2018 NRL season

Last updated
2018 National Rugby League
DurationMarch 8 – September 30, 2018
Teams16
Premiers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (14th title)
Minor premiers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (20th title)
Matches played201
Points scored8,152
Average attendance16,205
Attendance3,257,235
Top points scorer(s) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Latrell Mitchell (248)
Player of the year New Zealand colours.svg Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) New Zealand colours.svg David Fusitu'a (23)
  2017
2019  

The 2018 NRL season was the 111th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 21st season run by the National Rugby League. The main competition, known as the 2018 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra, featured 16 teams playing 25 weekly rounds of matches from March until September, resulting in the top eight teams playing a series of finals matches to determine which two teams reached the 2018 NRL Grand Final.

Contents

Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 12th consecutive year.

ColoursClubSeason [ citation needed ]Home ground(s)Head coachCaptain(s) [ citation needed ]
Brisbane colours.svg
Brisbane Broncos 31st season Suncorp Stadium Wayne Bennett Darius Boyd
Canberra colours.svg
Canberra Raiders 37th season GIO Stadium Canberra Ricky Stuart Jarrod Croker
Canterbury colours.svg
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 84th season ANZ Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground Dean Pay [1] Josh Jackson [2]
Cronulla colours.svg
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 52nd season Southern Cross Group Stadium Shane Flanagan Paul Gallen & Wade Graham [3]
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg
Gold Coast Titans 12th season Cbus Super Stadium Garth Brennan [4] Ryan James
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 69th season Lottoland Trent Barrett Daly Cherry-Evans
Melbourne colours.svg
Melbourne Storm 21st season AAMI Park Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith
Newcastle colours.svg
Newcastle Knights 31st season McDonald Jones Stadium Nathan Brown Jamie Buhrer & Mitchell Pearce [5]
New Zealand colours.svg
New Zealand Warriors 24th season Mt. Smart Stadium Stephen Kearney Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
North Queensland colours.svg
North Queensland Cowboys 24th season 1300SMILES Stadium Paul Green Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
Parramatta colours.svg
Parramatta Eels 72nd season ANZ Stadium Brad Arthur Tim Mannah, Beau Scott & Clint Gutherson [6]
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg
Penrith Panthers 52nd season Panthers Stadium Anthony Griffin Cameron Ciraldo (interim) [7] Peter Wallace [8] James Maloney
South Sydney colours.svg
South Sydney Rabbitohs 109th season ANZ Stadium Anthony Seibold [9] Greg Inglis
St. George colours.svg
St. George Illawarra Dragons 20th season UOW Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium Paul McGregor Gareth Widdop
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
Sydney Roosters 111th season Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson Jake Friend & Boyd Cordner
Wests Tigers colours.svg
Wests Tigers 19th season Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Stadium & ANZ Stadium Ivan Cleary Chris Lawrence, Benji Marshall, Elijah Taylor, Josh Reynolds & Russell Packer [10]

Pre-season

The 2018 pre-season featured the 2018 World Club Challenge match with the NRL premiers Melbourne Storm defeating the Super League champions Leeds Rhinos.

Regular season

With the City vs. Country representative game having been scrapped, the NRL scheduled 6 games to take place in regional areas of New South Wales and Queensland as a replacement: Tamworth, Bathurst & Mudgee, and Toowoomba, Gladstone & Cairns.

The overall structure of the season's draw was also revised. The second game of the 2018 State of Origin series was played as a stand-alone fixture on a Sunday to avoid conflict with the regular season. Due to this the competition was shortened to 25 rounds and each team got 1 bye as opposed to 2 in previous years. [11]

[ citation needed ]

Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425F1F2F3GF
Brisbane Broncos SGI
22
NQL
4
WTI
2*
GCT
12
NEW
5
NZL
9
MEL
14
SOU
4
CBY
2
MAN
14
SYD
6
PAR
8
XMEL
16
CRO
4
CAN
4
GCT
34
NZL
20
PEN
32
CRO
2
CBY
14
NQL
4
SOU
20
SYD
14
MAN
32
SGI
30
Canberra Raiders GCT
2
NEW
2
NZL
1
MAN
16
CBY
16
PAR
16
SOU
20
NQL
10
GCT
14
CRO
8
SGI
7
MAN
1
XPEN
1
WTI
36
BRI
4
CBY
4
NQL
26
CRO
4
MEL
34
PEN
9
WTI
2
SYD
2
SOU
12
NZL
4
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs MEL
18
SYD
18
PEN
2
SOU
4
CAN
16
NQL
17
SYD
6
PEN
8
BRI
2
PAR
8
CRO
6
WTI
4
XSGI
2
GCT
22
NEW
20
CAN
4
SOU
18
PAR
6
WTI
12
BRI
14
MAN
12
NZL
1
SGI
38
CRO
12
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NQL
6
SGI
4
PAR
10
MEL
10
SYD
18
SGI
20
PEN
4
GCT
1
PAR
2
CAN
8
CBY
6
NEW
38
SOU
8
WTI
8
BRI
4
NZL
3
XPEN
12
CAN
4
BRI
2
MAN
1*
MEL
3
NQL
12
NEW
26
CBY
12
SYD
9
PEN
1
MEL
16
Gold Coast Titans CAN
2
NZL
12
SGI
46
BRI
12
MAN
12
PEN
23
NQL
12
CRO
1
CAN
14
MEL
14
NEW
7
SYD
20
XSOU
2
CBY
22
WTI
18
BRI
34
SYD
8
NEW
6
NZL
24
PAR
16
PEN
1*
MAN
8
MEL
2
NQL
4
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles NEW
1*
PAR
54
SOU
28
CAN
16
GCT
12
WTI
26
PAR
34
NEW
6
SYD
2
BRI
14
MEL
20
CAN
1
NQL
14
NZL
20
SGI
24
PEN
8
XMEL
1
SYD
32
PEN
4
CRO
1*
CBY
12
GCT
8
WTI
2
BRI
32
Melbourne Storm CBY
18
WTI
2
NQL
16
CRO
10
WTI
1
NEW
26
BRI
14
NZL
40
SGI
20
GCT
14
MAN
20
NQL
1
XBRI
16
NEW
18
SYD
1
SGI
22
MAN
1
NZL
6
CAN
34
SOU
10
CRO
3
PAR
16
GCT
2
PEN
6
SOU
1
XCRO
16
SYD
15
Newcastle Knights MAN
1*
CAN
2
SYD
30
SGI
18
BRI
5
MEL
26
WTI
2
MAN
6
SOU
18
PEN
11
GCT
7
CRO
38
PAR
26
SYD
2
MEL
18
CBY
20
XPAR
2
GCT
6
NQL
2
WTI
9
NZL
16
PEN
8
CRO
26
SGI
10
New Zealand Warriors SOU
12
GCT
12
CAN
1
SYD
24
NQL
10
BRI
9
SGI
8
MEL
40
WTI
22
SYD
32
PAR
10
SOU
20
XMAN
20
NQL
7
CRO
3
PEN
32
BRI
20
MEL
6
GCT
24
SGI
6
NEW
16
CBY
1
PEN
20
CAN
4
PEN
15
North Queensland Cowboys CRO
6
BRI
4
MEL
16
PEN
19
NZL
10
CBY
17
GCT
12
CAN
10
PEN
6
WTI
8
SOU
1
MEL
1
MAN
14
PAR
6
NZL
7
SOU
1
XCAN
26
SGI
14
NEW
2
SYD
6
BRI
4
CRO
12
PAR
38
GCT
4
Parramatta Eels PEN
10
MAN
54
CRO
10
WTI
10
PEN
6
CAN
16
MAN
34
WTI
2
CRO
2
CBY
8
NZL
10
BRI
8
NEW
26
NQL
6
SOU
18
SGI
2
XNEW
2
CBY
6
SOU
6
GCT
16
SGI
36
MEL
16
NQL
38
SYD
34
Penrith Panthers PAR
10
SOU
4
CBY
2
NQL
19
PAR
6
GCT
23
CRO
4
CBY
8
NQL
6
NEW
11
WTI
14
SGI
26
XCAN
1
SYD
26
MAN
8
NZL
32
CRO
12
BRI
32
MAN
4
CAN
9
GCT
1*
NEW
8
NZL
20
MEL
6
NZL
15
CRO
1
South Sydney Rabbitohs NZL
12
PEN
4
MAN
28
CBY
4
SGI
4
SYD
12
CAN
20
BRI
4
NEW
18
SGI
14
NQL
1
NZL
20
CRO
8
GCT
2
PAR
18
NQL
1
XCBY
18
WTI
16
PAR
6
MEL
10
SYD
4
BRI
20
CAN
12
WTI
41
MEL
1
SGI
1
SYD
8
St. George Illawarra Dragons BRI
22
CRO
4
GCT
46
NEW
18
SOU
4
CRO
20
NZL
8
SYD
16
MEL
20
SOU
14
CAN
7
PEN
26
XCBY
2
MAN
24
PAR
2
MEL
22
WTI
4
NQL
14
SYD
18
NZL
6
PAR
36
WTI
10
CBY
38
NEW
10
BRI
30
SOU
1
Sydney Roosters WTI
2
CBY
18
NEW
30
NZL
24
CRO
18
SOU
12
CBY
6
SGI
16
MAN
2
NZL
32
BRI
6
GCT
20
WTI
2
NEW
2
PEN
26
MEL
1
XGCT
8
MAN
32
SGI
18
NQL
6
SOU
4
CAN
2
BRI
14
PAR
34
CRO
9
XSOU
8
MEL
15
Wests Tigers SYD
2
MEL
2
BRI
2*
PAR
10
MEL
1
MAN
26
NEW
2
PAR
2
NZL
22
NQL
8
PEN
14
CBY
4
SYD
2
CRO
8
CAN
36
GCT
18
XSGI
4
SOU
16
CBY
12
NEW
9
CAN
2
SGI
10
MAN
2
SOU
41
Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425F1F2F3GF

