2021 NRL season

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

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 15th consecutive year.

Colours	Club	Season	Home ground	Head coach	Captain
	Brisbane Broncos	34th season	Suncorp Stadium	Kevin Walters	Alex Glenn
	Canberra Raiders	40th season	GIO Stadium Canberra	Ricky Stuart	Jarrod Croker & Josh Hodgson
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	87th season	Stadium Australia & Bankwest Stadium	Trent Barrett	Josh Jackson
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	55th season	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	→ Josh Hannay	Wade Graham
	Gold Coast Titans	15th season	Cbus Super Stadium	Justin Holbrook	Kevin Proctor & Jamal Fogarty
	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	72nd season	4 Pines Park	Des Hasler	Daly Cherry-Evans
	Melbourne Storm	24th season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Jesse Bromwich & Dale Finucane
	Newcastle Knights	34th season	McDonald Jones Stadium	Adam O'Brien	Daniel Saifiti & Jayden Brailey
	New Zealand Warriors	27th season	Central Coast Stadium	Nathan Brown	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
	North Queensland Cowboys	27th season	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Todd Payten	→ Jason Taumalolo
	Parramatta Eels	75th season	Bankwest Stadium	Brad Arthur	Clint Gutherson
	Penrith Panthers	55th season	BlueBet Stadium	Ivan Cleary	Isaah Yeo & Nathan Cleary
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	112th season	Stadium Australia	Wayne Bennett	Adam Reynolds
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	23rd season	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium	Anthony Griffin	Ben Hunt
	Sydney Roosters	114th season	Sydney Cricket Ground	Trent Robinson	→ James Tedesco
	Wests Tigers	22nd season	Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Stadium & Bankwest Stadium	Michael Maguire	James Tamou

Regular season

Team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEW
44

NQL
4

PEN
27

MAN
10

CAN
10

GCT
14

PAR
12

CRO
12

MAN
28

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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*

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

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

BRI
18

MAN
20

NZL
2

CBY
12

NQL
8

CRO
30

PEN
14

CBY
38

Team

Bold – 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	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	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

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.

Player statistics and records

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 25.
Top 5 point scorers

Points	Player	Tries	Goals	Field Goals
304	Reuben Garrick	21	110	0
248	Adam Reynolds	5	112	2
213	Nathan Cleary	10	85	2
174	Adam Doueihi	9	69	0
148	Jamal Fogarty	4	66	0

Top 5 try scorers

Tries	Player
27	Alex Johnston
25	Tom Trbojevic
23	Josh Addo-Carr
23	Jason Saab
21	Reuben Garrick

Top 5 goal scorers

Goals	Player
112	Adam Reynolds
110	Reuben Garrick
85	Nathan Cleary
69	Adam Doueihi
66	Jamal Fogarty

Top 5 tacklers

Tackles	Player
1,036	Jayden Brailey
1,010	Andrew McCullough
956	Blayke Brailey
926	Damien Cook
911	Reece Robson

2021 Transfers

Players

Source:

