List of National Rugby League Premiers

Australian rugby league premiers
Founded
1908
Country
Australia New Zealand
Editions completed
Number of teams
16
Current premiers
Penrith Panthers (4th title)
Most titles won
South Sydney (21 times)

As of the end of 2022, there have been 25 NRL Premierships and 116 overall, including the competition's predecessors (NSWRL, ARL and *Super League). This is a list of all the grand finals that were played to decide those premierships.

The premierships not decided by a grand final were determined by league ladder position. These years were 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1925 and 1937.

Since 1954 the grand final was officially sanctioned as the only way to determine the premiership, but it had been commonplace for decades before that.

List

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Referee(s)	Venue	Attendance	Date
New South Wales Rugby League
1908	South Sydney	14 – 12	Eastern Suburbs	C. Hutchison	RAS Showground Sydney	4,000	29 August 1908
1909	South Sydney (2)	N/A	Balmain
1910	Newtown	4 – 4	South Sydney	B. Finegan	RAS Showground Sydney	14,000	17 September 1911
1911	Eastern Suburbs	11 – 8	Glebe Dirty Reds	T. McMahon Snr	RAS Showground Sydney	20,000	16 September 1911
1912	Eastern Suburbs (2)	N/A	Glebe Dirty Reds
1913	Eastern Suburbs (3)	N/A	Newtown
1914	South Sydney (3)	N/A	Newtown
1915	Balmain	N/A	Glebe Dirty Reds
1916	Balmain (2)	5 – 3	South Sydney	A. Farrow	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	7,000	26 July 1916
1917	Balmain (3)	N/A	South Sydney
1918	South Sydney (4)	N/A	Western Suburbs
1919	Balmain (4)	N/A	Eastern Suburbs
1920	Balmain (5)	N/A	South Sydney
1921	North Sydney	N/A	Eastern Suburbs
1922	North Sydney (2)	35 – 3	Glebe Dirty Reds	T. McMahon Snr	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	15,000	6 September 1922
1923	Eastern Suburbs (4)	15 – 12	South Sydney	T. McMahon Snr	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	15,000	12 September 1923
1924	Balmain (6)	3 – 0	South Sydney	W. Neill	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	15,000	29 July 1924
1925	South Sydney (5)	N/A	Western Suburbs
1926	South Sydney (6)	11 – 5	Sydney University	W. Neill	RAS Showground Sydney	20,000	18 September 1926
1927	South Sydney (7)	20 – 11	St. George	W. Neill	RAS Showground Sydney	8,000	17 September 1927
1928	South Sydney (8)	26 – 5	Eastern Suburbs	L. Deane	RAS Showground Sydney	25,000	15 September 1928
1929	South Sydney (9)	30 – 10	Newtown	L. Deane	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	16,360	14 September 1929
1930	Western Suburbs	27 – 2	St. George	L. Deane	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	12,178	4 October 1930
1931	South Sydney (10)	12 – 7	Eastern Suburbs	L. Deane	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	27,104	12 September 1931
1932	South Sydney (11)	19 – 12	Western Suburbs	L. Deane	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	16,925	24 September 1932
1933	Newtown (2)	18 – 5	St. George	B. Fry	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	18,080	9 September 1933
1934	Western Suburbs (2)	15 – 12	Eastern Suburbs	J. Murphy	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	25,174	8 September 1934
1935	Eastern Suburbs (5)	19 – 3	South Sydney	T. McMahon Jnr	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	22,106	14 September 1935
1936	Eastern Suburbs (6)	32 – 12	Balmain	L. Deane	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	14,395	12 September 1936
1937	Eastern Suburbs (7)	N/A	South Sydney
1938	Canterbury-Bankstown	19 – 6	Eastern Suburbs	T. McMahon Jnr	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	20,287	3 September 1938
1939	Balmain (7)	33 – 4	South Sydney	G. Bishop	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	26,972	2 September 1939
1940	Eastern Suburbs (8)	24 – 14	Canterbury-Bankstown	J. O'Brien	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	24,167	31 August 1940
1941	St. George	31 – 14	Eastern Suburbs	T. McMahon Jnr	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	39,957	30 August 1941
1942	Canterbury-Bankstown (2)	11 – 9	St. George	J. O'Brien	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	26,171	12 September 1942
1943	Newtown (3)	34 – 7	North Sydney	J. O'Brien	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	60,922	4 September 1943
1944	Balmain (8)	12 – 8	Newtown	J. O'Brien	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	24,186	16 September 1944
1945	Eastern Suburbs (9)	22 – 18	Balmain	T. McMahon Jnr	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	44,585	1 September 1945
1946	Balmain (9)	13 – 12	St. George	G. Bishop	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	32,296	14 September 1946
1947	Balmain (10)	13 – 9	Canterbury-Bankstown	J. O'Brien	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	29,292	20 September 1947
1948	Western Suburbs (3)	8 – 5	Balmain	G. Bishop	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	29,122	18 September 1948
1949	St. George (2)	19 – 12	South Sydney	G. Bishop	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	56,534	10 September 1949
1950	South Sydney (12)	21 – 15	Western Suburbs	T. McMahon Jnr	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	32,373	16 September 1950
1951	South Sydney (13)	42 – 14	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	J. O'Brien	Sydney Sports Ground Sydney	28,505	23 September 1951
