Australian rugby league premiers
For a list of premiers and grand finals of the NRL and its predecessors, see List of National Rugby League Premiers. For a list of Brisbane Rugby League premiers during its time as a top tier competition, see Brisbane Rugby League premiership.
| Australian rugby league premiers |
|---|
| Founded |
| 1908 |
| Country |
 Australia New Zealand
|
| Editions completed |
| Number of teams |
| 16 |
| Current premiers |
 Penrith Panthers (3rd title)
|
| Most titles won |
(NSWRL/NRL)  South Sydney(21 times) (BRL) |
The Australian rugby league premiers are the winners of the top grade competition in Australian rugby league, which is currently the National Rugby League.
History[]
From 1905 the states of Queensland and New South Wales were beginning to create Rugby League competitions, using the rules created in Northern England as a break-away game from Rugby Union.
The first season of rugby league in New South Wales was held in 1908 and was run by the New South Wales Rugby Football League. Queensland Rugby League was established in 1908 also; they ran their inaugural senior season in 1909. Both states ran parallel state competitions from that time. The game was adopted in both states in order to break away from the amateur rugby union competitions that existed at the time. The players had fallen out of heart with the administration of that game due to increased revenue from the game not being reflected in player allotments. At the end of the 1908 NSW season, South Sydney became the first team to win the New South Wales premiership. The Fortitude Valley Diehards, then known as Valleys, won the inaugural senior Queensland Rugby league season in 1909.
The New South Wales Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League competitions ran parallel to each other for nearly the entire 20th century, with interstate competitions held annually. However, due to these competitions being mainly between state representative sides, apart from a few NSWRL premier v BRL premier competitions held in the 1920s, there was often no way to determine a national premier.
After 19 years of interstate-era dominance by New South Wales, the advent of State of Origin football in 1980 led to increased nationalisation of rugby league in Australia. After a failed proposal to play the first ever "National Championship" game in 1984 between the highly fancied BRL premier Wynnum-Manly Seagulls and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the NSWRL, it was decided that the Queensland Rugby League should form a team in 1986 to enter the NSWRL premiership. While the QRL slowly looked to create their own team, a private bid from the Brisbane Broncos consortium won the licence and the team entered the NSWRL in 1988. As a result, the standard of the Brisbane Rugby League decreased, and no BRL player was picked to represent Queensland or Australia afterwards; at this point most historians agree that the NSWRL became the premier competition nationwide.
Although the BRL was also a first-class competition, similar to Australian Rules Football, where the Australian Football League which evolved from the Victorian Football League keeps VFL statistics back to 1897 as its own history but considers South Australia's SANFL and Western Australia's WAFL as separate competitions, the National Rugby League counts the history of the NSWRL Premiership as its own but considers the Brisbane Rugby League separate. Therefore BRL champions are considered Australian Rugby League premiers but are not NRL premiers.
Starting from 1995, the New South Wales competition began to call itself the Australian Rugby League. In 1997, an actual national competition was created by News Limited known as Super League, this was formed and run alongside the New South Wales and Queensland state premierships, a number of New South Wales competition teams being promoted to it. Later that year, an agreement was made between Super League and the New South Wales competition, following massive financial loss to both parties, to merge into a new National competition, known as the National Rugby League.
South Sydney, with 20 New South Wales State titles, have been crowned New South Wales premiers more times than any other team. Fortitude Valley Diehards won the Queensland competition 23 times during its period as a first class competition, giving them the most first-class titles in Australian rugby league. They are followed by St. George with 15 premierships, including a record 11 New South Wales premierships in a row between 1956 and 1966. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks took nearly 50 years to win their maiden premiership in 2016 - longer than any other club in the history of the game (Parramatta's maiden premiership came in its 35th season in 1981).
There are 2 clubs currently playing in the National Rugby League that are yet to win a premiership; New Zealand Warriors and Gold Coast Titans.
Since 1908, counting the NRL and some of its predecessors (including the 1997 Super League Season), the following sides are a few who have never won a premiership:
- Newcastle Rebels
- Cumberland RLFC
- Glebe Dirty Reds
- Annandale Dales
- University Students
- Illawarra Steelers
- Gold Coast Giants / Seagulls / Chargers
- New Zealand Warriors
- Western Reds
- South Queensland Crushers
- Adelaide Rams
- Hunter Mariners
- Northern Eagles
- Gold Coast Titans
All BRL teams except the Ipswich Jets won a premiership during its time as a top level competition.
