List of National Rugby League Premiers

Australian rugby league premiers
	Founded
	1908
	Country
	Australia ; New Zealand
	Editions completed
	117
	Number of teams
	17
	Current premiers
	Penrith Panthers (5th title)
	Most titles won
	South Sydney ; (21 titles)

Last updated January 19, 2024

As of the end of 2023, there have been 26 NRL Premierships and 116 overall, including the competition's predecessors (NSWRL and ARL). This is a list of all the grand finals that were played to decide those premierships.

List

NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiers (1908-present)

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Attendance
New South Wales Rugby League
1908	South Sydney Rabbitohs	14–12	Eastern Suburbs	RAS Showground	4,000
1909	South Sydney Rabbitohs (2)	N/A	Balmain Tigers	N/A	N/A
1910	Newtown Jets	4–4	South Sydney Rabbitohs	RAS Showground	14,000
1911	Eastern Suburbs	11–8	Glebe Dirty Reds	RAS Showground	20,000
1912	Eastern Suburbs (2)	N/A	Glebe Dirty Reds	N/A	N/A
1913	Eastern Suburbs (3)		Newtown Jets
1914	South Sydney Rabbitohs (3)		Newtown Jets
1915	Balmain Tigers		Glebe Dirty Reds
1916	Balmain Tigers (2)	5–3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Cricket Ground	7,000
1917	Balmain Tigers (3)	N/A	South Sydney Rabbitohs	N/A	N/A
1918	South Sydney Rabbitohs (4)		Western Suburbs Magpies
1919	Balmain Tigers (4)		Eastern Suburbs
1920	Balmain Tigers (5)		South Sydney Rabbitohs
1921	North Sydney Bears		Eastern Suburbs
1922	North Sydney Bears (2)	35–3	Glebe Dirty Reds	Sydney Cricket Ground	15,000
1923	Eastern Suburbs (4)	15–12	South Sydney Rabbitohs		15,000
1924	Balmain Tigers (6)	3–0	South Sydney Rabbitohs		15,000
1925	South Sydney Rabbitohs (5)	N/A	Western Suburbs Magpies	N/A	N/A
1926	South Sydney Rabbitohs (6)	11–5	Sydney University	RAS Showground	20,000
1927	South Sydney Rabbitohs (7)	20–11	St. George Dragons		8,000
1928	South Sydney Rabbitohs (8)	26–5	Eastern Suburbs		25,000
1929	South Sydney Rabbitohs (9)	30–10	Newtown Jets	Sydney Sports Ground	16,360
1930	Western Suburbs Magpies	27–2	St. George Dragons		12,178
1931	South Sydney Rabbitohs (10)	12–7	Eastern Suburbs		27,104
1932	South Sydney Rabbitohs (11)	19–12	Western Suburbs Magpies		16,925
1933	Newtown Jets (2)	18–5	St. George Dragons		18,080
1934	Western Suburbs Magpies (2)	15–12	Eastern Suburbs		25,174
1935	Eastern Suburbs (5)	19–3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Cricket Ground	22,106
1936	Eastern Suburbs (6)	32–12	Balmain Tigers	Sydney Cricket Ground	14,395
1937	Eastern Suburbs (7)	N/A	South Sydney Rabbitohs	N/A	N/A
1938	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	19–6	Eastern Suburbs	Sydney Cricket Ground	20,287
1939	Balmain Tigers (7)	33–4	South Sydney Rabbitohs		26,972
1940	Eastern Suburbs (8)	24–14	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		24,167
1941	St. George Dragons	31–14	Eastern Suburbs		39,957
1942	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (2)	11–9	St. George Dragons		26,171
1943	Newtown Jets (3)	34–7	North Sydney Bears		60,922
1944	Balmain Tigers (8)	12–8	Newtown Jets		24,186
1945	Eastern Suburbs (9)	22–18	Balmain Tigers		44,585
1946	Balmain Tigers (9)	13–12	St. George Dragons	Sydney Sports Ground	32,296
1947	Balmain Tigers (10)	13–9	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		29,292
1948	Western Suburbs Magpies (3)	8–5	Balmain Tigers		29,122
1949	St. George Dragons (2)	19–12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Cricket Ground	56,534
1950	South Sydney Rabbitohs (12)	21–15	Western Suburbs Magpies	Sydney Sports Ground	32,373
1951	South Sydney Rabbitohs (13)	42–14	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Sports Ground	28,505
1952	Western Suburbs Magpies (4)	22–12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Cricket Ground	41,060
1953	South Sydney Rabbitohs (14)	31–12	St. George Dragons		44,581
1954	South Sydney Rabbitohs (15)	23–15	Newtown Jets		45,759
1955	South Sydney Rabbitohs (16)	12–11	Newtown Jets		42,466
1956	St. George Dragons (3)	18–12	Balmain Tigers		61,987
1957	St. George Dragons (4)	31–9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles		54,399
1958	St. George Dragons (5)	20–9	Western Suburbs Magpies		62,283
1959	St. George Dragons (6)	20–0	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles		49,457
1960	St. George Dragons (7)	31–6	Eastern Suburbs		53,156
1961	St. George Dragons (8)	22–0	Western Suburbs Magpies		61,196
1962	St. George Dragons (9)	9–6	Western Suburbs Magpies		41,184
1963	St. George Dragons (10)	8–3	Western Suburbs Magpies		69,860
1964	St. George Dragons (11)	11–6	Balmain Tigers		61,369
1965	St. George Dragons (12)	12–8	South Sydney Rabbitohs		78,056
1966	St. George Dragons (13)	23–4	Balmain Tigers		61,129
1967	South Sydney Rabbitohs (17)	12–10	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		56,358
