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With the full NRL<\/a> draw out for 2026, teams and their fans will have circled dates in their calendars.<\/p>\n Must-win games, key outings, rivalry clashes.<\/p>\n No team is going to win 24 from 24 throughout the course of an NRL<\/a> season that is wildly tough to predict at the best of times, but clubs will know the key games they must win.<\/p>\n For fans, neutral or supporters, here are the five biggest clashes to watch for each and every NRL<\/a> side throughout the 2026 season, kicking off in Las Vegas on the first weekend of March and winding itself across Australia<\/a> and New Zealand<\/a> over the following six months.<\/p>\n Back<\/p>\n 1 – Brisbane Broncos2 – Canberra Raiders3 – Canterbury Bulldogs4 – Cronulla Sharks5 – Gold Coast Titans6 – Manly Sea Eagles7 – Melbourne Storm8 – Newcastle Knights9 – New Zealand Warriors10 – North Queensland Cowboys11 – Parramatta Eels12 – Penrith Panthers13 – South Sydney Rabbitohs14 – St George Illawarra Dragons15 – Sydney Roosters16 – The Dolphins17 – Wests Tigers<\/p>\n Next<\/a><\/p>\n Brisbane Broncos<\/p>\n Round 1, vs Penrith Panthers<\/a>, at Suncorp Stadium, Friday, March 6, 8pm The Broncos are the defending premiers, and so it makes plenty of sense that their biggest adversaries from the 2025 campaign are all features in the matches to watch.<\/p>\n Kicking off the season against Penrith, and then having the grand final rematch a fortnight later gives them a blockbuster start, before we look at games against the Bulldogs and Raiders – coming in Round 25, baffingly in the Friday 6pm slot – as huge encounters.<\/p>\n It’s also hard to overlook the rivalary clash with the Dolphins<\/a> in the final rounds of the year.<\/p>\n Back<\/p>\n 1 – Brisbane Broncos2 – Canberra Raiders3 – Canterbury Bulldogs4 – Cronulla Sharks5 – Gold Coast Titans6 – Manly Sea Eagles7 – Melbourne Storm8 – Newcastle Knights9 – New Zealand Warriors10 – North Queensland Cowboys11 – Parramatta Eels12 – Penrith Panthers13 – South Sydney Rabbitohs14 – St George Illawarra Dragons15 – Sydney Roosters16 – The Dolphins17 – Wests Tigers<\/p>\n
Round 3, vs Melbourne Storm<\/a>, at AAMI Park, Friday, March 20, 8pm
Round 8, vs Canterbury Bulldogs<\/a> at Suncorp Stadium, Friday, April 24, 8pm
Round 23, vs The Dolphins<\/a> at Suncorp Stadium, Saturday, August 8, 5:30pm
Round 25, vs Canberra Raiders<\/a> at GIO Stadium, Friday, August 21, 6pm<\/p>\n