2021 NRL season
2021 National Rugby League | |
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Duration | March 11 – October 3, 2021 |
Teams | 16 |
Premiers | Penrith Panthers (3rd title) |
Minor premiers | Melbourne Storm (5th title) |
Matches played | 201 |
Points scored | 9,219 |
Average attendance | 10,364[a] |
Attendance | 2,083,258[b] |
Top points scorer(s) | Reuben Garrick (334) |
Player of the year | Tom Trbojevic (Dally M Medal) |
Top try-scorer(s) | Alex Johnston (30) |
The 2021 NRL season was the 114th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League.
Teams[edit]
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.
Regular season[edit]
The accessibility of this section is in question. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. (February 2022) |
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 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
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Brisbane Broncos | PAR 8 | GCT 12 | CBY 24 | MEL 34 | SOU 29 | PEN 8 | PAR 40 | GCT 8 | NQL 1 | MAN 44 | SYD 18 | MEL 28 | SGI 28 | CAN 22 | SOU 46 | CRO 8 | X | WTI 18 | PEN 6 | NQL 19 | NEW 8 | SYD 1 | NZL 2 | CRO 8 | NEW 13 | ||||
Canberra Raiders | WTI 18 | CRO 2 | NZL 3 | GCT 16 | PEN 20 | PAR 25 | NQL 2 | SOU 14 | NEW 8 | CBY 2 | MEL 24 | SYD 28 | X | BRI 22 | SGI 2 | GCT 38 | MAN 14 | CRO 16 | PAR 2 | NEW 10 | SGI 8 | MEL 10 | MAN 1 | NZL 12 | SYD 24 | ||||
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | NEW 16 | PEN 28 | BRI 24 | SOU 38 | MEL 34 | NQL 12 | CRO 6 | PAR 22 | SGI 20 | CAN 2 | GCT 10 | PEN 26 | X | SGI 22 | PAR 26 | MAN 66 | SYD 6 | SOU 8 | CRO 20 | GCT 28 | WTI 12 | NZL 14 | NEW 6 | MAN 18 | WTI 38 | ||||
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | SGI 14 | CAN 2 | PAR 24 | NQL 38 | SYD 8 | NEW 4 | CBY 6 | MEL 26 | PEN 48 | SOU 10 | SGI 1* | GCT 28 | X | PEN 1 | NQL 2 | BRI 8 | NZL 8 | CAN 16 | CBY 20 | MAN 18 | NZL 2 | NEW 2 | WTI 30 | BRI 8 | MEL 12 | ||||
Gold Coast Titans | NZL 13 | BRI 12 | NQL 36 | CAN 16 | NEW 26 | MAN 36 | SOU 10 | BRI 8 | WTI 8 | PEN 36 | CBY 10 | CRO 28 | MEL 6 | SYD 1 | MAN 32 | CAN 38 | X | PAR 18 | SGI 22 | CBY 28 | NQL 22 | SOU 30 | MEL 14 | NEW 1 | NZL 44 | SYD 1 | |||
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | SYD 42 | SOU 14 | SGI 26 | PEN 40 | NZL 1 | GCT 36 | WTI 34 | PEN 12 | NZL 6 | BRI 44 | PAR 22 | NEW 8 | X | NQL 32 | GCT 32 | CBY 66 | CAN 14 | SGI 14 | WTI 20 | CRO 18 | MEL 10 | PAR 46 | CAN 1 | CBY 18 | NQL 28 | MEL 28 | SYD 36 | SOU 20 | |
Melbourne Storm | SOU 8 | PAR 4 | PEN 2 | BRI 34 | CBY 34 | SYD 16 | NZL 22 | CRO 26 | SOU 50 | SGI 26 | CAN 24 | BRI 28 | GCT 6 | NZL 26 | WTI 50 | SYD 46 | X | NEW 44 | NQL 4 | PEN 27 | MAN 10 | CAN 10 | GCT 14 | PAR 12 | CRO 12 | MAN 28 | X | PEN 4 | |
Newcastle Knights | CBY 16 | NZL 4 | WTI 4 | SGI 9 | GCT 26 | CRO 4 | PEN 18 | SYD 34 | CAN 8 | WTI 18 | NQL 16 | MAN 8 | PAR 36 | SOU 14 | NZL 4 | NQL 38 | X | MEL 44 | SYD 20 | CAN 10 | BRI 8 | CRO 2 | CBY 6 | GCT 1 | BRI 13 | PAR 8 | |||
New Zealand Warriors | GCT 13 | NEW 4 | CAN 3 | SYD 20 | MAN 1 | SGI 6 | MEL 22 | NQL 4 | MAN 6 | PAR 16 | WTI 4 | NQL 1 | X | MEL 26 | NEW 4 | SGI 1* | CRO 8 | PEN 14 | SOU 38 | WTI 2 | CRO 2 | CBY 14 | BRI 2 | CAN 12 | GCT 44 | ||||
North Queensland Cowboys | PEN 24 | SGI 7 | GCT 36 | CRO 38 | WTI 4 | CBY 12 | CAN 2 | NZL 4 | BRI 1 | SYD 14 | NEW 16 | NZL 1 | X | MAN 32 | CRO 2 | NEW 38 | SOU 28 | SYD 16 | MEL 4 | BRI 19 | GCT 22 | WTI 8 | PAR 16 | SGI 12 | MAN 28 | ||||
Parramatta Eels | BRI 8 | MEL 4 | CRO 24 | WTI 14 | SGI 14 | CAN 25 | BRI 40 | CBY 22 | SYD 13 | NZL 16 | MAN 22 | SOU 18 | NEW 36 | WTI 28 | CBY 26 | PEN 1 | X | GCT 18 | CAN 2 | SYD 28 | SOU 28 | MAN 46 | NQL 16 | MEL 12 | PEN 34 | NEW 8 | PEN 2 | ||
