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'NRL' redirects here. For other uses, see. National Rugby League (NRL) Current season or competition:: Sport Formerly known as Instituted 1997 Inaugural season CEO Number of teams Countries (15 teams) (1 team) Premiers (3rd title) () Most titles (21 titles) Website Broadcast partner • (Australia) • (Australia) • (New Zealand) Related competition The National Rugby League ( NRL) is the top of men's clubs in. Run by the, the NRL's main competition is known as the Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from and is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in. It is the most viewed and attended rugby league club competition in the world.

The National Rugby League is Australia's top-level domestic rugby-league club competition. It contains clubs from the original Sydney club Rugby League competition, which had been running continuously since 1908. The NRL formed in the aftermath of the 1990s' as a joint partnership between the Australian governing body, the (ARL) and media giant -controlled, after both organisations ran premierships parallel to each other in 1997. This partnership was dissolved in February 2012, with control of the NRL going to the independently formed.

NRL matches are played in Australia and New Zealand from March to October. The season culminates in the premiership-deciding game, the, traditionally one of Australia's most popular sporting events and one of the world's largest attended sporting championship games. In addition, the NRL premiers also play in the, a pre-season match against the champions of the European competition. The reigning premiers are the winning their third official premiership. See also: and Origin and establishment [ ] The (NSWRL) ran the major rugby league competition of New South Wales from its until. Following the introduction of a new format for interstate rugby league, the in 1980, the decade of the 1980s brought about expansion of the, with the introduction of commercial sponsorship, the, and the addition of non-Sydney-based teams, and in 1982. Although this move brought more interest in the competition statewide in, it would spell the beginning of the demise of some of the traditional Sydney-based clubs as well as having a negative effect on the.

Following the 1983 season, Sydney foundation club were ultimately forced to withdraw from the competition because of financial difficulties. Further expansion of the league followed in, with another three teams based outside Sydney introduced to the competition; the and the first two Queensland teams, the and. The Brisbane and Newcastle sides proved to be successful and popular and paved the way towards a push for a truly national competition. This was attempted in with control of the premiership passing from the NSWRFL to the (ARL), who invited four more teams from outside NSW to participate in 1995. Ultimately this competition failed, but in its demise the National Rugby League was born, incorporating the traditional Sydney clubs, successfully coercing the Sydney market to follow the newly created national competition.

The logo used by the NRL from inception in 1998 until the end of 2012. The prospect of a truly national rugby league competition in addition to the introduction of pay television in Australia attracted the attention of global media organisation,, and it followed that professional rugby league was shaken to its very foundations in the mid-1990s with the advent of the. Initially a conflict over broadcasting rights, it became a dispute as to who controlled the sport and which traditional clubs would survive into the new national era, as News Limited formed their own and admitted some former ARL clubs, poaching players from the original ARL league with high salaries. With twenty-two teams of highly varying quality playing in two competitions that year, crowd attendances and corporate sponsorships were spread very thinly, and many teams found themselves in financial difficulty.

The ARL undertook moves to invite the traditional clubs that had moved to the Super League competition back into a re-unified competition. Following a period of negotiation with News Corporation, on 23 September 1997 the ARL announced that it was forming a new company to conduct the competition in 1998. On 7 October News' Manaaki Ranginui announced that he was confident that there would be a single competition in 1998. On 19 December, representatives of clubs affiliated with the Australian Rugby League gathered at the to decide whether to accept News Limited's offer of a settlement – eventually voting in favour by 36 votes to 4. As a result, in the following months the National Rugby League, jointly owned by the and News Limited, was formed. It was announced that the inaugural National Rugby League (NRL) season of would have 20 teams competing, 19 remaining Super League and ARL teams plus the, who were created by Super League for their 1998 season.

Clubs on both sides of the war were shut down. Super League decided to close the and the financially ruined, who were $10 million in debt at the end of 1997 [ ], while the ARL decided to close down the, who were also in severe financial trouble [ ]. Additionally, at the end of 1998 the NRL decided to close down former Super League club, the and former ARL club, the, despite the Gold Coast franchise being one of the few clubs to make a profit during the Super League war [ ]. 1998–2002: Rationalisation [ ] One condition of the peace agreement between the ARL and News Limited was that there would be a 14 team competition in 2000. The 20 clubs that played in 1998 would be assessed on various items such as sponsorship, crowds, on-field success and the like. It was also announced that clubs that merged would receive a large sum of money, as well as a guaranteed position in the 2000 NRL Competition.

