2015 NRL season

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2015 National Rugby League
DurationMarch 5 – October 4, 2015
Teams16
PremiersNorth Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys (1st title)
Minor premiersEastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (19th title)
Matches played201
Points scored8157
Attendance3230867
Top points scorer(s)Canberra colours.svg Jarrod Croker (236)
Player of the yearNorth Queensland colours.svg Johnathan Thurston (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)Parramatta colours.svg Semi Radradra (24)
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The 2015 NRL season was the 108th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 18th season of the National Rugby League in Australia and New Zealand. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, which was followed by the Rugby League All Stars Match, returning after a one-year hiatus, and the World Club Series.[1] North Queensland Cowboys won their first premiership in only the second Grand Final to be decided in extra time and their second ever grand final.[2]

Season launch and advertising[]

The season launched with a gala event at the Queens Wharf, Auckland on 29 January attended by a selection of the code's stars including Shaun Johnson and Greg Inglis. It was the first time the event had been held outside Australia.[3][4]

The NRL and their longstanding ad agency MJW Haukuhodo used, for the second year running, Robbie Williams' "Let Me Entertain You" as the commercial soundtrack. The launch commercial takes members and supporters on a journey from the outback plains of Western Queensland to an inner city boot camp in Sydney and features more than fifty NRL club members and fans in a range of scenarios that include a rendition of a Haka on a Sydney train and a focus on Greg Inglis' trademark Goanna post-try celebration.[5]

The second Sunday afternoon match began at 4:10 pm instead of the traditional 3:10 pm. This change was to allow the Nine Network to show the match live into New South Wales and Queensland, and use it as a lead-in to their respective 6:00 pm news bulletins.

Teams[]

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 9th consecutive year. The NRL's salary cap for the clubs' top 25 players will be $A6.3M for 2015.[6]

Colours Club Season Home ground(s) Head coach Captain(s)
Brisbane colours.svg
 Brisbane Broncos 28th season Suncorp Stadium Wayne Bennett Justin Hodges
Canberra colours.svg
 Canberra Raiders 34th season GIO Stadium Canberra Ricky Stuart Jarrod Croker
Canterbury colours.svg
 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 81st season ANZ Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground Des Hasler James Graham[7]
Cronulla colours.svg
 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 49th season Remondis Stadium Shane Flanagan Paul Gallen
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg
 Gold Coast Titans 9th season Cbus Super Stadium Neil Henry Nate Myles
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 66th season Brookvale Oval Geoff Toovey Jamie Lyon
Melbourne colours.svg
 Melbourne Storm 18th season AAMI Park Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith
Newcastle colours.svg
 Newcastle Knights 28th season Hunter Stadium Rick Stone→Danny Buderus (interim) Kurt Gidley
New Zealand colours.svg
 New Zealand Warriors 21st season Mt. Smart Stadium Andrew McFadden Simon Mannering
North Queensland colours.svg
 North Queensland Cowboys 21st season 1300SMILES Stadium Paul Green Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
Parramatta colours.svg
 Parramatta Eels 69th season Pirtek Stadium Brad Arthur Tim Mannah
Panthers colours.svg
 Penrith Panthers 49th season Pepper Stadium Ivan Cleary Peter Wallace
South Sydney colours.svg
 South Sydney Rabbitohs 106th season ANZ Stadium Michael Maguire Greg Inglis[8]
St. George colours.svg
 St. George Illawarra Dragons 17th season WIN Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium Paul McGregor Ben Creagh
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
 Sydney Roosters 108th season Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson Mitchell Pearce & Jake Friend[9]
Wests Tigers colours.svg
 Wests Tigers 15th season Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval Jason Taylor Robbie Farah

Pre-season[]

The 2015 pre-season featured the second Auckland Nines tournament, held over a weekend at Auckland's Eden Park in which the South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the final. This tournament took place on the last weekend of January, and the All Stars match was played on Friday 13 February at Cbus Super Stadium in Robina.[1] The 2015 World Club Series took place in England with 2014 premiers the South Sydney Rabbitohs taking on Super League champions St. Helens in the showpiece match, which South Sydney won.

