2000 NRL season

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2000 National Rugby League
Duration5 February – 27 August 2000
Teams14
Premiers Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane (5th title)
Minor premiers Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane (5th title)
Matches played191
Points scored8050
Average attendance15,494
Attendance2,959,390
Top points scorer(s) Wests Tigers colours.svg Joel Caine (224)
Player of the year St. George colours.svg Trent Barrett (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) St. George colours.svg Nathan Blacklock (25)
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The 2000 NRL season was the 93rd season of professional rugby league football in Australia and the third to be run by the National Rugby League. Fourteen teams competed from February till August for the NRL Premiership, culminating in the 2000 NRL Grand final between the Brisbane Broncos and the Sydney Roosters.

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Season summary

The 2000 National Rugby League season started with a new CEO in rugby union's David Moffett who replaced Neil Whittaker in late 1999. [1]

The season began in early February to accommodate the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games which were to be held during September and required the use of Stadium Australia, the grand final venue. The grand final was scheduled for late August, the first grand final in that month since 1963. The capacity of Stadium Australia for the grand final was limited due to preparations for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, which would take place just nineteen days later.

Throughout the month of February, mandatory breaks in play at the 20th and 60th minute of the game were implemented to allow players to rehydrate themselves. Due to concerns over the summer heat, the Brisbane and North Queensland clubs played their first four games away from home.

The Cowboys were stripped of two competition points after it was later revealed that they unwittingly used a fourteenth player for three minutes in their 26–18 win against the Parramatta Eels, due to an error in interchanging players.

Melbourne Storm players Stephen Kearney and Marcus Bai ended the career of Wests Tigers captain Jarrod McCracken with a spear tackle. Kearney was suspended for 8 matches and Bai for 2 matches. The two men were also sued by McCraken, who won a six-figure damages bill.

The Canberra Raiders and the Wests Tigers became the first teams to play a premiership game in the snow. It occurred at Bruce Stadium on 28 May and it is the only premiership game played in these conditions.

Teams

The season saw the debut of the Wests Tigers (formed by the merging of the Balmain Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies) and Northern Eagles (formed by the merging of the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and North Sydney Bears) in the National Rugby League. In addition, the South Sydney Rabbitohs were excluded from the competition, thereby completing the NRL's rationalisation process from 20 teams in 1998 to 14 in 2000.

For the 2000 season, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs changed their name again, this time to the geographically indistinct "Bulldogs" and the Auckland Warriors were re-branded the New Zealand Warriors at the end of the season.

Auckland Warriors
6th season
Ground: Ericsson Stadium
Coach: Mark Graham
Captain: John Simon 		Brisbane Broncos
13th season
Ground: ANZ Stadium
Coach: Wayne Bennett
Captain: Kevin Walters 		Bulldogs
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66th season
Ground: Stadium Australia
Coach: Steve Folkes
Captain: Darren Britt 		Canberra Raiders
19th season
Ground: Bruce Stadium
Coach: Mal Meninga
Captain: Laurie Daley 		Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Jersey 1999.png
3rd season
Ground: Olympic Park Stadium &
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Coach: Chris Anderson
Captain: Robbie Kearns
Newcastle Knights
Newcastle Jersey 1999.png
13th season
Ground: Marathon Stadium
Coach: Warren Ryan
Captain: Tony Butterfield 		North Queensland Cowboys
North Queensland Jersey 1999.png
6th season
Ground: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Noel Goldthorpe / Tim Brasher 		Northern Eagles
1st season
Ground: Brookvale Oval & NorthPower Stadium
Coach: Peter Sharp
Captain: Geoff Toovey 		Parramatta Eels
54th season
Ground: Parramatta Stadium
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Nathan Cayless 		Penrith Panthers
34th season
Ground: Penrith Stadium
Coach: Royce Simmons
Captain: Steve Carter
Sharks
34th season
Ground: Shark Park
Coach: John Lang
Captain: Andrew Ettinghausen 		St. George Illawarra Dragons
2nd season
Ground: WIN Stadium & Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: David Waite & Andrew Farrar
Captain: Craig Smith 		Sydney Roosters
93rd season
Ground: Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: Graham Murray
Captain: Brad Fittler 		Wests Tigers
1st season
Ground: Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Wayne Pearce
Captain: Jarrod McCracken

Advertising

For the first time since farewelling Tina Turner in 1995 the NRL used a major recording star in its promotional campaign and accessed a media budget that saw the launch ad shown regularly throughout the season. Sydney advertising agency VCD in the last of their four-year tenure on the NRL account shot an ad with Tom Jones performing on stage alongside hi-kicking female dancers, [2] the 1993 Salt-N-Pepa hit Whatta Man with lyrics re-worked as "What A Game".

