2025 National Rugby League
Duration	1 March[a] – 5 October 2025
Teams	17
Premiers	Brisbane Broncos (7th title)
Minor premiers	Canberra Raiders (2nd title)
Matches played	213
Points scored	9,654
Average attendance	21,418
Total attendance	4,390,791
Top points scorer	Jamayne Isaako (278)
Wooden spoon	Newcastle Knights (5th spoon)
Biggest home win	Storm 64–0Tigers AAMI Park 11 May, Round 10
Biggest away win	Cowboys 4–58Dolphins Queensland Country Bank Stadium 14 June, Round 15
Dally M Medal	James Tedesco
Top try-scorer	Mark Nawaqanitawase (24)
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The2025 NRL season was the 118th season of professionalrugby league in Australia and the 28th season run by theNational Rugby League (NRL). The regular season was followed by a finals series contested by the top eight teams on the competition ladder. TheCanberra Raiders were the minor premiers, while theBrisbane Broncos won their seventh premiership.

The season recorded the highest aggregate and average regular season crowds in first-grade rugby league history, surpassing the record set the previous year.

The lineup of teams in the league remained unchanged for the 3rd consecutive year, with seventeen participating in the regular season: ten fromNew South Wales, four fromQueensland and one from each ofVictoria, theAustralian Capital Territory andNew Zealand.

Club	Season	Home ground(s)	Head coach	Captain(s)
Brisbane Broncos	38th season	Suncorp Stadium	Michael Maguire[1]	Adam Reynolds
Canberra Raiders	44th season	GIO Stadium	Ricky Stuart	Joseph Tapine[2]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	91st season	Accor Stadium andBelmore Sports Ground	Cameron Ciraldo	Stephen Crichton
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	59th season	Sharks Stadium	Craig Fitzgibbon	Cameron McInnes
Dolphins	3rd season	Suncorp Stadium andKayo Stadium	Kristian Woolf[3]	Tom Gilbert[4] →Isaiya Katoa &Felise Kaufusi[b]
Gold Coast Titans	19th season	Cbus Super Stadium	Des Hasler	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	76th season	4 Pines Park	Anthony Seibold	Daly Cherry-Evans
Melbourne Storm	28th season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Harry Grant
Newcastle Knights	38th season	McDonald Jones Stadium	Adam O'Brien	Kalyn Ponga[5]
New Zealand Warriors	31st season	Go Media Stadium	Andrew Webster	Mitchell Barnett andJames Fisher-Harris[6]
North Queensland Cowboys	31st season	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Todd Payten	Reuben Cotter andTom Dearden
Parramatta Eels	79th season	CommBank Stadium	Jason Ryles[7]	Mitchell Moses[8]
Penrith Panthers	59th season	CommBank Stadium[c]	Ivan Cleary	Nathan Cleary andIsaah Yeo
South Sydney Rabbitohs	116th season	Accor Stadium	Wayne Bennett	Cameron Murray →Cody Walker[d]
St. George Illawarra Dragons	27th season	Jubilee Stadium andWIN Stadium	Shane Flanagan	Damien Cook andClint Gutherson[9]
Sydney Roosters	118th season	Allianz Stadium	Trent Robinson	James Tedesco
Wests Tigers	26th season	CommBank Stadium,Leichhardt Oval andCampbelltown Sports Stadium	Benji Marshall	Apisai Koroisau andJarome Luai[10]

Italics indicates a non-NRL club

Date	Time	Home	Score	Away	Stadium	Report
8 February 2025	17:00AEST (UTC+10:00)	Burleigh Bears	0–22	Brisbane Broncos	UAA Oval,Gold Coast	Report
8 February 2025	18:00AEST (UTC+10:00)	Central Queensland Capras	22–20	Dolphins	Marley Brown Oval,Gladstone	Report

15 February 2025 19:30AEDT

Indigenous All Stars	6–10	Māori All Stars
Tries:1 Mitchell 41' Goals:1 Puru 1/1 43'	Report	Tries:2 Arthars 57' Laban 67' Goals:1 Hiroti 0/1 Nikorima 1/1 68'

CommBank Stadium,Sydney Attendance: 21,328 Referee: Todd Smith

The 17-game pre-season challenge was played from 7 February to 23 February 2025, being won for a second straight year by theBrisbane Broncos.

