The 2022 NRL season was the 115th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 25th season run by the
National Rugby League.
Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 16th consecutive year. This became the second longest stretch of time (after 1947–1966, a span of 20 seasons) of a continuous line-up of teams in competition history (overtaking 15 seasons from 1967–1981).
Pre-season
The 2022 pre-season for NRL teams featured nineteen matches across three weekends, including the
2022 All Stars match and the annual
Charity Shield match between the
South Sydney Rabbitohs
The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the Nat ...
and
St George Illawarra Dragons.
The pre-season also saw the first ever rugby league match to be played in the western Victorian city of
Ballarat
Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria.
Within mo ...
when
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league football club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blu ...
played the
Newcastle Knights at
Eureka Stadium
Eureka Stadium, known commercially as Mars Stadium, is an oval-shaped sports stadium located in the Eureka Sports Precinct of Wendouree, Victoria, Wendouree, north of the CBD of the city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
History
The first perm ...
in front of 5,127 people. The Charity Shield match also drew the highest attendance for the fixture since 2017, and aside from the All Stars match, was the largest attended match of the pre-season with 9,257 fans.
[
The match between the ]New Zealand Warriors
The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan ...
and the Gold Coast Titans was cancelled after being initially postponed and rescheduled from Moreton Daily Stadium to Cbus Super Stadium due to the 2022 South East Queensland flood.
All Stars match
Trials
''Italics'' indicates a non-NRL club
a The match was initially scheduled to be played on 26 February at Moreton Daily Stadium, but was rescheduled due to the 2022 South East Queensland flood.
Regular season
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.
Finals series
† Match decided in extra time.
Chart
Grand final
Player statistics and records
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
Attendances
Club attendances
Top regular season crowds
Magic Round
Finals
Match Officials
* Includes Finals Matches
2022 transfers
Players
Source:
Mid-season transfers
Loan moves
See also
* 2022 Australian football code crowds
* 2021 NRL Women's season (played in early 2022)
* 2022 NRL Women's season
References
{{National Rugby League seasons
Rugby league in Australia