Records and statistics

Ladder

2000 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (P)261826696388+30838
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2616010601520+8132
3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2615110686532+15431
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2615011506479+2730
5 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2615011573562+1130
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2614111672529+14329
7 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2614111476456+2029
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2613013570463+10726
9 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2612014576656-8024
10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2611213519642-12324
11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2610115469553-8421
12 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 269017476628-15218
13 Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors 268216426662-23618
14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 267019436612-176121

1North Queensland were stripped of 2 competition points due to a breach of the interchange rule in Round 4.

Ladder progression

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1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane 13579111315151618182020222224242628303234363838
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney 22446688101012141616161818202224262626283032
3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle 0245579991111131313151719212123232525272931
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra 246688810101212121214161618202224242426262830
5 Panthers colours.svg Penrith 24466888101010101012141618202222242426262830
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne 000024668911131515171819191921232525272729
7 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta 002224457911111113151517192121212325272729
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla 244468810101012121214141616182022222224242626
9 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra 0222224681010121214141414161818202222222424
10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests 133579910121414141618182020202020222424242424
11 Canterbury colours.svg Bulldogs 002466668911111315151517171717171719212121
12 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 22466688888101212121214141414161818181818
13 Auckland colours.svg Auckland 22233335568101010121414141414141414161618
14 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland 000000244446888888810101012121212

Finals series

The biggest upset of the 2000 Finals series was in the 3rd Qualifying Final when 7th placed Parramatta Eels beat 2nd placed Sydney Roosters 32–8 at the SFS. It was nearly a similar story for Minor Premiers' the Brisbane Broncos when they came from 20-6 down at halftime to win 34–20 against 8th placed Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the 4th Qualifying Final at QSAC. The Sydney Roosters also made a famous comeback when they came from 16-2 down at halftime to win 26–20 against the Newcastle Knights in the 1st Preliminary Final at the SFS to earn a spot in the Grand final against Brisbane.

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereeCrowd
Qualifying Finals
Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 34–16 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 4 August 2000 Bruce Stadium Steve Clark 18,479
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 30–16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 5 August 2000 Marathon Stadium Tim Mander 20,597
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 8–32 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 5 August 2000 Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 21,377
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 34–20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 6 August 2000 ANZ Stadium Paul Simpkins 25,831
Semi-finals
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 28–10 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 12 August 2000 Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 25,746
Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 10–38 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 13 August 2000 Sydney Football Stadium Tim Mander 16,441
Preliminary Finals
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 20–26 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 19 August 2000 Sydney Football Stadium Bill Harrigan 33,727
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 16–10 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 20 August 2000 Stadium Australia Tim Mander 31,087

Chart

Qualifying finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalsFinal
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane34
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla201W Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane16
4W Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta28 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta10
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney82L Panthers colours.svg Penrith10
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane14
7 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta32
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney6
3 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle302W Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle20
6 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne163W Canberra colours.svg Canberra10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney26
1L Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney38
4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra34
5 Panthers colours.svg Penrith16

Grand final

2000 NRL Grand Final
Sunday, 27 August
15:00 AEDT (UTC+11)
Brisbane Broncos Brisbane colours.svg 14 – 6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Tries:2
Tuqiri Ru ball.svg 16'
Sailor Ru ball.svg 54'
Goals:3
De Vere Rugby penalty.svg pen 11', 17', pen 26'(3/5)
1st: 10–2
2nd: 4–4
Report [4]
Tries:1
Fitzgibbon Ru ball.svg 69'
Goals:1
Phillips Rugby penalty.svg pen 33'(1/1)
Fitzgibbon (0/1)
Stadium Australia, Sydney
Attendance: 94,277 [5]
Referee: Bill Harrigan
Touch judges: Steve Lyons, Phil Cooley
Clive Churchill Medal: Darren Lockyer (Brisbane)

Player statistics

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26.

