2007 NRL season

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2007 National Rugby League
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Teams16
PremiersMelbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm [1]
Minor premiersMelbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Matches played201
Points scored8539
Attendance3332114
Top points scorer(s)Canterbury colours.svg Hazem El Masri (210)
Player of the yearNorth Queensland colours.svg Johnathan Thurston (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)North Queensland colours.svg Matthew Bowen (22)
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The 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the tenth run by the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams contested the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, and with the inclusion of a new team, the Gold Coast Titans, the competition was the largest run since the 1999 NRL season.

The Melbourne Storm were the minor premiers in 2007, six points clear of second-placed Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. The Storm eventually ran out 34-8 winners in the 2007 NRL Grand Final to claim the premiership. However, they were subsequently stripped of both their minor premiership and premiership titles on 22 April 2010, after they were found to be guilty of breaching the league's salary cap.[2][3]

Season summary[]

Pre-season, 2006 premiers the Brisbane Broncos travelled to England to play the Super League champions in the 2007 World Club Challenge.

The 2007 NRL Season kicked off on Friday 16 March 2007 with eight games to be played in each round. The 2007 season saw the return of Monday Night Football, which helped the NRL to set new first round aggregate attendance record of 174,475.[4] The opening round also saw two matches at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, one featured reigning champions Brisbane playing fellow Queensland side the Cowboys, while the second match introduced the newest club to be admitted to the competition, the Gold Coast Titans.

The North Queensland Cowboys' Jason Smith was the NRL's oldest player in 2007 at 35 years and 186 days.[5]

Teams had fewer byes in 2007 than in the 2006 competition. With an odd number of teams contesting between 2002 and 2006, the draw meant that at least one team would have to have a bye each weekend. With the inclusion of the 16th team for the 2007 season, the National Rugby League had the option of reverting to the system used between 2000 and 2001 in which every team played in each round. However, this option was not chosen. In 2007, teams had just a single bye during the year, grouped in periods that will assist clubs around representative fixtures.

The top eight was not settled until the final round as the Brisbane Broncos and Wests Tigers were both on 24 points in 8th and 9th position respectively, with the Broncos ahead on points differential. Both teams lost their final regular season match and as a result of this, the South Sydney Rabbitohs made the top eight for the first time since 1989. The New Zealand Warriors secured a home final: the second match in the history of the National Rugby League Finals played outside of Australia. The first was the Warriors' victory over the Canberra Raiders at Mt Smart Stadium while on their way to the 2002 Grand Final.

On the other end of the ladder, the Newcastle Knights and Penrith Panthers were both in contention for the Wooden Spoon - the traditional label for last place. The Knights performed well in their last match and denied the Wests Tigers a spot in the top eight, winning by two points, whereas the Panthers were defeated by the New Zealand Warriors, seeing them finish last.

2007 saw a total of over 3 million spectators attend regular season matches for only the second time in history.[6]

Records set[]

  • The Brisbane Broncos recorded their biggest win in the club's history (65 points) with a 71-6 win over the Newcastle Knights at Suncorp Stadium in round 11. It's also the Newcastle Knights biggest ever loss.
  • New Zealand Warriors prop forward Steve Price ran 4,515 metres with the ball in 2007, more than any other forward in history.[7]

Advertising[]

The National Rugby League kept use of the Hoodoo Gurus' "That's My Team" for a fifth consecutive season, with their advertising agency MJW Hakuhodo reworking the track "What's My Scene" and the "That's My Dream" slogan. With a design change for the Telstra Premiership logo (after months of off-season deliberation on whether Telstra would sponsor the code again), the commercial was a fast-paced action clip, with key players from all teams superimposed to appear as if they are playing in front the famous landmarks of their team's area. They are as follows:

  • Brisbane Broncos - Darren Lockyer in front of the Story Bridge.
  • Bulldogs - Andrew Ryan and Luke Patten in Sydney Olympic Park.
  • Canberra Raiders - Phil Graham in front of Parliament House.
  • Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks - on the steps of North Cronulla Beach.
  • Gold Coast Titans - Luke Bailey taking a hit-up on Surfers Paradise' Beach.
  • Manly Warringah Sea Eagles - on the Manly Beach Boulevarde.
  • Melbourne Storm - running across Federation Square.
  • Newcastle Knights - Danny Buderus scoring a try on the Newcastle Waterfront.
  • North Queensland Cowboys - streets of Townsville.
  • New Zealand Warriors - Steve Price in front of the city skyline of Auckland.
  • Parramatta Eels - Eric Grothe, Jr. running down Church Street.
  • Penrith Panthers - players on Mulgoa Road.
  • St George Illawarra Dragons - Mark Gasnier running along the Seacliff Drive.
  • South Sydney Rabbitohs - Roy Asotasi taking a hitup in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel.
  • Sydney Roosters - players in front of the pavilion at Bondi Beach.
  • Wests Tigers - Robbie Farah in Sydney Olympic Park.

