^[6]
File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg	Gold Coast Titans	17th season	Cbus Super Stadium	~~Justin Holbrook~~ → Jim Lenihan (interim)^[7]	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	74th season	4 Pines Park	Anthony Seibold^[8]	Daly Cherry-Evans
File:Melbourne colours.svg	Melbourne Storm	26th season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Christian Welch
File:Newcastle colours.svg	Newcastle Knights	36th season	McDonald Jones Stadium	Adam O'Brien	Jayden Brailey & Kalyn Ponga
File:Auckland colours.svg	New Zealand Warriors	29th season	Go Media Stadium Mt. Smart^[9]	Andrew Webster^[10]	Tohu Harris
File:North Queensland colours.svg	North Queensland Cowboys	29th season	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Todd Payten	Jason Taumalolo & Chad Townsend
File:Parramatta colours.svg	Parramatta Eels	77th season	CommBank Stadium	Brad Arthur	Clint Gutherson & Junior Paulo
File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg	Penrith Panthers	57th season	BlueBet Stadium	Ivan Cleary	Isaah Yeo & Nathan Cleary
File:South Sydney colours.svg	South Sydney Rabbitohs	114th season	Accor Stadium	Jason Demetriou	Cameron Murray
File:St. George colours.svg	St. George Illawarra Dragons	25th season	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium	~~Anthony Griffin~~ → Ryan Carr (interim)^[11]	Ben Hunt
File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg	Sydney Roosters	116th season	Allianz Stadium	Trent Robinson	James Tedesco
File:Wests Tigers colours.svg	Wests Tigers	24th season	Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Sports Stadium & CommBank Stadium	Tim Sheens^[12]	Apisai Koroisau^[13]

Collective bargaining agreement issues

The start of the season was overshadowed by ongoing issues between the NRL and the Rugby League Players Association (RLPA). By February 2023, the RLPA and the NRL were at a stalemate following the expiration of the previous collective bargaining agreement in November 2022.^[14] The NRL had announced an increased salary cap on 23 December 2022,^[15] surprising the RLPA who had yet to agree to terms with the NRL.^[16] By February 2023, the possibility of a player's strike or other industrial action had yet to be ruled out by the RLPA.^[14] In response to the stalled negotiations over the new agreement, in early July the RLPA took industrial action with players boycotting almost all broadcast and media engagements.^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20] The RLPA later publishing a list of frequently asked questions in response to media reporting.^[21] In Round 22, the players took further action by covering the NRL logo on their jerseys.^[22]

Pre-season

Pre-season matches were played between 4 February and 19 February 2023, before a 11-day lead up until the beginning of the regular season.^[23]