List of NSWRL/ARL/SL/NRL Premierships[]
Seasons[]
| Season | Premiers | Score | Runners-up | Minor Premiers | Wooden Spoon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Rugby League | |||||
| 1908 | South Sydney
|
14 – 12 |  Eastern Suburbs
|
South Sydney
|
 Cumberland
|
| 1909 | South Sydney (2)
|
No Grand Final |  Balmain
|
South Sydney (2)
|
 Western Suburbs
|
| 1910 |  Newtown
|
4 – 4 | South Sydney
|
Newtown
|
Western Suburbs (2)
|
| 1911 | Eastern Suburbs
|
11 – 8 |  Glebe
|
Glebe
|
Balmain
|
| 1912 | Eastern Suburbs (2)
|
No Grand Final | Glebe
|
Eastern Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs (3)
|
| 1913 | Eastern Suburbs (3)
|
No Grand Final | Newtown
|
Eastern Suburbs (2)
|
Western Suburbs (4)
|
| 1914 | South Sydney (3)
|
No Grand Final | Newtown
|
South Sydney (3)
|
 Annandale
|
| 1915 | Balmain
|
No Grand Final | Glebe
|
Balmain
|
 North Sydney
|
| 1916 | Balmain (2)
|
5 – 3 | South Sydney
|
Balmain (2)
|
Western Suburbs (5)
|
| 1917 | Balmain (3)
|
No Grand Final | South Sydney
|
Balmain (3)
|
North Sydney (2)
|
| 1918 | South Sydney (4)
|
No Grand Final | Western Suburbs
|
South Sydney (4)
|
Annandale (2)
|
| 1919 | Balmain (4)
|
No Grand Final | Eastern Suburbs
|
Balmain (4)
|
North Sydney (3)
|
| 1920 | Balmain (5)
|
No Grand Final | South Sydney
|
Balmain (5)
|
Annandale (3)
|
| 1921 | North Sydney
|
No Grand Final | Eastern Suburbs
|
North Sydney
|
 Sydney University
|
| 1922 | North Sydney (2)
|
35 – 3 | Glebe
|
North Sydney (2)
|
 St George
|
| 1923 | Eastern Suburbs (4)
|
15 – 12 | South Sydney
|
Eastern Suburbs (3)
|
Sydney University (2)
|
| 1924 | Balmain (6)
|
3 – 0 | South Sydney
|
Balmain (6)
|
Newtown
|
| 1925 | South Sydney (5)
|
No Grand Final | Western Suburbs
|
South Sydney (5)
|
Newtown (2)
|
| 1926 | South Sydney (6)
|
11 – 5 | Sydney University
|
South Sydney (6)
|
St George (2)
|
| 1927 | South Sydney (7)
|
20 – 11 | St. George
|
South Sydney (7)
|
Sydney University (3)
|
| 1928 | South Sydney (8)
|
26 – 5 | Eastern Suburbs
|
St. George
|
Newtown (3)
|
| 1929 | South Sydney (9)
|
30 – 10 | Newtown
|
South Sydney (8)
|
Sydney University (4)
|
| 1930 | Western Suburbs
|
27 – 2 | St. George
|
Western Suburbs
|
Sydney University (5)
|
| 1931 | South Sydney (10)
|
12 – 7 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs (4)
|
Sydney University (6)
|
| 1932 | South Sydney (11)
|
19 – 12 | Western Suburbs
|
South Sydney (9)
|
North Sydney (4)
|
| 1933 | Newtown (2)
|
18 – 5 | St. George
|
Newtown (2)
|
Western Suburbs (6)
|
| 1934 | Western Suburbs (2)
|
15 – 12 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs (5)
|
Sydney University (7)
|
| 1935 | Eastern Suburbs (5)
|
19 – 3 | South Sydney
|
Eastern Suburbs (6)
|
Sydney University (8)
|
| 1936 | Eastern Suburbs (6)
|
32 – 12 | Balmain
|
Eastern Suburbs (7)
|
Sydney University (9)
|
| 1937 | Eastern Suburbs (7)
|
No Grand Final | South Sydney
|
Eastern Suburbs (8)
|
Sydney University (10)
|
| 1938 |  Canterbury
|
19 – 6 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Canterbury
|
St George (3)
|
| 1939 | Balmain (7)
|
33 – 4 | South Sydney
|
Balmain (7)
|
Newtown (4)
|
| 1940 | Eastern Suburbs (8)
|
24 – 14 | Canterbury
|
Eastern Suburbs (9)
|
Western Suburbs (7)
|
| 1941 | St. George
|
31 – 14 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs (10)
|
North Sydney (5)
|
| 1942 | Canterbury (2)
|
11 – 9 | St. George
|
Canterbury (2)
|
Western Suburbs (8)
|
| 1943 | Newtown (3)
|
34 – 7 | North Sydney
|
Newtown (3)
|
Canterbury
|
| 1944 | Balmain (8)