Penrith Panthers | NQL 24 | CBY 28 | MEL 2 | MAN 40 | CAN 20 | BRI 8 | NEW 18 | MAN 12 | CRO 48 | GCT 36 | SOU 44 | CBY 26 | WTI 20 | CRO 1 | SYD 26 | PAR 1 | X | NZL 14 | BRI 6 | MEL 27 | SYD 6 | SGI 18 | SOU 13 | WTI 14 | PAR 34 | SOU 6 | PAR 2 | MEL 4 | SOU 2 |
South Sydney Rabbitohs | MEL 8 | MAN 14 | SYD 10 | CBY 38 | BRI 29 | WTI 4* | GCT 10 | CAN 14 | MEL 50 | CRO 10 | PEN 44 | PAR 18 | X | NEW 14 | BRI 46 | WTI 16 | NQL 28 | CBY 8 | NZL 38 | SGI 36 | PAR 28 | GCT 30 | PEN 13 | SYD 42 | SGI 4 | PEN 6 | X | MAN 20 | PEN 2 |
St. George Illawarra Dragons | CRO 14 | NQL 7 | MAN 26 | NEW 9 | PAR 14 | NZL 6 | SYD 24 | WTI 8 | CBY 20 | MEL 26 | CRO 1* | WTI 16 | BRI 28 | CBY 22 | CAN 2 | NZL 1* | X | MAN 14 | GCT 22 | SOU 36 | CAN 8 | PEN 18 | SYD 18 | NQL 12 | SOU 4 | ||||
Sydney Roosters | MAN 42 | WTI 34 | SOU 10 | NZL 20 | CRO 8 | MEL 16 | SGI 24 | NEW 34 | PAR 13 | NQL 14 | BRI 18 | CAN 28 | X | GCT 1 | PEN 26 | MEL 46 | CBY 6 | NQL 16 | NEW 20 | PAR 28 | PEN 6 | BRI 1 | SGI 18 | SOU 42 | CAN 24 | GCT 1 | MAN 36 | ||
Wests Tigers | CAN 18 | SYD 34 | NEW 4 | PAR 14 | NQL 4 | SOU 4* | MAN 34 | SGI 8 | GCT 8 | NEW 18 | NZL 4 | SGI 16 | PEN 20 | PAR 28 | MEL 50 | SOU 16 | X | BRI 18 | MAN 20 | NZL 2 | CBY 12 | NQL 8 | CRO 30 | PEN 14 | CBY 38 | ||||
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 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
Bold – Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 815 | 316 | +499 | 44 |
2 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 676 | 286 | +390 | 44 |
3 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 775 | 453 | +322 | 42 |
4 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 744 | 492 | +252 | 34 |
5 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 630 | 489 | +141 | 34 |
6 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 566 | 457 | +109 | 32 |
7 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 428 | 571 | −143 | 26 |
8 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 580 | 583 | −3 | 22 |
9 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 520 | 556 | −36 | 22 |
10 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 481 | 578 | −97 | 22 |
11 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 474 | 616 | −142 | 18 |
12 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 453 | 624 | −171 | 18 |
13 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 500 | 714 | −214 | 18 |
14 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 446 | 695 | −249 | 16 |
15 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 460 | 748 | −288 | 16 |
16 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 340 | 710 | −370 | 8 |
Ladder progression[edit]
- 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 | |
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1 | Melbourne Storm | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 42 | 44 |
2 | Penrith Panthers (P) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44 |
3 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 40 | 42 |
4 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 |
5 | Sydney Roosters | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 34 |
6 | Parramatta Eels | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 32 |
7 | Newcastle Knights | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 |
8 | Gold Coast Titans | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
9 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
10 | Canberra Raiders | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
