2026 NRL season

2026 National Rugby League
Duration	28 February [a] – 4 October 2026
Teams	17
Matches played	14
Points scored	724
Average attendance	26,292
Total attendance	315,509
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The 2026 NRL season is the 119th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 29th season run by the National Rugby League (NRL). The regular season will be followed by a finals series contested by the top eight teams on the competition ladder.

Teams

The lineup of teams in the league remained unchanged for the 4th and final consecutive year, with seventeen participating in the regular season: ten from New South Wales, four from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.

Club	Season	Home ground(s)	Head coach	Captain(s)
Brisbane Broncos	39th season	Suncorp Stadium	Michael Maguire	Adam Reynolds
Canberra Raiders	45th season	GIO Stadium	Ricky Stuart	Joseph Tapine
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	92nd season	Accor Stadium and Belmore Sports Ground	Cameron Ciraldo	Stephen Crichton
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	60th season	Ocean Protect Stadium	Craig Fitzgibbon	Cameron McInnes and Blayke Brailey [1]
Dolphins	4th season	Suncorp Stadium and Kayo Stadium	Kristian Woolf	Tom Gilbert and Isaiya Katoa [2]
Gold Coast Titans	20th season	Cbus Super Stadium	Josh Hannay [3]	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	77th season	4 Pines Park	Anthony Seibold	Tom Trbojevic [4]
Melbourne Storm	29th season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Harry Grant
Newcastle Knights	39th season	McDonald Jones Stadium	Justin Holbrook [5]	Kalyn Ponga
New Zealand Warriors	32nd season	Go Media Stadium	Andrew Webster	Mitchell Barnett and James Fisher-Harris
North Queensland Cowboys	32nd season	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Todd Payten	Reuben Cotter and Tom Dearden
Parramatta Eels	80th season	CommBank Stadium	Jason Ryles	Mitchell Moses
Penrith Panthers	60th season	CommBank Stadium [b]	Ivan Cleary	Nathan Cleary and Isaah Yeo
South Sydney Rabbitohs	117th season	Accor Stadium	Wayne Bennett	Cameron Murray
St. George Illawarra Dragons	28th season	Jubilee Stadium and WIN Stadium	Shane Flanagan	Damien Cook and Clint Gutherson
Sydney Roosters	119th season	Allianz Stadium	Trent Robinson	James Tedesco
Wests Tigers	27th season	CommBank Stadium, Leichhardt Oval and Campbelltown Sports Stadium	Benji Marshall	Apisai Koroisau and Jarome Luai

Venues

Venues for the 2026 National Rugby League competition.

New South Wales
Sydney	Parramatta	Sydney Olympic Park	Woolooware
Allianz Stadium	CommBank Stadium	Accor Stadium	Ocean Protect Stadium
Capacity: 42,500	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 83,000	Capacity: 15,000
Brookvale	Leumeah	Lilyfield	Carlton
4 Pines Park	Campbelltown Sports Stadium	Leichhardt Oval	Jubilee Stadium
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 17,500	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,000
Newcastle	Gosford	Wollongong
McDonald Jones Stadium	polytec Stadium	WIN Stadium
Capacity: 33,000	Capacity: 20,059	Capacity: 23,750
Mudgee	Bathurst
Glen Willow Oval	Carrington Park
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 11,500
Queensland
Brisbane	Redcliffe	Gold Coast	Townsville
Suncorp Stadium	Kayo Stadium	Cbus Super Stadium	Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Capacity: 52,500	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 27,400	Capacity: 26,500
Australian Capital Territory	Victoria	Western Australia
Canberra	Melbourne	Perth
GIO Stadium	AAMI Park	Optus Stadium	HBF Park
Capacity: 25,011	Capacity: 29,500	Capacity: 65,000	Capacity: 20,500
Northern Territory	New Zealand
Darwin	Auckland	Wellington	Christchurch
TIO Stadium	Go Media Stadium	Hnry Stadium	One New Zealand Stadium
Capacity: 12,215	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 34,500	Capacity: 30,000

Stadium locations

Venues used for the 2026 National Rugby League season.

