List of NRL club owners

This is a list of club owners in the National Rugby League (NRL), the top league of professional rugby league clubs in Australasia. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Current clubs

Club	Owner(s)	Estimated brand value ($AUD millions)	Notes
Brisbane Broncos	News Corp Australia (68.87%) BXBX Pty Ltd (9.79%) Lake Morepeth Pty Ltd (6.73%) Others (14.61%)	124	[4]
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Bulldogs Rugby League Club Limited	51	[4] [5] [6]
Canberra Raiders	Canberra District Rugby League Football Club Limited
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Cronulla Sutherland District Rugby League Football Club
Dolphins	Redcliffe Dolphins Rugby League Club Limited	49	[4]
Gold Coast Titans	Rebecca Frizelle & Brett Frizelle		[7] [8]
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Scott Penn (100%)		[9]
Melbourne Storm	Bart Campbell (30%) Matt Tripp (25%) Gerry Ryan (25%) Brett Ralph & Shaun Ralph (20%)	55	[4] [10] [11]
Newcastle Knights	Western Suburbs (N'cle) Leagues Club Limited	43	[4] [12]
New Zealand Warriors	Autex Industries (Mark Robinson)		[13] [14] [15]
North Queensland Cowboys	Cowboys Leagues Club Limited	72	[4]
Papua New Guinea Chiefs	Australian Rugby League Commission and Australian Government	600
Parramatta Eels	Parramatta Leagues Club	71	[4]
Penrith Panthers	Panthers Leagues Club	108	[4] [5]
Perth Bears	North Sydney Leagues Club
South Sydney Rabbitohs	Blackcourt League Investments Pty Ltd (Russell Crowe, James Packer, Mike Cannon-Brookes) (75%) Financial Members of the club (25%)	73	[4] [16] [17]
St George Illawarra Dragons	WIN Corporation (50%) St George Leagues Club (50%)
Sydney Roosters	Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Limited	68	[4]
Wests Tigers	Wests Magpies Pty Ltd (90%) Balmain District Rugby League Football Club (10%)	42	[4] [18]

See also

• Sports portal

• List of Super League rugby league club owners
• List of AFL club owners

References

1. "NRL Club Ownership" . Retrieved 3 July 2018.
2. "Who really owns your favourite team?". 5 April 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
3. Rothfield, Phil (25 February 2015). "NRL rich list: Rating your club's finances". Daily Telegraph.
4. Samlos, Zoe; Buckingham-Jones, Sam (9 October 2024). "$145m: The most valuable AFL and NRL teams revealed". Australian Financial Review. Nine Media. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
5. Pash, Chris (4 December 2013). "The Top 20 Most Valuable Australian Sports Brands". Business Insider Australia. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
6. 2014 Annual Report (PDF) (2014 ed.). 31 October 2014. p. 58. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
7. "NRL confirms local consortium as Titans' new owners". ABC News . 15 December 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
8. "Frizelle family to assume full ownership of Titans". titans.com.au. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
9. Proszenko, Adrian (19 May 2018). "Manly owners knock back $12 million offer from Middle East investors". Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 15 June 2020.
10. "Chairman update on Club Ownership". melbournestorm.com.au. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
11. Stensholt, John (28 September 2017). "The entrepreneurs who saved Melbourne Storm". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
12. Stensholt, John (18 September 2016). "NRL seeking $15-20 million for Newcastle Knights as sale process set to begin". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 22 February 2017.
13. "Eric Watson becomes sole owner of the Warriors after Sir Owen Glenn sells share". Stuff. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
14. Long, David (15 September 2019). "Auckland clubs told Eric Watson left Warriors with $4.6 million of debt". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
15. "Sold! Autex Industries to become sole owner of Warriors". NZ Herald. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
16. "Rich List". Australian Financial Review . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
17. "Mike Cannon-Brookes purchases one-third share of Blackcourt League Investments". 14 November 2021.
18. "Wests Tigers Ownership Structure Confirmed". Wests Tigers Official Site. 27 May 2016.

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