2019 NRL season

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.

Teams

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

Colours	Club	Season	Home ground	Head coach	Captain
	Brisbane Broncos	32nd season	Suncorp Stadium	Anthony Seibold	Darius Boyd
	Canberra Raiders	38th season	GIO Stadium Canberra	Ricky Stuart	Jarrod Croker & Josh Hodgson
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	85th season	ANZ Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground	Dean Pay	Josh Jackson
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	53rd season	PointsBet Stadium	John Morris	Paul Gallen & Wade Graham
	Gold Coast Titans	13th season	Cbus Super Stadium	→ Luke Burt	Ryan James
	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	70th season	Lottoland	Des Hasler	Daly Cherry-Evans
	Melbourne Storm	22nd season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Cameron Smith
	Newcastle Knights	32nd season	McDonald Jones Stadium	→ Kristian Woolf	Mitchell Pearce
	New Zealand Warriors	25th season	Mt. Smart Stadium	Stephen Kearney	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
	North Queensland Cowboys	25th season	1300SMILES Stadium	Paul Green	Michael Morgan
	Parramatta Eels	73rd season	Bankwest Stadium	Brad Arthur	Tim Mannah & Clint Gutherson
	Penrith Panthers	53rd season	Panthers Stadium	Ivan Cleary	James Maloney → James Tamou
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	110th season	ANZ Stadium	Wayne Bennett	→ Sam Burgess
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	21st season	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium	Paul McGregor	Gareth Widdop
	Sydney Roosters	112th season	Sydney Cricket Ground	Trent Robinson	Jake Friend & Boyd Cordner
	Wests Tigers	20th season	Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Stadium & Bankwest Stadium	Michael Maguire	Moses Mbye

Pre-season

The 2019 pre-season featured the All Stars match held on February 15 at AAMI Park. 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.
State of Origin was played in Perth for the first time, with Game 2 of the 2019 series played at Optus Stadium.