|
12 – 8 | Newtown
|
Newtown (4)
|
Canterbury (2)
|
| 1945 | Eastern Suburbs (9)
|
22 – 18 | Balmain
|
Eastern Suburbs (11)
|
South Sydney
|
| 1946 | Balmain (9)
|
13 – 12 | St. George
|
St. George (2)
|
South Sydney (2)
|
| 1947 | Balmain (10)
|
13 – 9 | Canterbury
|
Canterbury (3)
|
 Parramatta
|
| 1948 | Western Suburbs (3)
|
8 – 5 | Balmain
|
Western Suburbs (2)
|
North Sydney (6)
|
| 1949 | St. George (2)
|
19 – 12 | South Sydney
|
South Sydney (10)
|
Eastern Suburbs
|
| 1950 | South Sydney (12)
|
21 – 15 | Western Suburbs
|
South Sydney (11)
|
North Sydney (7)
|
| 1951 | South Sydney (13)
|
42 – 14 |  Manly-Warringah
|
South Sydney (12)
|
North Sydney (8)
|
| 1952 | Western Suburbs (4)
|
22 – 12 | South Sydney
|
Western Suburbs (3)
|
Parramatta (2)
|
| 1953 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (14)
|
31 – 12 | St. George Dragons
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (13)
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (9)
|
| 1954 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (15)
|
23 – 15 | Newtown
|
Newtown (5)
|
Parramatta (3)
|
| 1955 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (16)
|
12 – 11 | Newtown
|
Newtown (6)
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (10)
|
| 1956 | St. George Dragons (3)
|
18 – 12 | Balmain Tigers
|
St George Dragons (3)
|
Parramatta (4)
|
| 1957 | St. George Dragons (4)
|
31 – 9 | Manly-Warringah
|
St George Dragons (4)
|
Parramatta (5)
|
| 1958 | St. George Dragons (5)
|
20 – 9 | Western Suburbs Magpies
|
St George Dragons (5)
|
Parramatta (6)
|
| 1959 | St. George Dragons (6)
|
20 – 0 | Manly-Warringah
|
St George Dragons (6)
|
Parramatta (7)
|
| 1960 | St. George Dragons (7)
|
31 – 6 | Eastern Suburbs
|
St George Dragons (7)
|
Parramatta Eels (8)
|
| 1961 | St. George Dragons (8)
|
22 – 0 | Western Suburbs Magpies
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (4)
|
Parramatta (9)
|
| 1962 | St. George Dragons (9)
|
9 – 6 | Western Suburbs Magpies
|
St George Dragons (8)
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (3)
|
| 1963 | St. George Dragons (10)
|
8 – 3 | Western Suburbs Magpies
|
St George Dragons (9)
|
Eastern Suburbs (2)
|
| 1964 | St. George Dragons (11)
|
11 – 6 | Balmain Tigers
|
St George Dragons (10)
|
Canterbury-Bankstown (3)
|
| 1965 | St. George Dragons (12)
|
12 – 8 | South Sydney Rabbitohs
|
St George Dragons (11)
|
Eastern Suburbs (3)
|
| 1966 | St. George Dragons (13)
|
23 – 4 | Balmain Tigers
|
St George Dragons (12)
|
Eastern Suburbs (4)
|
| 1967 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (17)
|
12 – 10 | Canterbury-Bankstown
|
St George Dragons (13)
|
 Cronulla-Sutherland
|
| 1968 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (18)
|
13 – 9 | Manly-Warringah
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (14)
|
Newtown (5)
|
| 1969 | Balmain Tigers (11)
|
11 – 2 | South Sydney Rabbitohs
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (15)
|
Cronulla-Sutherland (2)
|
| 1970 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (19)
|
23 – 12 | Manly-Warringah
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (16)
|
Parramatta(10)
|
| 1971 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (20)
|
16 – 10 | St. George Dragons
|
Manly-Warringah
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (11)
|
| 1972 | Manly-Warringah
|
19 – 14 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters
|
Manly-Warringah (2)
|
Parramatta (11)
|
| 1973 | Manly-Warringah (2)
|
10 – 7 | Cronulla-Sutherland
|