As with previous seasons, all team captains featured prominently in the ads, holding aloft the premiership trophy as the advertisement closes, replicating the 2006 equivalent. Only weeks after it was put to air, Newcastle Knights captain Andrew Johns' career was ended by a neck injury.

Sponsorship[]

Telecommunications giant Telstra once again held the naming rights to the premiership season and for the seventh season the competition was known as the "Telstra Premiership". For the second time, however, a change was made to the Telstra Premiership Logo to align with the telco's own new logo.

Spirit producers Bundaberg Rum sponsored Monday night football - as Bundaberg Monday Night Football. Electronics wholesaler Harvey Norman continued their support of the State of Origin Series, The insurer AAMI sponsored the City vs Country Origin.

Teams[]

For the 2007 season the number of teams in the NRL had increasing from fifteen to sixteen with the re-inclusion of a Gold Coast, Queensland-based club for the first since 1998, now as the Gold Coast Titans. It was the first time the number of Premiership teams had changed since 2002 when the re-inclusion of the South Sydney Rabbitohs saw the number of teams increase from 14 to 15. The Titans were the NRL's first expansion team since the Melbourne Storm, who entered the League in 1998.

The sixteen teams participated in the competition over the regular season, making it the largest it had been since 1999 when there were seventeen. Of the sixteen clubs, ten were from New South Wales (nine from Sydney's metropolitan area), three from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the ACT and New Zealand.

Just two foundation clubs from New South Wales Rugby League season 1908 played in this, the 100th season of the competition: the Sydney Roosters (formerly known as Eastern Suburbs) and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Of these two clubs, only the Sydney Roosters played their 100th full season, as the South Sydney Rabbitohs were in recess during 2000 and 2001. Two foundation clubs, the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies, had played in every year since 1908, but the two sides merged to create the Wests Tigers who competed every year since the merger in 2000.

Brisbane Broncos
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20th season
Ground: Suncorp Stadium
Coach: Wayne Bennett
Captain: Darren Lockyer
Bulldogs
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73rd season
Ground: Telstra Stadium
Coach: Steve Folkes
Captain: Andrew Ryan
Canberra Raiders
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26th season
Ground: Canberra Stadium
Coach: Neil Henry
Captain: Alan Tongue
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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41st season
Ground: Toyota Stadium
Coach: Ricky Stuart
Captain: Brett Kimmorley
Gold Coast Titans
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1st season
Ground: Carrara Stadium
Coach: John Cartwright
Captain: Scott Prince & Luke Bailey
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
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58th season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Des Hasler
Captain: Matt Orford
Melbourne Storm
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10th season
Ground Olympic Park Stadium
Coach: Craig Bellamy
Captain: Cameron Smith
New Zealand Warriors
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13th season
Ground: Mt Smart Stadium
Coach: Ivan Cleary
Captain: Steve Price
Newcastle Knights
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20th season
Ground: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Andrew JohnsDanny Buderus
North Queensland Cowboys
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13th season
Ground: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Coach: Graham Murray
Captain: Johnathan Thurston
Parramatta Eels
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61st season
Ground: Parramatta Stadium
Coach: Michael Hagan
Captain: Nathan Cayless
Penrith Panthers
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41st season
Ground: CUA Stadium
Coach: Matthew Elliott
Captain: Tony Puletua
South Sydney Rabbitohs
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98th season
Ground: Telstra Stadium
Coach: Jason Taylor
Captain: David Kidwell & Roy Asotasi
St. George Illawarra Dragons
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9th season
Ground: OKI Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium
Coach: Nathan Brown
Captain: Mark Gasnier
Sydney Roosters
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100th season
Ground: Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: Chris AndersonBrad Fittler
Captain: Craig Fitzgibbon
Wests Tigers
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8th season
Ground: Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Brett Hodgson
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Ladder[]

