2022 NRL season

2022 National Rugby League
Duration	March 10 – October 2, 2022
Teams	16
Premiers	Penrith Panthers (4th title)
Minor premiers	Penrith Panthers (4th title)
Matches played	201
Points scored	8,724
Average attendance	16,248
Attendance	3,265,911
Top points scorer(s)	Valentine Holmes (244)
Wooden spoon	Wests Tigers  (1st spoon)
Dally M Medal	Nicho Hynes
Top try-scorer(s)	Alex Johnston (30)
←  2021 2023  →

The 2022 NRL season was the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the National Rugby League.

Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest stretch of time (after 1947–1966, a span of 20 seasons) of a continuous line-up of teams in competition history (overtaking 15 seasons from 1967–1981).

Colours	Club	Season	Home ground(s)	Head coach	Captain(s)
	Brisbane Broncos	35th season	Suncorp Stadium	Kevin Walters	Adam Reynolds [1]
	Canberra Raiders	41st season	GIO Stadium Canberra	Ricky Stuart	Jarrod Croker & Elliott Whitehead [2]
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	88th season	Accor Stadium [3] & CommBank Stadium	Trent Barrett → Mick Potter (interim) [4]	Josh Jackson
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	56th season	PointsBet Stadium	Craig Fitzgibbon [5]	Wade Graham
	Gold Coast Titans	16th season	Cbus Super Stadium	Justin Holbrook	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui [6]
	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 [7]
	Newcastle Knights	35th season	McDonald Jones Stadium	Adam O'Brien	Jayden Brailey & Kalyn Ponga [8]
	New Zealand Warriors	28th season	Mt. Smart Stadium & Moreton Daily Stadium [9]	Nathan Brown → Stacey Jones (interim) [10]	Tohu Harris [11]
	North Queensland Cowboys	28th season	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Todd Payten	Jason Taumalolo & Chad Townsend [12]
	Parramatta Eels	76th season	CommBank Stadium [13]	Brad Arthur	Clint Gutherson & Junior Paulo [14]
	Penrith Panthers	56th season	BlueBet Stadium	Ivan Cleary	Isaah Yeo & Nathan Cleary
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	113th season	Accor Stadium	Jason Demetriou [15]	Cameron Murray [16]
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24th season	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium	Anthony Griffin	Ben Hunt
	Sydney Roosters	115th season	Sydney Cricket Ground & Allianz Stadium	Trent Robinson	James Tedesco
	Wests Tigers	23rd season	Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Stadium & CommBank Stadium	Michael Maguire → Brett Kimmorley (interim) [17]	James Tamou, Luke Brooks, Adam Doueihi, Ken Maumalo & Tyrone Peachey [18]

Pre-season

The 2022 pre-season for NRL teams featured nineteen matches across three weekends, including the 2022 All Stars match and the annual Charity Shield match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and St George Illawarra Dragons. ^[19]

The pre-season also saw the first ever rugby league match to be played in the western Victorian city of Ballarat when Melbourne Storm played the Newcastle Knights at Eureka Stadium in front of 5,127 people. ^[20] The Charity Shield match also drew the highest attendance for the fixture since 2017, and aside from the All Stars match, was the largest attended match of the pre-season with 9,257 fans. ^[21]

The match between the New Zealand Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans was cancelled after being initially postponed and rescheduled from Moreton Daily Stadium to Cbus Super Stadium due to the 2022 South East Queensland flood. ^{[22] [23]}

All Stars match

Main article: 2022 All Stars match

12 February 2022 20:20 AEST (UTC+11:00)

Māori All Stars	16–10	Indigenous All Stars
	Report

Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 26,755 [24]