Manly-Warringah (3)
|
 Penrith Panthers
|
| 1974 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (10)
|
19 – 4 | Canterbury-Bankstown
|
Eastern Suburbs Roosters (12)
|
Balmain Tigers (2)
|
| 1975 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters (11)
|
38 – 0 | St. George Dragons
|
Eastern Suburbs Roosters (13)
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (4)
|
| 1976 | Manly-Warringah (3)
|
13 – 10 | Parramatta
|
Manly-Warringah (4)
|
Newtown Jets (6)
|
| 1977 | St. George Dragons
|
9 – 9 | Parramatta
|
Parramatta
|
Newtown Jets (7)
|
| St. George Dragons (14)
|
22 – 0 | Parramatta
| |||
| 1978 | Manly-Warringah
|
11 – 11 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (5)
|
Newtown Jets (8)
|
| Manly-Warringah (4)
|
16 – 0 | Cronulla-Sutherland
| |||
| 1979 | St. George Dragons (15)
|
17 – 13 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
St George Dragons (14)
|
North Sydney Bears (9)
|
| 1980 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (3)
|
18 – 4 | Eastern Suburbs Roosters
|
Eastern Suburbs Roosters (14)
|
Penrith Panthers (2)
|
| 1981 | Parramatta Eels
|
20 – 11 | Newtown Jets
|
Eastern Suburbs Roosters (15)
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (12)
|
| 1982 | Parramatta Eels (2)
|
21 – 8 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
Parramatta Eels (2)
|
 Canberra Raiders
|
| 1983 | Parramatta Eels (3)
|
18 – 6 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5)
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (12)
|
| 1984 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4)
|
6 – 4 | Parramatta Eels
|
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4)
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (13)
|
| 1985 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5)
|
7 – 6 | St. George Dragons
|
St George Dragons (15)
|
 Illawarra Steelers
|
| 1986 | Parramatta Eels (4)
|
4 – 2 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
Parramatta Eels (3)
|
Illawarra Steelers (2)
|
| 1987 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5)
|
18 – 8 | Canberra Raiders
|
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6)
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (14)
|
| 1988 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6)
|
24 – 12 | Balmain Tigers
|
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (15)
|
| 1989 | Canberra Raiders
|
19 – 14 | Balmain Tigers
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (17)
|
Illawarra Steelers (3)
|
| 1990 | Canberra Raiders (2)
|
18 – 14 | Penrith Panthers
|
Canberra Raiders
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (5)
|
| 1991 | Penrith Panthers
|
19 – 12 | Canberra Raiders
|
Penrith Panthers
|
 Gold Coast
|
| 1992 |  Brisbane Broncos
|
28 – 8 | St. George Dragons
|
Brisbane Broncos
|
Gold Coast (2)
|
| 1993 | Brisbane Broncos (2)
|
14 – 6 | St. George Dragons
|
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5)
|
Gold Coast (3)
|
| 1994 | Canberra Raiders (3)
|
36 – 12 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6)
|
Balmain Tigers (4)
|
| Australian Rugby League | |||||
| 1995 | Sydney Bulldogs (7)
|
17 – 4 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (7)
|
 North Queensland Cowboys
|
| 1996 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6)
|
20 – 8 | St. George Dragons
|
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (8)
|
 South Queensland Crushers
|
| 1997 |  Newcastle Knights
|
22 – 16 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (9)
|
South Queensland Crushers (2)