Regular season

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 Broncos	PEN +1	NQL +12	SGI +22	DOL +6	WTI +34	CAN −6	GCT +17	PAR +10	SOU −26	MAN +26	MEL −8	PEN −11	NZL +4	CRO +8	NEW +4	X	GCT −6	DOL +8	X	CBY +20	SOU +16	SYD +22	NQL +16	PAR +44	X	CAN +11	MEL −10	MEL +26	X	NZL +30	PEN –2
Canberra Raiders	NQL −1	DOL −6	CRO +4	NEW −10	PEN −41	BRI +6	SGI +6	X	DOL +1*	CBY +4	PAR +8	MAN −28	SOU +7	WTI +1	NZL −22	X	SYD +2	GCT +4	SGI +10	X	NZL −1*	NEW −22	WTI +4	MEL −46	CBY +12	BRI −11	CRO −18	NEW −2
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	MAN −25	MEL +14	WTI +4	NZL −2	NQL +1*	SOU −34	PAR −26	CRO −13	SGI +2	CAN −4	NZL −12	GCT +2	X	SYD −1	PAR −22	CRO −38	X	NEW −66	SOU +4	BRI −20	PEN −26	DOL +1	X	NEW −36	CAN −12	MAN −18	GCT −4
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	SOU −9	PAR +4	CAN −4	SGI +32	NZL −2	X	SYD +10	CBY +13	NQL +38	DOL −20	MAN +6	NEW +20	X	BRI −8	MEL −44	CBY +38	X	SGI +36	WTI +24	NZL −32	MAN −4	PEN −28	SOU +10	GCT +30	NQL +20	NEW −26	CAN +18	SYD −1
Dolphins	SYD +10	CAN +6	NEW +16	BRI −6	SGI −26	NQL +10	SOU −22	GCT +2	CAN −1*	CRO +20	X	MEL −8	SGI +14	NZL −22	MAN −40	X	PAR −28	BRI −8	GCT +2*	PEN −10	X	CBY −1	NEW −2	SYD −16	WTI −1	NQL −24	NZL +24
Gold Coast Titans	WTI +12	SGI −14	MEL +4	NQL −12	X	SGI +2	BRI −17	DOL −2	MAN +16	PAR +2	NEW −20	CBY −2	X	SOU −18	WTI +16	X	BRI +6	CAN −4	DOL −2*	PAR −1	SYD −18	NQL +9	NZL −10	CRO −30	PEN −26	MEL −21	CBY +4
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	CBY +25	X	PAR +4	SOU −1*	NEW 0*	PEN −32	MEL +10	WTI +6	GCT −16	BRI −26	CRO −6	CAN +28	NEW −10	X	DOL +40	PAR −30	MEL −18	SYD +2	X	NQL −11	CRO +4	SGI +6	SYD −10	PEN −12	NZL −7	CBY +18	WTI +42
Melbourne Storm	PAR +4*	CBY −14	GCT −4	WTI +12	SOU +8	SYD +20	MAN −10	NZL +8	X	SOU −16	BRI +8	DOL +8	X	NQL −25	CRO +44	WTI +22	MAN +18	PEN −18	X	SYD +14	NEW −8	PAR +30	PEN −20	CAN +46	SGI +10	GCT +21	BRI +10	BRI −26	SYD +5	PEN −34