2026 NRL season stadium locations (Australia and New Zealand)

1000km
621miles

22

Jubilee Stadium

21

Leichhardt Oval

20

Marrara Oval

19

One NZ Stadium

18

Sky Stadium

17

Go Media Stadium

16

Glen Willow Stadium

15

Carrington Park

14

Perth Stadium

13

AAMI Park

12

Queensland Country Bank Stadium

11

Cbus Super Stadium

10

Kayo Stadium

9

Suncorp Stadium

8

GIO Stadium

7

McDonald Jones Stadium

6

WIN Stadium

5

Accor Stadium

4

Campbelltown Stadium

3

Sydney Football Stadium

2

CommBank Stadium

1

BlueBet Stadium

   

1

Penrith Panthers

2

Parramatta Eels

3

Sydney Roosters

4

Wests Tigers

5

South Sydney Rabbitohs

6

St. George Illawarra Dragons

7

Newcastle Knights

8

Canberra Raiders

9

Brisbane Broncos

10

Dolphins

11

Gold Coast Titans

12

North Queensland Cowboys

13

Melbourne Storm

14

South Sydney Rabbitohs

15

Penrith Panthers

16

Penrith Panthers

17

New Zealand Warriors

18

New Zealand Warriors

19

New Zealand Warriors

20

Dolphins

21

Wests Tigers

22

St. George Illawarra Dragons

Pre-season

Trials

Italics indicates a non-NRL club

Date	Time	Home	Score	Away	Stadium	Report
7 February 2025	18:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Central Queensland Capras	16–26	Dolphins	Marley Brown Oval, Gladstone
14 February 2025	19:10 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Sunshine Coast Falcons	14–26	Brisbane Broncos	Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast
22 February 2025	14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)	Souths Logan Magpies	22–58	Brisbane Broncos	Davies Park, Brisbane

All Stars match

Main article: 2026 All Stars match

15 February 2026 15:00 AEST

Māori All Stars	16–16	Indigenous All Stars
	Report

FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton Referee: Adam Gee [c]

Pre-season Challenge

Main article: 2026 NRL Pre-season Challenge

The 16-game pre-season challenge was played from 7 February to 22 February 2026 and was won by the Parramatta Eels, the first team to score the maximum 30 competition points. ^[6]