|
| Super League | |||||
| 1997 | Brisbane Broncos (3)
|
26 – 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
|
Brisbane Broncos (2)
|
North Queensland Cowboys (2)
|
| National Rugby League | |||||
| 1998 | Brisbane Broncos (4)
|
38 – 12 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
Brisbane Broncos (3)
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (16)
|
| 1999 |  Melbourne Storm
|
20 – 18 | St. George Illawarra Dragons
|
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2)
|
Western Suburbs Magpies (17)
|
| 2000 | Brisbane Broncos (5)
|
14 – 6 | Sydney Roosters
|
Brisbane Broncos (4)
|
North Queensland Cowboys (3)
|
| 2001 | Newcastle Knights (2)
|
30 – 24 | Parramatta Eels
|
Parramatta Eels (4)
|
 Penrith Panthers (3)
|
| 2002 | Sydney Roosters (12)
|
30 – 8 |  New Zealand Warriors
|
New Zealand Warriors
|
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4)
|
| 2003 | Penrith Panthers (2)
|
18 – 6 | Sydney Roosters
|
Penrith Panthers (2)
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (6)
|
| 2004 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (8)
|
16 – 13 | Sydney Roosters
|
Sydney Roosters (16)
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (7)
|
| 2005 |  Wests Tigers
|
30 – 16 | North Queensland Cowboys
|
Parramatta Eels (5)
|
Newcastle Knights
|
| 2006 | Brisbane Broncos (6)
|
15 – 8 | Melbourne Storm
|
|
South Sydney Rabbitohs (8)
|
| 2007 | Melbourne Storm |
34 – 8 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
|
Penrith Panthers (4)
|
| 2008 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (7)
|
40 – 0 | Melbourne Storm
|
|
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5)
|
| 2009 | Melbourne Storm |
23 – 16 | Parramatta Eels
|
St George Illawarra Dragons
|
Sydney Roosters (5)
|
| 2010 | St. George Illawarra Dragons
|
32 – 8 | Sydney Roosters
|
St George Illawarra Dragons (2)
|
Melbourne Storm1
|
| 2011 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (8)
|
24 – 10 | New Zealand Warriors
|
Melbourne Storm
|
 Gold Coast Titans
|
| 2012 | Melbourne Storm (2)
|
14 – 4 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (7)
|
Parramatta Eels (12)
|
| 2013 | Sydney Roosters (13)
|
26 – 18 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
Sydney Roosters (17)
|
Parramatta Eels (13)
|
| 2014 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (21)
|
30 – 6 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
Sydney Roosters (18)
|
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (3)
|
| 2015 | North Queensland Cowboys
|
17 – 16 | Brisbane Broncos
|
Sydney Roosters (19)
|
Newcastle Knights (2)
|
| 2016 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
|
14 – 12 | Melbourne Storm
|
Melbourne Storm (2)
|
Newcastle Knights (3)
|
| 2017 | Melbourne Storm (3)
|
34 – 6 | North Queensland Cowboys
|
Melbourne Storm (3)
|
Newcastle Knights (4)
|
| 2018 | Sydney Roosters (14)
|
21 – 6 | Melbourne Storm
|
Sydney Roosters (20)
|
Parramatta Eels (14)
|
| 2019 | Sydney Roosters (15)
|
14 – 8 | Canberra Raiders
|
Melbourne Storm (4)
|
Gold Coast Titans (2)
|
| 2020 | Melbourne Storm (4)
|
26 – 20 | Penrith Panthers
|
Penrith Panthers (3)
|
Brisbane Broncos
|
| 2021 | Penrith Panthers *(3)
|
14 - 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs (14)
|
Melbourne Storm (5)
|
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6)
|
1 The Melbourne Storm were stripped of these titles due to gross long-term salary cap breaches. They also received 0 points in 2010 due to these breaches.
