2022 NRL season
2022 National Rugby League | |
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Duration | March 10 – October 2, 2022 |
Teams | 16 |
The 2022 NRL season will be the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League. It will also be the last NRL season as 16-club competition, with the Redcliffe Dolphins entering the NRL in 2023.
Teams[]
The lineup of teams will remain unchanged for the 16th consecutive year.
Colours | Club | Season | Home ground(s) | Head coach | Captain(s) |
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Brisbane Broncos | 35th season | Suncorp Stadium | Kevin Walters | Adam Reynolds[1] | |
Canberra Raiders | GIO Stadium Canberra | Ricky Stuart | Jarrod Croker & Elliott Whitehead[2] | ||
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 88th season | Accor Stadium[3] & CommBank Stadium | Trent Barrett | Josh Jackson | |
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 56th season | PointsBet Stadium | Craig Fitzgibbon[4] | Wade Graham | |
Gold Coast Titans | 16th season | Cbus Super Stadium | Justin Holbrook | Tino Fa'asuamaleaui[5] | |
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 73rd season | 4 Pines Park | Des Hasler | Daly Cherry-Evans | |
Melbourne Storm | 25th season | AAMI Park | Craig Bellamy | Jesse Bromwich & Christian Welch[6] | |
Newcastle Knights | 35th season | McDonald Jones Stadium | Adam O'Brien | Jayden Brailey & Kalyn Ponga[7] | |
New Zealand Warriors | Mt. Smart Stadium & Moreton Daily Stadium[8] | Nathan Brown | Tohu Harris[9] | ||
North Queensland Cowboys | 28th season | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | Todd Payten | Jason Taumalolo & Chad Townsend[10] | |
Parramatta Eels | 76th season | CommBank Stadium[11] | Brad Arthur | Clint Gutherson & Junior Paulo[12] | |
Penrith Panthers | 56th season | BlueBet Stadium | Ivan Cleary | Isaah Yeo & Nathan Cleary | |
South Sydney Rabbitohs | Accor Stadium | Jason Demetriou[13] | Cameron Murray[14] | ||
St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24th season | Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium | Anthony Griffin | Ben Hunt | |
Sydney Roosters | Sydney Cricket Ground | Trent Robinson | James Tedesco | ||
Wests Tigers | Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Stadium & CommBank Stadium | Michael Maguire | James Tamou, Luke Brooks, Adam Doueihi, Ken Maumalo & Tyrone Peachey[15] |
Pre-season[]
Pre-season matches were played between 12 February and 28 February 2022, before a 10-day lead up until the beginning of the regular season.[16] It featured nineteen matches across three weekends, including the 2022 All Stars match, which was won by the Māori All Stars 16 – 10,[17] and the annual Charity Shield match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and St George Illawarra Dragons, which the Dragons won 16 - 10.[18] The Titans were scheduled to play the Warriors in their second trial match but the match got postponed and then cancelled due to floods in the area.