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

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Ladder progression

Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 024466881012121416182020222426283032323234
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 2244468101012121416182022242628303030323434
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 002446881012141618202224262828303232323234
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 002444681012141616181820222426262628303234
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 244681010121214161820222222242424262830303032
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 024446681010121416161820222224262626283032
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 2468101212141616181820222426262628282828303032
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 2468101012121414161618202222222424242628283032
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests 244681010101012121414141414161820202224242626
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 000024468881012121414161818181818202222
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 2444668101010101012121212141618181818202020
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown 00222444466688810101010121414161818
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 2222224466668888101010121214141618
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast 22246666668810101214141414161616181818
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah 02244444468888810121212121416161616
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 00000024444446668810101214141414

Finals series

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 29 28 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 7 September 2018, 7:50 pm AAMI Park Ashley Klein
Adam Gee
17,306
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 27 12 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 8 September 2018, 5:40 pm ANZ Stadium Matt Cecchin
Henry Perenara
17,168
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 21 12 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 8 September 2018, 7:50 pm Allianz Stadium Gerard Sutton
Ben Cummins
24,588
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 18 48 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 9 September 2018, 4:10 pm Suncorp Stadium Grant Atkins
Chris Sutton
47,296
SEMI FINALS
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 21 20 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 14 September 2018, 7:50 pm Allianz Stadium Ashley Klein
Adam Gee
19,211
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 13 12 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 15 September 2018, 7:50 pm ANZ Stadium Gerard Sutton
Ben Cummins
48,188
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 22 6 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 21 September 2018, 7:55 pm AAMI Park Gerard Sutton
Ben Cummins
26,621
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 12 4 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 September 2018, 7:50 pm Allianz Stadium Ashley Klein
Adam Gee
44,380

† Match decided in extra time.