Newcastle Knights	NZL −8	WTI +2	DOL −16	CAN +10	MAN 0*	NZL +10	PEN −1*	NQL −2	PAR −31	X	GCT +20	CRO −20	MAN +10	X	BRI −4	SYD −2	PEN −8	CBY +66	X	WTI +16	MEL +8	CAN +22	DOL +2	CBY +36	SOU +19	CRO +26	SGI +20	CAN +2	NZL −30
New Zealand Warriors	NEW +8	SYD −8	NQL +14	CBY +2	CRO +2	NEW −10	NQL +8	MEL −8	SYD −14	PEN −12	CBY +12	X	BRI −4	DOL +22	CAN +22	X	SGI +30	SOU −22	PAR +36	CRO +32	CAN +1*	X	GCT +10	WTI +8	MAN +7	SGI +12	DOL −24	PEN −26	NEW +30	BRI −30
North Queensland Cowboys	CAN +1	BRI −12	NZL −14	GCT +12	CBY −1*	DOL −10	NZL −8	NEW +2	CRO −38	SYD +14	SGI +20	WTI −48	PAR −8	MEL +25	X	PEN +4*	SOU +25	WTI +74	X	MAN +11	PAR +8	GCT −9	BRI −16	X	CRO −20	DOL +24	PEN −32
Parramatta Eels	MEL −4*	CRO −4	MAN −4	PEN +1*	SYD −8	WTI +6	CBY +26	BRI −10	NEW +31	GCT −2	CAN −8	SOU +20	NQL +8	X	CBY +22	MAN +30	DOL +28	X	NZL −36	GCT +1	NQL −8	MEL −30	SGI +6	BRI −44	SYD −22	PEN +14	X
Penrith Panthers	BRI −1	SOU +6	X	PAR −1*	CAN +41	MAN +32	NEW +1*	SOU −2	WTI −4	NZL +12	SYD +44	BRI +11	X	SGI +8	SYD +24	NQL −4*	NEW +8	MEL +18	X	DOL +10	CBY +26	CRO +28	MEL +20	MAN +12	GCT +26	PAR −14	NQL +32	NZL +26	X	MEL +34	BRI +2
South Sydney Rabbitohs	CRO +9	PEN −6	SYD −2	MAN +1*	MEL −8	CBY +34	DOL +22	PEN +2	BRI +26	MEL +16	WTI +20	PAR −20	CAN −7	GCT +18	SGI −6	X	NQL −25	NZL +22	CBY −4	X	BRI −16	WTI +14	CRO −10	SGI +12	NEW −19	X	SYD −14
St. George Illawarra Dragons	X	GCT +14	BRI −22	CRO −32	DOL +26	GCT −2	CAN −6	SYD −1	CBY −2	WTI −2	NQL −20	SYD +2	DOL −14	PEN −8	SOU +6	X	NZL −30	CRO −36	CAN −10	X	WTI +4	MAN −6	PAR −6	SOU −12	MEL −10	NZL −12	NEW −20
Sydney Roosters	DOL −10	NZL +8	SOU +2	X	PAR +8	MEL −20	CRO −10	SGI +1	NZL +14	NQL −14	PEN −44	SGI −2	X	CBY +1	PEN −24	NEW +2	CAN −2	MAN −2	X	MEL −14	GCT +18	BRI −22	MAN +10	DOL +16	PAR +22	WTI +24	SOU +14	CRO +1	MEL −5
Wests Tigers	GCT −12	NEW −2	CBY −4	MEL −12	BRI −34	PAR −6	X	MAN −6	PEN +4	SGI +2	SOU −20	NQL +48	X	CAN −1	GCT −16	MEL −22	X	NQL −74	CRO −24	NEW −16	SGI −4	SOU −14	CAN −4	NZL −8	DOL +1	SYD −24	MAN −42
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

