The 2017 NRL season was the 110th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 20th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, which was played at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle, and the World Club Series. It marked the last time that the Anzac Test and City vs. Country representative matches were played.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 11th consecutive year.
Colours Club Season Home ground(s) Head coach Captain(s) Brisbane Broncos 30th season Suncorp Stadium Wayne Bennett Darius Boyd Canberra Raiders 36th season GIO Stadium Canberra Ricky Stuart Jarrod Croker Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 83rd season ANZ Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground Des Hasler James Graham Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 51st season Southern Cross Group Stadium Shane Flanagan Paul Gallen Gold Coast Titans 11th season Cbus Super Stadium Neil Henry→Terry Matterson (interim) Ryan James & Kevin Proctor Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 68th season Lottoland Trent Barrett Daly Cherry-Evans Melbourne Storm 20th season AAMI Park Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith Newcastle Knights 30th season McDonald Jones Stadium Nathan Brown Trent Hodkinson New Zealand Warriors 23rd season Mt. Smart Stadium Stephen Kearney Roger Tuivasa-Sheck North Queensland Cowboys 23rd season 1300SMILES Stadium Paul Green Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott Parramatta Eels 71st season ANZ Stadium Brad Arthur Tim Mannah & Beau Scott Penrith Panthers 51st season Pepper Stadium Anthony Griffin Matt Moylan South Sydney Rabbitohs 108th season ANZ Stadium Michael Maguire Greg Inglis→Sam Burgess St. George Illawarra Dragons 19th season UOW Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium Paul McGregor Gareth Widdop Sydney Roosters 110th season Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson Jake Friend & Boyd Cordner Wests Tigers 18th season Leichhardt Oval & Campbelltown Stadium & ANZ Stadium Jason Taylor→Andrew Webster (interim)→Ivan Cleary Aaron Woods
Pre-season
The 2017 pre-season featured the fourth edition of the Auckland Nines competition, held over a weekend at Auckland's Eden Park in which the Sydney Roosters defeated the Penrith Panthers in the final. The All Stars match was held on February 10 at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle. The 2017 World Club Series took place in England with the Super League champions Wigan Warriors defeating the NRL premiers Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the World Club Challenge match.
Regular season
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 F1 F2 F3 GF Brisbane BroncosCRO8NQL1*MEL2CAN1CBY3SYD24GCT2SOU1PEN14MAN10WTI36NZL18SYD2SOU6XCAN10MEL30XNEW12CBY30PAR14GCT54CRO22SGI12PAR18NQL10SYD2PEN7MEL30 Canberra RaidersNQL4*CRO26WTI40BRI1PAR12GCT26NZL12MAN2*CBY6NEW14PAR6SYD8MAN1*PEN4XBRI10NQL13XSGI4*MEL6SOU14CRO18NZL20PEN4NEW18MEL26 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsMEL6SYD4NZL12MAN36BRI3NEW10SOU15WTI6CAN6NQL16SYD6CRO1PEN38SGI14XNZL7PAR1*NEW2XBRI30PEN8PAR16SOU14MAN14GCT12SGI6 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksBRI8CAN26SGI6PAR14NEW1MEL9PEN26GCT4WTI6SGI4NQL4CBY1XMEL5WTI2MAN17SYD32XGCT20SOU14NZL14CAN18BRI22NQL10SYD2NEW8NQL1* Gold Coast TitansSYD14NEW8PAR12NQL6NZL6CAN26BRI2CRO4NEW30MEL2MAN20XNQL12NZL22SOU16WTI12SGI10XCRO20PEN8WTI22BRI54SGI26PAR22CBY12SYD4 Manly Warringah Sea EaglesPAR8SOU20NQL22CBY36SYD6SGI25MEL4CAN2*SOU38BRI10GCT20XCAN1*NEW4XCRO17NZL4PEN8WTI12SGI30MEL34SYD18WTI4CBY14NZL1*PEN16PEN12 Melbourne StormCBY6NZL16BRI2WTI8PEN22CRO9MAN4NZL6SGI12GCT2SOU8XNEW28CRO5NQL1*SYD1*BRI30PAR16XCAN6MAN34NQL18SYD3NEW32SOU58CAN26PAR2XBRI30NQL28 Newcastle KnightsNZL4GCT8SOU6PEN40CRO1CBY10SYD18NQL12GCT30CAN14PEN10XMEL28MAN4XSGI4WTI21CBY2BRI12SYD24SGI7NZL16PAR19MEL32CAN18CRO8 New Zealand WarriorsNEW4MEL16CBY12SGI14GCT6PAR12CAN12MEL6SYD1PEN8SGI16BRI18PAR8GCT22XCBY7MAN4XPEN12NQL12CRO14NEW16CAN20SOU18MAN1*WTI12 North Queensland CowboysCAN4*BRI1*MAN22GCT6SOU14WTI10SGI6NEW12PAR20CBY16CRO4XGCT12PAR26MEL1*PEN2CAN13XSOU13NZL12SYD6MEL18PEN8CRO10WTI8BRI10CRO1*PAR8SYD14MEL28 Parramatta EelsMAN8SGI18GCT12CRO14CAN12NZL12WTI4PEN6NQL20SYD38CAN6SOU6NZL8NQL26SGI14XCBY1*MEL16XWTI1BRI14CBY16NEW19GCT22BRI18SOU6MEL2NQL8 Penrith PanthersSGI32WTI34SYD2NEW40MEL22SOU1CRO26PAR6BRI14NZL8NEW10XCBY38CAN4XNQL2SOU28MAN8NZL12GCT8CBY8WTI14NQL8CAN4SGI2MAN16MAN12BRI7 South Sydney RabbitohsWTI16MAN20NEW6SYD14NQL14PEN1CBY15BRI1MAN38WTI20MEL8PAR6XBRI6GCT16XPEN28SYD2NQL13CRO14CAN14SGI2CBY14NZL18MEL58PAR6 St. George Illawarra DragonsPEN32PAR18CRO6NZL14WTI22MAN25NQL6SYD1*MEL12CRO4NZL16XWTI4CBY14PAR14NEW4GCT10XCAN4*MAN30NEW7SOU2GCT26BRI12PEN2CBY6 Sydney RoostersGCT14CBY4PEN2SOU14MAN6BRI24NEW18SGI1*NZL1PAR38CBY6CAN8BRI2WTI22XMEL1*CRO32SOU2XNEW24NQL6MAN18MEL3WTI4CRO2GCT4BRI2XNQL14 Wests TigersSOU16PEN34CAN40MEL8SGI22NQL10PAR4CBY6CRO6SOU20BRI36XSGI4SYD22CRO2GCT12NEW21XMAN12PAR1GCT22PEN14MAN4SYD4NQL8NZL12 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 F1 F2 F3 GF
