The National Rugby League (NRL) will acknowledge and celebrate 20 retiring players ahead of the NRL Telstra Premiership 2025 Grand Final between Melbourne Storm and Brisbane Broncos, including 300-game players, Premiership winners and Test stars. 

The players who will attend Grand Final Day to be recognised as part of the 2025 Class of Retiring Players features Corey Oates, Mariah Denman (Brisbane Broncos), Tim Lafai (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs), Vanessa Foliaki, Ricky Leutele (Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks), Kenny Bromwich (Dolphins), David Fusitu’a, Ken Maumalo (New Zealand Warriors), Kieran Foran (Gold Coast Titans), Martin Taupau, Michael Chee-Kam (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles), Christian Welch (Melbourne Storm), Sione Mata’utia (Newcastle Knights), Jordan McLean, Jake Granville (North Queensland Cowboys), Bryce Cartwright (Parramatta Eels), Chad Townsend, Paul Momirovski (Sydney Roosters), Fa’amanu Brown (St George Illawarra Dragons) and Elijah Taylor (Wests Tigers).

Former Eel Shaun Lane will also be acknowledged while unable to attend. 

Ken Stephen Medal winner Foran hangs up his boots after 318 games and 17 seasons that included stints at the Titans, Bulldogs, Warriors, Eels and Sea Eagles, where he won a premiership in 2011 as a 21-year-old.

Bromwich, Welch and McLean all tasted grand final glory during their time with the Melbourne Storm while Leutele and Townsend were part of Cronulla’s historic 2016 grand final win.

Granville was a key figure in the Cowboys’ 2015 premiership success while Momirovski helped the Panthers kick-start their four-year reign in 2021.

Denman, meanwhile, was part of the Broncos’ first two NRLW premierships in 2018-19.