Team

Brisbane Broncos

MEL
10

NQL
19

SGI
1

SYD
32

WTI
6

CAN
4

CRO
23

SOU
32

MAN
16

SYD
5

NZL
6

GCT
8

PAR
28

NEW
14

CRO
2

NZL
0*

CBY
22

GCT
22

MEL
36

NQL
4

PEN
12

SOU
2

PAR
1*

CBY
16

PAR
58

Canberra Raiders

GCT
21

MEL
12

NEW
7

NQL
18

PAR
19

BRI
4

MAN
4

PEN
18

SYD
6

SOU
4

NQL
6

CBY
2

WTI
28

CRO
2

PAR
6

SGI
22

WTI
8

PEN
12

NZL
34

SYD
4

MEL
4

MAN
4

CRO
1*

NZL
4

MEL
2

SOU
6

SYD
6

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

NZL
34

PAR
20

WTI
14

MEL
2

SGI
36

SOU
8

NQL
12

MAN
8

NEW
12

GCT
6

MEL
22

CAN
2

SGI
24

SYD
26

CRO
2

NEW
6

BRI
22

SYD
8

PEN
8

WTI
2

SOU
8

PAR
6

NQL
7

BRI
16

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

NEW
6

GCT
14

NQL
26

PAR
12

SYD
14

PEN
4

BRI
23

MEL
2

GCT
8

MAN
10

SGI
13

PAR
20

CAN
2

CBY
2

BRI
2

MEL
24

NZL
1

NQL
2

SOU
15

PEN
6

SGI
6

NZL
26

CAN
1*

WTI
17

MAN
12

Gold Coast Titans

CAN
21

CRO
14

SOU
8

NZL
16

PEN
6

NEW
24

WTI
16

NQL
14

CRO
8

CBY
6

MAN
18

NQL
2

BRI
8

NZL
4

MAN
18

PEN
22

MEL
20

BRI
22

SYD
52

SGI
12

PAR
24

MEL
16

NEW
34

SGI
8

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

WTI
14

SYD
8

NZL
34

SOU
1*

NEW
8

SGI
2

CAN
4

CBY
8

BRI
16

CRO
10

GCT
18

PEN
3

NQL
2

SGI
20

GCT
18

SOU
1

PAR
12

MEL
1*

NEW
24

NZL
8

WTI
20

CAN
4

MEL
30

PAR
16

CRO
12

SOU
8

Melbourne Storm

BRI
10

CAN
12

PEN
30

CBY
2

NQL
6

SYD
1*

NZL
1

CRO
2

PAR
54

WTI
2

CBY
22

NZL
22

NEW
30

SYD
2

SGI
2

CRO
24

GCT
20

MAN
1*

BRI
36

SOU
10

CAN
4

GCT
16

MAN
30

NQL
8

CAN
2

PAR
32

SYD
8

Newcastle Knights

CRO
6

PEN
2

CAN
7

SGI
1*

MAN
8

GCT
24

PAR
14

NZL
18

CBY
12

SGI
33

SYD
26

SOU
8

MEL
30

BRI
14

NZL
4

CBY
6

SYD
38

WTI
2

MAN
24

PAR
6

NQL
36

WTI
42

GCT
34

PEN
44

New Zealand Warriors

CBY
34

WTI
28

MAN
34

GCT
16

SOU
4

NQL
7

MEL
1

NEW
18

SGI
8

PEN
20

BRI
6

MEL
22

GCT
4

PEN
1*

NEW
4

BRI
0*

CRO
1

PAR
2

CAN
34

MAN
8

SYD
36

CRO
26

SOU
21

CAN
4

North Queensland Cowboys

SGI
12

BRI
19

CRO
26

CAN
18

MEL
6

NZL
7

CBY
12

GCT
14

SOU
16

PAR
7

CAN
6

GCT
2

MAN
2

WTI
1*

SGI
8

SYD
3

SOU
12

CRO
2

WTI
24

BRI
4

NEW
36

PEN
14

CBY
7

MEL
8

Parramatta Eels

PEN
8

CBY
20

SYD
14

CRO
12

CAN
19

WTI
45

NEW
14

SGI
14

MEL
54

NQL
7

PEN
6

SOU
12

CRO
20

BRI
28

CAN
6

WTI
12

MAN
12

NZL
2

SGI
8

NEW
6

GCT
24

CBY
6

BRI
1*

MAN
16

BRI
58

MEL
32

Penrith Panthers

PAR
8

NEW
2

MEL
30

WTI
1*

GCT
6

CRO
4

SOU
4

CAN
18

WTI
26

NZL
20

PAR
6

MAN
3

SYD
9

SOU
1

NZL
1*

GCT
22

SGI
22

CAN
12

CBY
8

CRO
6

BRI
12

NQL
14

SYD
16

NEW
44

South Sydney Rabbitohs

SYD
10

SGI
16

GCT
8

MAN
1*

NZL
4

CBY
8

PEN
4

BRI
32

NQL
16

CAN
4

WTI
16

PAR
12

NEW
8

PEN
1

WTI
5

MAN
1

NQL
12

SGI
4

CRO
15

MEL
10

CBY
8

BRI
2

NZL
21

SYD
6

SYD
24

MAN
8

CAN
6

St. George Illawarra Dragons

NQL
12

SOU
16

BRI
1

NEW
1*

CBY
36

MAN
2

SYD
10

PAR
14

NZL
8

NEW
33

CRO
13

CBY