2023 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers (P)	24	18	0	6	3	645	312	+333	42
2	File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos	24	18	0	6	3	639	425	+214	42
3	File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm	24	16	0	8	3	627	459	+168	38
4	File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors	24	16	0	8	3	572	448	+124	38
5	File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights	24	14	1	9	3	626	451	+175	35
6	File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	14	0	10	3	619	497	+122	34
7	File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters	24	13	0	11	3	472	496	−24	32
8	File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders	24	13	0	11	3	486	623	−137	32
9	File:South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	12	0	12	3	564	505	+59	30
10	File:Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels	24	12	0	12	3	587	574	+13	30
11	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	24	12	0	12	3	546	542	+4	30
12	File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	11	1	12	3	545	539	+6	29
13	File:Dolphins colours.png Dolphins	24	9	0	15	3	520	631	−111	24
14	File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans	24	9	0	15	3	527	653	−126	24
15	File:Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	7	0	17	3	438	769	−331	20
16	File:St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	5	0	19	3	474	673	−199	16
17	File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers	24	4	0	20	3	385	675	−290	14

Ladder progression

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	File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers	0	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	40	42
2	File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	14	16	16	16	18	20	22	24	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	42	42
3	File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm	2	2	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	24	26	28	28	30	30	32	34	36	38
4	File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors	2	2	4	6	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	22	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	38
5	File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights	0	2	2	4	5	7	7	7	7	9	11	11	13	15	15	15	15	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	35
6	File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	0	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	18	18	20	22	24	26	26	26	26	28	30	32	32	34
7	File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	10	12	12	12	12	14	16	16	18	18	18	20	20	22	22	24	26	28	30	32
8	File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders	0	0	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	28	30	30	32	32	32
9	File:South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	16	18	18	20	20	22	22	24	24	26	26	28	28	30	30
10	File:Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	2	2	4	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	22	24	24	24	26	26	26	28	30
11	File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	26	28	28	30	30
12	File:Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2	4	6	6	7	7	9	11	11	11	11	13	13	15	17	17	17	19	21	21	23	25	25	25	25	27	29
13	File:Dolphins colours.png Dolphins	2	4	6	6	6	8	8	10	10	12	14	14	16	16	16	18	18	18	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	24
14	File:Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans	2	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	10	12	12	12	14	14	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	24
15	File:Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	18	20	20	20	20	20
16	File:St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	12	12	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
17	File:Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14

Finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Crowd
Qualifying and Elimination Finals
File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos	26–0	File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm	8 September, 7:50 pm	Suncorp Stadium	Grant Atkins	50,157
File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers	32–6	File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors	9 September, 4:05 pm	BlueBet Stadium	Adam Gee	21,525
File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	12–13	File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters	9 September, 7:50 pm	PointsBet Stadium	Gerard Sutton	12,557
File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights †	30–28	File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders	10 September, 4:05 pm	McDonald Jones Stadium	Ashley Klein	29,548
Semi Finals
File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm	18–13	File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters	15 September, 7:50 pm	AAMI Park	Ashley Klein	19,534
File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors	40–10	File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights	16 September, 6:05 pm	Go Media Stadium	Adam Gee	26,083
Preliminary Finals
File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers	38–4	File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm	22 September, 7:50 pm	Accor Stadium	Adam Gee	35,578
File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos	42–12	File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors	23 September, 7:50 pm	Suncorp Stadium	Gerard Sutton	52,273

† Match decided in extra time.

