2024 NRL pre-season results

Last updated
2024 NRL pre-season
Duration15 February - 25 February 2023
Teams16
Premiers Brisbane Broncos (1st title)
Matches played16
  2023
 

The 2024 NRL pre-season was played from 15 to 25 February 2024, before a 7-day lead up until the beginning of the 2024 NRL season. [1]

Contents

Background

The Penrith Panthers did not participate in the Pre-season Challenge as they were playing in the World Club Challenge in Wigan, England. [2] [3]

Standings

The winner of the Pre-season Challenge received $100,000 AUD. [4] Only matches in the second and third week of the pre-season counted towards the standings, excluding the All Stars match. Twelve competition points are awarded for a win and six for a draw. One bonus competition point is awarded for each of the following: 5 or more tries, 5 or more line breaks, and 10 or more offloads. [5]

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (C)22008634+52428
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 22008232+50428
3 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 21016452+12416
4 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 21015446+8416
5 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins 210148480416
6 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 21015040+10315
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 210140466315
8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2101425412315
9 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 21013024+6214
10 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 21014034+6214
11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2101365014214
12 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2101567216214
13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2101385214113
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2101305020012
15 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 200230522200
16 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 200236764000
Source: Official NRL Ladder for 2024 Premiership Season
(C) Champions

Fixtures

Trials

All Stars

16 February 2024
19:10 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Indigenous All Stars Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg 22–14 Tino Rangatiratanga Maori sovereignty movement flag.svg Māori All Stars
Report
Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville
Attendance: 15,369
Referee: Todd Smith

First week

15 February 2024
19:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 24–12 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Report
Belmore Sports Ground, Sydney
Referee: Wyatt Raymond

17 February 2024
13:45 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg 44–18 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sutherland Sharks
Report
Industree Group Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 7,952
Referee: Kasey Badger

17 February 2024
15:45 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg 36–22 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Report
Industree Group Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 8,663
Referee: Peter Gough

17 February 2024
17:55 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Parramatta Eels Parramatta colours.svg 16–38 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Report
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 8,827
Referee: Nick Pelgrave

17 February 2024
20:05 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg 28–6 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons
Report
Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 8,827
Referee: Belinda Sharpe

18 February 2024
16:00 NZDT (UTC+13:00)
New Zealand Warriors Auckland colours.svg 16–18 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Report
Apollo Projects Stadium, Christchurch
Attendance: 13,760
Referee: Chris Sutton

18 February 2024
15:55 AEST (UTC+10:00)
North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland colours.svg 20–46 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Report
BB Print Stadium, Mackay
Attendance: 5,332
Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

18 February 2024
17:15 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Dolphins Dolphins colours.png 26–14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Report
Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast
Attendance: 7,869
Referee: Chris Butler

Second week

23 February 2024
18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg 10–46 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Report

23 February 2024
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Cronulla Sutherland Sharks Cronulla colours.svg 12–6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Report

24 February 2024
14:45 FJT (UTC+12:00)
Melbourne Storm Melbourne colours.svg 28–10 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 5,218
Referee: Belinda Sharpe

24 February 2024
17:45 NZDT (UTC+13:00)
New Zealand Warriors Auckland colours.svg 34–22 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins
Report
Go Media Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 14,276
Referee: Liam Kennedy

24 February 2024
17:55 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 14–40 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Report

24 February 2024
20:05 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
St George Illawarra Dragons St. George colours.svg 34–18 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Report
Glen Willow Oval, Mudgee
Attendance: 4,962
Referee: Kasey Badger

25 February 2024
15:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Canberra Raiders Canberra colours.svg 26–36 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Report
Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan
Attendance: 6,048
Referee: Chris Butler

25 February 2024
16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Gold Coast Titans Gold Coast Titans colours.svg 16–26 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Report
North Ipswich Reserve, Ipswich
Attendance: 5,306
Referee: Gerard Sutton

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