1968	South Sydney Rabbitohs (18)	13–9	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles		54,255
1969	Balmain Tigers (11)	11–2	South Sydney Rabbitohs		58,825
1970	South Sydney Rabbitohs (19)	23–12	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles		53,241
1971	South Sydney Rabbitohs (20)	16–10	St. George Dragons		62,838
1972	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	19–14	Eastern Suburbs Roosters		54,357
1973	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (2)	10–7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks		52,044
1974	Eastern Suburbs Roosters (10)	19–4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		57,214
1975	Eastern Suburbs Roosters (11)	38–0	St. George Dragons		63,047
1976	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (3)	13–10	Parramatta Eels		57,343
1977	St. George Dragons	9–9	Parramatta Eels		65,959
1977	St. George Dragons (14)	22–0	Parramatta Eels		47,828
1978	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	11–11	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks		51,510
1978	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (4)	16–0	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks		33,552
1979	St. George Dragons (15)	17–13	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		50,991
1980	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (3)	18–4	Eastern Suburbs Roosters		52,881
1981	Parramatta Eels	20–11	Newtown Jets		57,333
1982	Parramatta Eels (2)	21–8	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles		52,186
1983	Parramatta Eels (3)	18–6	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles		40,285
1984	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4)	6–4	Parramatta Eels		47,076
1985	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5)	7–6	St. George Dragons		44,569
1986	Parramatta Eels (4)	4–2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		45,843
1987	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (5)	18–8	Canberra Raiders		50,201
1988	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6)	24–12	Balmain Tigers	Sydney Football Stadium (1988)	40,000
1989	Canberra Raiders	19–14	Balmain Tigers		40,500
1990	Canberra Raiders (2)	18–14	Penrith Panthers		41,535
1991	Penrith Panthers	19–12	Canberra Raiders		41,815
1992	Brisbane Broncos	28–8	St. George Dragons		41,560
1993	Brisbane Broncos (2)	14–6	St. George Dragons		42,329
1994	Canberra Raiders (3)	36–12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		42,234
Australian Rugby League
1995	Sydney Bulldogs (7)	17–4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Football Stadium (1988)	41,127
1996	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (6)	20–8	St. George Dragons		40,985
1997	Newcastle Knights	22–16	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles		42,482
National Rugby League
1998	Brisbane Broncos (4)	38–12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sydney Football Stadium (1988)	40,857
1999	Melbourne Storm	20–18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Stadium Australia	107,999
2000	Brisbane Broncos (5)	14–6	Sydney Roosters		94,277
2001	Newcastle Knights (2)	30–24	Parramatta Eels		90,414
2002	Sydney Roosters (12)	30–8	New Zealand Warriors		80,130
2003	Penrith Panthers (2)	18–6	Sydney Roosters		81,166
2004	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (8)	16–13	Sydney Roosters		82,127
2005	Wests Tigers	30–16	North Queensland Cowboys		82,453
2006	Brisbane Broncos (6)	15–8	Melbourne Storm		79,609
2007	M̶e̶l̶b̶o̶u̶r̶n̶e̶ ̶S̶t̶o̶r̶m̶	34–8	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles		81,392
2008	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (7)	40–0	Melbourne Storm		80,388
2009	M̶e̶l̶b̶o̶u̶r̶n̶e̶ ̶S̶t̶o̶r̶m̶	23–16	Parramatta Eels		82,538
2010	St. George Illawarra Dragons	32–8	Sydney Roosters		82,334
2011	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (8)	24–10	New Zealand Warriors		81,988
2012	Melbourne Storm (2)	14–4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		82,976
2013	Sydney Roosters (13)	26–18	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles		81,491
2014	South Sydney Rabbitohs (21)	30–6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		83,833
2015	North Queensland Cowboys	17–16	Brisbane Broncos		82,758
2016	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14–12	Melbourne Storm		83,625
2017	Melbourne Storm (3)	34–6	North Queensland Cowboys		79,722
2018	Sydney Roosters (14)	21–6	Melbourne Storm		82,688
2019	Sydney Roosters (15)	14–8	Canberra Raiders		82,922
2020	Melbourne Storm (4)	26–20	Penrith Panthers		37,303
2021	Penrith Panthers (3)	14–12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Lang Park	39,322
2022	Penrith Panthers (4)	28–12	Parramatta Eels	Stadium Australia	82,415
2023	Penrith Panthers (5)	26–24	Brisbane Broncos	Stadium Australia	81,947