Regular season[]

See also: 2015 NRL 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 F1 F2 F3 GF
Brisbane Broncos SOU
30 		CRO
8 		NQL
22 		NZL
8 		GCT
10 		SYD
4 		SGI
2 		PAR
12 		PEN
3 		NQL
11 		NEW
13 		CAN
12 		MAN
34 		X MEL
2 		NEW
22 		X CBY
8 		WTI
26 		GCT
34 		MAN
30 		CBY
2 		SGI
26 		SYD
2 		SOU
35 		MEL
7 		NQL
4 		X SYD
19 		NQL
1
Canberra Raiders CRO
4 		NZL
12 		SGI
2 		SYD
28 		MAN
13 		MEL
4 		WTI
8 		SOU
8 		GCT
40 		SGI
14 		CBY
7 		BRI
12 		NEW
22 		X NQL
1 		NZL
22 		X NEW
14 		CRO
1 		PEN
10 		NQL
8 		WTI
2 		MAN
2 		GCT
16 		PEN
16 		PAR
4
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs PEN
6 		PAR
20 		MAN
4 		WTI
1 		SOU
1 		SGI
25 		MAN
12 		WTI
24 		NQL
7 		SYD
14 		CAN
7 		X SGI
13 		GCT
14 		PEN
12 		MEL
16 		X BRI
8 		PAR
24 		CRO
2 		SYD
10 		BRI
2 		GCT
22 		SOU
14 		NEW
2 		NZL
4 		SGI
1 		SYD
26
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks CAN
4 		BRI
8 		MEL
18 		GCT
2 		SYD
8 		NEW
16 		SOU
8 		PEN
8 		NZL
4 		GCT
1 		X SGI
36 		SYD
6 		X NEW
2 		NQL
6 		MAN
12 		SGI
20 		CAN
1 		CBY
2 		NZL
4 		NQL
12 		MEL
28 		WTI
22 		PAR
7 		MAN
2 		SOU
16 		NQL
39
Gold Coast Titans WTI
1 		PEN
40 		NEW
2 		CRO
2 		BRI
10 		PAR
22 		PEN
26 		NZL
4 		CAN
40 		CRO
1 		X SOU
6 		WTI
7 		CBY
14 		NZL
22 		SYD
10 		X MAN
32 		NEW
28 		BRI
34 		PAR
10 		MEL
22 		CBY
22 		CAN
16 		SGI
2 		NQL
30
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles PAR
30 		MEL
2 		CBY
4 		SGI
8 		CAN
13 		PEN
10 		CBY
12 		MEL
2 		NEW
20 		PEN
1 		X NQL
4 		BRI
34 		X WTI
10 		SOU
12 		CRO
12 		GCT
32 		NQL
18 		NZL
20 		BRI
30 		SOU
20 		CAN
2 		PAR
4 		SYD
36 		CRO
2
Melbourne Storm SGI
8 		MAN
2 		CRO
18 		NQL
1 		NZL
16 		CAN
4 		SYD
1 		MAN
2 		PAR
18 		SOU
4 		X SYD
22 		PEN
20 		PAR
4 		BRI
2 		CBY
16 		X NZL
14 		PEN
42 		SGI
18 		WTI
18 		GCT
22 		CRO
28 		NEW
14 		NQL
8 		BRI
7 		SYD
2 		X NQL
20
Newcastle Knights NZL
10 		NQL
2 		GCT
2 		PEN
12 		SGI
13 		CRO
16 		PAR
6 		NQL
2 		MAN
20 		WTI
10 		BRI
13 		NZL
4 		CAN
22 		X CRO
2 		BRI
22 		X CAN
14 		GCT