Regular season

Results

See also: 2026 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	26	27	F1	F2	F3	GF
Brisbane Broncos	PEN –26	PAR –8	MEL	DOL	GCT	NQL	WTI	CBY	SYD	MAN	NZL	X	SGI	GCT	SOU	X	SYD	CRO	X	PEN	NQL	NEW	DOL	NZL	CAN	MEL	CBY
Canberra Raiders	MAN +1*	NZL –34	CBY	CRO	NEW	SOU	MEL	WTI	GCT	PEN	X	DOL	NQL	SYD	PAR	MEL	SGI	X	CBY	SOU	WTI	PEN	NEW	CRO	BRI	X	NQL
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	SGI +1*	X	CAN	NEW	SOU	PEN	PAR	BRI	NQL	DOL	CRO	MEL	WTI	PAR	X	MAN	GCT	X	CAN	WTI	NZL	MEL	SYD	SOU	SGI	PEN	BRI
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	GCT +40	PEN –20	DOL	CAN	NZL	SYD	X	NQL	WTI	SOU	CBY	X	MAN	SGI	NZL	SYD	X	BRI	DOL	NEW	MAN	SOU	SGI	CAN	GCT	PAR	MEL
Dolphins	SOU –10	GCT	CRO	BRI	MAN	X	PEN	NZL	MEL	CBY	SOU	CAN	X	NQL	SYD	WTI	NZL	NEW	CRO	NQL	X	SGI	BRI	MAN	PAR	SYD	GCT
Gold Coast Titans	CRO –40	DOL	NQL	SGI	BRI	PAR	NZL	X	CAN	SYD	NEW	MAN	X	BRI	WTI	PEN	CBY	X	MEL	MAN	SGI	NZL	NQL	NEW	CRO	SOU	DOL
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	CAN –1*	NEW	X	SYD	DOL	SGI	NQL	PAR	PEN	BRI	WTI	GCT	CRO	SOU	X	CBY	MEL	PAR	NQL	GCT	CRO	X	MEL	DOL	NEW	SGI	NZL
Melbourne Storm	PAR +48	SGI +26	BRI	NQL	PEN	NZL	CAN	SOU	DOL	WTI	PAR	CBY	SYD	NEW	X	CAN	MAN	X	GCT	SYD	SOU	CBY	MAN	X	PEN	BRI	CRO
Newcastle Knights	NQL +10	MAN	WAR	CBY	CAN	WTI	SYD	PEN	SOU	SGI	GCT	X	PAR	MEL	X	SGI	WTI	DOL	SOU	CRO	SYD	BRI	CAN	GCT	MAN	NZL	X
New Zealand Warriors	SYD +24	CAN +34	NEW	WTI	CRO	MEL	GCT	DOL	PAR	X	BRI	SGI	PEN	X	CRO	NQL	DOL	X	WTI	SGI	CBY	GCT	PEN	BRI	SOU	NEW	MAN
North Queensland Cowboys	NEW –10	WTI –28	GCT	MEL	SGI	BRI	MAN	CRO	CBY	PAR	SYD	SOU	CAN	DOL	X	NZL	PEN	X	MAN	DOL	BRI	SYD	GCT	PAR	X	WTI	CAN
Parramatta Eels	MEL –48	BRI +8	SGI	PEN	WTI	GCT	CBY	MAN	NZL	NQL	MEL	X	NEW	CBY	CAN	X	SOU	MAN	SYD	X	PEN	WTI	SOU	NQL	DOL	CRO	SGI
Penrith Panthers	BRI +26	CRO +20	SYD	PAR	MEL	CBY	DOL	NEW	MAN	CAN	SGI	X	NZL	WTI	X	GCT	NQL	SOU	X	BRI	PAR	CAN	NZL	SYD	MEL	CBY	WTI
South Sydney Rabbitohs	DOL +10	SYD –8	WTI	X	CBY	CAN	SGI	MEL	NEW	CRO	DOL	NQL	X	MAN	BRI	X	PAR	PEN	NEW	CAN	MEL	CRO	PAR	CBY	NZL	GCT	SYD
St. George Illawarra Dragons	CBY –1*	MEL –26	PAR	GCT	NQL	MAN	SOU	SYD	X	NEW	PEN	NZL	BRI	CRO	X	NEW	CAN	WTI	X	NZL	GCT	DOL	CRO	WTI	CBY	MAN	PAR
Sydney Roosters	NZL –24	SOU +8	PEN	MAN	X	CRO	NEW	SGI	BRI	GCT	NQL	X	MEL	CAN	DOL	CRO	BRI	X	PAR	MEL	NEW	NQL	CBY	PEN	WTI	DOL	SOU
Wests Tigers	X	NQL +28	SOU	NZL	PAR	NEW	BRI	CAN	CRO	MEL	MAN	X	CBY	PEN	GCT	DOL	NEW	SGI	NZL	CBY	CAN	PAR	X	SGI	SYD	NQL	PEN
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	26	27	F1	F2	F3	GF

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

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Melbourne Storm	2	2	0	0	0	98	24	+74	4	Advance to finals series
2	New Zealand Warriors	2	2	0	0	0	82	24	+58	4
3	Penrith Panthers	2	2	0	0	0	52	6	+46	4
4	Wests Tigers	1	1	0	0	1	44	16	+28	4
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	1	1	0	0	1	15	14	+1	4
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2	1	0	1	0	56	36	+20	2
7	Newcastle Knights	1	1	0	0	0	28	18	+10	2
8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2	1	0	1	0	58	56	+2	2
9	Sydney Roosters	2	1	0	1	0	44	60	−16	2
10	Canberra Raiders	2	1	0	1	0	35	68	−33	2
11	Parramatta Eels	2	1	0	1	0	44	84	−40	2
12	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	1	0	0	1	0	28	29	−1	0
13	Dolphins	1	0	0	1	0	30	40	−10	0
14	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2	0	0	2	0	34	61	−27	0
15	Brisbane Broncos	2	0	0	2	0	32	66	−34	0
16	North Queensland Cowboys	2	0	0	2	0	34	72	−38	0
17	Gold Coast Titans	1	0	0	1	0	10	50	−40	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2026. Source: National Rugby League

