2019_NRL_season

2019 NRL season

2019 NRL season

112th season of professional rugby league in Australia


The 2019 NRL season was the 112th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 22nd season run by the National Rugby League. The Sydney Roosters became the first team to win back-to-back Premierships since the Brisbane Broncos in 1992–93, and the first to achieve the feat since the unified NRL competition started in 1998.

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Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 13th consecutive year.

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Pre-season

The 2019 pre-season featured the All Stars match held on February 15 at AAMI Park.[16] The 2019 World Club Challenge match saw the NRL premiers Sydney Roosters defeat the Super League champions Wigan Warriors.

Regular season

For the first time, the NRL announced that the entirety of a round of games would be hosted at a single venue, adopting the Super League's Magic Weekend concept. Magic Round took place during Round 9 at Suncorp Stadium.[17]

State of Origin was played in Perth for the first time, with Game 2 of the 2019 series played at Optus Stadium.[18]

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Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
* Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

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Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  • 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.
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Finals series

Parramatta Eels 58 – 0 Elimination Final win over Brisbane Broncos broke the record for the biggest winning margin in Finals history, beating the previous mark of 48 points when Newtown defeated St. George 55 – 7 in the 1944 Semi-finals.

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Chart

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final
14 Sept, AAMI Park
1 Melbourne10
4 Canberra1221 Sept, AAMI Park
Melbourne32
15 Sept, Bankwest Stadium Parramatta027 Sept, GIO Stadium
5 Parramatta58 Canberra16
8 Brisbane0 South Sydney106 Oct, ANZ Stadium
Sydney14
14 Sept, Lottoland28 Sept, Sydney Cricket Ground Canberra8
6 Manly-Warringah28 Sydney14
7 Cronulla-Sutherland1620 Sept, ANZ Stadium Melbourne6
South Sydney34
13 Sept, Sydney Cricket Ground Manly-Warringah26
2 Sydney30
3 South Sydney6

Grand Final

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Sunday, 6 October
7:40pm (AEDT)
ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 82,922
Clive Churchill Medal: Jack Wighton
Referee: Ben Cummins, Gerard Sutton

Player statistics and records

  • In Round 5, Cameron Smith surpassed Hazem El Masri's career tally of 2,418 points to become the highest point scorer in NRL history. In Round 17 he played his 400th NRL career game, becoming the first player to ever do so.

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 25.

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2019 Transfers

Players

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Coaches


References

  1. "Broncos sack Bennett, coaches swap clubs". NRL.com. 2 December 2018.
  2. "Raiders to have Two Captains in 2019". Raiders.com.au. 20 December 2018.
  3. "Club Statement". Titans.com.au. 14 July 2019.
  4. "Nathan Brown to depart Knights effective immediately". NewcastleKnights.com.au. 27 August 2019.
  5. "Captain and leadership group announced". NewcastleKnights.com.au. 6 March 2019.
  6. "Introducing Captain Morgan!". Cowboys.com.au. 8 March 2019.
  7. "Cleary appointed Panthers head coach". PenrithPanthers.com.au. 29 October 2018.
  8. "Sam Burgess appointed as Rabbitohs captain". Rabbitohs.com.au. 18 April 2019.
  9. "2019 Membership On Sale Now". Roosters.com.au. 13 September 2018.
  10. "Wests Tigers announce Michael Maguire as Head Coach". WestsTigers.com.au. 28 October 2018.
  11. "Moses Mbye named as Wests Tigers Captain". WestsTigers.com.au. 8 February 2019.

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