Regular season[]
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
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Brisbane Broncos | SOU | CBY | NQL | NZL | SYD | PEN | CBY | CRO | SOU | MAN | NEW | GCT | X | CAN | MEL | NQL | SGI | GCT | PAR | WTI | SYD | NEW | MEL | PAR | SGI | ||||
Canberra Raiders | CRO | NQL | GCT | MAN | MEL | NQL | PEN | NZL | CBY | CRO | SOU | PAR | SYD | BRI | NEW | SGI | X | MEL | NZL | GCT | PEN | SGI | NEW | MAN | WTI | ||||
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | NQL | BRI | MAN | MEL | PEN | SOU | BRI | SYD | CAN | NEW | WTI | SGI | PEN | PAR | WTI | CRO | X | SOU | GCT | NEW | NQL | NZL | PAR | CRO | MAN | ||||
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | CAN | PAR | SGI | NEW | WTI | MEL | MAN | BRI | NZL | CAN | GCT | SYD | X | NZL | GCT | CBY | MEL | NQL | PEN | SOU | SGI | WTI | MAN | CBY | NEW | ||||
Gold Coast Titans | PAR | NZL | CAN | WTI | PAR | MAN | NQL | PEN | SYD | SGI | CRO | BRI | NQL | SOU | CRO | NEW | X | BRI | CBY | CAN | MEL | MAN | SGI | NEW | NZL | ||||
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | PEN | SYD | CBY | CAN | NEW | GCT | CRO | SOU | WTI | BRI | PAR | MEL | NZL | WTI | NQL | MEL | X | NEW | SGI | SYD | PAR | GCT | CRO | CAN | CBY | ||||
Melbourne Storm | WTI | SOU | PAR | CBY | CAN | CRO | NZL | NEW | SGI | PEN | NQL | MAN | X | SYD | BRI | MAN | CRO | CAN | SOU | NZL | GCT | PEN | BRI | SYD | PAR | ||||
Newcastle Knights | SYD | WTI | PEN | CRO | MAN | SGI | PAR | MEL | NQL | CBY | BRI | NZL | X | PEN | CAN | GCT | SOU | MAN | SYD | CBY | WTI | BRI | CAN | GCT | CRO | ||||
New Zealand Warriors | SGI | GCT | WTI | BRI | NQL | SYD | MEL | CAN | CRO | SOU | SGI | NEW | MAN | CRO | PEN | WTI | X | PAR | CAN | MEL | SOU | CBY | NQL | PEN | GCT | ||||
North Queensland Cowboys | CBY | CAN | BRI | SYD | NZL | CAN | GCT | PAR | NEW | WTI | MEL | PEN | GCT | SGI | MAN | BRI | X | CRO | WTI | SGI | CBY | SYD | NZL | SOU | PEN | ||||
Parramatta Eels | GCT | CRO | MEL | SGI | GCT | WTI | NEW | NQL | PEN | SYD | MAN | CAN | X | CBY | SYD | SOU | WTI | NZL | BRI | PEN | MAN | SOU | CBY | BRI | MEL | ||||
Penrith Panthers | MAN | SGI | NEW | SOU | CBY | BRI | CAN | GCT | PAR | MEL | SYD | NQL | CBY | NEW | NZL | SYD | X | WTI | CRO | PAR | CAN | MEL | SOU | NZL | NQL | ||||
South Sydney Rabbitohs | BRI | MEL | SYD | PEN | SGI | CBY | WTI | MAN | BRI | NZL | CAN | WTI | X | GCT | SGI | PAR | NEW | CBY | MEL | CRO | NZL | PAR | PEN | NQL | SYD | ||||
St. George Illawarra Dragons | NZL | PEN | CRO | PAR | SOU | NEW | SYD | WTI | MEL | GCT | NZL | CBY | X | NQL | SOU | CAN | BRI | SYD | MAN | NQL | CRO | CAN | GCT | WTI | BRI | ||||
Sydney Roosters | NEW | MAN | SOU | NQL | BRI | NZL | SGI | CBY | GCT | PAR | PEN | CRO | CAN | MEL | PAR | PEN | X | SGI | NEW | MAN | BRI | NQL | WTI | MEL | SOU | ||||
Wests Tigers | MEL | NEW | NZL | GCT | CRO | PAR | SOU | SGI | MAN | NQL | CBY | SOU | X | MAN | CBY | NZL | PAR | PEN | NQL | BRI | NEW | CRO | SYD | SGI | CAN | ||||
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
Bold – Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Penrith Panthers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 | +22 | 2 |
2 | Newcastle Knights | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 2 |
3 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 2 |
4 | Melbourne Storm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 2 |
5 | Brisbane Broncos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 2 |
6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 2 | |
7 | Parramatta Eels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 2 |
8 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 2 |
9 | North Queensland Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 0 |
10 | Gold Coast Titans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 0 |
11 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 0 |
12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 0 | |
13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 26 | −10 | 0 | |
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 0 | |
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 | |
16 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 0 |
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 | |