28 		SOU
46 		SGI
22 		SYD
16 		WTI
6 		MEL
14 		CBY
2 		PEN
18
New Zealand Warriors NEW
10 		CAN
12 		PAR
13 		BRI
8 		MEL
16 		WTI
10 		NQL
4 		GCT
4 		CRO
4 		PAR
4 		X NEW
4 		SOU
32 		SYD
4 		GCT
22 		CAN
22 		X MEL
14 		SYD
24 		MAN
20 		CRO
4 		SGI
36 		PEN
14 		NQL
34 		WTI
34 		CBY
4
North Queensland Cowboys SYD
24 		NEW
2 		BRI
22 		MEL
1 		PEN
20 		SOU
18 		NZL
4 		NEW
2 		CBY
7 		BRI
11 		WTI
8 		MAN
4 		PAR
6 		X CAN
1 		CRO
6 		SGI
6 		X MAN
18 		PAR
42 		CAN
8 		CRO
12 		SOU
13 		NZL
34 		MEL
8 		GCT
30 		BRI
4 		CRO
39 		MEL
20 		BRI
1
Parramatta Eels MAN
30 		CBY
20 		NZL
13 		SOU
13 		WTI
16 		GCT
22 		NEW
6 		BRI
12 		MEL
18 		NZL
4 		SOU
2 		PEN
6 		NQL
6 		MEL
4 		X SGI
4 		WTI
12 		X CBY
24 		NQL
42 		GCT
10 		PEN
6 		SYD
10 		MAN
4 		CRO
7 		CAN
4
Penrith Panthers CBY
6 		GCT
40 		SYD
8 		NEW
12 		NQL
20 		MAN
10 		GCT
26 		CRO
8 		BRI
3 		MAN
1 		X PAR
6 		MEL
20 		X CBY
12 		WTI
23 		SOU
14 		SYD
20 		MEL
42 		CAN
10 		SOU
4 		PAR
6 		NZL
14 		SGI
7 		CAN
16 		NEW
18
South Sydney Rabbitohs BRI
30 		SYD
8 		WTI
14 		PAR
13 		CBY
1 		NQL
18 		CRO
8 		CAN
8 		SGI
6 		MEL
4 		PAR
2 		GCT
6 		NZL
32 		WTI
28 		X MAN
12 		PEN
14 		X SGI
16 		NEW
46 		PEN
4 		MAN
20 		NQL
13 		CBY
14 		BRI
35 		SYD
30 		CRO
16
St. George Illawarra Dragons MEL
8 		WTI
18 		CAN
2 		MAN
8 		NEW
13 		CBY
25 		BRI
2 		SYD
2 		SOU
6 		CAN
14 		X CRO
36 		CBY
13 		X SYD
5 		PAR
4 		NQL
6 		CRO
20 		SOU
16 		MEL
18 		NEW
22 		NZL
36 		BRI
26 		PEN
7 		GCT
2 		WTI
2 		CBY
1
Sydney Roosters NQL
24 		SOU
8 		PEN
8 		CAN
28 		CRO
8 		BRI
4 		MEL
1 		SGI
2 		WTI
32 		CBY
14 		X MEL
22 		CRO
6 		NZL
4 		SGI
5 		GCT
10 		X PEN
20 		NZL
24 		WTI
25 		CBY
10 		NEW
16 		PAR
10 		BRI
2 		MAN
36 		SOU
30 		MEL
2 		CBY
26 		BRI
19
Wests Tigers GCT
1 		SGI
18 		SOU
14 		CBY
1 		PAR
16 		NZL
10 		CAN
8 		CBY
24 		SYD
32 		NEW
10 		NQL
8 		X GCT
7 		SOU
28 		MAN
10 		PEN
23 		PAR
12 		X BRI
26 		SYD
25 		MEL
18 		CAN
2 		NEW
6 		CRO
22 		NZL
34 		SGI
2
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 F1 F2 F3 GF

Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

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Ladder[]

2015 NRL season
  • v
  • t
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24 18 0 6 2 591 300 +291 40
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 17 0 7 2 574 379 +195 38
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys (P) 24 17 0 7 2 587 454 +133 38
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 14 0 10 2 467 348 +119 32
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 2 522 480 +42 32
6 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 2 469 476 −7 32
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 13 0 11 2 465 467 −2 30
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 12 0 12 2 435 408 +27 28
9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 0 13 2 458 492 −34 26
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 2 577 569 +8 24
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24 9 0 15 2 399 477 −78 22
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 9 0 15 2 448 573 −125 22
13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 9 0 15 2 445 588 −143 22
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 9 0 15 2 439 636 −197 22
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24 8 0 16 2 487 562 −75 20
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24 8 0 16 2 458 612 −154 20

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 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
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 0 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 34 34 36 36 38 38
3 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland (P) 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 30 32 34 34 34 36 36 38
4 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 18 18 20 20 22 24 24 26 28 28 30 32
5 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 0 2 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 20 22 22 22 24 26 28 30 32
6 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 26 28 28 30 32 32
7 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 28 30 30 30 30
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 22 24 24 26 26 28
9 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 26
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 18 18 20 20 20 20 20 22 24
11 Panthers colours.svg Penrith 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 20 20 20 22
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 18 18 18 20 20 22 22 22
13 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 0 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 16 18 20 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 16 16 16 18 18 18 20 22 22
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 16 18 18 18 20 20
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 2 4 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 18 20 20 20

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Finals series[]

See also: 2015 NRL season results - Finals series

A new record was set for overall attendance in Week 1 of the Finals with a combined total of 131,794.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referees Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 18 – 20 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 11 September 2015, 8:00 pm Allianz Stadium Ben Cummins
Alan Shortall 		20,521
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs † 11 – 10 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 12 September 2015, 5:55 pm ANZ Stadium Jared Maxwell
Gavin Morris 		33,854
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 16 – 12 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 12 September 2015, 8:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Gerard Sutton
Gavin Badger 		50,388
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 28 – 12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 13 September 2015, 4:10 pm Allianz Stadium Matt Cecchin
Ashley Klein 		27,031
SEMI FINALS
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 38 – 12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 18 September 2015, 7:55 pm Allianz Stadium Matt Cecchin
Ben Cummins 		35,711
North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 39 – 0 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 19 September 2015, 7:45 pm 1300SMILES Stadium Gerard Sutton
Gavin Badger 		21,683
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 31 – 12 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 25 September 2015, 8:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Gerard Sutton
Gavin Badger 		51,826
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 12 – 32 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 26 September 2015, 7:45 pm AAMI Park Matt Cecchin
Ben Cummins 		29,315

† Match decided in golden point extra time.

Chart[]

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: 11 Sept, Allianz Stadium  
1  Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 18  
4  Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 20     SF1: 18 Sept, Allianz Stadium  
     Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 38    
EF1: 12 Sept, ANZ Stadium      Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 12       PF1: 26 Sept, AAMI Park
5  Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 11        Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 12  
8  St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 10          North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 32     GF: 4 Oct, ANZ Stadium
         Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 16
  EF2: 13 Sept, Allianz Stadium       PF2: 25 Sept, Suncorp Stadium      North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 17
6  Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 28          Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 31  
7  South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 12     SF2: 19 Sept, 1300SMILES Stadium        Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 12  
     North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 39    
QF2: 12 Sept, Suncorp Stadium      Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 0    
2  Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 16  
3  North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 12  


Grand final[]

Main article: 2015 NRL Grand Final
Sunday, 4 October
7:30pm AEDT
Brisbane Broncos Brisbane colours.svg 16 – 17
Golden Point 		North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Tries:
Corey Oates (7') 1
Jack Reed (34') 1
Goals:
Corey Parker 2/2
(6' pen, 9')
Jordan Kahu 2/2
(35', 43' pen) 		1st: 14 - 12
2nd: 2 - 4
GP: 0 - 1 		Tries:
Justin O'Neill (10') 1
James Tamou (25') 1
Kyle Feldt (80') 1
Goals:
Johnathan Thurston 2/3
(12', 26')
Field Goals:
Johnathan Thurston (83') 1
ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 82,758
Clive Churchill Medalist: Johnathan Thurston
Referee: Gerard Sutton, Ben Cummins

Regular season player statistics[]

The following statistics are of the conclusion of Round 26.

