{"id":646724,"date":"2026-05-03T10:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646724\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:19:12","slug":"nrl-50-point-curse-tracker-every-team-to-concede-50-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646724\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 50-point curse tracker: Every team to concede 50 in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The so-called NRL 50-point curse has become one of the most talked-about trends in rugby league. No team in the modern era has gone on to win the premiership in the same season they conceded 50 or more points in a match.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, fans track which sides fall into the category \u2014 particularly contenders \u2014 as history suggests a heavy defeat can derail even the strongest campaigns. Below is a running list of every team to concede 50+ points during the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>6 teams have already conceded 50+ points in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 9, 3 May 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Wests Tigers conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Ocean Protect Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 8, 25 Apr 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            St George Illawarra Dragons conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Allianz Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 6, 12 Apr 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Parramatta Eels conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                CommBank Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 5, 3 Apr 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Melbourne Storm conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                CommBank Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 5, 2 Apr 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                             Dolphins conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Kayo Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 1, 7 Mar 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Gold Coast Titans conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Ocean Protect Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 1, 5 Mar 2026                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Parramatta Eels conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                AAMI Park                            <\/p>\n<p>Can a team win the NRL after conceding 50 points?<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the answer has been no. While teams have recovered from heavy losses to make finals, none have gone on to win the premiership in the same season after conceding 50 or more points.<\/p>\n<p>That makes every blowout result significant \u2014 especially for teams in the top eight \u2014 as it places them under immediate scrutiny for the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; The so-called NRL 50-point curse has become one of the most talked-about trends in rugby league.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-646724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}