The and the were the first clubs to take up the offer, forming the joint-venture at the end of the 1998 season. The brought about a new official world record attendance for a game of rugby league. 107,999 spectators saw the defeat the newly created in the decider. And formed the joint-venture club, the at the end of 1999, while and created the ill-fated. As part of another image makeover, a number of teams also released new club logos. The most notable of these was the Sydney Roosters, dropping the City section of their name for the 2000 season and beyond.

Were controversially axed from the competition at the end of 1999 for failing to meet the criteria. This move was highly controversial and on 12 November 2000 about 80,000 marched in protest at their continued exclusion. South Sydney challenged the decision in the Federal Court claiming that the NRL agreement was exclusionary, intended to unfairly exclude South Sydney, and breached the Trade Practices Act. Justice Paul Finn ruled that the agreement did not specifically exclude any club and dismissed the Rabbitohs' claims for re-instatement into the national competition.

Souths appealed this decision and were re-admitted into the competition in 2002. The Auckland Warriors experienced much financial hardship in the early part of the decade, ultimately collapsing before being resurrected as the New Zealand Warriors for the 2001 season. They made the Grand Final in 2002. In 2001, Australia's largest telecommunications provider Telstra became naming rights sponsor of the NRL, with the competition's name becoming the NRL Telstra Premiership, while in 2002 took over the CEO role from, and the competition has become more and more popular each season. In 2001 the NRL Grand Final started to be played on Sunday nights, a shift from the traditional Sunday afternoon slot used for over a decade prior.

2003–2010: Record popularity, expansion and centenary [ ] The 2003 season was widely regarded as the most successful since the beginning of the National Rugby League in 1998. The Penrith Panthers rose from the bottom of the table to win the Premiership, while the Broncos returned to mid-year. Season 2004 proved even more successful than 2003, with the going from 11th position in 2003 to 3rd in 2004, narrowly missing out on a maiden Grand Final berth. Crowd average records were broken in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

In 2005, the NRL reached record levels of popularity for its competition. Total crowds for the competition season almost reached the figures for the last year of the competition conducted by the ARL competition of 1995, prior to the Super League war.

The average attendance record remained until 2010. From 2004 to 2005, there was a 39% increase in sponsorship, a 41% increase in merchandise royalties, and a 12% increase in playing participation. In 2005, ranked the NRL 497 in revenue of Australian private companies, with revenue of A$66.1m (+7%) with 35 employees. In 2004, Canterbury-Bankstown put a year of turmoil and disgrace at the aftermath of the alleged rape scandal to hold aloft the NRL trophy and give the Bulldogs their first premiership since 1995.

In 2005, a record national audience of 4.1 million tuned in to watch the grand final between the and the. The was won by the Brisbane Broncos over the Melbourne Storm, 15–8. The matchup was a significant milestone in the history of the NRL, as two interstate teams (teams not from New South Wales, the 'heartland' of the NRL) contested the grand final for the first time. In the city of Melbourne, whose team was playing in their second grand final, the game's television ratings were higher than in Sydney where the game was played. Crowds were down on 2005, however were better than any other year prior to that. In its tenth season the NRL returned to having a club based on the, Queensland with the inclusion of the.

The Titans were the first professional sporting team to occupy the Gold Coast since 1998, when the were one of the teams removed during the NRL's rationalisation process between the end of the Super League war and the 2000 season. The 2007 season saw the return of Monday Night Football and the inclusion of two Friday night games. Both of which turned out to be ratings successes. Another change from the previous seasons was a reduction in the number of byes per team in the season. With an odd number of teams contesting between 2002 and 2006, the draw meant that at least one team would have to have a bye each weekend.

With the inclusion of the 16th team for the 2007 season, the National Rugby League had the option of reverting to back to the system used between 2000 and 2001 where every team played each round. That system was not used however, with teams were given just a single bye during the year, grouped in periods that will assist clubs around representative fixtures. The opening round saw two matches at Brisbane's, the first featuring reigning champions Brisbane against fellow Queensland side North Queensland, while the second match featured the new club, the Gold Coast playing St George Illawarra. The weather during the middle of the season was less than ideal, with cyclonic conditions severely affecting many NRL games played in Sydney and Newcastle. The 2007 finals series saw the South Sydney Rabbitohs return to finals football for the first time in decades. The season culminated on 30 September 2007, with the Grand Final contested between Manly and Melbourne. Melbourne won the title 34–8 and the Grand Final achieved the honour of being the most watched television show in Australia in 2007.