Premiership performances by team[]
- *Denotes no grand final played
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Sydney Rabbitohs
|
21 (17) | 14 (11) | 1908, 1909*, 1914*, 1918*, 1925*, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931,
1932, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 2014 |
1910, 1916, 1917*, 1920*, 1923, 1924, 1935, 1937*, 1939, 1949,
1952, 1965, 1969, 2021 |
| Sydney/Eastern Suburbs Roosters
|
15 (12) | 15 (13) | 1911, 1912*, 1913*, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937*, 1940, 1945, 1974,
1975, 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019 |
1908, 1919*, 1921*, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972,
1980, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010 |
| St George Dragons
|
15 | 12 | 1941, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963,
1964, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979 |
1927, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1971, 1975, 1985, 1992,
1993, 1996 |
| Balmain Tigers
|
11 (7) | 9 (8) | 1915*, 1916, 1917*, 1919*, 1920*, 1924, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947,
1969 |
1909*, 1936, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1989 |
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
8 | 11 | 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2011 | 1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2007,
2013 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
8 | 10 | 1938, 1942, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2004 | 1940, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2012, 2014 |
| Brisbane Broncos
|
6 | 1 | 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006 | 2015 |
| Western Suburbs Magpies
|
4 | 8 (6) | 1930, 1934, 1948, 1952 | 1918*, 1925*, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963 |
| Parramatta Eels
|
4 | 5 | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 | 1976, 1977, 1984, 2001, 2009 |
| Melbourne Storm
|
4 | 4 | 1999, 2012, 2017, 2020 | 2006, 2008, 2016, 2018 |
| Newtown Jets
|
3 | 7 (5) | 1910, 1933, 1943 | 1913*, 1914*, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1981 |
| Canberra Raiders
|
3 | 3 | 1989, 1990, 1994 | 1987, 1991, 2019 |
| Penrith Panthers
|
3 | 2 | 1991, 2003, 2021 | 1990, 2020 |
| North Sydney Bears
|
2 (1) | 1 | 1921*, 1922 | 1943 |
| Newcastle Knights
|
2 | 0 | 1997, 2001 | – |
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
|
1 | 3 | 2016 | 1973, 1978, 1997 |
| North Queensland Cowboys
|
1 | 2 | 2015 | 2005, 2017 |
| St George Illawarra Dragons
|
1 | 1 | 2010 | 1999 |
| Wests Tigers
|
1 | 0 | 2005 | – |
| Glebe Dirty Reds
|
0 | 4 (2) | – | 1911, 1912*, 1915*, 1922 |
| New Zealand Warriors
|
0 | 2 | – | 2002, 2011 |
| Sydney University
|
0 | 1 | – | 1926 |
Regular season team performance[]
| Team | Minor Premiers | Wooden Spoon | Years Minor Premier | Years Wooden Spoon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Roosters
|
20 | 5 | 1912, 1913, 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941,
1945, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 |
1949, 1963, 1965, 1966, 2009 |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs
|
17 | 8 | 1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1949,
1950, 1951, 1953, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1989 |
1945, 1946, 1962, 1975, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2006 |
 St George Dragons
|
15 | 3 | 1928, 1946, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964,
1965, 1966, 1967, 1979, 1985 |
1922, 1926, 1938 |
| Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
9 | 0 | 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997 | – |
| Balmain Tigers
|
7 | 4 | 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939 | 1911, 1974, 1981, 1994 |
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
7 | 6 | 1938, 1942, 1947, 1984, 1993, 1994, 2012 | 1943, 1944, 1964, 2002, 2008, 2021 |
| Newtown Jets
|
6 | 8 | 1910, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1955 | 1924, 1925, 1928, 1939, 1968, 1976, 1977, 1978 |
| Parramatta Eels
|
5 | 14 | 1977, 1982, 1986, 2001, 2005 | 1947, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970,
1972, 2012, 2013, 2018 |
| Western Suburbs Magpies
|
5 | 17 | 1930, 1948, 1952, 1961, 1978 | 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1933, 1940, 1942, 1953, 1955,
1971, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998, 1999 |
| Melbourne Storm
|
5 | 1 | 2010 | |
| Brisbane Broncos
|
4 | 1 | 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000 | 2020 |
| Penrith Panthers
|
3 | 4 | 1991, 2003, 2020 | 1973, 1980, 2001, 2007 |
| St George Illawarra Dragons
|
2 | 0 | 2009, 2010 | – |
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
|
2 | 3 | 1988, 1999 | 1967, 1969, 2014 |
| North Sydney Bears
|
