2013 NRL season

Last updated
2013 National Rugby League
DurationMarch 7 – October 6, 2013
Teams16
Premiers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (13th title)
Minor premiers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (17th title)
Matches played201
Points scored8210
Attendance3345248
Top points scorer(s) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg James Maloney (252)
Player of the year Melbourne colours.svg Cooper Cronk (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg David Williams (20)
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Jorge Taufua (20)
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Michael Jennings (20)
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The 2013 NRL season was the 106th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia. The National Rugby League's main competition, named the 2013 Telstra Premiership after major sponsors Telstra Corporation, was contested by sixteen teams during the regular season, which lasted from March to September, and resulted in the top eight finishing teams, who went on to contest the finals. The season culminated in the Grand Final, in which the Sydney Roosters defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26-18 to win their first NRL premiership since 2002.

Contents

The NRL season started with the 2013 NRL All Stars match, which was played in February. The 2013 Holden Cup, the NRL's Under-20s competition, also took place alongside the Premiership, with most matches held before the first grade competition. The Parramatta Eels picked up the wooden spoon for the second consecutive season after winning only five matches for the season.

Season summary

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks supplements saga

The 2013 NRL season was marred by a major investigation involving the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks' supplements program, which was alleged to have taken place during the 2011 season. Following an almost year-long investigation by ASADA and the NRL, a series of penalties were applied on the club, including, among others, the 12-month suspension of Shane Flanagan as the club's head coach, as well as a $1,000,000 fine (with $400,000 suspended) and the deregistration of Trent Elkin as the club's trainer. [1]

Despite the off-field controversy, the Sharks were still able to reach the NRL finals for the second consecutive year, losing to eventual grand finalists Manly in the second week.

Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 7th consecutive year. A report conducted by Brand Finance valued the Penrith Panthers club at $46.2m, the highest of any Australian sporting brand, while the Brisbane Broncos had the highest brand equity. [2]

ColoursClubSeasonStadiumHead coachCaptain(s)
Brisbane colours.svg
Brisbane Broncos 26th season Suncorp Stadium Anthony Griffin Sam Thaiday
Canterbury colours.svg
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 79th season ANZ Stadium Des Hasler Michael Ennis
Canberra colours.svg
Canberra Raiders 32nd season Canberra Stadium David FurnerAndrew Dunemann Terry Campese
Cronulla colours.svg
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 47th season Remondis Stadium Shane Flanagan Peter Sharp (interim) Paul Gallen
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg
Gold Coast Titans 7th season Skilled Park John Cartwright Nate Myles & Greg Bird
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 64th season Brookvale Oval Geoff Toovey Jamie Lyon & Jason King
Melbourne colours.svg
Melbourne Storm 16th season AAMI Park Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith
Newcastle colours.svg
Newcastle Knights 26th season Hunter Stadium Wayne Bennett Kurt GidleyJarrod Mullen
New Zealand colours.svg
New Zealand Warriors 19th season Mt Smart Stadium Matthew Elliott Simon Mannering
North Queensland colours.svg
North Queensland Cowboys 19th season Dairy Farmers Stadium Neil Henry Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
Parramatta colours.svg
Parramatta Eels 67th season Parramatta Stadium Ricky Stuart Reni Maitua & Jarryd Hayne
Panthers colours.svg
Penrith Panthers 47th season Centrebet Stadium Ivan Cleary Kevin Kingston
St. George colours.svg
St. George Illawarra Dragons 15th season WIN Jubilee Oval
WIN Stadium
Steve Price Ben Creagh
South Sydney colours.svg
South Sydney Rabbitohs 104th season ANZ Stadium Michael Maguire John Sutton
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
Sydney Roosters 106th season Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson Anthony Minichiello
Wests Tigers colours.svg
Wests Tigers 14th season Campbelltown Stadium
Leichhardt Oval
Mick Potter Robbie Farah

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (P)2418062640325+31540
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2418062588384+20440
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416172589373+21637
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2415182588366+22235
5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24140102468460+832
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24130112529463+6630
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24121112528422+10629
8 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24120122507431+7628
9 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24110132500518−1826
10 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 24110132495532−3726
11 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24110132495554−5926
12 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24101132434477−4325
13 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100142434624−19024
14 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2470172379530−15118
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2470172386687−30118
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2450192326740−41414

Ladder progression


Team1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 0246681012141616182020222426283032343638383840
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 246810101214161818202224262830323234343436384040
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 246810121414141517192123232325252727293133353537
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 24468101012121315171717191921232527293131333535
5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 2244444681012141416181820222224262628303032
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 022222468810121416161818202224262628283030
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 2246681010101212121212141618202222232525252729
8 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 222244688888810121414141616182022242628
9 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 02466888101012141616181818202020222424242626
10 Panthers colours.svg Penrith 222222446810121212141618202020202022242426
11 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 0002222444681012141616182022222222242626
12 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 0222468881010101012141414141618192123232325
13 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 00224668101010121416161618202224242424242424
14 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 0002466668881010121212141616161616161618
15 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests 0244444444681010121414161616161616181818
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 2222444466688881010101010101212121414