Trials

Italics indicates a non-NRL club

Date	Time	Home	Score	Away	Stadium	Attendance	Report
12 February 2022	16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	04–52	Brisbane Broncos	Kougari Oval, Brisbane	5,000 [25]	Report
18 February 2022	18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Sydney Roosters	18–32	Canberra Raiders	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney	5,563 [26]	Report
18 February 2022	20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Wests Tigers	04–28	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney	5,563 [26]	Report
19 February 2022	16:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Melbourne Storm	16–30	New Zealand Warriors	Casey Fields, Melbourne	6,876 [27]	Report
19 February 2022	17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)	North Queensland Cowboys	24–12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Barlow Park, Cairns	7,128 [28]	Report
19 February 2022	19:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Gold Coast Titans	26–26	Brisbane Broncos	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast	4,919 [29]	Report
20 February 2022	16:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Penrith Panthers	34–60	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney	TBA [30]	Report
20 February 2022	18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Parramatta Eels	22–26	St George Illawarra Dragons	Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney	TBA [30]	Report
21 February 2022	19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Newcastle Knights	16–16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle International Sports Centre, Newcastle	5,288 [31]	Report
25 February 2022	18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	16–18	Canberra Raiders	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford	5,601 [32]	Report
25 February 2022	20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Sydney Roosters	08–16	Wests Tigers	Central Coast Stadium, Gosford	5,601 [32]	Report
26 February 2022	17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Penrith Panthers	00–36	Parramatta Eels	Penrith Stadium, Sydney	TBA [33]	Report
26 February 2022	19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	South Sydney Rabbitohs	10–16	St George Illawarra Dragons	Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium, Mudgee	9,257 [21]	Report
26 February 2022	20:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)	North Queensland Cowboys	26–60	Brisbane Broncos	Stadium Mackay, Mackay	4,545 [34]	Report
27 February 2022	17:45 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Melbourne Storm	24–10	Newcastle Knights	Eureka Stadium, Ballarat	5,127 [35]	Report
28 February 2022	19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	30–60	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Endeavour Field, Sydney	TBA [36]	Report
28 February 2022	20:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)	New Zealand Warriors	C–C	Gold Coast Titans	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast a	N/A	Source

^a ^ The match was initially scheduled to be played on 26 February at Moreton Daily Stadium, but was rescheduled due to the 2022 South East Queensland flood. ^[22]