Throughout 2008, the NRL celebrated 100 years since rugby league was introduced into Australia, with several initiatives to recognise the important milestone, including an extensive marketing campaign called the 'Centenary of Rugby League'. The competition began in March, with a special Heritage round held in mid-April, coinciding with the first round of competition played in 1908. At a Gala event on 17 April 2008 the was announced, being: • Full-back: • Wingers:, • Centres:, • Five-eighth: • Half-back: • Lock: • Second Row:, • Props:, • Hooker: • Reserves:,,, • Coach:. For the second year in a row, the Grand Final was played between the Melbourne Storm and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, in the NRL's first ever twilight decider. The Sea Eagles took out the premiership game 40–0, setting the record for the highest winning margin in a Grand Final match (although the club formerly known as St George Dragons were beaten 38–0 in 1975 and using the modern point scale of 4-point tries, this would amount to 44–0.) Furthermore, it was the first time a team had been kept scoreless in a Grand Final since 1978.

The 2009 season marked the beginning of the second century of rugby league in Australia. The that year was played between the Parramatta Eels and once again Melbourne Storm. Melbourne defeated Parramatta 23 – 16 to win the premiership to make it two premierships out of the last four grand finals for the Storm. In 2010 the Inaugural All Stars Match was held on 13 February, in conjunction with the Sorry Day reconciliation anniversary to promote rugby league's long association and involvement with the Aboriginal community. The first match saw the Indigenous All Stars beat the NRL All Stars 16–12. The success of this event has seen it become a recurring fixture on the rugby league calendar with Queensland awarded the hosting rights for the next three years.

The 29th State of Origin series was also played featuring the world's first live free-to-air 3D TV broadcast. Queensland later made further history by winning an unprecedented fifth series in a row, and winning the 2010 series by a scoreline of 3–0, their first Origin whitewash since 1995. In 2010 the NRL set a record total season average attendance of 17,367 per game and a record total season aggregate attendance of 3,490,778. During the 2010 finals series, the second qualifying match between the Wests Tigers and Sydney Roosters became the first McIntyre System final to go into extra time, with the One Hundred Minute Epic described in media circles as one of the greatest of the modern era. The 2010 was played between the and the.

The Dragons won 32–8. This was the first premiership won by the club in its eleven-year existence. 2010–present: Establishment of the ARLC [ ] After several years of preparation and build up, on 14 December 2010 the Australian Rugby League and News Corporation agreed upon a constitutional framework paving the way for the establishment of a new and independent commission to govern the sport in Australia.

The negotiations of such a framework became drawn out over establishing details, primarily of sponsorship, media rights, funding of state bodies, funding of the, debate over News Ltd private ownership of clubs, and also of individual appointments to the new body. The 2011 Grand Final was contested between the and the. This was the second grand final involving the New Zealand Warriors. Manly recorded a 24-10 win claiming their second premiership under head coach Des Hasler. On 10 February 2012, the independent commission, known as the assumed control of all levels of the game, replacing former state based boards and assuming full control of the NRL from the NRL partnership (comprising the previous ARL board and ).

The 2012 Grand Final involved the and the, this was the first time since 2008 that the first and second placed teams contested the Grand Final. The Melbourne Storm recorded a 14-4 victory thus achieving their second premiership and claiming some vengeance for the stripped premierships. The 2013 season saw the resurgence of foundation clubs the Sydney Roosters and the South Sydney Rabbitohs with both clubs finishing first and second place respectively. The NRL was also left with a black eye after the Cronulla Sharks were caught using performance-enhancing substances by ASADA dating back to 2011.

The 2013 Grand Final was played between the Sydney Roosters and the Manly Sea Eagles with the Roosters recording a 26-18 victory, the match is most remembered for a spectacular try by Roosters centre Michael Jennings which sealed the win for the Bondi club. The 2014 season started with the introduction of the Auckland Nines and was marred by the handing down of a million dollar fine to the Cronulla Sharks for their role in the ASADA scandal while head coach Shane Flanagan was suspended for the entirety of the 2014 season. The 2014 Grand Final was contested by the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs. This was the Rabbitohs first grand final appearance since 1971. The Rabbitohs would break their 43-year premiership drought with a 30-6 victory.

The 2015 season saw the return of the Queensland juggernauts, The North Queensland Cowboys and the Brisbane Broncos who would finish inside the top four and contest the 2015 Grand Final. The 2015 Grand Final is considered by many to be the greatest grand final of all time as a high intensity match ended in dramatic circumstances when the Cowboys scored as the full-time siren sounded. Johnathan Thurston would miss the conversion from the sideline as the ball hit the post thus sending the match into golden point, the first golden point grand final.