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1 | Penrith Panthers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Newcastle Knights | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Melbourne Storm | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Brisbane Broncos | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Canberra Raiders | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Parramatta Eels | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | North Queensland Cowboys | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Gold Coast Titans | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Wests Tigers | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | New Zealand Warriors | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sydney Roosters | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 0 |
2022 Transfers[]
Players[]
Source:[19]
Player | 2021 Club | 2022 Club |
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Jesse Arthars | Brisbane Broncos | New Zealand Warriors |
John Asiata | Brisbane Broncos | Leigh Centurions (Championship) |
Ethan Bullemor | Brisbane Broncos | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |
Xavier Coates | Brisbane Broncos | Melbourne Storm |
Brodie Croft | Brisbane Broncos | Super League: Salford Red Devils |
Alex Glenn | Brisbane Broncos | Retirement |
Karmichael Hunt | Brisbane Broncos | Retirement |
Richard Kennar | Brisbane Broncos | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
Danny Levi | Brisbane Broncos | Super League: Huddersfield Giants |
Matthew Lodge | Brisbane Broncos | New Zealand Warriors |
Anthony Milford | Brisbane Broncos | TBA |
Ben Te'o | Brisbane Broncos | Retirement |
Siliva Havili | Canberra Raiders | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
Ryan James | Canberra Raiders | Brisbane Broncos |
Dunamis Lui | Canberra Raiders | Redcliffe Dolphins (Hostplus Cup) |
Curtis Scott | Canberra Raiders | TBA |
Bailey Simonsson | Canberra Raiders | Parramatta Eels |
Iosia Soliola | Canberra Raiders | Retirement |
George Williams | Canberra Raiders | Super League: Warrington Wolves |
Renouf Atoni | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Sydney Roosters |
Dean Britt | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | TBA |
Nick Cotric | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Canberra Raiders |
Christian Crichton | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Penrith Panthers |
Adam Elliott | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Canberra Raiders |
Will Hopoate | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Super League: St. Helens |
Sione Katoa | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | TBA |
Lachlan Lewis | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | TBA |
Nick Meaney | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Melbourne Storm |
Dylan Napa | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Super League: Catalans Dragons |
Ofahiki Ogden | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Parramatta Eels |
Chris Smith | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Penrith Panthers |
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | New Zealand Warriors |
Will Chambers | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | LA Giltinis (American rugby union) |
Josh Dugan | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Retirement |
Shaun Johnson | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | New Zealand Warriors |
Billy Magoulias | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Super League: Warrington Wolves |
Aaron Woods | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Anthony Don | Gold Coast Titans | Retirement |
Jamal Fogarty | Gold Coast Titans | Canberra Raiders |
Tyrone Peachey | Gold Coast Titans | Wests Tigers |
Mitch Rein | Gold Coast Titans | Parramatta Eels |
Sam Stone | Gold Coast Titans | Leigh Centurions (Championship) |
Ashley Taylor | Gold Coast Titans | New Zealand Warriors |
Jai Whitbread | Gold Coast Titans | Leigh Centurions (Championship) |
Cade Cust | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Super League: Wigan Warriors |
Jack Gosiewski | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Curtis Sironen | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Super League: St. Helens |
Moses Suli | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Josh Addo-Carr | Melbourne Storm | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Aaron Booth | Melbourne Storm | Gold Coast Titans |
Dale Finucane | Melbourne Storm | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
Nicho Hynes | Melbourne Storm | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
Ryley Jacks | Melbourne Storm | Featherstone Rovers (Championship) |