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
* –Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canberra Raiders	24	19	0	5	3	654	506	+148	44	Advance tofinals series
2	Melbourne Storm	24	17	0	7	3	671	459	+212	40
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	16	0	8	3	534	414	+120	38
4	Brisbane Broncos(P)	24	15	0	9	3	680	508	+172	36
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	15	0	9	3	599	490	+109	36
6	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	0	10	3	517	496	+21	34
7	Penrith Panthers	24	13	1	10	3	576	469	+107	33
8	Sydney Roosters	24	13	0	11	3	653	521	+132	32
9	Dolphins	24	12	0	12	3	721	596	+125	30
10	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	12	0	12	3	555	534	+21	30
11	Parramatta Eels	24	10	0	14	3	502	578	−76	26
12	North Queensland Cowboys	24	9	1	14	3	538	684	−146	25
13	Wests Tigers	24	9	0	15	3	477	612	−135	24
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	9	0	15	3	427	608	−181	24
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	3	498	628	−130	22
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	6	0	18	3	520	719	−199	18
17	Newcastle Knights	24	6	0	18	3	338	638	−300	18

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top eight.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
• Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
1	Canberra Raiders	2	4	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	36	38	40	42	44	44
2	Melbourne Storm	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	12	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	30	32	34	36	38	40	40	40
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	20	22	24	26	28	28	28	30	32	34	34	36	36	36	38	38
4	Brisbane Broncos	2	2	4	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	28	28	30	32	34	36
5	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	0	2	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	16	16	18	18	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	30	32	34	36
6	New Zealand Warriors	0	2	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	24	24	26	28	30	30	30	30	32	34	34	34
7	Penrith Panthers	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	7	9	9	11	13	15	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	31	31	31	33
8	Sydney Roosters	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	20	22	22	22	24	26	28	28	30	32
9	Dolphins	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	6	6	8	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	20	22	24	26	26	26	26	28	30
10	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	2	2	4	6	6	6	6	8	10	10	12	12	14	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	24	24	24	26	28	30
11	Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	6	6	6	8	10	10	10	12	14	14	16	16	16	18	18	20	20	22	24	26
12	North Queensland Cowboys	0	0	0	2	4	6	8	10	10	11	11	13	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	21	23	23	25
13	Wests Tigers	0	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	16	16	18	18	20	22	24	24	24	24
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	20	22	24	24
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	0	2	4	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	20	22	22	22	22	22
16	Gold Coast Titans	2	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	17	16	16	18
17	Newcastle Knights	2	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and time (AEST)	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Qualifying and elimination finals
Melbourne Storm	26–18	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	12 September, 19:50	AAMI Park	Adam Gee	22,117
New Zealand Warriors	8–24	Penrith Panthers	13 September, 16:05	Go Media Stadium	Grant Atkins	24,524
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	20–10	Sydney Roosters	13 September, 19:50	Sharks Stadium	Todd Smith	12,842
Canberra Raiders	28–29*	Brisbane Broncos	14 September, 16:05	GIO Stadium	Ashley Klein	25,523
Semi-finals
Canberra Raiders	12–32	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	20 September, 19:50	GIO Stadium	Grant Atkins	24,322
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26–46	Penrith Panthers	21 September, 16:05	Accor Stadium	Ashley Klein	56,872
Preliminary finals
Melbourne Storm	22–14	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	26 September, 19:50	AAMI Park	Ashley Klein	29,233
Brisbane Broncos	16–14	Penrith Panthers	28 September, 16:05	Suncorp Stadium	Grant Atkins	52,491

* Match decided ingolden point extra time.