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	26	27
1	Melbourne Storm	2	4
2	New Zealand Warriors	2	4
3	Penrith Panthers	2	4
4	Wests Tigers	2	4
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	2	4
6	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2	2
7	Newcastle Knights	2
8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2	2
9	Sydney Roosters	0	2
10	Canberra Raiders	2	2
11	Parramatta Eels	0	2
12	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	0
13	Dolphins	0
46	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	0
15	Brisbane Broncos	0	0
16	North Queensland Cowboys	0	0
17	Gold Coast Titans	0

Player statistics and records

• In Round 2, Alex Johnston surpassed Ken Irvine as the greatest tryscorer in the NRL and its predecessor competitions.

Attendances

Club figures

Team	Games	Total	2026 Average	2025 Average	Difference	Highest	Lowest
Brisbane Broncos	2	84,581	42,291	41,185	+1,106	45,566	39,015
Canberra Raiders	0	0	0	19,136	TBD	TBD	TBD
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	1	45,719	45,719	30,688	+15,031	45,719	45,719
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	1	11,548	11,548	12,856	-1,308	11,548	11,548
Dolphins	1	20,114	20,114	21,820	-1,706	20,114	20,114
Gold Coast Titans	0	0	0	16,410	TBD	TBD	TBD
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	1	17,532	17,532	16,393	+1,139	17,532	17,532
Melbourne Storm	1	18,264	18,264	21,677	-3,413	18,264	18,264
Newcastle Knights	1	45,719	45,719	20,891	+24,828	45,719	45,719
New Zealand Warriors	2	47,179	23,590	23,188	+402	24,112	23,067
North Queensland Cowboys	0	0	0	18,649	TBD	TBD	TBD
Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	15,904	TBD	TBD	TBD
Penrith Panthers	0	0	0	16,695	TBD	TBD	TBD
South Sydney Rabbitohs	0	0	0	16,070	TBD	TBD	TBD
St. George Illawarra Dragons	1	11,511	11,511	12,505	-994	11,511	11,511
Sydney Roosters	1	41,424	41,424	23,799	+17,625	41,424	41,424
Wests Tigers	1	17,637	17,637	15,176	+2,461	17,637	17,637

* = Magic Round home game not counted

Top regular season crowds

Rank	Home team	Away team	Crowd	Venue	City	Round
1	Newcastle Knights	North Queensland Cowboys	45,719	Allegiant Stadium	Paradise	1
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	St. George Illawarra Dragons
2	Brisbane Broncos	Penrith Panthers	45,566	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	1
3	Sydney Roosters	South Sydney Rabbitohs	41,424	Allianz Stadium	Sydney	2
4	Brisbane Broncos	Parramatta Eels	39,015	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	2
5	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney Roosters	24,112	Go Media Stadium	Auckland	1
6	New Zealand Warriors	Canberra Raiders	23,067	Go Media Stadium	Auckland	2
7	Dolphins	South Sydney Rabbitohs	20,114	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane	1
8	Melbourne Storm	Parramatta Eels	18,264	AAMI Park	Melbourne	1
9	Wests Tigers	North Queensland Cowboys	17,637	Leichhardt Oval	Sydney	2
10	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Canberra Raiders	17,532	4 Pines Park	Sydney	1
11	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Gold Coast Titans	11,548	Ocean Protect Stadium	Sydney	1
12	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Melbourne Storm	11,511	WIN Stadium	Wollongong	1

Match officials

Referee	Games
Wyatt Raymond	2
Peter Gough	2
Adam Gee	2
Grant Atkins	2
Ashley Klein	2
Todd Smith	1
Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	1
Liam Kennedy	1
Gerard Sutton	1

2026 transfers

Source: ^[7]