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 21 0 3 1 627 277 +350 44
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 18 0 6 1 597 377 +220 38
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 1 547 618 −71 32
4 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 13 1 10 1 593 434 +159 29
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 13 0 11 1 573 481 +92 28
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 0 12 1 575 528 +47 26
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 12 0 12 1 408 399 +9 26
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 11 0 13 1 511 476 +35 24
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 11 0 13 1 541 561 −20 24
10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 10 1 13 1 445 610 −165 23
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 10 0 14 1 463 403 +60 22
12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14 1 409 559 −150 22
13 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 24 9 0 15 1 431 509 −78 20
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 9 0 15 1 522 650 −128 20
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 9 0 15 1 418 708 −290 20
16 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 8 0 16 1 539 607 −68 18


Ladder progression[]

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in 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
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 34 36 38 40 42 44
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 2 4 6 8 10 12 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 24 24 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 36 36 38
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 22 22 22 24 26 28 30 32
4 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 2 4 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 23 25 25 27 29
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 20 22 24 24 26 26 26 26 28
6 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 0 0 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 22 24 26 26 28
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 12 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 26
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 0 0 0 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 22 22 22 24 24
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 18 20 20 20 22 22 22 24 24 24
10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 12 12 12 14 16 18 19 21 21 21 23
11 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 10 12 12 12 14 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 18 18 20 22
12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 0 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 20 20 22 22 22
13 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 16 16 18 18 18 20 20
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 0 0 2 2 4 4 6 6 8 10 12 12 14 14 14 14 14 16 16 18 18 18 20 20 20
15 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 2 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 12 14 14 16 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 20
16 Panthers colours.svg Penrith 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 18 18


Finals series[]

To decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre Final Eight System. The finals series was contested over a period of four weeks, culminating with the NRL Grand Final being held on Sunday 30 September 2007. For the first time, the week 2 and week 3 final matches were played in the cities of previous week winners rather than Sydney only.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee Crowd
Qualifying Finals
New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 10 – 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 7 September 2007 8:30pm Mt Smart Stadium Tony Archer 28,745
North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 20 – 18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 8 September 2007 6:30pm Dairy Farmers Stadium Paul Simpkins 24,004
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 30 – 6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 8 September 2007 8:30pm Brookvale Oval Shayne Hayne 19,875
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 40 – 0 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 9 September 2007 4:00pm Olympic Park Stadium Steve Clark 15,522
Semi Finals
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 25 – 6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 15 September 2007 7:45pm Telstra Stadium Shayne Hayne 50,621
North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 49 – 12 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 16 September 2007 4:00pm Dairy Farmers Stadium Tony Archer 21,847
Preliminary Finals
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 28 – 6 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 22 September 2007 7:45pm Sydney Football Stadium Paul Simpkins 32,611
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 26 – 10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 23 September 2007 4:00pm Telstra Dome Tony Archer 33,427

Finals Chart[]

  Qualifying Finals Semi Finals Preliminary Finals Grand Final
                                     
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 40
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 0
  1W Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 26  
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly 30   4W Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 25       Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 10    
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 6   2L Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury 6           Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 34
        Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly 8
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 20         2W Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly 28    
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury 18   3W North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 49       North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 6  
  1L New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 12  
4 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 10
5 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 12

Grand final[]

Sunday, 30 September
19:15
Melbourne Storm 34-8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Tries:
Greg Inglis (2), Anthony Quinn (2), Michael Crocker, Matt King, Clint Newton
Goals:
Cameron Smith (3/8)
Report Tries:
Chris Hicks, Steve Matai
Goals:
Matt Orford (0/2)
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 81,392[8]
Referee: Tony Archer
Player of the Match: Greg Inglis

Dally M Awards[]

The Dally M Awards were introduced in 1980 by News Limited. The most prestigious of these awards is the Dally M Medal which is awarded to the Player Of The Year and many other awards. The other prestigious award is the Provans Summons Medal which is the season's best player as voted by the public. As well as honouring the player of the year the awards night also recognises the premier player in each position, the best coach, the best captain, representative player of the year and the most outstanding rookie of the season. The awards night and Player of the Year medal are named in honour of Australian former rugby league great Herbert Henry "Dally" Messenger. The top try-scorer and top point-scorer tallies are made at the end of the last round of the regular season and hence may be different from the overall top-scorers by the end of the finals.