Max King | Melbourne Storm | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Brenko Lee | Melbourne Storm | Brisbane Broncos |
Aaron Pene | Melbourne Storm | New Zealand Warriors |
Blake Green | Newcastle Knights | Retirement |
Josh King | Newcastle Knights | Melbourne Storm |
Mitchell Pearce | Newcastle Knights | Super League: Catalans Dragons |
Gehamat Shibasaki | Newcastle Knights | Green Rockets Tokatsu (Japanese rugby union) |
Connor Watson | Newcastle Knights | Sydney Roosters |
Leeson Ah Mau | New Zealand Warriors | Retirement |
Kane Evans | New Zealand Warriors | Super League: Hull F.C. |
David Fusitu'a | New Zealand Warriors | Super League: Leeds Rhinos |
Peta Hiku | New Zealand Warriors | North Queensland Cowboys |
Ken Maumalo | New Zealand Warriors | Wests Tigers |
Jamayne Taunoa-Brown | New Zealand Warriors | North Queensland Cowboys |
Chad Townsend | New Zealand Warriors | North Queensland Cowboys |
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck | New Zealand Warriors | Auckland Blues (Super Rugby) |
Lachlan Burr | North Queensland Cowboys | Retirement |
Jake Clifford | North Queensland Cowboys | Newcastle Knights |
Corey Jensen | North Queensland Cowboys | Brisbane Broncos |
Francis Molo | North Queensland Cowboys | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Michael Morgan | North Queensland Cowboys | Retirement |
Justin O'Neill | North Queensland Cowboys | Retirement |
Shane Wright | North Queensland Cowboys | Super League: Salford Red Devils |
Blake Ferguson | Parramatta Eels | TBA |
Joey Lussick | Parramatta Eels | Super League: St. Helens |
Michael Oldfield | Parramatta Eels | TBA |
Will Smith | Parramatta Eels | Gold Coast Titans |
Matt Burton | Penrith Panthers | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Kurt Capewell | Penrith Panthers | Brisbane Broncos |
Tyrone May | Penrith Panthers | Super League: Catalans Dragons |
Paul Momirovski | Penrith Panthers | Sydney Roosters |
Brent Naden | Penrith Panthers | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Tevita Pangai Junior | Penrith Panthers | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Braidon Burns | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Dane Gagai | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Newcastle Knights |
Patrick Mago | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Super League: Wigan Warriors |
Benji Marshall | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Retirement |
Tautau Moga | South Sydney Rabbitohs | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Adam Reynolds | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Brisbane Broncos |
Jaydn Su'A | South Sydney Rabbitohs | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Gerard Beale | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Brisbane Tigers (Hostplus Cup) |
Adam Clune | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Newcastle Knights |
Matthew Dufty | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Kaide Ellis | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Super League: Wigan Warriors |
Cameron McInnes | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
Trent Merrin | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Retirement |
Corey Norman | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Retirement |
Jordan Pereira | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Brisbane Broncos |
Paul Vaughan | St. George Illawarra Dragons | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Brayden Wiliame | St. George Illawarra Dragons | USA Perpignan (French rugby union) |
Dale Copley | Sydney Roosters | Retirement |
Jake Friend | Sydney Roosters | Retirement |
Matt Ikuvalu | Sydney Roosters | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |
Isaac Liu | Sydney Roosters | Gold Coast Titans |
Brett Morris | Sydney Roosters | Retirement |
Josh Morris | Sydney Roosters | Retirement |
Michael Chee-Kam | Wests Tigers | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
Joseph Leilua | Wests Tigers | Featherstone Rovers (Championship) |
Moses Mbye | Wests Tigers | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Russell Packer | Wests Tigers | Retirement |
Brendan Elliot | Super League: Leigh Centurions | North Queensland Cowboys |
Kevin Naiqama | Super League: St. Helens | Sydney Roosters |
Oliver Gildart | Super League: Wigan Warriors | Wests Tigers |
Jackson Hastings | Super League: Wigan Warriors | Wests Tigers |
George Burgess | N/A | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
References[]
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