2015 Transfers[]

Players[]

Player 2014 Club 2015 Club
Ben Barba Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
David Hala Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Ben Hannant Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Josh Hoffman Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Martin Kennedy Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suspension
Todd Lowrie Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Retirement
Terry Campese Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Tom Learoyd-Lahrs Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Anthony Milford Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Reece Robinson Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Bill Tupou Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Brett White Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Retirement
Mitch Brown Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Michael Ennis Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Dale Finucane Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Krisnan Inu Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Stade Français (French rugby union)
Reni Maitua Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers
Todd Carney Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Isaac De Gois Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Bryce Gibbs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Daniel Holdsworth Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
John Morris Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Beau Ryan Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Nathan Stapleton Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks N/A
Siosaia Vave Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Jonathan Wright Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Luke Bailey Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
Maurice Blair Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Ashley Harrison Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
Albert Kelly Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Steve Michaels Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Mark Minichiello Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Brad Takairangi Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Daniel Harrison Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Broncoscolours.png London Broncos
Jason King Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Glenn Stewart Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Anthony Watmough Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Ryan Hoffman Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Junior Moors Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Castleford colours.svg Super League: Castleford Tigers
Bryan Norrie Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Retirement
Justin O'Neill Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Ben Roberts Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Castleford colours.svg Super League: Castleford Tigers
Joel Romelo Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Eastern Suburbs Tigers (Intrust Super Cup)
George Rose Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Sisa Waqa Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Darius Boyd Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Adam Cuthbertson Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Michael Dobson Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford Red Devils
Willie Mason Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Alex McKinnon Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Timana Tahu Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Zane Tetevano Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights N/A
Travis Waddell Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Jayson Bukuya New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Suaia Matagi New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Feleti Mateo New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Dane Nielsen New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Jerome Ropati New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Retirement
Anthony Mitchell North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup)
Ashton Sims North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Tariq Sims North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Brent Tate North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Ricky Thorby North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup)
Mitchell Allgood Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Jarryd Hayne Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels San Francisco 49ers (NFL)
Fuifui Moimoi Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Lee Mossop Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Ken Sio Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Ben Smith Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Willie Tonga Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Tim Grant Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Kevin Kingston Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Kevin Naiqama Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Wes Naiqama Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Broncoscolours.png London Broncos
Matt Robinson Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Ryan Simpkins Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Luke Burgess South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Sam Burgess South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Bath (English rugby union)
Beau Champion South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Nathan Merritt South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Joe Picker South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Ben Te'o South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Leinster (Irish rugby union)
Lote Tuqiri South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Gerard Beale St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Bronson Harrison St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Dan Hunt St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Brett Morris St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Adam Quinlan St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens
Kyle Stanley St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Jack Stockwell St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Michael Witt St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Rémi Casty Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Heath L'Estrange Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Anthony Minichiello Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Retirement
Daniel Mortimer Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Sonny Bill Williams Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Counties Manukau (New Zealand rugby union)
Braith Anasta Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Retirement
Blake Austin Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Adam Blair Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Liam Fulton Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Retirement
Cory Paterson Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford Red Devils
Bodene Thompson Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Daryl Millard Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sam Williams Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Antonio Kaufusi Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Greg Eden HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Josh Hodgson HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Josh Drinkwater Broncoscolours.png Super League: London Broncos Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Willie Manu Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Iosia Soliola Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Blake Green Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Eddy Pettybourne Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Richie Faʻaoso N/A Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Blake Ferguson N/A Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Lagi Setu N/A Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Danny Wicks Suspension Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels

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Coaches[]

Coach 2014 Club 2015 Club
Wayne Bennett Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos

References[]

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  2. ^ Kennedy, Chris (4 October 2015). "Thurston kicks Cowboys to premiership". NRL.com.
  3. ^ Auckland welcomes NRL season launch nrl.com, 30 January 2015
  4. ^ NRL season to launch in New Zealand nrl.com, 5 December 2014
  5. ^ Season launch
  6. ^ Phil Gould (12 July 2014). "NRL's ludicrous and unfair second-tier salary cap holding back young players". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  7. ^ MacSmith, James (24 February 2015). "Dogs captaincy won't change me: Graham". NRL.com.
  8. ^ Brady, Jack (20 January 2015). "Inglis appointed South Sydney captain". NRL.com.
  9. ^ Brady, Jack (16 February 2015). "Pearce, Friend named Roosters co-captains". NRL.com.
  10. ^ "Rugby League Tables / Season 2015". afltables.com.au. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. ^ Rugby League Tables / Ladders / Year by Year
  12. ^ "NRL transfer centre: Your guide to player movement ahead of the 2015 season". The Daily Telegraph. 5 February 2015.
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