{"id":60602,"date":"2025-08-11T18:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/60602\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T18:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:19:07","slug":"%f0%9f%8f%89-national-rugby-league-nrl-preview-betting-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/60602\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfc9 National Rugby League (NRL) Preview &#038; Betting Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> National Rugby League Preview Who won the National Rugby League?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>When is the National Rugby League?<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Who are the favourites to win the National Rugby League?<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<p>Melbourne Storm were also towards the head of the betting market, they won it in both 2017 &amp; 2020 whilst also runners-up in 2016, 2018 &amp; 2024, so usually thereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Who will win the National Rugby League?<\/p>\n<p>Head over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olbg.com\/betting-tips\/Rugby_Union\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OLBG Rugby Tips<\/a> to see who they are tipping to win, not only the outright winner but also matches throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olbg.com\/best-tipsters\/Rugby_Union\/9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Rugby Tipsters<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>What is the National Rugby League Format?<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Premiership Rounds&#8217;, aka regular season, takes place over 27 weeks, the games are normally split to Thursday (x1), Friday (x2), Saturday (x3) and Sunday (x2).<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the scoring system, it&#8217;s a fairly simple two points for a win and one point for a draw.<\/p>\n<p>The top 8 teams at the end of the regular season advance to the &#8216;Finals Series&#8217;, where they compete to make it to the Grand Final.<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Final will decide the champions, and it has been played at Stadium Australia in Sydney since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>National Rugby League Broadcast &amp; Scheduling Info<\/p>\n<p>For residents of the UK and Ireland, you can catch all of the NRL action on the Sky Sports channels. 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