National Rugby League Preview Who won the National Rugby League?
The Penrith Panthers are the current reigning champions, having won their sixth title in 2024, which was also their fourth consecutive title by defeating Melbourne Storm 14-6 in the Grand Final.
When is the National Rugby League?
The league takes place between March and October. The 2025 season kicked off on the 1st of March and will conclude on the 5th of October.
Who are the favourites to win the National Rugby League?
The Penrith Panthers went into the new season as the pre-season favourites on the back of four consecutive titles. Can they make it five on the spin this season?
Melbourne Storm were also towards the head of the betting market, they won it in both 2017 & 2020 whilst also runners-up in 2016, 2018 & 2024, so usually thereabouts.
Who will win the National Rugby League?
Head over to the OLBG Rugby Tips to see who they are tipping to win, not only the outright winner but also matches throughout the tournament.
Additionally, if you only want to view the tips from the top tipsters, those who have shown a profit on rugby over the past year, then head over to the Best Rugby Tipsters page.
What is the National Rugby League Format?
The ‘Premiership Rounds’, aka regular season, takes place over 27 weeks, the games are normally split to Thursday (x1), Friday (x2), Saturday (x3) and Sunday (x2).
So you get eight games each week, which means sixteen of the seventeen teams will be in action, with one team getting a bye week.
In terms of the scoring system, it’s a fairly simple two points for a win and one point for a draw.
The top 8 teams at the end of the regular season advance to the ‘Finals Series’, where they compete to make it to the Grand Final.
The Grand Final will decide the champions, and it has been played at Stadium Australia in Sydney since 1999.
National Rugby League Broadcast & Scheduling Info
For residents of the UK and Ireland, you can catch all of the NRL action on the Sky Sports channels. The matches are also available to stream on the WatchNRL service.
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