2000 Transfers

Players

Player1999 Club2000 Club
Syd Eru Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors Retirement
Brady Malam Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Matthew Ridge Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors Retirement
Tony Tatupu Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
John Carlaw Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Ben Duckworth Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Shayne Dunley Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Craig Field Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Michael Gillett Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Craig Hancock Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Retirement
Solomon Haumono Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Jason Lowrie Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Laloa Milford Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Adam Nable Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Shannon Nevin Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Retirement
Mark O'Neill Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Darren Senter Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Jacin Sinclair Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Retirement
Tyran Smith Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Adam Starr Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Redcliffe Dolphins (Queensland Cup)
Mark Stimson Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Shane Walker Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Jason Webber Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford City Reds
Andrew Gee Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Allan Langer Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
John Plath Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Retirement
Steve Renouf Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Peter Ryan Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos ACT Brumbies (Super 12)
Ben Kennedy Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Rod Maybon Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Retirement
David Westley Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Robert Relf Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Phil Adamson Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Anthony Colella Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Owen Cunningham Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Damian Driscoll Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Andrew Frew Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Daniel Gartner Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Terry Hill Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
John Hopoate Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Andrew King Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Nik Kosef Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Cliff Lyons Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Graham Mackay Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Steve Menzies Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Adam Peters Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Brendon Reeves Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Jim Serdaris Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Neil Tierney Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Geoff Toovey Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Albert Torrens Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Paul Bell Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Glenn Lazarus Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Retirement
Tawera Nikau Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Scott Conley Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Owen Craigie Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Paul Harragon Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
David Lomax Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants
Jason Moodie Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Steve Walters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
Jody Gall North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
John Lomax North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Glen Murphy North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Noa Nadruku North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Matthew Ryan North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Kris Tassell North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford City Reds
Michael Buettner North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Brett Dallas North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
David Fairleigh North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Jamie Goddard North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Ben Ikin North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Gary Larson North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
William Leyshon North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Billy Moore North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Retirement
Glenn Morrison North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Adam Muir North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Scott Pethybridge North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors
Nigel Roy North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Matt Seers North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Mark Soden North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Retirement
Paul Stringer North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Josh Stuart North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Anthony Swann North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Jason Taylor North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Steve Trindall North Sydney colours.svg North Sydney Bears Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Nathan Barnes Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Jason Bell Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors
Jarrod McCracken Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Justin Morgan Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Dean Pay Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Chris Quinn Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Mark Tookey Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors
Shane Whereat Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Greg Alexander Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Tim Brasher South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Mark Carroll South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Chris Caruana South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs N/A
Peter Clarke South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Andrew Dunemann South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Faxcolours.svg Super League: Halifax Blue Sox
Sean Garlick South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Tony Iro South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Justin Loomans South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Central Comets (Queensland Cup)
Paul McNicholas South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Scott Murray South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Jason Nicol South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Julian O'Neill South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Matt Parsons South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Wes Patten South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Wayne Richards South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Brett Rodwell South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Ian Rubin South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Jeremy Schloss South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
James Smith South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford City Reds
Robert Tocco South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Darrell Trindall South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens
Craig Wing South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Mark Coyne St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Craig Fitzgibbon St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Brad Mackay St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Bullscolours.svg Super League: Bradford Bulls
Matthew Rodwell St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Rod Wishart St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Graham Appo Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
David Barnhill Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Ivan Cleary Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors
Justin Dooley Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters Broncoscolours.png Super League: London Broncos
Paul Langmack Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters Retirement
Andrew Walker Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney City Roosters ACT Brumbies (Super 12)
Adam Bristow Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions (Northern Ford Premiership)
Justin Brooker Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Bullscolours.svg Super League: Bradford Bulls
Scott Coxon Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors
Leo Dynevor Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Retirement
Darren Fritz Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Retirement
Matt Fuller Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Retirement
Steve Georgallis Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Luke Goodwin Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies N/A
Brett Hodgson Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Harvey Howard Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Andrew Leeds Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Retirement
Ken McGuinness Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Kevin McGuinness Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Ciriaco Mescia Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
John Skandalis Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Matthew Spence Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies Auckland colours.svg Auckland Warriors
James Pickering Castleford colours.svg Super League: Castleford Tigers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Brett Grogan Gthundercolours.svg Super League: Gateshead Thunder Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Kerrod Walters Gthundercolours.svg Super League: Gateshead Thunder Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Robbie Simpson Broncoscolours.png Super League: London Broncos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Des Clark Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Shane Kenward Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Bruce Mamando N/A North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys

Coaches

Coach1999 Club2000 Club
Wayne Pearce Balmain colours.svg Balmain Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Peter Sharp Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles
Graham Murray Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters

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This is a list of rivalries in the National Rugby League.

The 2012 NRL season consisted of 26 weekly regular season rounds starting on 1 March, followed by four weeks of play-offs that culminated in the grand final on 30 September. The finals format for 2012 was also changed, with the new ARL Commission dispensing with the McIntyre final eight system and replacing it with the finals system employed previously by the ARL in the 1990s.

The 2013 NRL season will consist of 26 weekly regular season rounds starting on March 7, followed by four weeks of play-offs that culminate in the grand final on October 6.

The 2000 Melbourne Storm season was the third in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2000 Premiership and finished the regular season in sixth place, being eliminated in the first week of the finals.

The 2014 NRL season consisted of 26 weekly regular season rounds starting on Thursday March 6, and concluded on Sunday October 5 with the grand final, where the South Sydney Rabbitohs ended a 43-year premiership drought by defeating the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 30–6.

The 2019 NRL season was the 112th of professional rugby league in Australia and the 22nd season run by the National Rugby League.

The 2023 NRL season was the 116th of professional rugby league in Australia and the 26th season run by the National Rugby League.

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