This is a list of captains and coaches of National Rugby League premiership winning teams, as well as its predecessors NSWRL, ARL and Super League. Ken Kearney has captained the most premierships with six, all at St. George, while Arthur Halloway has coached the most premierships with eight, four at Eastern Suburbs and four at Balmain.
Up until the late 1960s, teams often had captain-coaches who would play and coach at the same time. In this list, they are counted as both the captain and the coach.
List Source: YearPremiersCaptainCoach2026 Sydney Roosters (16)James Tedesco (4)2025 Brisbane (7)Adam Reynolds (2)2024 Penrith (6) (4) (4) (4)2023 Penrith (5) (3) (3) (3)2022 Penrith (4) (2) (2) (2)2021 Penrith (3)2020 Melbourne (4) (3) (3)2019 Sydney Roosters (15) (2) (3) (2)2018 Sydney Roosters (14) (2)2017 Melbourne (3) (2) (2)2016 Cronulla2015 North Queensland2014 South Sydney (21)2013 Sydney Roosters (13)2012 Melbourne (2)2011 Manly Warringah (8) (2)2010 St George Illawarra (7)2009 Melbourne2008 Manly Warringah (7)2007 Melbourne2006 Brisbane (6) (6)2005 Wests Tigers (4)2004 Canterbury2003 Penrith (2)2002 Sydney Roosters (12)2001 Newcastle (2)2000 Brisbane (5) (5)1999 Melbourne (2)1998 Brisbane (4) (4) (4)1997 (ARL) Newcastle1997 (SL) Brisbane (3) (3) (3)1996 Manly Warringah (6) (2)1995 Canterbury (7)1994 Canberra (3) (3) (3)1993 Brisbane (2) (2) (2)1992 Brisbane1991 Penrith (2)1990 Canberra (2) (2) (2)1989 Canberra1988 Canterbury (6)1987 Manly Warringah (5)1986 Parramatta (6)1985 Canterbury (5) (2) (2)1984 Canterbury (4)1983 Parramatta (3) (4) (5)1982 Parramatta (2) (3) (4)1981 Parramatta (2) (3)1980 Canterbury (3)1979 St. George (15) (2)1978 Manly Warringah (4) (2)1977 St. George (14)1976 Manly Warringah (3)1975 Eastern Suburbs (11) (2) (2)1974 Eastern Suburbs (10)1973 Manly Warringah (2) (2) (2)1972 Manly Warringah1971 South Sydney (20) (4) (4)1970 South Sydney (19) (3) (3)1969 Balmain (11)1968 South Sydney (18) (2) (2)1967 South Sydney (17)1966 St. George (13)1965 St. George (12) (4) (4)1964 St. George (11) (3) (3)1963 St. George (10) (2) (2)1962 St. George (9)1961 St. George (8) (5)1960 St. George (7) (5) (4)1959 St. George (6) (4) (3)1958 St. George (5) (3) (2)1957 St. George (4) (2)1956 St. George (3)1955 South Sydney (16) (5) (5)1954 South Sydney (15) (4) (4)1953 South Sydney (14) (3) (3)1952 Western Suburbs (4)1951 South Sydney (13) (2) (2)1950 South Sydney (12)1949 St. George (2)1948 Western Suburbs (3)1947 Balmain (10) (2) (3)1946 Balmain (9) (2)1945 Eastern Suburbs (9) (3) (8)1944 Balmain (8) 1943 Newtown (3)1942 Canterbury (2)1941 St. George1940 Eastern Suburbs (8) (2)1939 Balmain (7) (2)1938 Canterbury (2)1937 Eastern Suburbs (7) (7)1936 Eastern Suburbs (6) (6)1935 Eastern Suburbs (5) (5)1934 Western Suburbs (2)1933 Newtown (2)1932 South Sydney (11) (4)1931 South Sydney (10) (3)1930 Western Suburbs1929 South Sydney (9) (4) (2)1928 South Sydney (8)1927 South Sydney (7) (3)1926 South Sydney (6) (2) (3)1925 South Sydney (5) (2)1924 Balmain (6)1923 Eastern Suburbs (4)1922 North Sydney (2) (2)1921 North Sydney1920 Balmain (5) (4) (4)1919 Balmain (4) (3) (3)1918 South Sydney (4) (3)1917 Balmain (3) (2) (2)1916 Balmain (2)1915 Balmain1914 South Sydney (3)1913 Eastern Suburbs (3) (3) (3)1912 Eastern Suburbs (2) (2) (2)1911 Eastern Suburbs1910 Newtown1909 South Sydney (2) (2) (2)1908 South Sydney
See also
List of NRL Women's captains and coaches List of current NRL coaches List of VFL/AFL premiership captains and coaches
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