1952	Western Suburbs (4)	22 – 12	South Sydney	G. Bishop	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	41,060	20 September 1952
1953	South Sydney (14)	31 – 12	St. George	D. Lawler	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	44,581	12 September 1953
1954	South Sydney (15)	23 – 15	Newtown	J. O'Brien	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	45,759	18 September 1954
1955	South Sydney (16)	12 – 11	Newtown	C. Pearce	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	42,466	17 September 1955
1956	St. George (3)	18 – 12	Balmain	D. Lawler	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	61,987	8 September 1956
1957	St. George (4)	31 – 9	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	D. Lawler	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	54,399	21 September 1957
1958	St. George (5)	20 – 9	Western Suburbs	D. Lawler	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	62,283	13 September 1958
1959	St. George (6)	20 – 0	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	D. Lawler	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	49,457	15 August 1959
1960	St. George (7)	31 – 6	Eastern Suburbs	D. Lawler	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	53,156	3 September 1960
1961	St. George (8)	22 – 0	Western Suburbs Magpies	D. Lawler	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	61,196	16 September 1961
1962	St. George (9)	9 – 6	Western Suburbs Magpies	J. Bradley	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	41,184	15 September 1962
1963	St. George (10)	8 – 3	Western Suburbs Magpies	D. Lawler	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	69,860	24 August 1963
1964	St. George (11)	11 – 6	Balmain	C. Pearce	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	61,369	19 September 1964
1965	St. George Dragons (12)	12 – 8	South Sydney Rabbitohs	C. Pearce	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	78,056	18 September 1965
1966	St. George Dragons (13)	23 – 4	Balmain	C. Pearce	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	61,129	17 September 1966
1967	South Sydney Rabbitohs (17)	12 – 10	Canterbury-Bankstown Berries	C. Pearce	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	56,358	16 September 1967
1968	South Sydney Rabbitohs (18)	13 – 9	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	C. Pearce	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	54,255	21 September 1968
1969	Balmain (11)	11 – 2	South Sydney Rabbitohs	K. Page	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	58,825	20 September 1969
1970	South Sydney Rabbitohs (19)	23 – 12	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	D. Lancashire	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	53,241	21 September 1970
1971	South Sydney Rabbitohs (20)	16 – 10	St. George Dragons	K. Holman	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	62,838	18 September 1971
1972	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	19 – 14	Eastern Suburbs Roosters	K. Page	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	54,357	16 September 1972
1973	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (2)	10 – 7	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	K. Page	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	52,044	15 September 1973
1974	Eastern Suburbs Roosters (10)	19 – 4	Canterbury-Bankstown Berries	L. Bruyeres	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	57,214	21 September 1974
1975	Eastern Suburbs Roosters (11)	38 – 0	St. George Dragons	L. Bruyeres	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	63,047	20 September 1975
1976	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (3)	13 – 10	Parramatta	G. Cook	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	57,343	18 September 1976
1977	St. George Dragons	9 – 9	Parramatta	G. Cook	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	65,959	17 September 1977
	St. George Dragons (14)	22 – 0	Parramatta	G. Cook	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	47,828	24 September 1977
1978	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	11 – 11	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	G. Hartley	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	51,510	16 September 1978
	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (4)	16 – 0	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	G. Hartley	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	33,552	19 September 1978
1979	St. George Dragons (15)	17 – 13	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	G. Hartley	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	50,991	22 September 1979
1980	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (3)	18 – 4	Eastern Suburbs Roosters	G. Hartley	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	52,881	27 September 1980
1981	Parramatta Eels	20 – 11	Newtown Jets	G. Hartley	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	57,333	27 September 1981
1982	Parramatta Eels (2)	21 – 8	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	J. Gocher	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	52,186	26 September 1982
1983	Parramatta Eels (3)	18 – 6	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	K. Roberts	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	40,285	25 September 1983
1984	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4)	6 – 4	Parramatta Eels	K. Roberts	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	47,076	23 September 1984