Super League Premiers (1997)*

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Minor Premiers	Wooden Spoon
Super League
1997	Brisbane Broncos (*)	26 – 8	Cronulla Sharks (*)	Brisbane Broncos (*)	North Queensland Cowboys (*)

Team Performance

	Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
1	South Sydney Rabbitohs	21	14	1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 2014	1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1969, 2021
2	Sydney Roosters	15	15	1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975, 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019	1908, 1919, 1921, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972, 1980, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010
3	St. George Dragons	15	12	1941, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979	1927, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1971, 1975, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996
4	Balmain Tigers	11	9	1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1969	1909, 1936, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1989
5	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	8	11	1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2011	1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2013
5	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	8	10	1938, 1942, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2004	1940, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2012, 2014
6	Brisbane Broncos	6	2	1992, 1993, 1997*, 1998, 2000, 2006	2015, 2023
7	Penrith Panthers	5	2	1991, 2003, 2021, 2022, 2023	1990, 2020
8	Western Suburbs Magpies	4	8	1930, 1934, 1948, 1952	1918, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963
	Parramatta Eels		6	1981, 1982, 1983, 1986	1976, 1977, 1984, 2001, 2009, 2022
	Melbourne Storm		4	1999, ~~2007~~, ~~2009~~, 2012, 2017, 2020	2006, 2008, 2016, 2018
9	Newtown Jets	3	7	1910, 1933, 1943	1913, 1914, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1981
9	Canberra Raiders	3	3	1989, 1990, 1994	1987, 1991, 2019
10	North Sydney Bears	2	1	1921, 1922	1943
10	Newcastle Knights	2	0	1997, 2001	–
11	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	1	3	2016	1973, 1978, 1997
	North Queensland Cowboys		2	2015	2005, 2017
	St. George Illawarra Dragons		1	2010	1999
	Wests Tigers		0	2005	–
12	Glebe Dirty Reds	0	4	–	1911, 1912, 1915, 1922
	New Zealand Warriors		2	–	2002, 2011
	Sydney University		1	–	1926

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