24

MAN
20

NQL
8

MEL
2

CAN
22

PEN
22

SOU
4

PAR
8

GCT
12

CRO
6

SYD
22

WTI
28

GCT
8

Sydney Roosters

SOU
10

MAN
8

PAR
14

BRI
32

CRO
14

MEL
1*

SGI
10

WTI
30

CAN
6

BRI
5

NEW
26

PEN
9

CBY
26

MEL
2

WTI
8

NQL
3

NEW
38

CBY
8

GCT
52

CAN
4

NZL
36

SGI
22

PEN
16

SOU
6

SOU
24

MEL
8

CAN
6

Wests Tigers

MAN
14

NZL
28

CBY
14

PEN
1*

BRI
6

PAR
45

GCT
16

SYD
30

PEN
26

MEL
2

SOU
16

CAN
28

NQL
1*

SOU
5

SYD
8

PAR
12

CAN
8

NEW
2

NQL
24

CBY
2

MAN
20

NEW
42

SGI
28

CRO
17

Team

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
1	Melbourne	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	32	34	36	36	38	40	42
2	Sydney	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	16	18	18	20	20	22	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	36
3	South Sydney	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	22	24	26	28	28	28	28	30	32	34
4	Canberra	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	14	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	28	28	30	30	32	32
5	Parramatta	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	20	22	24	26	28	28	28	30
6	Manly-Warringah	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	12	12	14	16	18	20	20	22	24	26	26	28	30	30	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland	0	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	20	22	24	24	26
8	Brisbane	0	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	12	12	12	14	15	17	19	19	21	23	23	25	25
9	Wests	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	18	20	20	20	22	24	24
10	Penrith	0	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	24
11	Newcastle	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	22	22
12	Canterbury-Bankstown	0	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	12	12	12	14	16	18	20	20	22
13	New Zealand	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	10	12	12	14	15	17	17	17	19	19	19	19	21
14	North Queensland	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	6	6	8	10	12	12	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	20
15	St. George Illawarra	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	18
16	Gold Coast	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Finals series

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.

Chart

Grand Final

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.
Top 5 point scorers

Points	Player	Tries	Goals	Field Goals
251	Latrell Mitchell	18	89	1
212	Jarrod Croker	12	82	0
206	Cameron Smith	2	99	0
185	Adam Reynolds	2	87	3
181	Mitchell Moses	2	86	1

Top 5 try scorers

Tries	Player
20	Maika Sivo
18	Latrell Mitchell
17	Ken Maumalo
16	Reuben Garrick
15	James Tedesco
15	Daniel Tupou
15	Cody Walker

Top 5 goal scorers

Goals	Player
99	Cameron Smith
89	Latrell Mitchell
87	Adam Reynolds
86	Mitchell Moses
82	Jarrod Croker

Top 5 tacklers

Tackles	Player
1,146	Cameron McInnes
1,138	Reed Mahoney
1,030	James Fisher-Harris
1,026	Damien Cook
992	Jake Trbojevic