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	14 September –Canberra
	1	Canberra	28
	4	Brisbane	29			20 September –Canberra
						Canberra		12
	13 September –Sydney					Cronulla-Sutherland		32				28 September –Brisbane
	5	Cronulla-Sutherland	20									Brisbane		16
	8	Sydney	10									Penrith		14			5 October –Sydney
																	Melbourne		22
	13 September –Auckland											26 September –Melbourne					Brisbane		26
	6	New Zealand	8									Melbourne		22
	7	Penrith	24			21 September –Sydney						Cronulla-Sutherland		14
						Canterbury-Bankstown		26
	12 September –Melbourne					Penrith		46
	2	Melbourne	26
	3	Canterbury-Bankstown	18

2025 NRL Grand Final

Sunday, 5 October 19:30AEDT (UTC+11)

Melbourne Storm	22 – 26	Brisbane Broncos
Tries:4 Meaney 8' Katoa 14' Warbrick 22' Hughes 35' Goals:3 Meaney 9',16',37'(3/4) Sin bin: Loiero 78' to 80'	1st: 22–12 2nd: 0–14 Report	Tries:5 Mariner 3', 55' Shibasaki 46', 58' Walsh 31' Goals:3 Reynolds 4',32'(2/3) Walsh 59'(1/2)

Accor Stadium,Sydney Attendance: 80,223 Referee:Grant Atkins[11] Video referee:Ashley Klein Touch judges: Chris Sutton, David Munro Clive Churchill Medal:Reece Walsh (Brisbane)

• In Round 7,Nathan Cleary surpassedRyan Girdler as the highest scoringPenrith Panthers player of all time.
• In Round 13,Alex Johnston became the first player in the NRL era (1998–present), and second of all time, to score 200 career tries.
• In Round 14,Kayal Iro became the first player in the NRL era to score a try in their first nine games of a season.
• In Round 14,Josh Papali'i surpassedJason Croker as the most cappedCanberra Raiders player of all time.
• In Round 27,James Fisher-Harris scored a try in the first 9 seconds of a match, the fastest in NRL history.
• No player wassent off throughout the entire season for the first time since 2017.

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of the finals series.

Announced on the evening of 1 October 2025.^[12]

Jersey	Position	Player
1	Fullback	James Tedesco
2	Wing	Mark Nawaqanitawase
3	Centre	Kotoni Staggs
4	Centre	Stephen Crichton
5	Wing	Xavier Coates
6	Five-eighth	Ethan Strange
7	Halfback	Nathan Cleary
8	Prop	Addin Fonua-Blake
9	Hooker	Blayke Brailey
10	Prop	Payne Haas
11	Second-row	Eliesa Katoa
12	Second-row	Hudson Young
13	Lock	Erin Clark

TheRugby League Players Association announced the 2025 Players' Dream team on 22 September 2025.^[13]

Jersey	Position	Player
1	Fullback	James Tedesco
2	Wing	Mark Nawaqanitawase
3	Centre	Herbie Farnworth
4	Centre	Stephen Crichton
5	Wing	Xavier Coates
6	Five-eighth	Ethan Strange
7	Halfback	Isaiya Katoa
8	Prop	Joseph Tapine
9	Hooker	Harry Grant
10	Prop	Payne Haas
11	Second-row	Eliesa Katoa
12	Second-row	Hudson Young
13	Lock	Erin Clark
14	Impact	Kurt Mann

After each round, theNRL announces via social media two weekly awards. The player with the most fantasy points each round is announced through theNRL Fantasy social media account.