Regular season

See also: 2022 NRL season results

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
Brisbane Broncos	SOU +7	CBY +6	NQL −26	NZL −14	SYD −4	PEN −28	CBY +20	CRO +9	SOU +20	MAN +38	NEW +24	GCT +11	X	CAN +6	MEL −12	NQL −14	SGI +14	GCT +4	PAR +22	WTI −14	SYD −18	NEW +18	MEL −48	PAR −47	SGI −10
Canberra Raiders	CRO +5	NQL −20	GCT +2	MAN −19	MEL −14	NQL −6	PEN −30	NZL −1*	CBY +10	CRO +20	SOU +20	PAR −8	SYD +6	BRI −6	NEW +2	SGI −2	X	MEL +4	NZL +12	GCT +12	PEN −20	SGI +2	NEW +6	MAN +42	WTI +46	MEL +8	PAR −36
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	NQL +2	BRI −6	MAN −1	MEL −44	PEN −20	SOU −20	BRI −20	SYD +4	CAN −10	NEW −10	WTI −14	SGI −10	PEN −12	PAR +30	WTI +24	CRO −12	X	SOU −8	GCT +10	NEW +14	NQL −14	NZL −24	PAR −36	CRO −16	MAN +1
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	CAN −5	PAR +2	SGI +24	NEW +18	WTI +26	MEL −16	MAN +12	BRI −9	NZL +19	CAN −20	GCT +7	SYD −20	X	NZL +22	GCT +8	CBY +12	MEL +22	NQL +14	PEN −10	SOU +1*	SGI +6	WTI +24	MAN +34	CBY +16	NEW +22	NQL −2*	SOU −26
Gold Coast Titans	PAR −4	NZL +2	CAN −2	WTI +2	PAR −6	MAN −8	NQL −26	PEN −14	SYD −28	SGI +4*	CRO −7	BRI −11	NQL −26	SOU −14	CRO −8	NEW −26	X	BRI −4	CBY −10	CAN −12	MEL −18	MAN +20	SGI −20	NEW +10	NZL +1*
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	PEN −22	SYD −14	CBY +1	CAN +19	NEW +24	GCT +8	CRO −12	SOU −18	WTI +14	BRI −38	PAR −2	MEL −20	NZL +32	WTI +26	NQL −2	MEL +6	X	NEW +30	SGI −14	SYD −10	PAR −16	GCT −20	CRO −34	CAN −42	CBY −1
Melbourne Storm	WTI +10	SOU +1*	PAR −4*	CBY +44	CAN +14	CRO +16	NZL +60	NEW +48	SGI +36	PEN −26	NQL −30	MAN +20	X	SYD +8	BRI +12	MAN −6	CRO −22	CAN −4	SOU −12	NZL +12	GCT +18	PEN +16	BRI +48	SYD −4	PAR −8	CAN −8
New Zealand Warriors	SGI −12	GCT −2	WTI +4	BRI +14	NQL +1*	SYD −8	MEL −60	CAN +1*	CRO −19	SOU −2	SGI −6	NEW −8	MAN −32	CRO −22	PEN −34	WTI +20	X	PAR −10	CAN −12	MEL −12	SOU −38	CBY +24	NQL −44	PEN −34	GCT −1*
Newcastle Knights	SYD +14	WTI +22	PEN −18	CRO −18	MAN −24	SGI −5	PAR −37	MEL −48	NQL −20	CBY +10	BRI −24	NZL +8	X	PEN −36	CAN −2	GCT +26	SOU −12	MAN −30	SYD −30	CBY −14	WTI +4	BRI −18	CAN −6	GCT −10	CRO −22
North Queensland Cowboys	CBY −2	CAN +20	BRI +26	SYD −24	NZL −1*	CAN +6	GCT +26	PAR +31	NEW +20	WTI +24	MEL +30	PEN −22	GCT +26	SGI +19	MAN +2	BRI +14	X	CRO −14	WTI +1	SGI +26	CBY +14	SYD −14	NZL +44	SOU −10	PEN +30	CRO +2*	X	PAR −4
Parramatta Eels	GCT +4	CRO −2	MEL +4*	SGI +34	GCT +6	WTI −1	NEW +37	NQL −31	PEN +2	SYD −7	MAN +2	CAN +8	X	CBY −30	SYD +10	SOU −18	WTI +8	NZL +10	BRI −22	PEN +24	MAN +16	SOU −26	CBY +36	BRI +47	MEL +8	PEN −19	CAN +36	NQL +4	PEN −16
Penrith Panthers	MAN +22	SGI +4	NEW +18	SOU +14	CBY +20	BRI +28	CAN +30	GCT +14	PAR −2	MEL +26	SYD +20	NQL +22	CBY +12	NEW +36	NZL +34	SYD +8	X	WTI +2	CRO +10	PAR −24	CAN +20	MEL −16	SOU +4	NZL +34	NQL −30	PAR +19	X	SOU +20	PAR +16
South Sydney Rabbitohs	BRI −7	MEL −1*	SYD +12	PEN −14	SGI +12	CBY +20	WTI −1	MAN +18	BRI −20	NZL +2	CAN −20	WTI +26	X	GCT +14	SGI −20	PAR +18	NEW +12	CBY +8	MEL +12	CRO −1*	NZL +38	PAR +26	PEN −4	NQL +10	SYD −10	SYD +16	CRO +26	PEN −20
St. George Illawarra Dragons	NZL +12	PEN −4	CRO −24	PAR −34	SOU −12	NEW +5	SYD +2	WTI +6	MEL −36	GCT −4*	NZL +6	CBY +10	X	NQL −19	SOU +20	CAN +2	BRI −14	SYD −28	MAN +14	NQL −26	CRO −6	CAN −2	GCT +20	WTI +2	BRI +10
Sydney Roosters	NEW −14	MAN +14	SOU −12	NQL +24	BRI +4	NZL +8	SGI −2	CBY −4	GCT +28	PAR +7	PEN −20	CRO +20	CAN −6	MEL −8	PAR −10	PEN −8	X	SGI +28	NEW +30	MAN +10	BRI +18	NQL +14	WTI +66	MEL +4	SOU +10	SOU −16
Wests Tigers	MEL −10	NEW −22	NZL −4	GCT −2	CRO −26	PAR +1	SOU +1	SGI −6	MAN −14	NQL −24	CBY +14	SOU −26	X	MAN −26	CBY −24	NZL −20	PAR −8	PEN −2	NQL −1	BRI +14	NEW −4	CRO −24	SYD −66	SGI −2	CAN −46
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

