2026 NRL season

2026 National Rugby League
Duration	28 February [a] – 4 October 2026
Teams	17
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The 2026 NRL season will be 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
Dolphins	4th season	Suncorp Stadium and Kayo Stadium	Kristian Woolf	Tom Gilbert
Gold Coast Titans	20th season	Cbus Super Stadium	Josh Hannay [1]	Tino Fa'asuamaleaui
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	77th season	4 Pines Park	Anthony Seibold	Tom Trbojevic
Melbourne Storm	29th season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Harry Grant
Newcastle Knights	39th season	McDonald Jones Stadium	Justin Holbrook [2]	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

Pre-season

All Stars match

Main article: 2026 All Stars match

15 February 2025 15:00 AEST

Māori All Stars	–	Indigenous All Stars
	Report

FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton

Pre-season Challenge

Main article: 2026 NRL Pre-season Challenge

A 17-game pre-season challenge will be played before the regular season.

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	PAR	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	NZL	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	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	PEN	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	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	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	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	SGI	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	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	CAN	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	WTI	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	BRI	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	CRO	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	SYD	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	MEL	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	SOU	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	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	Brisbane Broncos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to finals series
2	Canberra Raiders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Dolphins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Gold Coast Titans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Melbourne Storm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Newcastle Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	New Zealand Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	North Queensland Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Penrith Panthers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Sydney Roosters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Wests Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2025. 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	Brisbane Broncos
2	Canberra Raiders
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
5	Dolphins
6	Gold Coast Titans
7	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
8	Melbourne Storm
9	Newcastle Knights
10	New Zealand Warriors
11	North Queensland Cowboys
12	Parramatta Eels
13	Penrith Panthers
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons
16	Sydney Roosters
17	Wests Tigers

Attendances

Club figures

Team	Games	Total	2026 Average	2025 Average	Difference	Highest	Lowest
Brisbane Broncos	0	0	0	41,185	TBD	TBD	TBD
Canberra Raiders	0	0	0	19,136	TBD	TBD	TBD
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0	0	0	30,688	TBD	TBD	TBD
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	0	0	0	12,856	TBD	TBD	TBD
Dolphins	0	0	0	21,820	TBD	TBD	TBD
Gold Coast Titans	0	0	0	16,410	TBD	TBD	TBD
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	0	0	0	16,393	TBD	TBD	TBD
Melbourne Storm	0	0	0	21,677	TBD	TBD	TBD
Newcastle Knights	0	0	0	20,891	TBD	TBD	TBD
New Zealand Warriors	0	0	0	23,188	TBD	TBD	TBD
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	0	0	0	12,505	TBD	TBD	TBD
Sydney Roosters	0	0	0	23,799	TBD	TBD	TBD
Wests Tigers	0	0	0	15,176	TBD	TBD	TBD

* = Magic Round home game not counted

2026 transfers

Source: ^[3]

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
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
Daniel Atkinson	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Kenny Bromwich	Dolphins	Retirement
Max Feagai	Dolphins	Gold Coast Titans
Peter Hola	Dolphins	Newcastle Knights
Josh Kerr	Dolphins	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Mark Nicholls	Dolphins	Retirement
Sean O'Sullivan	Dolphins	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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)
Josh Aloiai	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
Michael Chee-Kam	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
Daly Cherry-Evans	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Roosters
Toafofoa Sipley	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Warrington Wolves (Super League)
Tommy Talau	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	TBD
Jazz Tevaga	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Wakefield Trinity (Super League)
Gordon Chan Kum Tong	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Grant Anderson	Melbourne Storm	Brisbane Broncos
Nelson Asofa-Solomona	Melbourne Storm	TBD
Bronson Garlick	Melbourne Storm	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Dean Ieremia	Melbourne Storm	TBD
Ryan Papenhuyzen	Melbourne Storm	Hiatus [4]
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
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
Bunty Afoa	New Zealand Warriors	Wests Tigers
Tom Ale	New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Panthers
Edward Kosi	New Zealand Warriors	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Freddy Lussick	New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Panthers
Jordan McLean	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Reece Robson	North Queensland Cowboys	Sydney Roosters
Semi Valemei	North Queensland Cowboys	Castleford Tigers (Super League)
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	TBD
Joey Lussick	Parramatta Eels	TBD
Asu Kepaoa	Penrith Panthers	Newcastle Knights
Daine Laurie	Penrith Panthers	Canberra Raiders
Soni Luke	Penrith Panthers	South Sydney Rabbitohs (NSW Cup)
Brad Schneider	Penrith Panthers	Dolphins
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
Corey Allan	St. George Illawarra Dragons	TBD
Jack de Belin	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Parramatta Eels
Tom Eisenhuth	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Raymond Faitala-Mariner	St. George Illawarra Dragons	TBD
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)
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)
Brent Naden	Wests Tigers	TBD
Justin Olam	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Charlie Staines	Wests Tigers	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Jayden Sullivan	Wests Tigers	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Morgan Gannon	Leeds Rhinos (Super League)	New Zealand Warriors
Morgan Knowles	St Helens (Super League)	Dolphins
Patrick Herbert	Hiatus	Wests Tigers

Off-Contract

Player	2025 Club
Matthew Lodge	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Marion Seve	Melbourne Storm
Adam Elliott	Newcastle Knights
Morgan Harper	New Zealand Warriors

Coaches

Coach	2025 Club	2026 Club
Des Hasler	Gold Coast Titans	TBD [1]
Adam O'Brien	Newcastle Knights	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (assistant) [5]
Josh Hannay	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (assistant)	Gold Coast Titans [1]
Justin Holbrook	Sydney Roosters (assistant)	Newcastle Knights [2]

References

1. Edwards, Colleen (25 August 2025). "'Burst of energy': Hannay to replace Hasler as Titans coach". nrl.com.au. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
2. "Knights appoint NRL Head Coach". newcastleknights.com.au. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
3. "NRL 2025: Signings tracker, contracts, player movement". NRL.com.
4. Reid, Andrew (3 November 2025). "Cameron Munster sheds light on Ryan Papenhuyzen's decision to quit NRL in worrying revelation". msn.com. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
5. Issa, Isaac (14 October 2025). "O'Brien lands coaching gig for 2026". msn.com. Retrieved 14 October 2025.

Notes

1. Local time in Las Vegas.
2. Penrith's usual home ground, Penrith Stadium, is not usable due to ongoing renovations