The 2025 NRL season is the 118th season of professional

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in Australia and the 28th season run by the

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(NRL). 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 3rd consecutive year, with seventeen participating in the regular season: ten from

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, four from

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and one from each of Victoria, the

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and

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Pre-season

Trials

''Italics'' indicates a non-NRL club

All Stars match

Pre-season Challenge

The 17-game pre-season challenge was played from 7 February to 23 February 2025, being won for a second straight year by the

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Regular season

Results

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.

Player statistics and records

*In Round 7, Nathan Cleary surpassed

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as the highest scoring

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player of all time. *In Round 13, Alex Johnston became the first player in the NRL era (1998–present), and second of all time, to score 200 career tries. *In Round 14, Kayal Iro became the first player in the NRL era to score a try in their first nine games of a season. *In Round 14, Josh Papali'i surpassed Jason Croker as the most capped

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player of all time. The following statistics are as of the conclusion of round 15. Top 5 point scorers Top 5 try scorers Top 5 goal kickers Top 5 tacklers

Attendances

Club figures

* = Magic Round home game not counted

Top regular season crowds

* The

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Round 7 game at Accor Stadium set a new record for the highest regular season attendance (excluding double-headers) in the NRL, surpassing the record set by the

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in 2013. In Round 14, the Bulldogs surpassed the Rabbitohs former 2013 crowd record again, posting the two highest regular season single game crowds of all time in a single season.

Magic Round (Round 9)

Match officials

2025 transfers

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Mid-season transfers

Loan moves

Coaches

References

Notes

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