2 | 8 | 1921, 1922 | 1917, 1919, 1932, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1979 |
| Glebe Dirty Reds
|
1 | 0 | 1911 | – |
| New Zealand Warriors
|
1 | 0 | 2002 | – |
| Canberra Raiders
|
1 | 1 | 1990 | 1982 |
| Cumberland
|
0 | 1 | – | 1908 |
| Gold Coast Titans
|
0 | 2 | – | 2011, 2019 |
| South Queensland Crushers
|
0 | 2 | – | 1996, 1997 |
| North Queensland Cowboys
|
0 | 3 | – | 1995, 1997, 2000 |
 Gold Coast Chargers
|
0 | 3 | – | 1991, 1992, 1993 |
| Annandale Dales
|
0 | 3 | – | 1914, 1918, 1920 |
| Illawarra Steelers
|
0 | 3 | – | 1985, 1986, 1989 |
| Newcastle Knights
|
0 | 4 | – | 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Sydney University
|
0 | 10 | – | 1921, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937 |
Other First-Grade Competitions[]
List of QRL/BRL Premiers (1909–1994)[]
| Season | Premiers | Score | Runners-up | Minor Premiers | Wooden Spoon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Rugby League | |||||
| 1909 |  Fortitude Valley
|
22–4 | South Brisbane
|
Fortitude Valley
|
 Toombul
|
| 1910 |  Ipswich
|
17–2 | Toombul
|
Ipswich
|
South Brisbane
|
| 1911 | Valleys-Toombul
|
13–2 | Ipswich B
|
Valleys-Toombul
|
South Brisbane
|
 Brisbane Natives
|
10–0 | South Brisbane
|
Brisbane Natives
|
Woolloongabba | |
| West End
|
5–3 | Brisbane Natives
|
West End
|
Railways | |
| Fortitude Valley
|
18–8 | West End
|
Fortitude Valley
|
North Brisbane
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
10–9 |  Western Suburbs
|
Woolloongabba | West End
| |
| Western Suburbs
|
4–2 | Fortitude Valley
|
Western Suburbs
|
Ipswich Starlights | |
| Fortitude Valley
|
13–5 |  Brisbane Merthyrs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Wattles (withdrew after three games) | |
| Fortitude Valley
|
16–12 | Brisbane Merthyrs
|
Brisbane Merthyrs
|
Western Suburbs (Quit competition after 2-point penalty for fielding ineligible players) | |
| Fortitude Valley
|
28–2 | Coorparoo
|
Fortitude Valley
|
West End | |
| Western Suburbs
|
16–8 | Christian Brothers
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Railways | |
| 1921 | Carltons
|
12–10 | Coorparoo
|
Carltons
|
 University
|
| Brisbane Rugby League | |||||
| Western Suburbs
|
20–9 | Coorparoo
|
Western Suburbs
|
Christian Brothers
| |
| Coorparoo
|
13–2 | Fortitude Valley
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Western Suburbs
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
11–8 | Christian Brothers
|
Fortitude Valley
|
University
| |
| Carltons
|
24–5 | Coorparoo
|
Coorparoo
|
University
| |
| Christian Brothers
|
6–5 | Coorparoo
|
Christian Brothers
|
Carltons
| |
| Past Grammars
|
13–11 | Western Suburbs
|
Coorparoo
|
University
| |
| University
|
10–7 | Carltons
|
Carltons
|
Coorparoo
| |
| University
|
12–11 | Coorparoo
|
University
|
Western Suburbs
| |
| Carltons
|
19–8 | Fortitude Valley
|
Carltons
|
University
| |
| 1931 | Fortitude Valley
|
27–9 | Past Grammars
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Christian Brothers
|
| Western Suburbs
|
8–7 | Past Grammars
|
Western Suburbs
|
 Wynnum
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
9–3 | Western Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
7–4 | Western Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Brisbane Brothers
|
11–9 | Fortitude Valley
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Western Suburbs
|
13–12 | Fortitude Valley
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
9–7 | Western Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
16–10 | Fortitude Valley
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Eastern Suburbs
| |
| Brisbane Brothers
|
11–9 | Northern Suburbs
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
17–11 | Past Brothers
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
13–7 | Northern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Brisbane Brothers
|
20–11 | Southern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Western Suburbs
| |
| Brisbane Brothers
|
13–7 | Fortitude Valley
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Western Suburbs
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
16–12 | Northern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Eastern Suburbs
| |
| Southern Suburbs
|
21–11 | Northern Suburbs
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
5–2 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
| |
| Eastern Suburbs
|
15–2 | Southern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
| |
| Western Suburbs
|
14–8 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
| |
| Southern Suburbs
|
22–8 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
|
Northern Suburbs
| |
| Eastern Suburbs
|
14–10 | Western Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
|
Northern Suburbs
| |
| Southern Suburbs
|
20–10 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
| |
| Western Suburbs