11 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
12 | New Zealand Warriors | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
13 | Wests Tigers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
14 | Brisbane Broncos | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 |
15 | North Queensland Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
16 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Finals series[edit]
Due to the imposition of lockdown measures in New South Wales due to a COVID-19 outbreak, all finals matches were played at neutral venues in Queensland.
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referee | Crowd | |||||
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS | ||||||||
Melbourne Storm | 40 – 12 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 10 September 2021, 7:50 pm | Sunshine Coast Stadium | Grant Atkins | 9,120 | ||
Sydney Roosters | 25 – 24 | Gold Coast Titans | 11 September 2021, 5:40 pm | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | Adam Gee | 18,244 | ||
Penrith Panthers | 10 – 16 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 11 September 2021, 7:50 pm | Gerard Sutton | ||||
Parramatta Eels | 28 – 20 | Newcastle Knights | 12 September 2021, 4:05 pm | Browne Park | Ashley Klein | 5,087 | ||
SEMI FINALS | ||||||||
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 42 – 6 | Sydney Roosters | 17 September 2021, 7:50 pm | BB Print Stadium | Gerard Sutton | 5,824 | ||
Penrith Panthers | 8 – 6 | Parramatta Eels | 18 September 2021, 7:50 pm | BB Print Stadium | Ashley Klein | 6,011 | ||
PRELIMINARY FINALS | ||||||||
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 36 – 16 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 September 2021, 8:05 pm | Suncorp Stadium | Ashley Klein | 26,249 | ||
Melbourne Storm | 6 – 10 | Penrith Panthers | 25 September 2021, 4:00 pm | Suncorp Stadium | Gerard Sutton | 29,011 |
Bracket[edit]
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
10 September – Sunshine Coast | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Melbourne | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Manly Warringah | 12 | 17 September – Mackay | ||||||||||||||||
Manly Warringah | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 September – Townsville | Sydney | 6 | 25 September – Brisbane | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Sydney | 25 | Melbourne | 6 | |||||||||||||||
8 | Gold Coast | 24 | Penrith | 10 | 3 October – Brisbane | ||||||||||||||
Penrith | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
12 September – Rockhampton | 24 September – Brisbane | South Sydney | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Parramatta | 28 | South Sydney | 36 | |||||||||||||||
7 | Newcastle | 20 | 18 September – Mackay | Manly Warringah | 16 | ||||||||||||||
Penrith | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
11 September – Townsville | Parramatta | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Penrith | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | South Sydney | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Grand final[edit]
Sunday, 3 October 6:35 pm (AEST) 7:35 pm (AEDT) |
Penrith Panthers | 14 – 12 | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
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Tries: Matt Burton (17') 1 Stephen Crichton (67') 1 Goals: Nathan Cleary 3/3 (19', 33' pen, 69') | [16] 1st: 8 - 6 2nd: 6 - 6 | Tries: Cody Walker (21') 1 Alex Johnston (75') 1 Goals: Adam Reynolds 2/3 (23', 45' pen) Field Goals: Adam Reynolds 0/1 |
Player statistics and records[edit]
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 25.