Round	Most Fantasy Points		Try of the Week		Tackle of the Week	Ref
	Player	Points	Try-scorer	Assisting Players
Sponsor	Hisense		Drinkwise		youi
1	Payne Haas	81	Ben Hunt	Passed by multiple players across the field, last pass byJesse Arthars	Stephen Crichton	[14][15]
2	Connor Watson	90	Daly Cherry-Evans	Chip kick fromJason Saabtapped back into play from past the dead ball line byReuben Garrick	Daniel Tupou	[16][17]
3	Payne Haas	106	Payne Haas	Solo run from 31m out, breaking the line of three defenders	Moeaki Fotuaika	[18][19]
4	Terrell May	85	Leka Halasima	Run 70m down the sideline and beating two defenders	Brendan Piakura	[20][21]
5	Joseph Tapine	86	Sebastian Kris	Passed by multiple players across the field, last pass bySimi Sasagi	Coen Hess	[22][23]
6	David Fifita	92	William Kennedy	Run from an offload 20m out, evading six defenders to score	Luke Metcalf	[24][25]
7	Nathan Cleary	93	Ray Stone	Behind-the-back flick pass fromKodi Nikorima	Chanel Harris-Tavita	[26][27]
8	Beau Fermor	109	Jake Averillo	First kick byJamayne Isaako, second kick byKodi Nikorima	Jaylan De Groot	[28][29]
9	Jacob Kiraz	102	Kaeo Weekes	Chip-and-chase 38m out	Corey Allan	[30][31]
10	Ryan Papenhuyzen	100	Ryan Papenhuyzen	Passed by multiple players across the field, including three total kick chases	Ethan Strange	[32][33]
11	Terrell May	109	Mark Nawaqanitawase	Solo one-footed chip kick dragged back into try zone	Campbell Graham	[34][35]
12	Fletcher Sharpe	98	Hugo Savala	Linebreak byDominic YoungtoJames Tedesco, who flick passes behind the back	Thomas Jenkins	[36][37]
13	Keaon Koloamatangi	85	Leka Halasima	Multiple offloads, evading four players	Hudson Young	[38][39]
14	Thomas Jenkins	96	Josh Papali'i	Crash play in milestone game	Marcelo Montoya	[40][41]
15	Jack Bostock	103	Salesi Foketi	Received offload fromJames Tedesco, stepping a defender and running 47m to score	Jacob Preston	[42][43]
16	Payne Haas	102	Mark Nawaqanitawase	Flicked back into play from the sideline byHugo Savala, evading two defenders to score in the corner	Joseph Tapine	[44][45]
17	Tallis Duncan	96	Nathan Cleary	Solo charge down	Connor Tracey	[46][47]
18	Kaeo Weekes	96	Kaeo Weekes	Solo full-field run, breaking the tackles of six defenders	Latu Fainu	[48][49]
19	Nicho Hynes	93	Dominic Young	Solo chip-and-chase from 20m out	Gehamat Shibasaki	[50][51]
20	Dylan Edwards	101	Leka Halasima	Recovered a charged down field goal attempt, running through multiple defenders from 45m out	Lehi Hopoate	[52][53]
21	Tom Dearden	93	Sean Russell	Regained off aMitchell Mosesbomb kick, chip-and-chase from 15m out	Lehi Hopoate	[54][55]
22	Jayden Campbell	103	Angus Crichton	Multiple offloads and a kick fromSam Walker, evading four players	Taine Tuaupiki	[56][57]
23	James Tedesco	96	Hugo Savala	Recovered flick pass that almost went into touch, multiple offloads, last pass byJames Tedesco	Selwyn Cobbo	[58][59]
24	Scott Drinkwater	102	Harry Grant	Solo scoot from dummy half	Jye Gray	[60][61]
25	Lehi Hopoate	94	Kaeo Weekes	Full-length run after a failed field goal attempt, last pass byEthan Strange	Scott Drinkwater	[62][63]
26	Daly Cherry-Evans	92	Josh Addo-Carr	Solo run from 110m out	Daine Laurie	[64][65]
27	Nathan Cleary	115	James Fisher-Harris	Nine-second try off the kick-off left by multiple defenders	Reece Walsh	[66][67]
FW1	Payne Haas	91	Not announced
FW2	Paul Alamoti	100
FW3	Paul Alamoti	86
GF	Reece Walsh	105

* = Magic Round home game not counted

• TheCanterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Round 7 game atAccor Stadium set a new record for the highest regular season attendance (excluding double-headers) in the NRL, surpassing the record set by theSouth Sydney Rabbitohs in 2013. In Round 14, the Bulldogs surpassed the Rabbitohs former 2013 crowd record again, posting the two highest regular season single game crowds of all time in a single season.

• Includes Finals matches

Source:^[68]