From 2007 until 2016 the final game of each National Rugby League round was played on Monday nights. Broadcast by Fox Sports and Triple M, kick off time was scheduled at 19:00. From 2017, Monday Night Football was cancelled with a second game played on Friday nights instead. [1] In 2020 as a result of a game having to be delayed at short notice due to a COVID-19 incident, a Monday night game was played. [2]
30 March: After losing their first three games of the season, the Cowboys came from 16-4 down to defeat the Storm 18–17. This began a 12-match winning streak for the club that would set up their ultimately successful assault on the premiership title. 20 April: Cronulla outlasted reigning premiers South Sydney 20–12 in atrocious conditions in front of 3,978. [3] The weather was so atrocious Cronulla offered its members who made it that night T-shirts commemorating their attendance at the game and offered non-members complimentary 2 game memberships; to watch a game in better conditions. [4] 8 June: After trailing Parramatta 30–6, the Cowboys scored five tries in 11 minutes to win the game 36–6, which was their 11th in a row. 29 June: To commemorate their 80th anniversary the Bulldogs played two of their home games at their spiritual home Belmore Sports Ground. This game was their first match there since 1998 and was the only sold-out game in 10 years of Monday night football.
Day | Date | Home team | Final score | Visiting team | Stadium | Attendance |
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Monday | 15 June | Canterbury Bulldogs | 6–42 | Sydney Roosters | Western Sydney Stadium |
15 May: due to a teacher at the school where Canterbury Bulldogs player Aiden Tolman's child attended testing positive to COVID-19, a Sunday night game with the Sydney Roosters was postponed to allow all Bulldogs players to be tested. [2]
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