Chart


Qualifying and elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand final



9 September – Sydney

1	File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith	32

4	File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand	6	16 September – Auckland

			File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand	40

10 September – Newcastle			File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle	10	22 September – Sydney

5	File:Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle	30			File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith	38

8	File:Canberra colours.svg Canberra	28			File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne	4	1 October – Sydney

							File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith	26

9 September – Sydney					23 September – Brisbane		File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane	24

6	File:Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland	12			File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane	42

7	File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney	13	15 September – Melbourne		File:Auckland colours.svg New Zealand	12

			File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne	18

8 September – Brisbane			File:Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney	13

2	File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane	26

3	File:Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne	0

Grand final

2023 NRL Grand Final

1 October 2023
19:30 AEDT

Penrith Panthers File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg	26–24	File:Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Tries: 4 Kenny rugby ball 17' Leota rugby ball 62' Crichton rugby ball 67' Cleary rugby ball 76' Goals: 5 Crichton 1/1 rugby goalposts icon 18' Cleary 4/4 rugby goalposts icon pen 29', 63', 68', 78'	1st: 8–6 2nd: 18–18 Report	Tries: 4 Flegler rugby ball 38' Mam rugby ball 44', 52', 54' Goals: 4 Reynolds 4/4 rugby goalposts icon 39', 45', 53', 56'

Accor Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 81,947
Referee: Adam Gee
Bunker: Ashley Klein
Touch judges: Chris Sutton, Dave Munro
Clive Churchill Medal: File:Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Nathan Cleary

Player statistics and records

In Round 22, Cameron McInnes broke the record for the most tackles in a game in the NRL era (1998–present) with 81.
In the Grand Final, Ezra Mam tied the record for most tries by a five-eighth in a season, with 18.

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 27.

Top 5 point scorers

Points	Player	Club	Tries	Goals	Field Goals
244	Jamayne Isaako	Dolphins	24	73	2
216	Nick Meaney	Melbourne Storm	10	88	0
183	Nicho Hynes	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	5	81	1
182	Adam Reynolds	Brisbane Broncos	5	79	3
176	Shaun Johnson	New Zealand Warriors	8	71	2

Top 5 try scorers

Tries	Player	Club
24	Jamayne Isaako	Dolphins
23	Dominic Young	Newcastle Knights
21	Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	New Zealand Warriors
21	Alex Johnston	South Sydney Rabbitohs
21	Mikaele Ravalawa	St. George Illawarra Dragons

Top 5 goal kickers

Goals	Player	Club
88	Nick Meaney	Melbourne Storm
81	Nicho Hynes	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
79	Adam Reynolds	Brisbane Broncos
73	Jamayne Isaako	Dolphins
72	Nathan Cleary	Penrith

Top 5 tacklers

Tackles	Player	Club
1,015	Blayke Brailey	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
1,014	Damien Cook	South Sydney Rabbitohs
986	Reed Mahoney	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
968	Nat Butcher	Sydney Roosters
956	J'maine Hopgood	Parramatta Eels
956	Reece Robson	North Queensland Cowboys

Attendances

Club figures

Team	Games	Total	Average	Highest
Brisbane Broncos	12	405,500	33,792	43,271
Canberra Raiders	12	178,755	14,314	21,082
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	11*	178,675	16,243	35,211
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	11*	121,051	11,005	12,757
Dolphins	12	310,520	25,877	51,047
Gold Coast Titans	11*	187,600	17,055	26,563
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	11*	145,530	13,230	17,385
Melbourne Storm	11*	201,082	18,280	26,829
New Zealand Warriors	11*	234,075	21,280	25,095
Newcastle Knights	12	255,748	21,312	29,423
North Queensland Cowboys	12	230,098	19,175	22,811
Parramatta Eels	12	219,773	18,314	27,655
Penrith Panthers	12	226,081	18,840	21,525
South Sydney Rabbitohs	12	236,807	19,734	45,814
St. George Illawarra Dragons	11*	142,403	12,945	17,357
Sydney Roosters	11*	229,699	20,882	40,191
Wests Tigers	12	152,521	13,866	28,611

