The 2017 NRL season was the 110th season of professional
rugby league
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in Australia and the 20th season run by the
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League (also known as the NRL Telstra Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is a professional rugby league competition in Oceania which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (state), Victoria, the Austral ...
. The season started in
New Zealand
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with the annual
Auckland Nines, and was followed by the
All Stars Match, which was played at
McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle, and the
World Club Series. It marked the last time that the
Anzac Test and
City vs. Country representative matches were played.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 11th consecutive year.
Pre-season
The 2017 pre-season featured the fourth edition of the
Auckland Nines competition, held over a weekend at Auckland's
Eden Park in which the
Sydney Roosters
Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...
defeated the
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...
in the final. The
All Stars match was held on February 10 at
McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle. The
2017 World Club Series took place in England with the
Super League champions Wigan Warriors
The Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
The club competes in the Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. Formed in 1872, the club is a founding member of the Ru ...
defeating the
NRL premiers Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the
World Club Challenge match.
Regular season
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
† Match decided in extra time.
Chart
Grand Final
Player statistics and records
*
Cameron Smith became the most prolific goal kicker in NRL history when he kicked his 943rd goal in Round 9. During the Finals he surpassed
Darren Lockyer
Darren James Lockyer (born 24 March 1977) is an Australian television commentator and former professional rugby league footballer. Lockyer was an Australian international and Queensland State representative captain, who played his entire profe ...
as the most capped player in NRL history with his 356th game and became the first player to kick 1,000 NRL goals.
*
Nathan Cleary, 19, broke the record for the youngest player to score 200 points in a season which was set by
Graham Eadie, 20, in 1974. Cleary also became the youngest player to be the season's leading points scorer since
Harold Horder in 1913.
*
Kirisome Auva'a scored the fastest try in NRL history in 13 seconds for
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL).
The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and ...
against
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...
in Round 25.
The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 26.
Top 5 point scorers
Top 5 try scorers
Top 5 goal scorers
Top 5 tacklers
2017 Transfers
Players
Source:
Coaches
References
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