Award Player Club
Dally M Medal Johnathan Thurston North Queensland Cowboys
Provan-Summons Medal Nathan Hindmarsh Parramatta Eels
Rookie of the Year Israel Folau Melbourne Storm
Captain of the Year Steve Price New Zealand Warriors
Rep Player of the Year Cameron Smith Melbourne Storm
Coach of the Year Craig Bellamy Melbourne Storm
Top Tryscorer of the Year Israel Folau
Matt Bowen
Melbourne Storm
North Queensland Cowboys
Top Pointscorer of the Year Hazem El Masri Bulldogs

Team of the Year

Award Player Club
Best Fullback Matthew Bowen North Queensland Cowboys
Best Winger Jarryd Hayne Parramatta Eels
Best Centre Justin Hodges Brisbane Broncos
Best Five-Eighth Darren Lockyer Brisbane Broncos
Best Halfback Johnathan Thurston North Queensland Cowboys
Best Lock Dallas Johnson Melbourne Storm
Best Second-Rower Anthony Watmough Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Best Prop Steve Price New Zealand Warriors
Best Hooker Robbie Farah Wests Tigers

2007 Transfers[]

Players[]

Player 2006 Club 2007 Club
Neville Costigan Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Casey McGuire Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Scott Minto Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Brett Seymour Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tame Tupou Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Bullscolours.svg Super League: Bradford Bulls
Shane Webcke Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Retirement
Jason Croker Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Craig Frawley Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Michael Hodgson Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Kris Kahler Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Andrew Lomu Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Terry Martin Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Celtic Crusaders
Adam Mogg Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Clinton Schifcofske Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Queensland Reds (Super 14)
Jason Smith Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Simon Woolford Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Roy Asotasi Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tony Grimaldi Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Retirement
Daniel Irvine Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Nate Myles Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Darren Albert Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Phil Bailey Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Matt Hilder Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Tevita Leo-Latu Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Hutch Maiava Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Darren Mapp Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Celtic Crusaders
Beau Scott Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
James Stosic Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Nigel Vagana Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Richard Villasanti Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Ben Kennedy Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Kylie Leuluai Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Paul Stephenson Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Michael Witt Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Jamie Feeney Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Retirement
Nathan Friend Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Scott Hill Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Quinscolours.svg Super League: Harlequins RL
David Kidwell Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Glen Turner Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Chris Walker Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Jake Webster Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Brian Carney Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Munster (Irish rugby union)
Dustin Cooper Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Matt Gidley Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens
Todd Lowrie Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Anthony Quinn Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Craig Smith Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Sione Faumuina New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Awen Guttenbeil New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers
Clinton Toopi New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Brent Webb New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Brett Firman North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Josh Hannay North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Travis Norton North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Mitchell Sargent North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Matt Sing North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Wade McKinnon Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
John Morris Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Glenn Morrison Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Bullscolours.svg Super League: Bradford Bulls
Luke O'Dwyer Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Adam Peek Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Henry Perenara Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Matt Petersen Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Paul Stringer Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Michael Vella Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Dean Widders Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Preston Campbell Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Danny Galea Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Lee Hookey Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Craig Stapleton Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Luke Swain Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Adam MacDougall South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Mark Minichiello South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Todd Polglase South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Ben Walker South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Shane Walker South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Luke Bailey St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Trent Barrett St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Colin Best St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Matt Bickerstaff St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Aaron Gorrell St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Clint Greenshields St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Michael Henderson St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Reece Simmonds St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Shaun Timmins St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Ryan Cross Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Western Force (Super 14)
John Doyle Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Retirement
Mark Edmondson Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford City Reds
Brett Finch Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Chris Flannery Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens
Glenn Hall Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Adrian Morley Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Shane Elford Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Sam Harris Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers New South Wales Waratahs (Super 14)
Anthony Laffranchi Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Jamahl Lolesi Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Scott Prince Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
John Skandalis Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Brad Meyers Bullscolours.svg Super League: Bradford Bulls Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Richie Faʻaoso Castleford colours.svg Super League: Castleford Tigers Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Danny Nutley Castleford colours.svg Super League: Castleford Tigers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Chris Beattie Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Ian Hindmarsh Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Nick Bradley-Qalilawa Quinscolours.svg Super League: Harlequins RL Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Richard Mathers Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Andrew Dunemann Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford City Reds Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Jamie Lyon Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Logan Swann Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Michael Dobson Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Scott Logan Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
David Myles Toulouse Olympique Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Matt Rua Central Comets (Queensland Cup) Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Mat Rogers New South Wales Waratahs (Super 14) Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Jason Moodie N/A Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers

Coaches[]

Coach 2006 Club 2007 Club
Matthew Elliott Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Michael Hagan Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Ricky Stuart Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Footnotes[]

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