Bold – Opposition's Home game X – Bye * – Golden point game Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder
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. Team12345678910111213141516171819202122232425261 Melbourne (P)2 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 442 Sydney 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 12 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 30 32 32 32 34 36 383 Brisbane 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 22 24 26 28 28 30 32 34 34 364 Parramatta 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 30 32 34 365 Cronulla-Sutherland 0 2 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 22 24 26 26 28 30 30 30 32 32 346 Manly-Warringah 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 26 26 28 28 28 30 327 Penrith 0 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 30 308 North Queensland 2 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 26 28 28 28 28 28 30 309 St. George Illawarra 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 12 12 12 14 16 18 18 18 20 20 22 22 24 24 24 26 26 28 2810 Canberra 0 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 14 14 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 24 26 2611 Canterbury-Bankstown 0 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 20 22 2412 South Sydney 0 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 18 20 22 22 2213 New Zealand 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 1814 Wests 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 14 14 16 16 16 1815 Gold Coast 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 1816 Newcastle 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 14 14
Finals series
HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS Sydney Roosters 24 – 22 Brisbane Broncos 8 September 2017, 8:00pm Allianz Stadium Matt CecchinAlan Shortall 21,212 Melbourne Storm 18 – 16 Parramatta Eels 9 September 2017, 4:15pm AAMI Park Ben CumminsChris Sutton 22,626 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 10 – 22 Penrith Panthers 9 September 2017, 7:45pm Allianz Stadium Gerard SuttonAdam Gee 15,408 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 – 15 North Queensland Cowboys † 10 September 2017, 4:15pm Allianz Stadium Ashley KleinGavin Badger 16,115 SEMI FINALS Brisbane Broncos 13 – 6 Penrith Panthers 15 September 2017, 8:00pm Suncorp Stadium Gerard SuttonAdam Gee 38,623 Parramatta Eels 16 – 24 North Queensland Cowboys 16 September 2017, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium Matt CecchinBen Cummins 41,287 PRELIMINARY FINALS Melbourne Storm 30 – 0 Brisbane Broncos 22 September 2017, 7:55pm AAMI Park Matt CecchinBen Cummins 28,821 Sydney Roosters 16 – 29 North Queensland Cowboys 23 September 2017, 7:40pm Allianz Stadium Gerard SuttonAdam Gee 28,108 † Match decided in extra time.
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Grand Final
Player statistics and records Cameron Smith became the most prolific goal kicker in NRL history when he kicked his 943rd goal in Round 9. During the Finals he surpassed Darren Lockyer as the most capped player in NRL history with his 356th game and became the first player to kick 1,000 NRL goals. Nathan Cleary, 19, broke the record for the youngest player to score 200 points in a season which was set by Graham Eadie, 20, in 1974. Cleary also became the youngest player to be the season's leading points scorer since Harold Horder in 1913. Kirisome Auva'a scored the fastest try in NRL history in 13 seconds for Parramatta Eels against Brisbane Broncos in Round 25.
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26.
Top 5 point scorers PointsPlayerTriesGoalsField Goals216 Nathan Cleary11860191 Gareth Widdop10751190 Jarrod Croker9770176 Jordan Kahu9692164 Cameron Smith2780 Top 5 try scorers TriesPlayer23 Suliasi Vunivalu22 Alex Johnston21 Jordan Rapana20 Semi Radradra19 Josh Addo-Carr
Top 5 goal scorers GoalsPlayer86 Nathan Cleary78 Cameron Smith77 Jarrod Croker75 Gareth Widdop69 Jordan Kahu Top 5 tacklers TacklesPlayer1,155 Cameron McInnes986 Simon Mannering909 Aiden Tolman902 Apisai Koroisau891 Elijah Taylor
2017 Transfers
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