Player	2025 Club	2026 Club
Fletcher Baker	Brisbane Broncos	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Selwyn Cobbo	Brisbane Broncos	Dolphins
Kobe Hetherington	Brisbane Broncos	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Jock Madden	Brisbane Broncos	Wests Tigers
Tyson Smoothy	Brisbane Broncos	Wakefield Trinity (Super League)
Martin Taupau	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
Jamal Fogarty	Canberra Raiders	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Corey Harawira-Naera	Canberra Raiders	TBD
Albert Hopoate	Canberra Raiders	Warrington Wolves (Super League)
Danny Levi	Canberra Raiders	Leeds Rhinos (Super League)
Trey Mooney	Canberra Raiders	Newcastle Knights
Pasami Saulo	Canberra Raiders	Newcastle Knights
Manaia Waitere	Canberra Raiders	Melbourne Storm
Adam Cook	Canberra Raiders	Leigh Centurions (Super League)
Drew Hutchison	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles (Group 7 Rugby League)
Reed Mahoney	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	North Queensland Cowboys
Kurtis Morrin	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Gold Coast Titans
Toby Sexton	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Blake Taaffe	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Castleford Tigers (Super League)
Blake Wilson	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Luke Smith	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	London Broncos (Super League)
Daniel Atkinson	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Kade Dykes	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Kenny Bromwich	Dolphins	Retirement
Max Feagai	Dolphins	Gold Coast Titans
Peter Hola	Dolphins	Newcastle Knights
Harrison Graham	Dolphins	Newcastle Knights
Josh Kerr	Dolphins	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Mark Nicholls	Dolphins	Retirement
Sean O'Sullivan	Dolphins	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Aublix Tawha	Dolphins	Brisbane Broncos
Jacob Alick-Wiencke	Gold Coast Titans	Leigh Leopards (Super League)
Reagan Campbell-Gillard	Gold Coast Titans	London Broncos (RFL Championship)
Iszac Fa'asuamaleaui	Gold Coast Titans	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
David Fifita	Gold Coast Titans	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Kieran Foran	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement
Carter Gordon	Gold Coast Titans	Queensland Reds (Super Rugby)
Alofiana Khan-Pereira	Gold Coast Titans	New Zealand Warriors
Ken Maumalo	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement
Harley Smith-Shields	Gold Coast Titans	TBD
Ryan Sutton	Gold Coast Titans	Bradford Bulls (Super League)
Sean Mullany	Gold Coast Titans	Mackay Cutters (Queensland Cup)
Tom Weaver	Gold Coast Titans	Castleford Tigers (Super League)
Brian Kelly	Gold Coast Titans	Parramatta Eels
Josh Aloiai	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
Gordon Chan Kum Tong	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Michael Chee-Kam	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
Daly Cherry-Evans	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Roosters
Lachlan Croker	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
Matthew Lodge	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	North Queensland Cowboys
Toafofoa Sipley	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Warrington Wolves (Super League)
Tommy Talau	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Roosters
Jazz Tevaga	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Wakefield Trinity (Super League)
Dean Matterson	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Albi Rugby League (Super XIII)
Grant Anderson	Melbourne Storm	Brisbane Broncos
Nelson Asofa-Solomona	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
Bronson Garlick	Melbourne Storm	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Dean Ieremia	Melbourne Storm	Gold Coast Titans
Ryan Papenhuyzen	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
Jonah Pezet	Melbourne Storm	Parramatta Eels
Taj Annan	Newcastle Knights	Western Force (Super Rugby)
Jake Arthur	Newcastle Knights	Hull F.C. (Super League)
Jayden Brailey	Newcastle Knights	Canberra Raiders
Jack Cogger	Newcastle Knights	Penrith Panthers
Adam Elliott	Newcastle Knights	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Jackson Hastings	Newcastle Knights	St Helens (Super League)
Jack Hetherington	Newcastle Knights	Melbourne Storm
Kai Pearce-Paul	Newcastle Knights	Wests Tigers
Leo Thompson	Newcastle Knights	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Mason Teague	Newcastle Knights	Brisbane Broncos
Tyrone Thompson	Newcastle Knights	Chiefs (Super Rugby)
