111th season of professional rugby league in Australia
Rugby league season
The 2018 NRL season was the 111th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 21st season run by the National Rugby League . The main competition, known as the 2018 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra, featured 16 teams playing 25 weekly rounds of matches from March until September, resulting in the top eight teams playing a series of finals matches to determine which two teams reached the 2018 NRL Grand Final .
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 12th consecutive year.
Pre-season
The 2018 pre-season featured the 2018 World Club Challenge match with the NRL premiers Melbourne Storm defeating the Super League champions Leeds Rhinos .
Regular season
With the City vs. Country representative game having been scrapped, the NRL scheduled 6 games to take place in regional areas of New South Wales and Queensland as a replacement: Tamworth , Bathurst & Mudgee , and Toowoomba , Gladstone & Cairns .
The overall structure of the season's draw was also revised. The second game of the 2018 State of Origin series was played as a stand-alone fixture on a Sunday to avoid conflict with the regular season. Due to this the competition was shortened to 25 rounds and each team got 1 bye as opposed to 2 in previous years.[ 11]
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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
Brisbane Broncos
SGI 22
NQL 4
WTI 2*
GCT 12
NEW 5
NZL 9
MEL 14
SOU 4
CBY 2
MAN 14
SYD 6
PAR 8
X
MEL 16
CRO 4
CAN 4
GCT 34
NZL 20
PEN 32
CRO 2
CBY 14
NQL 4
SOU 20
SYD 14
MAN 32
SGI 30
Canberra Raiders
GCT 2
NEW 2
NZL 1
MAN 16
CBY 16
PAR 16
SOU 20
NQL 10
GCT 14
CRO 8
SGI 7
MAN 1
X
PEN 1
WTI 36
BRI 4
CBY 4
NQL 26
CRO 4
MEL 34
PEN 9
WTI 2
SYD 2
SOU 12
NZL 4
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
MEL 18
SYD 18
PEN 2
SOU 4
CAN 16
NQL 17
SYD 6
PEN 8
BRI 2
PAR 8
CRO 6
WTI 4
X
SGI 2
GCT 22
NEW 20
CAN 4
SOU 18
PAR 6
WTI 12
BRI 14
MAN 12
NZL 1
SGI 38
CRO 12
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
NQL 6
SGI 4
PAR 10
MEL 10
SYD 18
SGI 20
PEN 4
GCT 1
PAR 2
CAN 8
CBY 6
NEW 38
SOU 8
WTI 8
BRI 4
NZL 3
X
PEN 12
CAN 4
BRI 2
MAN 1*
MEL 3
NQL 12
NEW 26
CBY 12
SYD 9
PEN 1
MEL 16
Gold Coast Titans
CAN 2
NZL 12
SGI 46
BRI 12
MAN 12
PEN 23
NQL 12
CRO 1
CAN 14
MEL 14
NEW 7
SYD 20
X
SOU 2
CBY 22
WTI 18
BRI 34
SYD 8
NEW 6
NZL 24
PAR 16
PEN 1*
MAN 8
MEL 2
NQL 4
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
NEW 1*
PAR 54
SOU 28
CAN 16
GCT 12
WTI 26
PAR 34
NEW 6
SYD 2
BRI 14
MEL 20
CAN 1
NQL 14
NZL 20
SGI 24
PEN 8
X
MEL 1
SYD 32
PEN 4
CRO 1*
CBY 12
GCT 8
WTI 2
BRI 32
Melbourne Storm
CBY 18
WTI 2
NQL 16
CRO 10
WTI 1
NEW 26
BRI 14
NZL 40
SGI 20
GCT 14
MAN 20
NQL 1
X
BRI 16