Ben Hunt would drop the ball on the kick-off and hand the Cowboys the chance to win which was converted as Johnathan Thurston successfully kicked a field goal to win the match 17-16. The 2016 season saw the Melbourne Storm return to the minor premiership position while the Canberra Raiders returned to the top four for the first time since the 2003.

The Cronulla Sharks and reigning premiers North Queensland would fill out the top four. The season continued a trend of the minor premiership not being decided to the final round, the fourth consecutive year. The 2016 Grand Final was contested between the Melbourne Storm and the Cronulla Sharks, it was the Cronulla Sharks fourth grand final appearance while it was the seventh for the Storm.

The match was a tight affair and was not settled until after the siren had sounded. The Cronulla Sharks claimed their first premiership ending a famous 49-year drought by a score of 14-12. It was announced in December 2017 that, on the back of the success generated by the, a would commence in August 2018 and comprise six clubs aligned to existing NRL clubs. See also:,, and The NRL consists of sixteen clubs: eight clubs based within Greater Sydney, two in regional, three in and one each in, the and. The league operates on a single group system, with no divisions or conferences and no relegation and promotion from other leagues. And have two locations indicated due to more than one ground being occupied by both teams.

A total of twenty-three clubs have played in the National Rugby League since its first season in 1998. For a list of all clubs past and present see. For a complete list of all teams no longer competing in the NRL Eleven clubs have been members of the National Rugby League for every season since its inception in 1998.

This group includes Brisbane, Canberra, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cronulla-Sutherland, Melbourne, New Zealand, Newcastle, North Queensland, Parramatta, Penrith and Sydney Roosters. See also: Since 1998 NRL clubs have played both trial matches and premiership season games in areas that do not have representation in the NRL in both Australia and New Zealand. Non-traditional venues that have been used include,,,,, and in Auckland. Future venues include Marley Brown Oval and to be used for the 2018 season. Season structure [ ] Pre-season [ ] The NRL pre season typically begins in February and ends in early March.

Clubs generally use this time to organise trial matches to test playing combinations however some clubs play for trophies. And play for the while and play for the. The trials are typically played in cities and towns that normally don't host NRL matches. In the past a World Seven's rugby league football tournament has been hosted, however this was scrapped due to injury concerns. All Stars match. Main article: In 2014, the inaugural tournament took place, featuring all sixteen NRL clubs.

It is staged at Eden Park,, New Zealand. This two-day tournament has now become a regular fixture, taking place at the end of January each year. Women's nines games are also fixtured alongside the main tournament between the Australian and New Zealand women's teams.

In 2018 the tournament was removed from the calendar due to the World Cup being played the previous year citing an excessive player workload. World Club Series. Main article: The World Club Series is an annual tournament played between the champion clubs of the National Rugby League and the European competitions and four invited teams. Until season 2014, it was known as the World Club challenge, being only a single match between the champions however in 2015 it was expanded to include four invited teams who played two exhibition games before the final. The first match of its kind was played in and it was then played sporadically throughout the late 80s, and 90s including a one off Super League tournament in 1997, before becoming a regular annual pre-season fixture since 2000.

To date only English and Australian sides have competed in the World Club Challenge. Premiership season [ ] As rugby league is a winter sport in Australasia, the NRL premiership season usually begins in early March following a brief series of trial matches.

During each pre-season trial match series, the is played for between the and. A round of regular season premiership games is then played every weekend for twenty-six weeks, usually until the end of September. In most rounds, one match is played on Thursday night, two on Friday night, three on Saturday and two on Sunday. Special themed weeks include Heritage Round, Women in League Round and Rivalry Round. Separate trophies between rival teams are also presented throughout the season, such as the between the and, between and the, the between the and, the Bandage Bear Cup between the and and the Mal Reilly Cup between Newcastle and Manly-Warringah. Teams receive two competition points for a win, and one point for a draw.

The bye also receives two points; a loss, no points. Teams on the ladder are ranked by competition points, then match points differential (for and against) and points percentage are used to separate teams with equal competition points. At the end of the regular season, the club which is ranked highest on the ladder is declared. Representative season [ ] As well as playing for their club in the premiership, NRL players are regularly selected to play in a number of representative competitions that are conducted throughout each season. The representative season is generally considered to be a period of rugby league that runs from about the middle of April until the middle of July each year. And parade the premiership after the '. The, which determines the season's premiers, is one of Australia's major sporting events and is one of the largest attended club championship events in the world.

Since 1999 it has been contested at Sydney's, which was the primary athletics venue for the. The first year it was held at Stadium Australia, the NRL Grand Final broke the record for attendance at an Australian rugby league game, with 107,999 people attending.