* = Magic Round home game not counted

Top regular season crowds

Rank	Home team	Away team	Crowd	Venue	City	Round
1	Dolphins	Brisbane Broncos	51,047	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	4
2	Dolphins	Newcastle Knights	45,814	Optus Stadium	Perth	23
2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	45,814	Optus Stadium	Perth	23
3	Brisbane Broncos	Melbourne Storm	43,271	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	27
4	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys	43,162	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	2
5	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans	42,249	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	17
6	Sydney Roosters	St. George Illawarra Dragons	40,191	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	8
7	Brisbane Broncos	South Sydney Rabbitohs	40,102	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	9
8	Sydney Roosters	South Sydney Rabbitohs	36,669	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	3
9	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Roosters	36,263	Accor Stadium	Sydney	27
10	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle Knights	35,814	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	15
11	Dolphins	New Zealand Warriors	35,438	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	27
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	South Sydney Rabbitohs	35,211	Accor Stadium	Sydney	6
13	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Parramatta Eels	33,866	Accor Stadium	Sydney	15
14	Dolphins	North Queensland Cowboys	33,449	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	26
15	Brisbane Broncos	Penrith Panthers	33,343	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	12
16	Dolphins	Sydney Roosters	32,177	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	1
17	Brisbane Broncos	Canberra Raiders	31,962	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	6
18	Brisbane Broncos	Dolphins	30,606	The Gabba	Brisbane	18
19	Wests Tigers	Parramatta Eels	28,611	Accor Stadium	Sydney	6
20	Dolphins	Melbourne Storm	28,325	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	12
21	Parramatta Eels	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	27,655	CommBank Stadium	Sydney	7
22	Brisbane Broncos	Wests Tigers	27,533	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	5
23	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Parramatta Eels	27,432	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	12
24	Melbourne Storm	Penrith Panthers	26,829	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne	18
25	Brisbane Broncos	St. George Illawarra Dragons	26,612	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	3

Magic Round (Round 10)

Home team	Away team	Date	Time	Venue	Match Figure^[24]	Day Total^[24]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Canberra Raiders	Friday, 5 May	6:00 pm	Suncorp Stadium	41,462	50,077
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Brisbane Broncos	Friday, 5 May	8:05 pm		50,077	50,077
New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Panthers	Saturday, 6 May	3:00 pm		38,035	50,183
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Dolphins		5:30 pm		48,068
Melbourne Storm	South Sydney Rabbitohs		7:45 pm		50,183
St. George Illawarra Dragons	Wests Tigers	Sunday, 7 May	1:50 pm		34,568	46,845
Sydney Roosters	North Queensland Cowboys		4:00 pm		45,085
Gold Coast Titans	Parramatta Eels		6:25 pm		46,845
Bye: Newcastle Knights

Finals

Rank	Home Team	Away Team	Crowd	Venue	City
1	Penrith Panthers	Brisbane Broncos	81,947	Accor Stadium	Sydney
2	Brisbane Broncos	New Zealand Warriors	52,273	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
3	Brisbane Broncos	Melbourne Storm	50,197	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
4	Penrith Panthers	Melbourne Storm	35,578	Accor Stadium	Sydney
5	Newcastle Knights	Canberra Raiders	29,548	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle
6	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle Knights	26,083	Go Media Stadium	Auckland
7	Penrith Panthers	New Zealand Warriors	21,525	BlueBet Stadium	Sydney
8	Melbourne Storm	Sydney Roosters	19,534	AAMI Park	Melbourne
9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Sydney Roosters	12,557	PointsBet Stadium	Sydney

Match Officials

Includes Finals Matches

Referee	Games
Adam Gee	29
Gerard Sutton	27
Grant Atkins	25
Ashley Klein	24
Peter Gough	23
Todd Smith	23
Chris Butler	20
Ben Cummins	15
Liam Kennedy	10
Chris Sutton	10
Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	5
Kasey Badger	1
Belinda Sharpe	1