NEW 18
SYD 1
SGI 22
MAN 1
NZL 6
CAN 34
SOU 10
CRO 3
PAR 16
GCT 2
PEN 6
SOU 1
X
CRO 16
SYD 15
Newcastle Knights
MAN 1*
CAN 2
SYD 30
SGI 18
BRI 5
MEL 26
WTI 2
MAN 6
SOU 18
PEN 11
GCT 7
CRO 38
PAR 26
SYD 2
MEL 18
CBY 20
X
PAR 2
GCT 6
NQL 2
WTI 9
NZL 16
PEN 8
CRO 26
SGI 10
New Zealand Warriors
SOU 12
GCT 12
CAN 1
SYD 24
NQL 10
BRI 9
SGI 8
MEL 40
WTI 22
SYD 32
PAR 10
SOU 20
X
MAN 20
NQL 7
CRO 3
PEN 32
BRI 20
MEL 6
GCT 24
SGI 6
NEW 16
CBY 1
PEN 20
CAN 4
PEN 15
North Queensland Cowboys
CRO 6
BRI 4
MEL 16
PEN 19
NZL 10
CBY 17
GCT 12
CAN 10
PEN 6
WTI 8
SOU 1
MEL 1
MAN 14
PAR 6
NZL 7
SOU 1
X
CAN 26
SGI 14
NEW 2
SYD 6
BRI 4
CRO 12
PAR 38
GCT 4
Parramatta Eels
PEN 10
MAN 54
CRO 10
WTI 10
PEN 6
CAN 16
MAN 34
WTI 2
CRO 2
CBY 8
NZL 10
BRI 8
NEW 26
NQL 6
SOU 18
SGI 2
X
NEW 2
CBY 6
SOU 6
GCT 16
SGI 36
MEL 16
NQL 38
SYD 34
Penrith Panthers
PAR 10
SOU 4
CBY 2
NQL 19
PAR 6
GCT 23
CRO 4
CBY 8
NQL 6
NEW 11
WTI 14
SGI 26
X
CAN 1
SYD 26
MAN 8
NZL 32
CRO 12
BRI 32
MAN 4
CAN 9
GCT 1*
NEW 8
NZL 20
MEL 6
NZL 15
CRO 1
South Sydney Rabbitohs
NZL 12
PEN 4
MAN 28
CBY 4
SGI 4
SYD 12
CAN 20
BRI 4
NEW 18
SGI 14
NQL 1
NZL 20
CRO 8
GCT 2
PAR 18
NQL 1
X
CBY 18
WTI 16
PAR 6
MEL 10
SYD 4
BRI 20
CAN 12
WTI 41
MEL 1
SGI 1
SYD 8
St. George Illawarra Dragons
BRI 22
CRO 4
GCT 46
NEW 18
SOU 4
CRO 20
NZL 8
SYD 16
MEL 20
SOU 14
CAN 7
PEN 26
X
CBY 2
MAN 24
PAR 2
MEL 22
WTI 4
NQL 14
SYD 18
NZL 6
PAR 36
WTI 10
CBY 38
NEW 10
BRI 30
SOU 1
Sydney Roosters
WTI 2
CBY 18
NEW 30
NZL 24
CRO 18
SOU 12
CBY 6
SGI 16
MAN 2
NZL 32
BRI 6
GCT 20
WTI 2
NEW 2
PEN 26
MEL 1
X
GCT 8
MAN 32
SGI 18
NQL 6
SOU 4
CAN 2
BRI 14
PAR 34
CRO 9
X
SOU 8
MEL 15
Wests Tigers
SYD 2
MEL 2
BRI 2*
PAR 10
MEL 1
MAN 26
NEW 2
PAR 2
NZL 22
NQL 8
PEN 14
CBY 4
SYD 2
CRO 8
CAN 36
GCT 18
X
SGI 4
SOU 16
CBY 12
NEW 9
CAN 2
SGI 10
MAN 2
SOU 41
Team
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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 – 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
Sydney
0
2
4
4
6
6
8
8
10
12
12
14
16
18
20
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
32
32
34
2
Melbourne
2
2
4
4
4
6
8
10
10
12
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
30
30
32
34
34
3
South Sydney
0
0
2
4
4
6
8
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
28
30
32
32
32
32
34
4
Cronulla-Sutherland
0
0
2
4
4
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
16
18
18
20
22
24
26
26
26
28
30
32
34
5
Penrith
2
4
4
6
8
10
10
12
12
14
16
18
20
22
22
22
24
24
24
26
28
30
30
30
32
6
Brisbane
0
2
4
4
4
6
6
8
10
10
12
14
16
16
18
20
22
22
24
26
26
26
28
30
32
7
St. George Illawarra
2
4
6
8
10
12
12
14
16
16
18
18
20
22
24
26
26
26
28
28
28
28
30
30
32
8
New Zealand
2
4
6
8
10
10
12
12
14
14
16
16
18
20
22
22
22
24
24
24
26
28
28
30
32
9
Wests
2
4
4
6
8
10
10
10