2022 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	20	0	4	1	636	330	+306	42
2	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	18	0	6	1	573	364	+209	38
3	North Queensland Cowboys	24	17	0	7	1	633	361	+272	36
4	Parramatta Eels	24	16	0	8	1	608	489	+119	34
5	Melbourne Storm	24	15	0	9	1	657	410	+247	32
6	Sydney Roosters	24	15	0	9	1	635	434	+201	32
7	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	14	0	10	1	604	474	+130	30
8	Canberra Raiders	24	14	0	10	1	524	461	+63	30
9	Brisbane Broncos	24	13	0	11	1	514	550	−36	28
10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	12	0	12	1	469	569	−100	26
11	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24	9	0	15	1	490	595	−105	20
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	7	0	17	1	383	575	−192	16
13	Gold Coast Titans	24	6	0	18	1	455	660	−205	14
14	Newcastle Knights	24	6	0	18	1	372	662	−290	14
15	New Zealand Warriors	24	6	0	18	1	408	700	−292	14
16	Wests Tigers	24	4	0	20	1	352	679	−327	10

Ladder progression

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

Finals series

Main article: 2022 NRL finals series

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referee	Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Penrith Panthers	27 – 8	Parramatta Eels	9 September 2022, 7:55pm	BlueBet Stadium	Gerard Sutton	21,863
Melbourne Storm	20 – 28	Canberra Raiders	10 September 2022, 5:45pm	AAMI Park	Grant Atkins	20,838
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	30 – 32	North Queensland Cowboys †	10 September 2022, 7:55pm	PointsBet Stadium	Adam Gee	12,447
Sydney Roosters	14 – 30	South Sydney Rabbitohs	11 September 2022, 4:05pm	Allianz Stadium	Ashley Klein	39,816
SEMI FINALS
Parramatta Eels	40 – 4	Canberra Raiders	16 September 2022, 7:50pm	CommBank Stadium	Ashley Klein	29,134
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	12 – 38	South Sydney Rabbitohs	17 September 2022, 8:00pm	Allianz Stadium	Grant Atkins	39,733
PRELIMINARY FINALS
North Queensland Cowboys	20 – 24	Parramatta Eels	23 September 2022, 7:50pm	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Grant Atkins	25,372
Penrith Panthers	32 – 12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24 September 2022, 7:50pm	Accor Stadium	Ashley Klein	50,034

† Match decided in extra time.

Chart

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	9 Sept, BlueBet Stadium
	1	Penrith	27
	4	Parramatta	8			16 Sept, CommBank Stadium
						Parramatta		40
	10 Sept, AAMI Park					Canberra		4				24 Sept, Accor Stadium
	5	Melbourne	20									Penrith		32
	8	Canberra	28									South Sydney		12			2 Oct, Accor Stadium
																	Penrith		28
	11 Sept, Allianz Stadium											23 Sept, QCB Stadium					Parramatta		12
	6	Sydney	14									North Queensland		20
	7	South Sydney	30			17 Sept, Allianz Stadium						Parramatta		24
						Cronulla-Sutherland		12
	10 Sept, PointsBet Stadium					South Sydney		38
	2	Cronulla-Sutherland	30
	3	North Queensland	32

Grand final

Main article: 2022 NRL Grand Final

2022 NRL Grand Final

2 October 2022 19:35 AEDT

Penrith Panthers	28–12	Parramatta Eels
Tries:5 To'o  18', 46' Crichton  11' Sorensen  28' Staines  59' Goals:4 Cleary 4/6  13', 22 pen', 29', 61'	1st: 18–0 2nd: 10–12 Report	Tries:2 Gutherson  77' Arthur  78' Goals:2 Moses 2/2  77', 79'

Accor Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 82,415 Referee: Ashley Klein Bunker: Grant Atkins Touch judges: Phil Henderson, Drew Oultram Clive Churchill Medal: Dylan Edwards

Player statistics and records

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

Top 5 point scorers Points Player Tries Goals Field Goals 224 Valentine Holmes 10 91 2 209 Sam Walker 7 90 1 188 Mitchell Moses 6 81 2 180 Nicho Hynes 6 76 4 167 Zac Lomax 6 71 1 Top 5 try scorers Tries Player 28 Alex Johnston 20 Corey Oates 17 Jeremiah Nanai 16 Taylan May 16 Ronaldo Mulitalo 16 Josh Addo-Carr

