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]

PosTeamPldWDLBPPFPAPDPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (C)2200486345228
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2200482325028
3 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2101464521216
4 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 210145446816
5 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins 210144848016
6 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2101350401015
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 210134046615
8 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2101342541215
9 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 210123024614
10 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 210124034614
11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2101236501414
12 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2101256721614
13 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2101138521413
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2101030502012
15 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 200203052220
16 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 200203676400
Source: Official NRL Ladder for 2024 Premiership Season
(C) Champion

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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