{"id":647245,"date":"2026-05-03T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647245\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:30:24","slug":"nrl-50-point-curse-tracker-every-team-to-concede-50-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/647245\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL 50-point curse tracker: Every team to concede 50 in 2022"},"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 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>    5 teams conceded 50+ points in 2022<\/p>\n<p class=\"zt-curse-team-summary\">\n            Brisbane Broncos (x2), Wests Tigers (x2), New Zealand Warriors, Newcastle Knights, St George Illawarra Dragons.\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 25, 4 Sep 2022                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Wests Tigers conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Leichhardt Oval                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 24, 25 Aug 2022                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Brisbane Broncos conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Suncorp Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 23, 20 Aug 2022                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Wests Tigers conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Sydney Cricket Ground                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 23, 19 Aug 2022                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Brisbane Broncos conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Suncorp Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 18, 16 Jul 2022                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            St George Illawarra Dragons conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Central Coast Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 8, 1 May 2022                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Newcastle Knights conceded 50+ points\n                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                                McDonald Jones Stadium                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                            Round 7, 25 Apr 2022                        <\/p>\n<p>\n                            New Zealand Warriors 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":647246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-647245","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\/647245","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=647245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}