Top 5 point scorers
Top 5 try scorers
| Top 5 goal scorers
Top 5 tacklers
|
2021 Transfers[edit]
Players[edit]
Source:[18]
Loan moves[edit]
Player | Home club | → Loan club | Dates | Pld | Ref |
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Jamayne Taunoa-Brown | New Zealand Warriors | St George Illawarra Dragons | 12 July – 25 July (Rounds 18 – 19) | 2 | [20] |
Corey Horsburgh | Canberra Raiders | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 10 August – 23 August (Rounds 22 – 23) | 1 | [21] |
Ryan James | Canberra Raiders | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 10 August – 23 August (Rounds 22 – 23) | 1 | [21] |
Freddy Lussick | Sydney Roosters | St George Illawarra Dragons | 24 August – 6 September (Rounds 24 – 25) | 2 | [22] |
Coaches[edit]
Coach | 2020 Club | 2021 Club |
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Kevin Walters | Queensland | Brisbane Broncos |
Trent Barrett | N/A | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |
Nathan Brown | N/A | New Zealand Warriors |
Anthony Griffin | N/A | St. George Illawarra Dragons |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kevin Walters Appointed Brisbane Broncos Coach". Broncos.com.au. 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Barrett the Bulldog: Trent signs on to coach until end of 2023". NRL.com. 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Sharks Statement". Sharks.com.au. 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Proctor & Fogarty to lead Titans in 2021". Titans.com.au. 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Welcome to 4 Pines Park - Home of the Sea Eagles". SeaEagles.com.au. 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Bromwich, Finucane to captain Storm". MelbourneStorm.com.au. 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Saifiti & Brailey earn Rd1 co-captaincy roles". NewcastleKnights.com.au. 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Brown: You need to have sustained success". Warriors.kiwi. 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Cowboys name Payten Head Coach". Cowboys.com.au. 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Taumalolo named Cowboys co-captain". Cowboys.com.au. 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Panthers home becomes BlueBet Stadium". PenrithPanthers.com.au. 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Yeo and Cleary named Panthers captains". PenrithPanthers.com.au. 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Dragons appoint Anthony Griffin as head coach". Dragons.com.au. 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Dragons confirm Hunt captaincy". Dragons.com.au. 19 February 2021.
- ^ "James Tamou named as Wests Tigers captain". WestsTigers.com.au. 12 February 2021.
- ^ "Cool for Cats: Penrith's clutch plays pinch grand final glory from Souths". NRL.com. 3 October 2021.
- ^ "History in the making with Brisbane to host 2021 NRL grand final". NRL.com. 8 September 2021.
- ^ "2021 Signings Tracker: Official rosters and contracts for all 16 clubs". NRL.com.
- ^ "Jennings suspended until end of 2023 season". NRL.com. 15 October 2021.
- ^ Becht, Richard (12 July 2021). "Taunoa-Brown joins Dragons on short-term loan". New Zealand Warriors. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ a b Millard, Benjamin (10 August 2021). "Desperate Bulldogs sign two players on loan deals". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Rooster to join Red V on loan deal". St George Illawarra Dragons. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.