The Grand Final had traditionally been played on Sunday afternoons, shifting to 8 pm in 2001, then to 7 pm thereafter. However, from 2008, a compromise was reached between official broadcaster 's preferred starting time and the afternoon starting time of 3 pm, with the Grand Final beginning at 5 pm AEST. Each year the, a function that is attended by both teams, hundreds of guests and screened live on Australian television is held during the week before the game. The game itself is usually preceded by an opening ceremony featuring entertainment and the singing of the national anthem by well-known Australasian and international musical acts.

After the pre-game entertainment it is traditional for the NRL trophy to be delivered to the field by an helicopter shortly before kick off. At the conclusion of the Grand Final there is a presentation ceremony where the winning team are awarded.

The player judged to be the man-of-the-match by the selectors is awarded the prestigious and the is typically on-hand to hand the trophy to the winning captain. In 2010 the secured the grand final for Stadium Australia until 2022 for $45 million. Stadium Location Country Highest attendance Average attendance Sydney Australia 107,999 80,000 Premiership winners [ ]. See also: Note – were stripped of their 2007, 2009 premiership titles and their 2006, 2007, 2008 minor premiership titles due to their. The titles were withheld by the NRL rather than awarding them to the runners up. At the Dally M awards The first to play in the NSWRL/NRL was player, who debuted in 1909.

Since that time, many high-profile indigenous athletes have played in the competition, including (the first Aborigine to captain an Australian national team in any sport ) and current representatives and. At the elite level of the game, represented 35% of the roster for the Kangaroos, 21% of players at the 2012 State of Origin series, 12% of NRL players and a further 8% of the NRL Under 20s players. By way of comparison, 2.3% of the Australian population identified themselves as Indigenous in the 2006 Australian census. To celebrate the strong Indigenous ties to the game, the NRL holds a preseason game, featuring a team made up of Indigenous Australians playing a publicly voted team consisting of the non-Indigenous players, and an Indigenous Leadership Group has formed, consisting of the game's elite Indigenous players. The Leadership Group hosts regular multi-day camps where all Indigenous NRL players are invited to learn more about Indigenous culture. Both the All Stars match and the Leadership Group were ideas pioneered by former player, with the All Stars receiving the Preston Campbell medal.

Salary cap [ ] A salary cap was introduced to the in 1990 to even the playing field of teams in the. As of 2013 the club grant is $7.1 million which covers the salary cap of $5.85 million and a minimum wage for $80,000 for the top twenty-five players at each club.

The salary cap will increase to $6.3 million in 2014, $6.55 million in 2015, $6.8 million by 2016 and $7 million in 2017. The cap is actively policed and penalties for clubs found to have breached the NRL salary cap regulations include fines of lesser of half the amount involved or $500,000 and/or deduction of premiership points. For example, six clubs were fined for minor infractions in 2003. These infractions are usually technical in nature, and can sometimes be affected by third-party factors such as loss of sponsorship revenue affecting an allowance. During the 2007 season the NRL implemented ways of creating a fair and more beneficial cap for players and clubs. In 2010, following the Melbourne Storm salary cap scandal, the NRL introduced requirements for players and their agents to sign statutory declarations pledging their contracts comply with salary cap regulations, where previously only club chairmen and chief executives did so for biannual salary cap audits. Major breaches of the cap.

See also:,, and In 2002, the were fined the maximum of $500,000 and deducted all 37 premiership points received during the season after it was found that they had committed serious and systematic breaches of the salary cap totalling $2.13 million over the past three years, including $750,000 in 2001 and $920,000 in 2002; these were described by NRL chief executive as 'exceptional in both its size and its deliberate and ongoing nature'. The points penalty meant that the club won the 2002 ( would have finished last if not for the breaches), and as the club had been leading the competition table prior to the imposition of the penalties, this was a shattering outcome for the club and its fans. Two senior club officials were jailed for fraud as a result of these breaches. In 2005, the were fined $430,000 and were ordered to start the 2006 season with a four premiership point deficit and cut their payroll by $450,000 after club officials revealed that their former management had exceeded the salary cap by $1.1 million over the last two years. The points penalty meant that the Warriors missed a finals berth in 2006. On 22 April 2010, following revellations by an internal whistle blower and investigation by the NRL, Storm officials revealed that the club had committed serious and systematic breaches of the salary cap regulations between 2006 and 2010 by running a well-organized dual contract and bookkeeping system that concealed a total of $3.78 million in payments made to players outside of the salary cap from the NRL.