10
12
12
14
14
14
14
14
16
18
20
20
22
24
24
26
26
10
Canberra
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
6
8
8
8
10
12
12
14
14
16
18
18
18
18
18
20
22
22
11
Newcastle
2
4
4
4
6
6
8
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
14
16
18
18
18
18
20
20
20
12
Canterbury-Bankstown
0
0
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
6
6
6
8
8
8
10
10
10
10
12
14
14
16
18
18
13
North Queensland
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
6
6
6
6
8
8
8
8
10
10
10
12
12
14
14
16
18
14
Gold Coast
2
2
2
4
6
6
6
6
6
6
8
8
10
10
12
14
14
14
14
16
16
16
18
18
18
15
Manly-Warringah
0
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
6
8
8
8
8
8
10
12
12
12
12
14
16
16
16
16
16
Parramatta
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
6
6
6
8
8
10
10
12
14
14
14
14
Finals series
Home
Score
Away
Match Information
Date and Time (Local)
Venue
Referees
Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Melbourne Storm
29 – 28
South Sydney Rabbitohs
7 September 2018, 7:50 pm
AAMI Park
Ashley Klein Adam Gee
17,306
Penrith Panthers
27 – 12
New Zealand Warriors
8 September 2018, 5:40 pm
ANZ Stadium
Matt CecchinHenry Perenara
17,168
Sydney Roosters
21 – 12
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
8 September 2018, 7:50 pm
Allianz Stadium
Gerard Sutton Ben Cummins
24,588
Brisbane Broncos
18 – 48
St. George Illawarra Dragons
9 September 2018, 4:10 pm
Suncorp Stadium
Grant Atkins Chris Sutton
47,296
SEMI FINALS
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
21 – 20
Penrith Panthers
14 September 2018, 7:50 pm
Allianz Stadium
Ashley Klein Adam Gee
19,211
South Sydney Rabbitohs
13 – 12
St. George Illawarra Dragons
15 September 2018, 7:50 pm
ANZ Stadium
Gerard Sutton Ben Cummins
48,188
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Melbourne Storm
22 – 6
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
21 September 2018, 7:55 pm
AAMI Park
Gerard Sutton Ben Cummins
26,621
Sydney Roosters
12 – 4
South Sydney Rabbitohs
22 September 2018, 7:50 pm
Allianz Stadium
Ashley Klein Adam Gee
44,380
† Match decided in extra time.
Chart
Grand final
Sunday, 30 September 7:35pm (AEST)
Player statistics and records
Jamayne Isaako broke the record for the most points scored in a rookie season with 239, which was set by Mick Cronin in 1977 who scored 225 points.
Gavin Cooper became the first forward in the 111 year history of the NRL to score a try in nine consecutive games, beating the previous record of eight set by Frank Burge in 1918.
Cameron Smith became the first hooker in NRL history to score 200 points in a season.
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
2018 Transfers
Players
Source:[ 14]
Coaches
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