110th season of professional rugby league in Australia
Rugby league season
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,[ 1] 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.
Locations of the participating clubs
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 Broncos
CRO 8
NQL 1*
MEL 2
CAN 1
CBY 3
SYD 24
GCT 2
SOU 1
PEN 14
MAN 10
WTI 36
NZL 18
SYD 2
SOU 6
X
CAN 10
MEL 30
X
NEW 12
CBY 30
PAR 14
GCT 54
CRO 22
SGI 12
PAR 18
NQL 10
SYD 2
PEN 7
MEL 30
Canberra Raiders
NQL 4*
CRO 26
WTI 40
BRI 1
PAR 12
GCT 26
NZL 12
MAN 2*
CBY 6
NEW 14
PAR 6
SYD 8
MAN 1*
PEN 4
X
BRI 10
NQL 13
X
SGI 4*
MEL 6
SOU 14
CRO 18
NZL 20
PEN 4
NEW 18
MEL 26
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
MEL 6
SYD 4
NZL 12
MAN 36
BRI 3
NEW 10
SOU 15
WTI 6
CAN 6
NQL 16
SYD 6
CRO 1
PEN 38
SGI 14
X
NZL 7
PAR 1*
NEW 2
X
BRI 30
PEN 8
PAR 16
SOU 14
MAN 14
GCT 12
SGI 6
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
BRI 8
CAN 26
SGI 6
PAR 14
NEW 1
MEL 9
PEN 26
GCT 4
WTI 6
SGI 4
NQL 4
CBY 1
X
MEL 5
WTI 2
MAN 17
SYD 32
X
GCT 20
SOU 14
NZL 14
CAN 18
BRI 22
NQL 10
SYD 2
NEW 8
NQL 1*
Gold Coast Titans
SYD 14
NEW 8
PAR 12
NQL 6
NZL 6
CAN 26
BRI 2
CRO 4
NEW 30
MEL 2
MAN 20
X
NQL 12
NZL 22
SOU 16
WTI 12
SGI 10
X
CRO 20
PEN 8
WTI 22
BRI 54
SGI 26
PAR 22
CBY 12
SYD 4
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
PAR 8
SOU 20
NQL 22
CBY 36
SYD 6
SGI 25
MEL 4
CAN 2*
SOU 38
BRI 10
GCT 20
X
CAN 1*
NEW 4
X
CRO 17
NZL 4
PEN 8
WTI 12
SGI 30
MEL 34
SYD 18
WTI 4
CBY 14
NZL 1*
PEN 16
PEN 12
Melbourne Storm
CBY 6
NZL 16
BRI 2
WTI 8
PEN 22
CRO 9
MAN 4
NZL 6
SGI 12
GCT 2
SOU 8
X
NEW 28
CRO 5
NQL 1*
SYD 1*
BRI 30
PAR 16
X
CAN 6
MAN 34
NQL 18
SYD 3
NEW 32
SOU 58
CAN 26
PAR 2
X
BRI 30
NQL 28
Newcastle Knights
NZL 4
GCT 8
SOU 6
PEN 40
CRO 1
CBY 10
SYD 18
NQL 12
GCT 30
CAN 14
PEN 10
X
MEL 28
MAN 4
X
SGI 4
WTI 21
CBY 2
BRI 12
SYD 24
SGI 7
NZL 16
PAR 19
MEL 32
CAN 18
CRO 8
New Zealand Warriors
NEW 4
MEL 16
CBY 12
SGI 14
GCT 6
PAR 12
CAN 12
MEL 6
SYD 1
PEN 8
SGI 16
BRI 18
PAR 8
GCT 22
X
CBY 7
MAN 4
X
PEN 12
NQL 12
CRO 14
NEW 16
CAN 20
SOU 18
MAN 1*
WTI 12
North Queensland Cowboys
CAN 4*
BRI 1*
MAN 22
GCT 6
SOU 14
WTI 10
SGI 6
NEW 12
PAR 20
CBY 16
CRO 4
X
GCT 12
PAR 26
MEL 1*
PEN 2
CAN 13
X
SOU 13
NZL 12
SYD 6
MEL 18
PEN 8
CRO 10
WTI 8
BRI 10
CRO 1*
PAR 8
SYD 14
MEL 28
Parramatta Eels
MAN 8
SGI 18
GCT 12
CRO 14
CAN 12
NZL 12
WTI 4
PEN 6
NQL 20
SYD 38
CAN 6
SOU 6
NZL 8
NQL 26
SGI 14
X
CBY 1*
MEL 16
X
WTI 1
BRI 14
CBY 16
NEW 19
GCT 22
BRI 18
SOU 6
MEL 2
NQL 8
Penrith Panthers
SGI 32
WTI 34
SYD 2
NEW 40
MEL 22
SOU 1
CRO 26
PAR 6
BRI 14
NZL 8
NEW 10
X
CBY 38
CAN 4
X
NQL 2
SOU 28
MAN 8
NZL 12
GCT 8
CBY 8
WTI 14
NQL 8
CAN 4
SGI 2
MAN 16
MAN 12
BRI 7
South Sydney Rabbitohs
WTI 16
MAN 20
NEW 6
SYD 14
NQL 14
PEN 1
CBY 15
BRI 1
MAN 38
WTI 20
MEL 8
PAR 6
X
BRI 6
GCT 16
X
PEN 28
SYD 2
NQL 13
CRO 14
CAN 14
SGI 2
CBY 14
NZL 18
MEL 58
PAR 6
St. George Illawarra Dragons
PEN 32
PAR 18
CRO 6
NZL 14
WTI 22
MAN 25
NQL 6
SYD 1*
MEL 12
CRO 4
NZL 16
X
WTI 4
CBY 14