Chart

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final
8 Sept, Allianz Stadium
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 21
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 1214 Sept, Allianz Stadium
Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 21
8 Sept, ANZ Stadium Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 2022 Sept, Allianz Stadium
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith 27 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 12
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand 12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 430 Sept, ANZ Stadium
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 21
9 Sept, Suncorp Stadium 21 Sept, AAMI Park Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 6
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 18 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 22
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 4815 Sept, ANZ Stadium Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland 6
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 13
7 Sept, AAMI Park St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra 12
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 29
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney 28

Grand final

Sunday, 30 September
7:35pm (AEST)
Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg 21 6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Tries:
Daniel Tupou (8') 1
Latrell Mitchell (15') 1
Joseph Manu (37') 1
Goals:
Latrell Mitchell 4/6
(4' pen, 16', 31' pen, 79' pen)
Field Goals:
Luke Keary (69') 1
[12]
1st: 18 - 0
2nd: 3 - 6
Tries:
Josh Addo-Carr (63') 1
Goals:
Cameron Smith 1/1
(64')
Sin Bin:
Cameron Munster 2
(30', 78')

Player statistics and records

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 25.

2018 Transfers

Players

Player2017 Club2018 Club
Jai Arrow Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Adam Blair Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Herman Ese'ese Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Ben Hunt Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Benji Marshall Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
David Mead Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Tautau Moga Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Travis Waddell Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Souths Logan Magpies (Intrust Super Cup)
Kurt Baptiste Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Jeff Lima Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Retirement
Clay Priest Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Dave Taylor Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Central Queensland Capras (Intrust Super Cup)
James Graham Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Sam Kasiano Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Brenko Lee Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Josh Reynolds Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Chase Stanley Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack
Gerard Beale Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Jack Bird Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Fa'amanu Brown Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Adam Clydsdale Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Chris Heighington Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Jeremy Latimore Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
James Maloney Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Daniel Mortimer Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Sam Tagataese Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Tony Williams Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Joe Greenwood Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Jarryd Hayne Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Chris McQueen Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Agnatius Paasi Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Eddy Pettybourne Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans ToulouseRLcolours.png Toulouse Olympique
Leivaha Pulu Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Tyrone Roberts Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Dan Sarginson Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Daniel Vidot Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
William Zillman Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
Pita Godinet Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Blake Green Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Jarrad Kennedy Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles N/A
Brenton Lawrence Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Darcy Lussick Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack
Cooper Cronk Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Slade Griffin Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Tohu Harris Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Jordan McLean Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Nate Myles Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Retirement
Mark Nicholls Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Robbie Rochow Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Brendan Elliot Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Dane Gagai Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Trent Hodkinson Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Sam Mataora Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Peter Mata'utia Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Mickey Paea Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Pauli Pauli Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity
Tyler Randell Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity
Josh Starling Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Jack Stockwell Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Anthony Tupou Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Joe Wardle Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Castleford colours.svg Super League: Castleford Tigers
Kieran Foran New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Charlie Gubb New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Ryan Hoffman New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Jacob Lillyman New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Ben Matulino New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Bodene Thompson New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Blake Leary North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Burleigh Bears (Intrust Super Cup)
Ray Thompson North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Frank Pritchard Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Semi Radradra Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels RC Toulonnais (French rugby union)
Jeff Robson Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Sitaleki Akauola Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Tim Browne Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Bryce Cartwright Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Leilani Latu Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Matt Moylan Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Michael Oldfield Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Mitch Rein Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Bryson Goodwin South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Aaron Gray South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Luke Kelly South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Dave Tyrrell South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Eastern Suburbs Tigers (Intrust Super Cup)
Josh Dugan St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Kalifa Faifai Loa St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup)
Siliva Havili St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Jake Marketo St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Timișoara Saracens (Romanian rugby union)
Will Matthews St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Josh McCrone St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack
Russell Packer St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Joel Thompson St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Kane Evans Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Michael Gordon Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Aidan Guerra Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Shaun Kenny-Dowall Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Mitchell Pearce Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Connor Watson Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Matt Ballin Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Retirement
Joel Edwards Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers LimouxRLcolours.PNG Limoux Grizzlies (Elite One Championship)
Jamal Idris Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Retirement
Kyle Lovett Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions
Mitchell Moses Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Ava Seumanufagai Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
James Tedesco Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Aaron Woods Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Mahe Fonua Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C. Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Mitchell Allgood Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Sam Williams Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Peta Hiku Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Corey Thompson Widnes colours.svg Super League: Widnes Vikings Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Anthony Gelling Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Reece Robinson New South Wales Waratahs (Super Rugby) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Sandor Earl Suspension [13] Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm

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Coaches

Coach2017 Club2018 Club
Michael Maguire South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg New Zealand
Brad Fittler LebanonRLcolours.png Lebanon New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales

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