1985	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5)	7 – 6	St. George Dragons	K. Roberts	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	44,569	29 September 1985
1986	Parramatta Eels (4)	4 – 2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	M. Stone	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	45,843	28 September 1986
1987	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (5)	18 – 8	Canberra Raiders	M. Stone	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney	50,201	27 September 1987
1988	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6)	24 – 12	Balmain Tigers	M. Stone	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	40,000	11 September 1988
1989	Canberra Raiders	19 – 14	Balmain Tigers	B. Harrigan	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	40,500	24 September 1989
1990	Canberra Raiders (2)	18 – 14	Penrith Panthers	B. Harrigan	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	41,535	23 September 1990
1991	Penrith Panthers	19 – 12	Canberra Raiders	B. Harrigan	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	41,815	22 September 1991
1992	Brisbane Broncos	28 – 8	St. George Dragons	G. McCallum	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	41,560	27 September 1992
1993	Brisbane Broncos (2)	14 – 6	St. George Dragons	G. McCallum	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	42,329	26 September 1993
1994	Canberra Raiders (3)	36 – 12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	G. McCallum	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	42,234	25 September 1994
Australian Rugby League
1995	Sydney Bulldogs (7)	17 – 4	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	E. Ward	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	41,127	24 September 1995
1996	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (6)	20 – 8	St. George Dragons	D. Manson	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	40,985	29 September 1996
1997	Newcastle Knights	22 – 16	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	D. Manson	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	42,482	28 September 1997
Super League
1997	Brisbane Broncos (3)	26 – 8	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	B. Harrigan	QEII Stadium Brisbane	58,912	20 September 1997
National Rugby League
1998	Brisbane Broncos (4)	38 – 12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	B. Harrigan	Sydney Football Stadium Sydney	40,857	27 September 1998
1999	Melbourne Storm	20 – 18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	B. Harrigan	Stadium Australia Sydney	107,999	26 September 1999
2000	Brisbane Broncos (5)	14 – 6	Sydney Roosters	B. Harrigan	Stadium Australia Sydney	94,277	27 August 2000
2001	Newcastle Knights (2)	30 – 24	Parramatta Eels	B. Harrigan	Stadium Australia Sydney	90,414	30 September 2001
2002	Sydney Roosters (12)	30 – 8	New Zealand Warriors	B. Harrigan	Telstra Stadium Sydney	80,130	6 October 2002
2003	Penrith Panthers (2)	18 – 6	Sydney Roosters	B. Harrigan	Telstra Stadium Sydney	81,166	5 October 2003
2004	Bulldogs (8)	16 – 13	Sydney Roosters	T. Mander	Telstra Stadium Sydney	82,127	3 October 2004
2005	Wests Tigers	30 – 16	North Queensland Cowboys	T. Mander	Telstra Stadium Sydney	82,453	2 October 2005
2006	Brisbane Broncos (6)	15 – 8	Melbourne Storm	P. Simpkins	Telstra Stadium Sydney	79,609	1 October 2006
2007	M̶e̶l̶b̶o̶u̶r̶n̶e̶ ̶S̶t̶o̶r̶m̶	34 – 8	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	T. Archer	Telstra Stadium Sydney	81,392	30 September 2007
2008	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (7)	40 – 0	Melbourne Storm	T. Archer	ANZ Stadium Sydney	80,388	5 October 2008
2009	M̶e̶l̶b̶o̶u̶r̶n̶e̶ ̶S̶t̶o̶r̶m̶	23 – 16	Parramatta Eels	T. Archer S. Hayne	ANZ Stadium Sydney	82,538	4 October 2009
2010	St. George Illawarra Dragons	32 – 8	Sydney Roosters	T. Archer S. Hayne	ANZ Stadium Sydney	82,334	3 October 2010
2011	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (8)	24 – 10	New Zealand Warriors	M Cecchin T Archer	ANZ Stadium Sydney	81,988	2 October 2011
2012	Melbourne Storm (2)	14 – 4	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	T. Archer B. Cummins	ANZ Stadium Sydney	82,976	30 September 2012
2013	Sydney Roosters (13)	26 – 18	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	S. Hayne B. Cummins	ANZ Stadium Sydney	81,491	6 October 2013
2014	South Sydney Rabbitohs (21)	30 – 6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	S. Hayne G. Sutton	ANZ Stadium Sydney	83,833	5 October 2014
2015	North Queensland Cowboys	17 – 16	Brisbane Broncos	G. Sutton B. Cummins	ANZ Stadium Sydney	82,758	4 October 2015
2016	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	14 – 12	Melbourne Storm	M. Cecchin B. Cummins	ANZ Stadium Sydney	83,625	2 October 2016
2017	Melbourne Storm (3)	34 – 6	North Queensland Cowboys	M. Cecchin G. Sutton	ANZ Stadium Sydney	79,722	1 October 2017
2018	Sydney Roosters (14)	21 – 6	Melbourne Storm	G. Sutton A. Klein	ANZ Stadium Sydney	82,688	30 September 2018
2019	Sydney Roosters (15)	14 – 8	Canberra Raiders	B. Cummins G. Sutton	ANZ Stadium Sydney	82,922	6 October 2019
2020	Melbourne Storm (4)	26 – 20	Penrith Panthers	G. Sutton	ANZ Stadium Sydney	37,303	25 October 2020
2021	Penrith Panthers (3)	14 – 12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	G. Sutton	Suncorp Stadium Brisbane	39,322	3 October 2021
2022	Penrith Panthers (4)	28 – 12	Parramatta Eels	A. Klein	Accor Stadium Sydney	82,415	2 October 2022

