{"id":206558,"date":"2025-12-29T10:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/206558\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:58:07","slug":"the-ten-best-nrl-matches-of-2025-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/206558\/","title":{"rendered":"The TEN best NRL matches of 2025 – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The 2025 NRL<\/a> season was filled wall to wall with outstanding games of rugby league.<\/p>\n

From golden point thrillers, to nail-biting comebacks and one of the best finals of our generation, the 2025 season had it all.<\/p>\n

Zero Tackle have run the rule over every game of the season to come up with the best of the best. From a long list of 42 games, we have painstakingly narrowed it down to ten.<\/p>\n

Here are the best NRL<\/a> matches of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

10. Round 10, North Queensland Cowboys 30 drew Penrith Panthers 30 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Townsville<\/p>\n

The only draw of the season may not have been the most technically excellent display of rugby league you’ll ever see, but there wasn’t a whole lot of games that pushed past it for excitement throughout 2025.<\/p>\n

The game, which also dragged attention for the wrong reasons afterwards with trainers putting water on footballs before the kick-off, saw 60 points and both teams at times seemingly more interested in losing than winning.<\/p>\n

From 18-12 at halftime, the Cowboys levelled the game through Jake Clifford<\/a> in the 45th minute, but a double from the Panthers pushed them ahead by 12 points with just 15 minutes to play.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys then managed to score two of their own in a three-minute window, but the final five minutes wasn’t enough to split the teams, and nor was the extra ten minutes in golden point despite five field goal attempts.<\/p>\n


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