2019 Transfers

Players

Player	2018 Club	2019 Club
Jordan Kahu	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys
Josh McGuire	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys
Korbin Sims	Brisbane Broncos	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Sam Tagataese	Brisbane Broncos	Souths Logan Magpies
Sam Thaiday	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
Blake Austin	Canberra Raiders	Super League: Warrington Wolves
Shannon Boyd	Canberra Raiders	Gold Coast Titans
Charlie Gubb	Canberra Raiders	Widnes Vikings
Junior Paulo	Canberra Raiders	Parramatta Eels
Greg Eastwood	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Retirement
Matt Frawley	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
David Klemmer	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle Knights
Moses Mbye	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Wests Tigers
Brett Morris	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Sydney Roosters
Josh Morris	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Clay Priest	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	N/A
Aaron Woods	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Trent Hodkinson	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Valentine Holmes	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	New York Jets
Edrick Lee	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Newcastle Knights
Ricky Leutele	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Toronto Wolfpack
Luke Lewis	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Joseph Paulo	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Super League: St. Helens
James Segeyaro	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Brisbane Broncos
Ava Seumanufagai	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Kane Elgey	Gold Coast Titans	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Brendan Elliot	Gold Coast Titans	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Konrad Hurrell	Gold Coast Titans	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Ryan Simpkins	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement
Lewis Brown	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
Jackson Hastings	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Super League: Salford Red Devils
Brian Kelly	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Gold Coast Titans
Shaun Lane	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Parramatta Eels
Akuila Uate	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Frank Winterstein	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Penrith Panthers
Jonathan Wright	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Retirement
Matthew Wright	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Central Queensland Capras
Cheyse Blair	Melbourne Storm	Super League: Castleford Tigers
Tim Glasby	Melbourne Storm	Newcastle Knights
Ryan Hoffman	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
Ryley Jacks	Melbourne Storm	Gold Coast Titans
Sam Kasiano	Melbourne Storm	Super League: Catalans Dragons
Patrick Kaufusi	Melbourne Storm	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Billy Slater	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
Young Tonumaipea	Melbourne Storm	Hiatus
Slade Griffin	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Chris Heighington	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Brock Lamb	Newcastle Knights	Sydney Roosters
Jacob Lillyman	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Nathan Ross	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Ken Sio	Newcastle Knights	Super League: Salford Red Devils
Luke Yates	Newcastle Knights	Super League: London Broncos
James Gavet	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle Knights
Anthony Gelling	New Zealand Warriors	Widnes Vikings
Shaun Johnson	New Zealand Warriors	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Simon Mannering	New Zealand Warriors	Retirement
Albert Vete	New Zealand Warriors	Melbourne Storm
Lachlan Coote	North Queensland Cowboys	Super League: St. Helens
Shaun Fensom	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane Broncos
Kane Linnett	North Queensland Cowboys	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Ethan Lowe	North Queensland Cowboys	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Johnathan Thurston	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Antonio Winterstein	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Kirisome Auva'a	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Kenny Edwards	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Catalans Dragons
Bevan French	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Wigan Warriors
Jarryd Hayne	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Cameron King	Parramatta Eels	Featherstone Rovers
Suaia Matagi	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Corey Norman	Parramatta Eels	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Kaysa Pritchard	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Beau Scott	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Siosaia Vave	Parramatta Eels	N/A
Tony Williams	Parramatta Eels	N/A
Corey Harawira-Naera	Penrith Panthers	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Sam McKendry	Penrith Panthers	Retirement
Trent Merrin	Penrith Panthers	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Tyrone Peachey	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans
Peter Wallace	Penrith Panthers	Retirement
Jason Clark	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Super League: Warrington Wolves
Angus Crichton	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Roosters
Robbie Farah	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Wests Tigers
Hymel Hunt	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Newcastle Knights
Robert Jennings	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Wests Tigers
Zane Musgrove	South Sydney Rabbitohs	N/A
Leeson Ah Mau	St. George Illawarra Dragons	New Zealand Warriors
Nene Macdonald	St. George Illawarra Dragons	North Queensland Cowboys
Kurt Mann	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Newcastle Knights
Jason Nightingale	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Kurt Baptiste	Sydney Roosters	North Queensland Cowboys
Blake Ferguson	Sydney Roosters	Parramatta Eels
Ryan Matterson	Sydney Roosters	Wests Tigers
Dylan Napa	Sydney Roosters	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Frank-Paul Nu'uausala	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
Reece Robinson	Sydney Roosters	N/A
Pita Godinet	Wests Tigers	Villeneuve Leopards
Tim Grant	Wests Tigers	Penrith Panthers
Tuimoala Lolohea	Wests Tigers	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Matt McIlwrick	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Kevin Naiqama	Wests Tigers	Super League: St. Helens
Robbie Rochow	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Sauaso Sue	Wests Tigers	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Malakai Watene-Zelezniak	Wests Tigers	Penrith Panthers
Ryan Hall	Super League: Leeds Rhinos	Sydney Roosters
Tyrone Roberts	Super League: Warrington Wolves	Gold Coast Titans
John Bateman	Super League: Wigan Warriors	Canberra Raiders
Ryan Sutton	Super League: Wigan Warriors	Canberra Raiders
Drew Hutchison	Leigh Centurions	Sydney Roosters
Lachlan Maranta	Queensland Reds	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Lachlan Burr	N/A	New Zealand Warriors

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