This included: $303,000 in 2006, $459,000 in 2007, $957,000 in 2008, $1.021 million in 2009 and $1.04 million in 2010. As a result, the club was stripped of the 2007 and 2009 premierships, 2006–2008 minor premierships and the following year, the 2010 World Club Challenge trophy. They were also fined a then Australian sporting record of $1.689 million ($1.1 million in NRL prize money which was equally distributed between the remaining 15 clubs, $89,000 in prize money from the World Club Challenge which was distributed to the Leeds Rhinos, and a maximum of $500,000 for breaching the salary cap regulations). In addition they were ordered to cut their payroll by $1.0125 million, deducted all eight premiership points received during the 2010 season and barred from receiving premiership points for the remainder of the 2010 season. The points penalty meant that the club won the 2010 wooden spoon. The former directors attempted unsuccessful legal action against the penalties which collapsed, and the club also had to pay the NRLs legal costs.

The matter was also referred to ASIC, the Australian Tax Office, the Victorian State Revenue Office, and the Victoria Police to investigate possible fraud however by May 2011 these investigations were closed. The players themselves were found to have not done anything wrong during this time so individual awards are recognised in addition, the players were still eligible for Test/State of Origin selection.

Prior to the start of the 2016 NRL season, the faced the prospect with starting the season on -4 points due to salary cap indiscretions in 2015, however the NRL was satisfied with governance changes at the Eels and no points were deducted. However, it was revealed in March that third-party payments had been made by several companies to several players, which is strictly prohibited in the NRL. On 3 May 2016, NRL CEO Todd Greenberg announced that the club would be docked the twelve competition points they have accrued so far this season, as well as fined $1 million and stripped of the title it won in February. In addition, the NRL also announced that the Eels would not be able to accrue any further competition points until they fall under the salary cap, which they were reported to be $500,000 over as of 3 May 2016. Five officials, including chairman Steve Sharp, deputy chairman Tom Issa, director Peter Serrao, chief executive John Boulous and football manager Daniel Anderson, were also sacked. On 9 July, after over 2 months of club officials contesting the preliminary penalites, Parramatta were handed their punishment with the addition of their for/against points tally accumulated from rounds 1-9 being deducted.

Judiciary and Integrity Unit The NRL judiciary is made up of former players who convene in three-man panels to rule on on-field incidents. The judiciary is currently chaired by district court judge and made up of former players,,,, and. An integrity Unit was formed on 7 February 2013 and is headed by former Federal Court judge Tony Whitlam. Awards [ ] Minor Premiership Winners [ ]. The Provan-Summons Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Grand Final The Provan-Summons trophy is the NRL's main prize, awarded to the team that wins the premiership. Its sculptured design is similar to the trophy, which was introduced for the.

It is a three-dimensional cast of a famous photo called, which depicts a mud-soaked of and of embracing after the 's Grand Final. It was not officially named the Provan-Summons Trophy until 2013, the 50th anniversary of the 1963 Grand Final. The trophy is awarded following each grand final to the captain of the winning club.

Each player from the premiership winning side are also awarded. Giltinan Shield [ ] Created in 1951, the is awarded to the club ranked highest on the NRL ladder after the premiership season concludes. Typically this team is known as the minor premiers. Clive Churchill medal [ ] The is awarded to the most outstanding player in a grand final. It is named after former fullback. Dally M awards [ ] The is the highlight of the and was named after, who was instrumental in the establishment of rugby league football in Australia.

The awards were introduced in 1980 by News Limited. The Dally M has been the official player-of-the-year award, and the highest individual honour in Australian rugby league, since the unification of the game in 1998.

Before 1998 the highest award was the. The medal is awarded, usually by the Australian Prime Minister, at the annual Dally M Awards night. As well as honouring the best and fairest player of the year, the Dally M awards recognise the premier player in each position, the best coach and the most outstanding rookie of the season. The Immortals [ ] are eight players named by the sport's major Australian magazine as the nation's greatest ever. Established in 1981, the group consists of eight former captains:,,,,,, and.

Audience [ ]. A 2004 match between and The NRL provides six of the top seven and 78 of the top 100 programs on Australian subscription television. In 2010 it was the sport with highest total cumulative audience on Australian television, with an aggregate audience of 120.6 million viewers. Television [ ] Television (2013–2017) Within Australia all matches are broadcast on the and on. In New Zealand all matches, including representative fixtures such as the and the, are shown live on. The NRL is available to the rest of the world via either local television networks or online through the official NRL channel.

