2023 NRL finals series


The 2023 National Rugby League finals series was a tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2023 Telstra Premiership season. The series was played over four weekends in September and October, culminating in the 2023 NRL Grand Final on 1 October 2023 won by the Penrith Panthers against the Brisbane Broncos.
The top eight teams from the 2023 NRL season qualified for the finals series. The NRL finals series have been continuously played under this format since 2012.

Finals structure

The system used for the 2023 NRL finals series is a final eight system. The top four teams in the eight receive the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team loses in the first week it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight play knock-out games – only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home ground advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks and to the qualifying final winners in the third week.
In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final.

Venues

A total of seven different venues hosted matches throughout the finals series.
VenueCapacityMatches HostedHome team
AAMI Park30,0001 Melbourne Storm
Accor Stadium82,5002 Penrith Panthers; Grand Final
BlueBet Stadium22,5001 Penrith Panthers
Go Media Stadium30,0001 New Zealand Warriors
McDonald Jones Stadium30,0001 Newcastle Knights
PointsBet Stadium12,5001 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Suncorp Stadium52,5002 Brisbane Broncos

Fixtures

Nine matches were played across four weeks of the finals series.
† Match decided in extra time.