Team Performance

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runner-up
South Sydney Rabbitohs	21	14	1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 2014	1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1969, 2021
Sydney Roosters	15	15	1911, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1945, 1974, 1975, 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019	1908, 1919, 1921, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972, 1980, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010
St. George Dragons	15	12	1941, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979	1927, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1971, 1975, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1996
Balmain Tigers	11	9	1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1969	1909, 1936, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1989
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	8	11	1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2011	1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2013
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	8	10	1938, 1942, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2004	1940, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2012, 2014
Brisbane Broncos	6	1	1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006	2015
Western Suburbs Magpies	4	8	1930, 1934, 1948, 1952	1918, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963
Parramatta Eels	4	6	1981, 1982, 1983, 1986	1976, 1977, 1984, 2001, 2009, 2022
Melbourne Storm	4	4	1999, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2020	2006, 2008, 2016, 2018
Penrith Panthers	4	2	1991, 2003, 2021, 2022	1990, 2020
Newtown Jets	3	7	1910, 1933, 1943	1913, 1914, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1981
Canberra Raiders	3	3	1989, 1990, 1994	1987, 1991, 2019
North Sydney Bears	2	1	1921, 1922	1943
Newcastle Knights	2	0	1997, 2001	–
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	1	3	2016	1973, 1978, 1997
North Queensland Cowboys	1	2	2015	2005, 2017
St. George Illawarra Dragons	1	1	2010	1999
Wests Tigers	1	0	2005	–
Glebe Dirty Reds	0	4	–	1911, 1912, 1915, 1922
New Zealand Warriors	0	2	–	2002, 2011
Sydney University	0	1	–	1926

See also

• List of NRL Women's Grand finals
• Australian rugby league premiers