In particular it is broadcast on in the United Kingdom, and in the United States, in Canada and in France. Detailed Australian coverage • starts at 7:50 pm and match shown on the free-to-air television and.

• starts at 6:00 pm with the first match shown on. A second match, 7:55 pm is broadcast by both the free-to-air television and. • includes one, one afternoon game at 3:15 pm, followed by three NRL Telstra Premiership matches, the first at 3:00 pm followed by 5:30 pm and then 7:30 pm, all Super Saturday is televised 'live and add break free' on • NRL Sunday Ticket is a 2:00 pm match broadcast live on followed by a 4:00 pm match telecasted live on both and • Note: Broadcast schedules and the number of games broadcast can also vary.

This is dependent on the scheduling of matches for the played in,, byes during the middle of the season (where 2 or more teams don't play that weekend) and daylight saving time early in the season. • Normally, there is no Thursday football during bye-weeks. • telecasts all matches 'live and add break free' (excluding the Grand Final) whilst The only shows the Thursday night game, and the second Friday and Sunday games. • The State of Origin series is shown live in every state on the. • The NRL Grand Final is shown live in every state on the, with New South Wales and Queensland receiving up to 10 hours of continuous pre-game and post-game coverage. The game is also shown live in New Zealand, with ratings improving since the introduction of a 7 pm (NZST) kick-off – plus in various other countries around the world via local broadcasters. NRL-related television programs [ ] In Australia there are television shows dedicated to discussing the NRL.

The programs are listed in order of the day and time viewed in their primary broadcast market: • (following Monday Night Football on Fox League 502). • (Mondays-Wednesdays 6:30 pm on Fox League 502).

Hosted by and. • (Tuesdays 7:30 pm on Fox League 502). • League Life (Wednesdays 7:30pm on Fox League 502).

• Queenslanders Only (Wednesdays 8:00pm on Fox League 502). Hosted by Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock. (Airs at 7:00pm Queensland time during the month of March due to NSW Daylight Saving Time) • 13 to 1 (Thursdays 6:30pm on Fox League 502). • (Thursday 10:00 pm on ). A variety show hosted by,, Beau Ryan and. • The Late Show with Matty Johns (Thursdays 10:00 pm on Fox League 502).

• Barefoot Sports (Thursday 8:30 pm on ) Hosted by Brad Cooke and formerly known as. • (Fridays 10:00pm on Fox League 502). Hosted by James ‘The Professor’ Rochford. • (Sunday 11.00 am on Channel Nine): a recap of Friday and Saturday's games, and preview of Sunday's games.

• League Legends (Sundays 6:30pm on Fox League 502). Hosted by Tim Sheridan. Former shows: • (Mondays, at 9.30 pm, on One), recapping the weekend games • (Thursday 8:30 pm, on ) Hosted by, and Andrew Moore. • (Thursdays, 7.30 pm on Channel Seven) A more sketch-and-regular-segment-oriented version of The Footy Show and The Game Plan, not related to Monday Night with Matty Johns. • (Sunday Midday on Channel Nine) Now incorporated into the Sunday Footy Show.

• NRL Full-time, a weekly half-hour highlights show for the UK audience. Internet and new media Replays of all matches, as well as highlights, are available in Australia from the official NRL LIVE app for, and mobile operating systems. Outside of Australia, all matches are available in high definition via the official NRL channel. Radio coverage The NRL has several exclusive rights partners to broadcast matches live via radio nationwide. FM coverage is provided by while AM coverage is contracted to and.

All radio coverage is available to be streamed live from the NRL website. 873AM Radio has the commercial rights to one Friday night match, the 5:30 pm Saturday game, and the 2 pm Sunday match, covering the game through the program.

2GB also air representative games, as well as all matches throughout the finals series, and all three matches on Grand Final day. The coverage is networked to stations across the country, typically those owned by, and other station groups on the Macquarie Radio Network.

Has the rights to all NRL matches in the, Queensland and except Monday night games. Exceptions to this include Monday night games of regional teams including the and, those games still air on their respective local ABC stations. Has exclusive access to Thursday night, Sunday 3 pm, Sunday night and Monday night matches and is broadcast on commercial stations across the country.

Triple M will also broadcast the State of Origin series, the finals series and the Grand Final. Print In print media, there are two major magazines: is produced by ACP Magazines and is generally released on Mondays between rounds; is the competition's official publication, released Thursday and produced by News Magazines. Other News Magazines publications, ALPHA Magazine, regularly publishes league-related stories and interviews, as well as Rugby League Review, a newspaper that reviews the last month. Theme songs [ ]. Main article: There have been many top selling video games made for the Australian rugby league market. The games below are sorted by year released. •, named for, was released on in 1992.