Top 5 goal scorers Goals Player 91 Valentine Holmes 90 Sam Walker 81 Mitchell Moses 76 Nicho Hynes 71 Zac Lomax Top 5 tacklers Tackles Player 1,020 Blayke Brailey 1,010 Reed Mahoney 1,000 Reece Robson 943 Lachlan Croker 927 Jeremy Marshall-King

Attendances

Club attendances

Club Figures 2022

Club	Home Games	Total Attendance	Average	Highest	Lowest	Total Capacity	% Capacity
Brisbane Broncos	12	355,128	29,594	42,612	16,740	630,000	56.4%
Canberra Raiders	12	151,441	12,620	16,647	6,492	285,121	53.1%
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	11	147,993	13,454	20,184	9,544	555,000	24.2%
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	11	114,077	10,370	11,459	8,927	230,000	49.6%
Gold Coast Titans	11	140,616	12,783	19,245	8,774	301,400	46.7%
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	11	125,753	11,432	17,385	6,972	210,000	59.9%
Melbourne Storm	10	163,270	16,327	25,308	10,168	300,500	54.3%
Newcastle Knights	12	200,683	16,724	25,169	9,472	393,000	51.1%
New Zealand Warriors	11	124,662	11,333	26,001	3,560	196,000	63.6%
North Queensland Cowboys	12	206,521	17,210	23,840	12,640	275,000	66.4%
Parramatta Eels	11	240,275	20,022	28,336	10,017	342,500	70.2%
Penrith Panthers	12	211,060	18,034	21,548	11,253	280,000	75.4%
South Sydney Rabbitohs	11	171,708	15,609	30,194	9,242	781,559	22.0%
St. George Illawarra Dragons	12	145,397	12,116	35,273	7,147	262,000	52.3%
Sydney Roosters	11	169,063	15,369	41,906	5,527	459,059	36.8%
Wests Tigers	11	120,990	10,999	15,124	7,182	243,500	49.7%

Top regular season crowds

Top 25 Regular Season Crowds

Rank	Home Team	Away Team	Crowd	Venue	City
1	Brisbane Broncos	Melbourne Storm	42,612	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
2	Sydney Roosters	South Sydney Rabbitohs	41,906	Allianz Stadium	Sydney
3	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys	37,761	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney Roosters	35,273	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney
5	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans	32,864	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
6	Brisbane Broncos	South Sydney Rabbitohs	32,002	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
7	Brisbane Broncos	Parramatta Eels	30,371	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	30,194	Accor Stadium	Sydney
9	Brisbane Broncos	St. George Illawarra Dragons	29,234	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
10	Parramatta Eels	Wests Tigers	28,336	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
11	Brisbane Broncos	Canberra Raiders	28,142	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
12	Parramatta Eels	Penrith Panthers	26,912	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
13	Parramatta Eels	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26,451	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
14	New Zealand Warriors	Wests Tigers	26,009	Mount Smart Stadium	Auckland, NZ
15	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle Knights	25,742	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
16	Melbourne Storm	Sydney Roosters	25,308	AAMI Park	Melbourne
17	Newcastle Knights	Parramatta Eels	25,169	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle
18	North Queensland Cowboys	Penrith Panthers	23,840	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Townsville
19	Parramatta Eels	Melbourne Storm	23,758	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
20	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane Broncos	23,531	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Townsville
21	Brisbane Broncos	Sydney Roosters	23,508	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
22	Brisbane Broncos	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	23,243	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
23	Newcastle Knights	Wests Tigers	23,214	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle
24	Parramatta Eels	South Sydney Rabbitohs	22,958	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
25	North Queensland Cowboys	Melbourne Storm	22,728	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Townsville

Magic Round

Main article: Magic Round (NRL)

