2019 NRL season

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

Colours	Club	Season	Home ground(s)	Head coach	Captain(s)
	Brisbane Broncos	32nd season	Suncorp Stadium	Anthony Seibold[1]	Darius Boyd
	Canberra Raiders	38th season	GIO Stadium Canberra	Ricky Stuart	Jarrod Croker & Josh Hodgson[2]
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	85th season	ANZ Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground	Dean Pay	Josh Jackson
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	53rd season	PointsBet Stadium	John Morris[3]	Paul Gallen & Wade Graham
	Gold Coast Titans	13th season	Cbus Super Stadium	Garth Brennan → Luke Burt (interim)[4]	Ryan James
	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	70th season	Lottoland	Des Hasler[5]	Daly Cherry-Evans
	Melbourne Storm	22nd season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Cameron Smith
	Newcastle Knights	32nd season	McDonald Jones Stadium	Nathan Brown → Kristian Woolf (interim)[6]	Mitchell Pearce[7]
	New Zealand Warriors	25th season	Mt. Smart Stadium	Stephen Kearney	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
	North Queensland Cowboys	25th season	1300SMILES Stadium	Paul Green	Michael Morgan[8]
	Parramatta Eels	73rd season	Bankwest Stadium	Brad Arthur	Tim Mannah & Clint Gutherson
	Penrith Panthers	53rd season	Panthers Stadium	Ivan Cleary[9]	James Maloney → James Tamou[10]
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	110th season	ANZ Stadium	Wayne Bennett	Greg Inglis → Sam Burgess[11]
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	21st season	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium	Paul McGregor	Gareth Widdop
	Sydney Roosters	112th season	Sydney Cricket Ground[12]	Trent Robinson	Jake Friend & Boyd Cordner
	Wests Tigers	20th season	Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Stadium & Bankwest Stadium[13]	Michael Maguire[14]	Moses Mbye[15]

The 2019 pre-season featured the All Stars match held on February 15 at AAMI Park.^[16] The 2019 World Club Challenge match saw the NRL premiers Sydney Roosters defeat the Super League champions Wigan Warriors.

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.^[17]

State of Origin was played in Perth for the first time, with Game 2 of the 2019 series played at Optus Stadium.^[18]

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Bold – Opposition's Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

2019 NRL season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	20	0	4	1	631	300	+331	42
2	Sydney Roosters	24	17	0	7	1	627	363	+264	36
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	16	0	8	1	521	417	+104	34
4	Canberra Raiders	24	15	0	9	1	524	374	+150	32
5	Parramatta Eels	24	14	0	10	1	533	473	+60	30
6	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	14	0	10	1	496	446	+50	30
7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	12	0	12	1	514	464	+50	26
8	Brisbane Broncos	24	11	1	12	1	432	489	−57	25
9	Wests Tigers	24	11	0	13	1	475	486	−11	24
10	Penrith Panthers	24	11	0	13	1	413	474	−61	24
11	Newcastle Knights	24	10	0	14	1	485	522	−37	22
12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	10	0	14	1	326	477	−151	22
13	New Zealand Warriors	24	9	1	14	1	433	574	−141	21
14	North Queensland Cowboys	24	9	0	15	1	378	500	−122	20
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	1	427	575	−148	18
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	4	0	20	1	370	651	−281	10

• 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

Parramatta Eels 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.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION Finals
Sydney Roosters	30 – 6	South Sydney Rabbitohs	13 September 2019, 7:50 pm	Sydney Cricket Ground	Gerard Sutton Adam Gee	30,370
Melbourne Storm	10 – 12	Canberra Raiders	14 September 2019, 5:45 pm	AAMI Park	Ashley Klein Chris Sutton	20,136
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	28 – 16	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14 September 2019, 7:50 pm	Lottoland	Matt Cecchin Henry Perenara	15,495
Parramatta Eels	58 – 0	Brisbane Broncos	15 September 2019, 4:05 pm	Bankwest Stadium	Ben Cummins Grant Atkins	29,372
SEMI Finals
South Sydney Rabbitohs	34 – 26	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	20 September 2019, 7:50 pm	ANZ Stadium	Gerard Sutton Adam Gee	32,127
Melbourne Storm	32 – 0	Parramatta Eels	21 September 2019, 7:50 pm	AAMI Park	Ben Cummins Grant Atkins	21,015
PRELIMINARY Finals
Canberra Raiders	16 – 10	South Sydney Rabbitohs	27 September 2019, 7:55 pm	GIO Stadium	Ben Cummins Grant Atkins	26,567
Sydney Roosters	14 – 6	Melbourne Storm	28 September 2019, 7:55 pm	Sydney Cricket Ground	Gerard Sutton Adam Gee	32,814

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	14 Sept, AAMI Park
	1	Melbourne	10
	4	Canberra	12			21 Sept, AAMI Park
						Melbourne		32
	15 Sept, Bankwest Stadium					Parramatta		0				27 Sept, GIO Stadium
	5	Parramatta	58									Canberra		16
	8	Brisbane	0									South Sydney		10			6 Oct, ANZ Stadium
																	Sydney		14
	14 Sept, Lottoland											28 Sept, Sydney Cricket Ground					Canberra		8
	6	Manly-Warringah	28									Sydney		14
	7	Cronulla-Sutherland	16			20 Sept, ANZ Stadium						Melbourne		6
						South Sydney		34
	13 Sept, Sydney Cricket Ground					Manly-Warringah		26
	2	Sydney	30
	3	South Sydney	6