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The 2024 NRL season is the 117th of professional rugby league in Australia and the 27th season run by the National Rugby League.. All times are listed in AEDT from Round 1 to games on Saturday of Round 5 including the Grand Final and AEST from games on Sunday of Round 5 to the Preliminary finals.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 December 2024. Australian rugby league season Rugby league season 2024 National Rugby League Duration 2 March [a] – 6 October 2024 Teams 17 Premiers Penrith Panthers (6th title) Minor premiers Melbourne Storm (6th title) Matches played 213 Points scored 9,964 Average attendance 20,611 Attendance ...
The sellout crowd of 51,047 is the biggest regular season crowd (excluding double headers) in Suncorp Stadium's history, the biggest regular season crowd in Brisbane since round 22, 1995, and the biggest regular NRL season crowd since round 26, 2013.
In round 15 of the 2024 NRL season, the Dolphins achieved their first-ever win in Sydney when they defeated the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 30-28 at PointsBet Stadium. [2] After previous defeats by the Brisbane Broncos, the Dolphins won the Battle for Brisbane derby 40-6 in round 26 on 31 August 2024 at Suncorp Stadium.
The system used for the 2024 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 crowd of 25,372 for the second preliminary final between North Queensland and Parramatta is the highest crowd for an NRL game in Townsville since round 23, 2011. [ 36 ] The crowd of 82,415 for the Grand Final is the highest crowd Penrith have played in front of, and the highest crowd for Parramatta since the 2009 Grand Final .
From 2007 until 2016 the final game of each National Rugby League round was played on Monday nights. Broadcast by Fox Sports and Triple M , kick off time was scheduled at 19:00. From 2017 , Monday Night Football was cancelled with a second game played on Friday nights instead. [ 1 ]
The National Rugby League (NRL) regular season usually begins in the first week of March, finishing in the first weekend of September before the finals series.Generally, there are 204 games played over 27 rounds, with each of the 17 teams playing 24 matches each.