2023 Transfers

Source:^[25]

Players

Player	2022 Club	2023 Club
Tyson Gamble	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle Knights
Ryan James	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
Albert Kelly	Brisbane Broncos	Redcliffe Dolphins (Hostplus Cup)
Rhys Kennedy	Brisbane Broncos	Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League)
Brenko Lee	Brisbane Broncos	Dolphins
Te Maire Martin	Brisbane Broncos	New Zealand Warriors
Tesi Niu	Brisbane Broncos	Dolphins
Tyrone Roberts	Brisbane Broncos	Burleigh Bears (Hostplus Cup)
Jake Turpin	Brisbane Broncos	Sydney Roosters
Adam Elliott	Canberra Raiders	Newcastle Knights
Josh Hodgson	Canberra Raiders	Parramatta Eels
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	Canberra Raiders	New Zealand Warriors
Ryan Sutton	Canberra Raiders	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Semi Valemei	Canberra Raiders	North Queensland Cowboys
Corey Allan	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sydney Roosters
Jack Hetherington	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle Knights
Josh Jackson	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Retirement
Jeremy Marshall-King	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Dolphins
Aaron Schoupp	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Gold Coast Titans
Ava Seumanufagai	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Leigh Leopards (Super League)
Joe Stimson	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Gold Coast Titans
Paul Vaughan	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Warrington Wolves (Super League)
Brandon Wakeham	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Wests Tigers
Andrew Fifita	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Aiden Tolman	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Herman Ese'ese	Gold Coast Titans	Dolphins
Patrick Herbert	Gold Coast Titans	N/A
Jamayne Isaako	Gold Coast Titans	Dolphins
Sam Lisone	Gold Coast Titans	Leeds Rhinos (Super League)
Esan Marsters	Gold Coast Titans	Huddersfield Giants (Super League)
Greg Marzhew	Gold Coast Titans	Newcastle Knights
Kevin Proctor	Gold Coast Titans	Wakefield Trinity (Super League)
Corey Thompson	Gold Coast Titans	Brisbane Tigers (Hostplus Cup)
Jarrod Wallace	Gold Coast Titans	Dolphins
Andrew Davey	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Kieran Foran	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Gold Coast Titans
James Segeyaro	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Lézignan Sangliers (Elite One Championship)
Jorge Taufua	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Wakefield Trinity (Super League)
Martin Taupau	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Brisbane Broncos
Dylan Walker	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	New Zealand Warriors
Jesse Bromwich	Melbourne Storm	Dolphins
Kenny Bromwich	Melbourne Storm	Dolphins
Felise Kaufusi	Melbourne Storm	Dolphins
Brandon Smith	Melbourne Storm	Sydney Roosters
Mitch Barnett	Newcastle Knights	New Zealand Warriors
Jake Clifford	Newcastle Knights	Hull F.C. (Super League)
Tex Hoy	Newcastle Knights	Hull F.C. (Super League)
David Klemmer	Newcastle Knights	Wests Tigers
Edrick Lee	Newcastle Knights	Dolphins
Anthony Milford	Newcastle Knights	Dolphins
Chris Randall	Newcastle Knights	Gold Coast Titans
Pasami Saulo	Newcastle Knights	Canberra Raiders
Sauaso Sue	Newcastle Knights	Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League)
Euan Aitken	New Zealand Warriors	Dolphins
Jesse Arthars	New Zealand Warriors	Brisbane Broncos
Chanel Harris-Tavita	New Zealand Warriors	Hiatus
Eliesa Katoa	New Zealand Warriors	Melbourne Storm
Dunamis Lui	New Zealand Warriors	Redcliffe Dolphins (Hostplus Cup)
Jack Murchie	New Zealand Warriors	Parramatta Eels
Ben Murdoch-Masila	New Zealand Warriors	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Aaron Pene	New Zealand Warriors	Melbourne Storm
Ashley Taylor	New Zealand Warriors	Retirement
Reece Walsh	New Zealand Warriors	Brisbane Broncos
Tom Gilbert	North Queensland Cowboys	Dolphins
Connelly Lemuelu	North Queensland Cowboys	Dolphins
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow	North Queensland Cowboys	Dolphins
Nathan Brown	Parramatta Eels	Sydney Roosters
Oregon Kaufusi	Parramatta Eels	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Reed Mahoney	Parramatta Eels	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Marata Niukore	Parramatta Eels	New Zealand Warriors
Tom Opacic	Parramatta Eels	Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League)
Isaiah Papali'i	Parramatta Eels	Wests Tigers
Mitch Rein	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Ray Stone	Parramatta Eels	Dolphins
Christian Crichton	Penrith Panthers	N/A
Robert Jennings	Penrith Panthers	Dolphins
Viliame Kikau	Penrith Panthers	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Apisai Koroisau	Penrith Panthers	Wests Tigers
Sean O'Sullivan	Penrith Panthers	Dolphins
Charlie Staines	Penrith Panthers	Wests Tigers
Josh Mansour	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Retirement
Mark Nicholls	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Dolphins
Kodi Nikorima	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Dolphins
Jaxson Paulo	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Roosters
George Burgess	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Poasa Faamausili	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Dolphins
Jackson Ford	St. George Illawarra Dragons	New Zealand Warriors
Jack Gosiewski	St. George Illawarra Dragons	North Queensland Cowboys
Andrew McCullough	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Josh McGuire	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Warrington Wolves (Super League)
Tariq Sims	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Melbourne Storm
Adam Keighran	Sydney Roosters	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Kevin Naiqama	Sydney Roosters	Huddersfield Giants (Super League)
Sio Siua Taukeiaho	Sydney Roosters	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Sam Verrills	Sydney Roosters	Gold Coast Titans
Fa'amanu Brown	Wests Tigers	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Luke Garner	Wests Tigers	Penrith Panthers
Oliver Gildart	Wests Tigers	Leigh Leopards (Super League)
Jackson Hastings	Wests Tigers	Newcastle Knights
Jacob Liddle	Wests Tigers	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Zane Musgrove	Wests Tigers	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tyrone Peachey	Wests Tigers	Penrith Panthers
James Roberts	Wests Tigers	Retirement
James Tamou	Wests Tigers	North Queensland Cowboys
Kelma Tuilagi	Wests Tigers	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Joe Chan	Catalans Dragons (Super League)	Melbourne Storm
Dylan Napa	Catalans Dragons (Super League)	Sydney Roosters
Jack Cogger	Huddersfield Giants (Super League)	Penrith Panthers
Danny Levi	Huddersfield Giants (Super League)	Canberra Raiders
Josh Reynolds	Hull F.C.(Super League)	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Will Smith	Hull F.C. (Super League)	Wests Tigers
John Bateman	Wigan Warriors (Super League)	Wests Tigers
Jeral Skelton	Melbourne Rebels (Super Rugby)	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Brayden Wiliame	USA Perpignan (Top 14)	New Zealand Warriors
Gehamat Shibasaki	Green Rockets Tokatsu (Japan Rugby League One)	North Queensland Cowboys