Day	Home Team	Away Team	Crowd	Day Figure	Venue	City
Magic Round
1	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle Knights	30,220	40,267	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Brisbane Broncos	40,267
2	New Zealand Warriors	South Sydney Rabbitohs	30,504	46,545
	Gold Coast Titans	St. George Illawarra Dragons	41,593
	Melbourne Storm	Penrith Panthers	46,545
3	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Canberra Raiders	30,453	43,401
	Sydney Roosters	Parramatta Eels	43,401
	Wests Tigers	North Queensland Cowboys	43,401

Finals

See also: 2022 NRL finals series

Rank	Home Team	Away Team	Crowd	Venue	City
1	Penrith Panthers	Parramatta Eels	82,415	Accor Stadium	Sydney
2	Penrith Panthers	South Sydney Rabbitohs	50,034	Accor Stadium	Sydney
3	Sydney Roosters	South Sydney Rabbitohs	39,816	Allianz Stadium	Sydney
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	South Sydney Rabbitohs	39,733	Allianz Stadium	Sydney
5	Parramatta Eels	Canberra Raiders	29,134	CommBank Stadium	Sydney
6	North Queensland Cowboys	Parramatta Eels	25,572	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Townsville
7	Penrith Panthers	Parramatta Eels	21,863	BlueBet Stadium	Sydney
8	Melbourne Storm	Canberra Raiders	20,838	AAMI Park	Melbourne
9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	North Queensland Cowboys	12,477	PointsBet Stadium	Sydney

Match Officials

• Includes Finals Matches

Referee	Games
Grant Atkins	27
Ashley Klein	25
Gerard Sutton	25
Adam Gee	24
Ben Cummins	22
Peter Gough	19
Todd Smith	18
Chris Sutton	16
Chris Butler	13
Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	7
Liam Kennedy	5

2022 transfers

Players

Source: ^[37]

Player	2021 Club	2022 Club
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
David Mead	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
Anthony Milford	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle Knights
Ben Te'o	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
Siliva Havili	Canberra Raiders	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Ryan James	Canberra Raiders	Brisbane Broncos
Dunamis Lui	Canberra Raiders	New Zealand Warriors
Curtis Scott	Canberra Raiders	N/A
Bailey Simonsson	Canberra Raiders	Parramatta Eels
Iosia Soliola	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
George Williams	Canberra Raiders	Super League: Warrington Wolves
Sam Williams	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
Renouf Atoni	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	N/A
Dean Britt	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	N/A
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	N/A
Lachlan Lewis	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	N/A
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
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
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
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	Leigh Centurions (Championship)
Joey Lussick	Parramatta Eels	Super League: St. Helens
Michael Oldfield	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
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	Super League: Toulouse Olympique
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
Lachlan Lam	Sydney Roosters	Leigh Centurions (Championship)
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
Fa'amanu Brown	Featherstone Rovers (Championship)	Wests Tigers
Tyrone Roberts	Norths Devils (Intrust Super Cup)	Brisbane Broncos
Young Tonumaipea	Melbourne Rebels (Super Rugby)	Melbourne Storm
George Burgess	N/A	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Te Maire Martin	N/A	Brisbane Broncos
James Segeyaro	Suspension [38]	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

Mid-season transfers

Player	Original club	→ New club	Date of transfer
Jamayne Isaako	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans	22 March
Daniel Alvaro	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Toulouse Olympique (Super League)	5 May
Kodi Nikorima	New Zealand Warriors	South Sydney Rabbitohs	9 May
Brent Naden	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Wests Tigers	17 May
Matthew Dufty	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Warrington Wolves (Super League)	23 May
Thomas Mikaele	Wests Tigers	Warrington Wolves (Super League)	24 June
Matthew Lodge	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney Roosters	29 June
Will Smith	Gold Coast Titans	Hull F.C. (Super League)	19 July
Luciano Leilua	Wests Tigers	North Queensland Cowboys	21 July

Loan moves

Player	Home club	→ Loan club	Dates	Pld	Ref
David Nofoaluma	Wests Tigers	Melbourne Storm	1 August – 10 September (Round 21 – end of season)	6	[39]
Oliver Gildart	Wests Tigers	Sydney Roosters	1 August – 11 September (Round 21 – end of season)	2	[40]

See also

• 2022 Australian football code crowds
• 2021 NRL Women's season (played in early 2022)
• 2022 NRL Women's season

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