The 2019 NRL season was the 112th season of professional

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in Australia and the 22nd season run by the

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. The

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became the first team to win back-to-back Premierships since the

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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.

Pre-season

The 2019 pre-season featured the All Stars match held on February 15 at

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. The 2019 World Club Challenge match saw the NRL premiers

defeat the Super League champions

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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

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concept. Magic Round took place during Round 9 at

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. State of Origin was played in Perth for the first time, with Game 2 of the 2019 series played at

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. 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.

Finals series

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58 – 0 Elimination Final win over

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

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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 Top 5 try scorers Top 5 goal scorers Top 5 tacklers

Teams

Pre-season

Regular season

Ladder

Ladder progression

Finals series

Chart

Grand Final

Player statistics and records

2019 Transfers

Players

Coaches

References