Finals series

For the second year the NRL uses the finals system previously implemented by the ARL competition from the 1990s (also used as the AFL final eight system) to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams. Both the seventh-placed Newcastle Knights and minor premiers Sydney Roosters return the finals after last featuring respectively in 2011 and 2010, whilst the other six teams (Bulldogs, Storm, Rabbitohs, Sea Eagles, Cowboys & Sharks) were featured in the preceding finals series.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 10 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 13 September 2013, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium Shane Hayne
Jared Maxwell
21,609
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 18 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 14 September 2013, 4:00pm Allianz Stadium Matt Cecchin
Henry Peranara
32,747
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 4 0 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 14 September 2013, 7:00pmBen Cummins
Gerard Sutton
Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6 22 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 15 September 2013, 4:00pm ANZ Stadium Ashley Klein
Gavin Badger
23,086
SEMI FINALS
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 18 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 September 2013, 7:45pm Allianz Stadium Shayne Hayne
Ashley Klein
23,837
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 16 18 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 21 September 2013, 7:45pm AAMI Park Ben Cummins
Gerard Sutton
19,649
PRELIMINARY FINALS
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 30 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 27 September 2013, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium Ben Cummins
Gerard Sutton
44,546
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 40 14 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 28 September 2013, 7:45pm Allianz Stadium Shayne Hayne
Ashley Klein
37,752

Chart

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
14 Sept, Allianz Stadium
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 4
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 020 Sept, Allianz Stadium
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 24
14 Sept, Allianz Stadium Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 1828 Sept, Allianz Stadium
5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 20 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 40
8 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 18 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 146 Oct, ANZ Stadium
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 26
15 Sept, ANZ Stadium 27 Sept, ANZ Stadium Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 18
6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 20
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 2221 Sept, AAMI Park Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 30
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 16
13 Sept, ANZ Stadium Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 18
2 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 20
3 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 10

Grand final

Sunday, 2 October
19:15
Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg 26 – 18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Tries:
Daniel Tupou
Aidan Guerra
Shaun Kenny-Dowall
Michael Jennings
Goals:
James Maloney (5/5)
Half Time:
8 – 6
Tries:
Jorge Taufua
Jamie Lyon
Steve Matai
Goals:

(2/3) Jamie Lyon
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 81,491
Referee: Shayne Hayne, Ben Cummins
Clive Churchill Medal: Daly Cherry-Evans

Regular season player statistics

The following statistics are of the conclusion of round 26.

2013 Transfers

Players

Player2012 Club2013 Club
Gerard Beale Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Petero Civoniceva Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Redcliffe Dolphins (Intrust Super Cup)
Ben Te'o Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Jharal Yow Yeh Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Retirement
Josh Dugan Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Bronson Harrison Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Dimitri Pelo Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders N/A
Trevor Thurling Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Retirement
Travis Waddell Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Bryson Goodwin Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Luke MacDougall Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Retirement
Corey Payne Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Retirement
David Stagg Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Jonathan Wright Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Colin Best Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Jeremy Smith Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
John Williams Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Beau Champion Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Phil Graham Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
Michael Henderson Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Scott Prince Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Bodene Thompson Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Darcy Lussick Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Michael Oldfield Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Dean Whare Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Tony Williams Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Richie Faʻaoso Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Rory Kostjasyn Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Jaiman Lowe Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Retirement
Todd Lowrie Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Sika Manu Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Dane Nielsen Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Anthony Quinn Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Joel Edwards Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Wes Naiqama Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Junior Sa'u Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Zeb Taia Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Evarn Tuimavave Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Lewis Brown New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Micheal Luck New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Retirement
James Maloney New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Ukuma Ta'ai New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Cory Paterson North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Aaron Payne North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
James Segeyaro North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Jordan Atkins Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Luke Burt Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Nathan Hindmarsh Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Justin Horo Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Casey McGuire Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Justin Poore Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Taulima Tautai Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Esikeli Tonga Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Chris Armit Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Travis Burns Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Danny Galea Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers N/A
Michael Gordon Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Michael Jennings Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Luke Lewis Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Shane Shackleton Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Etu Uaisele Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers N/A
Dayne Weston Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Scott Geddes South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Eddy Pettybourne South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Fetuli Talanoa South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs N/A
Dave Taylor South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
David Gower St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Ben Hornby St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Jeremy Latimore St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Josh Miller St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Beau Scott St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Dean Young St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Braith Anasta Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Justin Carney Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Castleford colours.svg Super League: Castleford Tigers
Joseph Leilua Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Mose Masoe Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Tom Symonds Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Brad Takairangi Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Ray Cashmere Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Retirement
Gareth Ellis Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Chris Heighington Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Junior Moors Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Beau Ryan Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tom Burgess Bullscolours.svg Super League: Bradford Bulls South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Clint Greenshields Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
David Fa'alogo Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Scott Moore Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Luke O'Donnell Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Sam Moa Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C. Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Brett Finch Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Thomas Leuluai Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Jeff Lima Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Sonny Bill Williams Panasonic Wild Knights (Japanese Rugby Union) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Lagi Setu Hiatus Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm

Coaches

Coach2012 Club2013 Club
Mick Potter Bullscolours.svg Super League: Bradford Bulls Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Trent Robinson Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Ricky Stuart New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels

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