• (1995) for • was a PC game published by EA Sports for the 1996 season. • (2003) for,, and • (2005) for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox • (2008) for PlayStation 2 • (2009) for • (2009) for • (2010) for • (2010) for; (2011) for Microsoft Windows • (2012) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 • Rugby League Legends (2012) •: World Cup Edition (2013) for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 • (2015) for Steam, Play Station 3, Xbox 360, Play Station 4 and Xbox One • (2017) for Steam, Play Station 3, Xbox 360, Play Station 4 and Xbox One Cheerleading [ ] The National Rugby League (NRL) is a professional rugby league competition with teams in the Australia and New Zealand. Most teams has a squad of for that are usually involved in dancing,,, and modelling.

Some Notable NRL cheerleaders are for the, for the and for the. Cheer Squads [ ] Name NRL Club Brisbane Broncos Canberra Raiders Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Gold Coast Titans Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Melbourne Storm Newcastle Knights North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney Roosters Records [ ]. See also: Official NRL statistics encompass all first grade competitions, namely the,,, and the present day NRL.

Team [ ] • Most premierships – 21 • Most minor premierships – 19 • Most wooden spoons – 17 • Largest winning margin in a game – 85, St. George against Canterbury (1935) • Highest score in a game – 91, St. George against Canterbury (1935) • Longest winning streak – 19 matches, (1975) • Longest undefeated streak – 35 matches, (1935–1938) • Longest losing streak- 42 matches, (1934–1936) Individual [ ] • Most games played – 358 games • Leading pointscorer – 2,418 points (159 tries, 891 goals) (1996–2009) • Leading tryscorer –, 212 tries • Most points in a season 342, (16 tries, 139 goals) (2004) • Most tries in a season 38, (1935) • Most points in a game 45, (1935). • Most tries in a game 8, (1920) Match officials [ ] Former Parramatta, and New Zealand Warriors coach was appointed to the position of referee's high performance manager, taking over from former referee. Coaching staff • • Russell Smith • • Bernie Sutton Referees.

• Grant Atkins • • Chris Butler • • Ben Cummins • Adam Devcich • Adam Gee • Tim Roby • Peter Gough • Chris James • • Dave Munro • Matt Noyen • • Gavin Reynolds • Jason Robinson • Alan Shortall • Jon Stone • Chris Sutton • Gerard Sutton • Brett Suttor ' The Bunker' Video Referees • Jared Maxwell • Luke Patten • Bernard Sutton Sponsorship [ ] The NRL and its clubs receive significant revenue from sponsorships, with sponsors' logos appearing on most parts of players' and referees' uniforms, the playing surface and even the ball itself. Since 2001, the National Rugby League premiership has been sponsored by Telstra and known as the 'NRL Telstra Premiership'; in earlier seasons, it was simply known as the 'National Rugby League'. The Telstra Premiership has had four competition logos since 2001. The first, lasting only through the 2001 regular season, was the Telstra logo with an elongated circle enclosing the word Premiership. From the Finals series of 2001 through to the end of 2006 the logo was based around the shape of a football, with the words Telstra Premiership on respective lines along the bottom, culminating with a small football similar to the one in the official NRL logo at the peak.

The main colours were dark blue and orange, the corporate colours of Telstra. The company worked with the NRL to create the third logo (pictured) for the 2007 season onward as part of a new sponsorship deal. This logo was quite similar to the original National Rugby League emblem.

From the 2011 Finals Series, a newer logo was commissioned in concert with a corporate re-brand undertaken by Telstra. The 2007 logo remained on club jerseys until 2012 due to the lateness of the change and was phased out in time for the 2013 NRL Season. From 2013, under a dramatic image rebranding of the competition, the Telstra Premiership logo was changed in conjunction with a new sponsorship deal to incorporate the key elements of rugby league in Australia to include the shield and chevrons, the green and gold, a red 'Telstra' logo perched above the top of the shield and for the first time the iconic Provan-Summons trophy awarded to the premiers at the end of the season centred in the middle of the badge. Other notable sponsorships include Official ball supplier for the Under 20s National Youth Competition (also known as the Holden Cup); The and the Australian ( Kangaroos), (official car of the NRL), (match ball), (referees), (video referees), (official beer of the NRL), (Friday Night Football), (Saturday Football), (Travel Partner) and (Sunday Football). See also [ ]. • Official National Rugby League statistics encompass all Sydney first grade competitions, namely the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, Australian Rugby League, Super League, and the present day NRL. • and National Rugby League.

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