|
15–14 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Western Suburbs
|
South Coast | |
| Southern Suburbs
|
21–4 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| 1954 | Western Suburbs
|
35–18 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Southern Suburbs
|
Northern Suburbs
|
| Fortitude Valley
|
17–7 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Eastern Suburbs
| |
| Brisbane Brothers
|
17–10 | Western Suburbs
|
Brisbane Brothers
|
Eastern Suburbs
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
18–17 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Brisbane Brothers
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Brisbane Brothers
|
22–7 | Fortitude Valley
|
Western Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
24–18 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
18–5 | Fortitude Valley
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
29–5 | Fortitude Valley
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
22–0 | Fortitude Valley
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
18–8 | Southern Suburbs
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Brisbane Brothers
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
13–4 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
 Redcliffe
|
15–2 | Fortitude Valley
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
9–6 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Brisbane Brothers
|
6–2 | Northern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Brisbane Brothers
|
21–4 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Brisbane Brothers
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Northern Suburbs
|
14–2 | Fortitude Valley
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Southern Suburbs
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
13–11 | Northern Suburbs
|
Brisbane Brothers
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
18–10 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Eastern Suburbs
|
16–15 | Fortitude Valley
|
Western Suburbs
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
15–7 | Redcliffe
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Fortitude Valley
|
9–2 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Northern Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
| |
| 1975 | Western Suburbs
|
26–24 | Redcliffe
|
Western Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
| 1976 | Western Suburbs
|
16–1 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
|
Northern Suburbs
|
| 1977 | Eastern Suburbs
|
17–13 | Redcliffe
|
Redcliffe
|
Southern Suburbs
|
| 1978 | Eastern Suburbs
|
14–10 | Fortitude Valley
|
Redcliffe
|
Northern Suburbs
|
| 1979 | Fortitude Valley
|
26–0 | Southern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Wynnum-Manly
|
| 1980 | Northern Suburbs
|
17–15 | Southern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Western Suburbs
|
| 1981 | Southern Suburbs
|
13–9 | Redcliffe
|
Southern Suburbs
|
Brisbane Brothers
|
| 1982 | Wynnum-Manly
|
17–3 | Southern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Western Suburbs
|
| 1983 | Eastern Suburbs
|
14–6 | Redcliffe
|
Redcliffe
|
Western Suburbs
|
| 1984 | Wynnum-Manly
|
42–8 | Southern Suburbs
|
Wynnum-Manly
|
Northern Suburbs
|
| 1985 | Southern Suburbs
|
10–8 | Wynnum-Manly
|
Southern Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
|
| 1986 | Wynnum-Manly
|
14–6 | Brisbane Brothers
|
Wynnum-Manly
|
Western Suburbs
|
| 1987 | Brisbane Brothers
|
26–8 | Redcliffe
|
Brisbane Brothers
|
Eastern Suburbs
|
| Valleys-Tweed
|
17–14 | Ipswich
|
Southern Suburbs
|
Logan City | |
| Fortitude Valley
|
28–4 | Ipswich
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Logan City | |
| Fortitude Valley
|
17–16 | Northern Suburbs
|
Fortitude Valley
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Eastern Suburbs
|
25–10 | Western Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
|
Wynnum-Manly
| |
| Western Suburbs
|
40–10 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Eastern Suburbs
|
Ipswich
| |
| Western Suburbs
|
18–12 | Eastern Suburbs
|
Western Suburbs
|
[[Image:|23x23px|]] Logan City | |
| Redcliffe
|
24–18 | Western Suburbs
|
Redcliffe
|
Northern Suburbs
| |
Note: The BRL maintained first class status until 1994 when the NSWRL became the ARL and a national competition was formed.
See also[]
- List of NRL Grand finals
- List of British rugby league champions
References[]
External links[]
- "Season Summary". Rugby League Tables & Statistics. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
- "Premiership Records". National Rugby League. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
- A History of Brisbane Rugby League (1909-2017)
- National Rugby League
- Rugby league in Australia
- Australian rugby league lists
- National Rugby League lists
- Lists of Australian sports premiers