Mid-season transfers

Player	Original club	→ New club	Date of transfer
Ken Maumalo	Wests Tigers	Burleigh Bears (Hostplus Cup)	23 March
Aaron Woods	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	27 March
Thomas Mikaele	Warrington Wolves (Super League)	Gold Coast Titans	31 March
Kruise Leeming	Leeds Rhinos (Super League)	Gold Coast Titans	2 April
Matt Ikuvalu	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Catalans Dragons (Super League)	27 April
Andrew Davey	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Parramatta Eels	28 April
Sam McIntyre	Gold Coast Titans	North Queensland Cowboys	15 May
Joe Ofahengaue	Wests Tigers	Parramatta Eels	23 May
Josh Kerr	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Dolphins	17 June
Matthew Lodge	Sydney Roosters	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	11 July
Moses Mbye	St. George Illawarra Dragons	St Helens (Super League)	23 July
Liam Knight	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24 July
Joey Lussick	St Helens (Super League)	Parramatta Eels	25 July
Fa'amanu Brown	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle Knights	28 July
Thomas Mikaele	Gold Coast Titans	Warrington Wolves (Super League)	2 August

Notes

References

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↑ "Bulldogs and Ciraldo agree to terms". Bulldogs.com.au. 14 August 2022.
↑ "Ciraldo Announces New Captains". Bulldogs.com.au. 28 January 2023.
↑ "Dolphins to join NRL in 2023, with Moreton Daily Stadium to host games". Austadiums.com. 13 October 2021.
↑ "Dolphins name Wayne Bennett as inaugural NRL head coach". QRL.com.au. 21 October 2021.
↑ "Jesse Bromwich named as inaugural Dolphins captain". NRL.com. 3 February 2023.
↑ "Lenihan to take Titans reins until Hasler arrives in 2024". NRL.com. 22 June 2023.
↑ "Sea Eagles appoint Anthony Seibold as Head Coach". SeaEagles.com.au. 8 November 2022.
↑ "New name for our house − Go Media Stadium Mt. Smart". Warriors.kiwi. 15 May 2023.
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↑ "Dragons part ways with Anthony Griffin". Dragons.com.au. 16 May 2023.
↑ "Three Life Members to lead coaching succession plan". WestsTigers.com.au. 14 July 2022.
↑ "Koroisau to captain Wests Tigers". WestsTigers.com.au. 13 February 2023.
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 "NRL stars consider radical strike as pay crisis deepens". espn.com.au. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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↑ "Statement from RLPA Chair Dr Deidre Anderson AM". Rugby League Player's Association. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
↑ "Players Respond to Stalled CBA Negotiations". 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
↑ Molyneux, Mark (10 July 2023). "RLPA media boycott: Could NRL players take strike action in the future?". The Sporting News. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
↑ "NRL players could ditch media for months amid CBA war". espn.com.au. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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[2] "Bulldogs and Ciraldo agree to terms". Bulldogs.com.au. 14 August 2022.

[3] "Ciraldo Announces New Captains". Bulldogs.com.au. 28 January 2023.

[4] "Dolphins to join NRL in 2023, with Moreton Daily Stadium to host games". Austadiums.com. 13 October 2021.

[5] "Dolphins name Wayne Bennett as inaugural NRL head coach". QRL.com.au. 21 October 2021.

[6] "Jesse Bromwich named as inaugural Dolphins captain". NRL.com. 3 February 2023.

[7] "Lenihan to take Titans reins until Hasler arrives in 2024". NRL.com. 22 June 2023.

[8] "Sea Eagles appoint Anthony Seibold as Head Coach". SeaEagles.com.au. 8 November 2022.

[9] "New name for our house − Go Media Stadium Mt. Smart". Warriors.kiwi. 15 May 2023.

[10] "Webster named new head coach". Warriors.kiwi. 8 July 2022.

[11] "Dragons part ways with Anthony Griffin". Dragons.com.au. 16 May 2023.

[12] "Three Life Members to lead coaching succession plan". WestsTigers.com.au. 14 July 2022.

[13] "Koroisau to captain Wests Tigers". WestsTigers.com.au. 13 February 2023.

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[16] "Statement from RLPA Chair Dr Deidre Anderson AM". Rugby League Player's Association. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[17] "Players Respond to Stalled CBA Negotiations". 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[18] Molyneux, Mark (10 July 2023). "RLPA media boycott: Could NRL players take strike action in the future?". The Sporting News. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

[19] "NRL players could ditch media for months amid CBA war". espn.com.au. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.

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v t e Penrith Panthers
Est. 1967 in Penrith, New South Wales
The Club	History Records Players Coaches Honours Representatives
Home ground	BlueBet Stadium Carrington Park Western Sydney Stadium (2025)
Culture	Western Sydney Derby
Important figures	Phil Gould Royce Simmons Izzard brothers Tim Sheens Alexander brothers Mark Geyer Steve Carter Ryan Girdler Preston Campbell Craig Gower John Cartwright Grahame Moran Tony Puletua Nathan Cleary Isaah Yeo Dylan Edwards
League	NSWRL ARL SL NRL
Premierships (6)	1991 2003 2021 2022 2023 2024
Seasons (58)	1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Other competitions	Current New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Tarsha Gale Cup Past Amco Cup NRL Under-20s NSWRL Women's Premiership
Affiliations	Penrith District Rugby League St Marys Saints Windsor Wolves

v t e National Rugby League seasons
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ARL / SL war	1995 1996 1997 (ARL / SL)
NRL era	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025