2026 NRL season
The 2026 NRL season will be the 119th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 29th season run by the National Rugby League. The regular season will be followed by a finals series contested by the top eight teams on the competition ladder.
Teams
The lineup of teams in the league remained unchanged for the 4th and final consecutive year, with seventeen participating in the regular season: ten from New South Wales, four from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.Venues
Venues for the 2026 National Rugby League competition.Stadium locations
Venues used for the 2026 National Rugby League season.Pre-season
Trials
Italics indicates a non-NRL club| Date | Time | Home | Score | Away | Stadium | Report |
| 7 February 2025 | TBD AEST | Central Queensland Capras | – | Dolphins | Marley Brown Oval, Gladstone | |
| 14 February 2025 | 19:10 AEST | Sunshine Coast Falcons | – | Brisbane Broncos | Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast | |
| 22 February 2025 | 14:00 AEST | Souths Logan Magpies | – | Brisbane Broncos | Davies Park, Brisbane |
Pre-season Challenge
A 17-game pre-season challenge will be played before the regular season.Regular season
Results
| 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 | 26 | 27 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
| Brisbane Broncos | PEN | PAR | MEL | DOL | GCT | NQL | WTI | CBY | SYD | MAN | NZL | X | SGI | GCT | SOU | X | SYD | CRO | X | PEN | NQL | NEW | DOL | NZL | CAN | MEL | CBY | ||||
| Canberra Raiders | MAN | NZL | CBY | CRO | NEW | SOU | MEL | WTI | GCT | PEN | X | DOL | NQL | SYD | PAR | MEL | SGI | X | CBY | SOU | WTI | PEN | NEW | CRO | BRI | X | NQL | ||||
| Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | SGI | X | CAN | NEW | SOU | PEN | PAR | BRI | NQL | DOL | CRO | MEL | WTI | PAR | X | MAN | GCT | X | CAN | WTI | NZL | MEL | SYD | SOU | SGI | PEN | BRI | ||||
| Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | GCT | PEN | DOL | CAN | NZL | SYD | X | NQL | WTI | SOU | CBY | X | MAN | SGI | NZL | SYD | X | BRI | DOL | NEW | MAN | SOU | SGI | CAN | GCT | PAR | MEL | ||||
| Dolphins | SOU | GCT | CRO | BRI | MAN | X | PEN | NZL | MEL | CBY | SOU | CAN | X | NQL | SYD | WTI | NZL | NEW | CRO | NQL | X | SGI | BRI | MAN | PAR | SYD | GCT | ||||
| Gold Coast Titans | CRO | DOL | NQL | SGI | BRI | PAR | NZL | X | CAN | SYD | NEW | MAN | X | BRI | WTI | PEN | CBY | X | MEL | MAN | SGI | NZL | NQL | NEW | CRO | SOU | DOL | ||||
| Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | CAN | NEW | X | SYD | DOL | SGI | NQL | PAR | PEN | BRI | WTI | GCT | CRO | SOU | X | CBY | MEL | PAR | NQL | GCT | CRO | X | MEL | DOL | NEW | SGI | NZL | ||||
| Melbourne Storm | PAR | SGI | BRI | NQL | PEN | NZL | CAN | SOU | DOL | WTI | PAR | CBY | SYD | NEW | X | CAN | MAN | X | GCT | SYD | SOU | CBY | MAN | X | PEN | BRI | CRO | ||||
| Newcastle Knights | NQL | MAN | WAR | CBY | CAN | WTI | SYD | PEN | SOU | SGI | GCT | X | PAR | MEL | X | SGI | WTI | DOL | SOU | CRO | SYD | BRI | CAN | GCT | MAN | NZL | X | ||||
| New Zealand Warriors | SYD | CAN | NEW | WTI | CRO | MEL | GCT | DOL | PAR | X | BRI | SGI | PEN | X | CRO | NQL | DOL | X | WTI | SGI | CBY | GCT | PEN | BRI | SOU | NEW | MAN | ||||
| North Queensland Cowboys | NEW | WTI | GCT | MEL | SGI | BRI | MAN | CRO | CBY | PAR | SYD | SOU | CAN | DOL | X | NZL | PEN | X | MAN | DOL | BRI | SYD | GCT | PAR | X | WTI | CAN | ||||
| Parramatta Eels | MEL | BRI | SGI | PEN | WTI | GCT | CBY | MAN | NZL | NQL | MEL | X | NEW | CBY | CAN | X | SOU | MAN | SYD | X | PEN | WTI | SOU | NQL | DOL | CRO | SGI | ||||
| Penrith Panthers | BRI | CRO | SYD | PAR | MEL | CBY | DOL | NEW | MAN | CAN | SGI | X | NZL | WTI | X | GCT | NQL | SOU | X | BRI | PAR | CAN | NZL | SYD | MEL | CBY | WTI | ||||
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | DOL | SYD | WTI | X | CBY | CAN | SGI | MEL | NEW | CRO | DOL | NQL | X | MAN | BRI | X | PAR | PEN | NEW | CAN | MEL | CRO | PAR | CBY | NZL | GCT | SYD | ||||
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | CBY | MEL | PAR | GCT | NQL | MAN | SOU | SYD | X | NEW | PEN | NZL | BRI | CRO | X | NEW | CAN | WTI | X | NZL | GCT | DOL | CRO | WTI | CBY | MAN | PAR | ||||
| Sydney Roosters | NZL | SOU | PEN | MAN | X | CRO | NEW | SGI | BRI | GCT | NQL | X> | MEL | CAN | DOL | CRO | BRI | X | PAR | MEL | NEW | NQL | CBY | PEN | WTI | DOL | SOU | ||||
| Wests Tigers | X | NQL | SOU | NZL | PAR | NEW | BRI | CAN | CRO | MEL | MAN | X | CBY | PEN | GCT | DOL | NEW | SGI | NZL | CBY | CAN | PAR | X | SGI | SYD | NQL | PEN | ||||
| 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 | 26 | 27 | F1 | F2 | F3 | GF |
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 eight.
- 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 | 26 | 27 | |
| 1 | Brisbane Broncos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Canberra Raiders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dolphins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Gold Coast Titans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Melbourne Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Newcastle Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | New Zealand Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | North Queensland Cowboys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Parramatta Eels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Penrith Panthers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Sydney Roosters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Wests Tigers |