Player	2020 Club	2021 Club
Jack Bird	Brisbane Broncos	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Darius Boyd	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
David Fifita	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans
Jordan Kahu	Brisbane Broncos	Retirement
Issac Luke	Brisbane Broncos	Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Joe Ofahengaue	Brisbane Broncos	Wests Tigers
John Bateman	Canberra Raiders	Super League: Wigan Warriors
Nick Cotric	Canberra Raiders	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Michael Oldfield	Canberra Raiders	Parramatta Eels
Jack Cogger	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Kieran Foran	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Kerrod Holland	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Retirement
Tim Lafai	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	N/A
Marcelo Montoya	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	New Zealand Warriors
Reimis Smith	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Melbourne Storm
Sauaso Sue	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle Knights
Aiden Tolman	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Bryson Goodwin	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Nene Macdonald	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Norths Devils
Scott Sorensen	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Penrith Panthers
Jai Arrow	Gold Coast Titans	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Shannon Boyd	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement
Bryce Cartwright	Gold Coast Titans	Parramatta Eels
Dale Copley	Gold Coast Titans	Brisbane Broncos
Keegan Hipgrave	Gold Coast Titans	Parramatta Eels
Ryan James	Gold Coast Titans	Canberra Raiders
Nathan Peats	Gold Coast Titans	Super League: Leigh Centurions
Tyrone Roberts	Gold Coast Titans	Norths Devils
Young Tonumaipea	Gold Coast Titans	Melbourne Rebels
Brendan Elliot	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Super League: Leigh Centurions
Addin Fonua-Blake	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	New Zealand Warriors
Danny Levi	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Brisbane Broncos
Joel Thompson	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Super League: St. Helens
Corey Waddell	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Sandor Earl	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
Tino Fa'asuamaleaui	Melbourne Storm	Gold Coast Titans
Cameron Smith	Melbourne Storm	Retirement
Albert Vete	Melbourne Storm	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Suliasi Vunivalu	Melbourne Storm	Queensland Reds
Herman Ese'ese	Newcastle Knights	Gold Coast Titans
Tim Glasby	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Aidan Guerra	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Mason Lino	Newcastle Knights	Super League: Wakefield Trinity
Sione Mata'utia	Newcastle Knights	Super League: St. Helens
Andrew McCullough	Newcastle Knights	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tautau Moga	Newcastle Knights	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Gerard Beale	New Zealand Warriors	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Adam Blair	New Zealand Warriors	Retirement
Lachlan Burr	New Zealand Warriors	North Queensland Cowboys
Blake Green	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle Knights
Patrick Herbert	New Zealand Warriors	Gold Coast Titans
Karl Lawton	New Zealand Warriors	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Agnatius Paasi	New Zealand Warriors	Super League: St. Helens
Isaiah Papali'i	New Zealand Warriors	Parramatta Eels
Leivaha Pulu	New Zealand Warriors	Norths Devils
Nathaniel Roache	New Zealand Warriors	Parramatta Eels
John Asiata	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane Broncos
Gavin Cooper	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Esan Marsters	North Queensland Cowboys	Gold Coast Titans
Josh McGuire	North Queensland Cowboys	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tom Opacic	North Queensland Cowboys	Parramatta Eels
Daniel Alvaro	Parramatta Eels	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Kane Evans	Parramatta Eels	New Zealand Warriors
David Gower	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
George Jennings	Parramatta Eels	Melbourne Storm
Michael Jennings	Parramatta Eels	Suspension
Brad Takairangi	Parramatta Eels	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Peni Terepo	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Jack Hetherington	Penrith Panthers	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Josh Mansour	Penrith Panthers	South Sydney Rabbitohs
James Tamou	Penrith Panthers	Wests Tigers
Zane Tetevano	Penrith Panthers	Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Dean Whare	Penrith Panthers	Super League: Catalans Dragons
Corey Allan	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Ethan Lowe	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Retirement
James Roberts	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Wests Tigers
Bayley Sironen	South Sydney Rabbitohs	New Zealand Warriors
Euan Aitken	St. George Illawarra Dragons	New Zealand Warriors
Tyson Frizell	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Newcastle Knights
Jacob Host	St. George Illawarra Dragons	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Korbin Sims	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Mitchell Aubusson	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
Boyd Cordner	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
Poasa Faamausili	Sydney Roosters	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Kyle Flanagan	Sydney Roosters	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Ryan Hall	Sydney Roosters	Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Sonny Bill Williams	Sydney Roosters	Retirement
Josh Aloiai	Wests Tigers	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Matt Eisenhuth	Wests Tigers	Penrith Panthers
Robert Jennings	Wests Tigers	Penrith Panthers
Chris Lawrence	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Benji Marshall	Wests Tigers	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Chris McQueen	Wests Tigers	Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Josh Reynolds	Wests Tigers	Super League: Hull F.C.
Elijah Taylor	Wests Tigers	Super League: Salford Red Devils
David Mead	Super League: Catalans Dragons	Brisbane Broncos
Albert Kelly	Super League: Hull F.C.	Brisbane Broncos
Ava Seumanufagai	Super League: Leeds Rhinos	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Joey Lussick	Super League: Salford Red Devils	Parramatta Eels
Luke Thompson	Super League: St. Helens	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Ben Murdoch-Masila	Super League: Warrington Wolves	New Zealand Warriors
Javid Bowen	Northern Pride	North Queensland Cowboys
Karmichael Hunt	New South Wales Waratahs	Brisbane Broncos
Tepai Moeroa	New South Wales Waratahs	Melbourne Storm
Will Chambers	Suntory Sungoliath	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Jack de Belin	Suspension	St. George Illawarra Dragons