PAR 14
NEW 4
GCT 10
X
CAN 4*
MAN 30
NEW 7
SOU 2
GCT 26
BRI 12
PEN 2
CBY 6
Sydney Roosters
GCT 14
CBY 4
PEN 2
SOU 14
MAN 6
BRI 24
NEW 18
SGI 1*
NZL 1
PAR 38
CBY 6
CAN 8
BRI 2
WTI 22
X
MEL 1*
CRO 32
SOU 2
X
NEW 24
NQL 6
MAN 18
MEL 3
WTI 4
CRO 2
GCT 4
BRI 2
X
NQL 14
Wests Tigers
SOU 16
PEN 34
CAN 40
MEL 8
SGI 22
NQL 10
PAR 4
CBY 6
CRO 6
SOU 20
BRI 36
X
SGI 4
SYD 22
CRO 2
GCT 12
NEW 21
X
MAN 12
PAR 1
GCT 22
PEN 14
MAN 4
SYD 4
NQL 8
NZL 12
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.
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
1
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
44
2
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
38
3
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
36
4
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
36
5
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
34
6
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
32
7
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
30
8
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
30
9
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
28
10
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
26
11
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
24
12
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
22
13
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
18
14
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
18
15
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
18
16
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
Home
Score
Away
Match Information
Date and Time (Local)
Venue
Referees
Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Sydney Roosters
24 – 22
Brisbane Broncos
8 September 2017, 8:00 pm
Allianz Stadium
Matt Cecchin Alan Shortall
21,212
Melbourne Storm
18 – 16
Parramatta Eels
9 September 2017, 4:15 pm
AAMI Park
Ben Cummins Chris Sutton
22,626
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
10 – 22
Penrith Panthers
9 September 2017, 7:45 pm
Allianz Stadium
Gerard Sutton Adam Gee
15,408
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
14 – 15
North Queensland Cowboys †
10 September 2017, 4:15 pm
Allianz Stadium
Ashley Klein Gavin Badger
16,115
SEMI FINALS
Brisbane Broncos
13 – 6
Penrith Panthers
15 September 2017, 8:00 pm
Suncorp Stadium
Gerard Sutton Adam Gee
38,623
Parramatta Eels
16 – 24
North Queensland Cowboys
16 September 2017, 7:45 pm
ANZ Stadium
Matt Cecchin Ben Cummins
41,287
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Melbourne Storm
30 – 0
Brisbane Broncos
22 September 2017, 7:55 pm
AAMI Park
Matt Cecchin Ben Cummins
28,821
Sydney Roosters
16 – 29
North Queensland Cowboys
23 September 2017, 7:40 pm
Allianz Stadium
Gerard Sutton Adam Gee
28,108
† Match decided in extra time.
Chart
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
Top 5 try scorers
Top 5 goal scorers
Top 5 tacklers
2017 Transfers
Players
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Coaches
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