Bunty Afoa	New Zealand Warriors	Wests Tigers
Tom Ale	New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Panthers
Kalani Going	New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Panthers
Morgan Harper	New Zealand Warriors	Newtown Jets (NSW Cup)
Edward Kosi	New Zealand Warriors	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Moala Graham-Taufa	New Zealand Warriors	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Freddy Lussick	New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Panthers
Karl Lawton	North Queensland Cowboys	Hull Kingston Rovers (Super League)
Jordan McLean	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Reece Robson	North Queensland Cowboys	Sydney Roosters
Semi Valemei	North Queensland Cowboys	Castleford Tigers (Super League)
Tom Duffy	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane Broncos
Dylan Brown	Parramatta Eels	Newcastle Knights
Haze Dunster	Parramatta Eels	TBD
Wiremu Greig	Parramatta Eels	Townsville Blackhawks (Queensland Cup)
Brendan Hands	Parramatta Eels	Toulouse Olympique (Super League)
Dean Hawkins	Parramatta Eels	London Broncos (RFL Championship)
Shaun Lane	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Zac Lomax	Parramatta Eels	Western Force (Super Rugby)
Joey Lussick	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Asu Kepaoa	Penrith Panthers	Newcastle Knights
Daine Laurie	Penrith Panthers	Canberra Raiders
Soni Luke	Penrith Panthers	North Queensland Cowboys
Brad Schneider	Penrith Panthers	Dolphins
David Fale	Penrith Panthers	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Trent Toelau	Penrith Panthers	Melbourne Storm
Luke Sommerton	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans
Lewis Dodd	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Siliva Havili	South Sydney Rabbitohs	London Broncos (RFL Championship)
Jacob Host	South Sydney Rabbitohs	St Helens (Super League)
Shaquai Mitchell	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Tweed Seagulls (Queensland Cup)
Josh Schuster	South Sydney Rabbitohs	TBD
Davvy Moale	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Melbourne Storm
Corey Allan	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Jack de Belin	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Parramatta Eels
Tom Eisenhuth	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Raymond Faitala-Mariner	St. George Illawarra Dragons	TBD
Viliami Fifita	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (NSW Cup)
Lachlan Ilias	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Gold Coast Titans
David Klemmer	St. George Illawarra Dragons	St Helens (Super League)
Michael Molo	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Ipswich Jets (Queensland Cup)
Ben Murdoch-Masila	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Cody Ramsey	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney Roosters
Mikaele Ravalawa	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Castleford Tigers (Super League)
Sione Finau	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canberra Raiders
Zach Dockar-Clay	Sydney Roosters	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Sandon Smith	Sydney Roosters	Newcastle Knights
Chad Townsend	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
Solomona Faataape	Wests Tigers	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Justin Matamua	Wests Tigers	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (NSW Cup)
Brent Naden	Wests Tigers	Thirroul Butchers (Illawarra Rugby League)
Justin Olam	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Charlie Staines	Wests Tigers	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Jayden Sullivan	Wests Tigers	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Franklin Pele	Bradford Bulls (Super League)	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Morgan Gannon	Leeds Rhinos (Super League)	New Zealand Warriors
Morgan Knowles	St Helens (Super League)	Dolphins
Matthew Dufty	Warrington Wolves (Super League)	South Sydney Rabbitohs (NSW Cup)
Patrick Herbert	Dapto Canaries (Illawarra Rugby League)	Wests Tigers

Coaches

Coach	2025 Club	2026 Club
Des Hasler	Gold Coast Titans	N/A [3]
Adam O'Brien	Newcastle Knights	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (assistant) [8]
Josh Hannay	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (assistant)	Gold Coast Titans [3]
Justin Holbrook	Sydney Roosters (assistant)	Newcastle Knights [5]

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Notes

1. Local time in Las Vegas.
2. Penrith's usual home ground, Penrith Stadium, is not usable due to ongoing renovations
3. Gee was replaced by Belinda Sharpe after 60 minutes.