The 2021 NRL season was the 114th of professional rugby league in Australia and the 24th season run by the National Rugby League.

Regular season

All times are in AEDT (UTC+11:00) up until the 4th of April and AEST (UTC+10:00) from then on.

Round 1

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Melbourne Storm 26 – 18 South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 11 March, 8:05 pm AAMI Park Grant Atkins 11,812
Newcastle Knights 32 – 16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Friday, 12 March, 6:00 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Ben Cummins 19,555
Brisbane Broncos 16 – 24 Parramatta Eels Friday, 12 March, 8:05 pm Suncorp Stadium Adam Gee 28,313
New Zealand Warriors 19 – 6 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 13 March, 3:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Ashley Klein 3,711
Sydney Roosters 46 – 4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Saturday, 13 March, 5:30 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Chris Sutton 15,097
Penrith Panthers 24 – 0 North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 13 March, 7:35 pm Panthers Stadium Matt Cecchin 14,077
Canberra Raiders 30 – 12 Wests Tigers Sunday, 14 March, 4:05 pm GIO Stadium Gerard Sutton 15,680
St. George Illawarra Dragons 18 – 32 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 14 March, 6:15 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Peter Gough 7,636
Source:[1]
  • Cronulla won their first Round 1 game since 2013.
  • The Roosters winning margin is the biggest win in a Round 1 game since 2002.

Round 2

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Parramatta Eels 16 – 12 Melbourne Storm Thursday, 18 March, 8:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Ashley Klein 10,416
New Zealand Warriors 16 – 20 Newcastle Knights Friday, 19 March, 6:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Grant Atkins 4,551
Gold Coast Titans 28 – 16 Brisbane Broncos Friday, 19 March, 8:05 pm Cbus Super Stadium Matt Cecchin 17,822
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 – 28 Penrith Panthers Saturday, 20 March, 3:00 pm Bankwest Stadium Peter Gough 5,062
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 12 – 26 South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 20 March, 5:30 pm Lottoland Gerard Sutton 3,218
North Queensland Cowboys 18 – 25 St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 20 March, 7:35 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Ben Cummins 15,120
Wests Tigers 6 – 40 Sydney Roosters Sunday, 21 March, 4:05 pm Campbelltown Stadium Adam Gee 6,107
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 10 – 12 Canberra Raiders Sunday, 21 March, 6:15 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Sutton 3,145
Source:[2]
  • Penrith became the first NRL side ever to hold teams to 0 points in the first 2 rounds in a season.[3]
  • Heavy rain and flooding impacted attendances at games held in Sydney and Gosford.

Round 3

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Penrith Panthers 12 – 10 Melbourne Storm Thursday, 25 March, 8:05 pm BlueBet Stadium Grant Atkins 14,077
St. George Illawarra Dragons 38 – 12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Friday, 26 March, 6:00 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton 9,253
South Sydney Rabbitohs 26 – 16 Sydney Roosters Friday, 26 March, 8:05 pm Stadium Australia Ashley Klein 22,838
Canberra Raiders 31 – 34 New Zealand Warriors Saturday, 27 March, 3:00 pm GIO Stadium Henry Perenara 13,456
Brisbane Broncos 24 – 0 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday, 27 March, 5:30 pm Suncorp Stadium Ben Cummins 22,509
Parramatta Eels 28 – 4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday, 27 March, 7:35 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Gee 19,236
Newcastle Knights 20 – 24 Wests Tigers Sunday, 28 March, 4:05 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Gerard Sutton 20,239
North Queensland Cowboys 8 – 44 Gold Coast Titans Sunday, 28 March, 6:15 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Peter Gough 12,627
Source:[4]
  • The Brisbane Broncos ended their 13-game losing streak in their win against Canterbury.
  • The Gold Coast Titans recorded their largest ever score. In the same game, North Queensland suffered their biggest home defeat since Round 14, 2007.
  • New Zealand recorded their biggest ever comeback after trailing Canberra 31–10 at the 48 minute mark.[5]

Round 4

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 6 – 46 Penrith Panthers Thursday, 1 April, 8:05 pm Lottoland Matt Cecchin 6,017
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 – 38 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 2 April, 4:05 pm Stadium Australia Grant Atkins 23,340
Melbourne Storm 40 – 6 Brisbane Broncos Friday, 2 April, 8:05 pm AAMI Park Gerard Sutton 14,135
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 48 – 10 North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 3 April, 5:15 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Sutton 5,119
Gold Coast Titans 4 – 20 Canberra Raiders Saturday, 3 April, 7:45 pm Adam Gee 5,117
Newcastle Knights 13 – 22 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 4 April, 4:05 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Peter Gough 21,770
Sydney Roosters 32 – 12 New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 4 April, 6:15 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Ben Cummins 12,210
Wests Tigers 22 – 36 Parramatta Eels Monday, 5 April, 4:00 pm Stadium Australia Ashley Klein 29,056
Source:[6]
  • Penrith tied the NRL record for the longest away winning streak.
  • Manly suffered their biggest ever loss at Brookvale Oval, surpassing a 39–0 loss to St George in Round 6, 1963.
  • Canterbury became just the second side in NRL history (alongside Cronulla in 2014) to fail to score a point in three consecutive matches. They also lost their first four games to start the season for the first time since 1971.[7]
  • The Cronulla vs North Queensland and Gold Coast vs Canberra games were both moved to Netstrata Jubilee Stadium from the Sunshine Coast Stadium and Cbus Super Stadium respectively, due to COVID concerns in South East Queensland.[8] In addition, the starting times of both games were altered.
  • Cronulla's 48 Points against the Cowboys was their most of all time against the Cowboys.

Round 5

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
South Sydney Rabbitohs 35 – 6 Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 8 April, 7:50 pm Stadium Australia Ben Cummins 9,142
New Zealand Warriors 12 – 13 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Friday, 9 April, 6:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Chris Butler 4,982
Penrith Panthers 30 – 10 Canberra Raiders Friday, 9 April, 7:55 pm BlueBet Stadium Gerard Sutton 20,890
Gold Coast Titans 42 – 16 Newcastle Knights Saturday, 10 April, 3:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Ashley Klein 12,492
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18 – 52 Melbourne Storm Saturday, 10 April, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia Chris Sutton 5,104
Sydney Roosters 26 – 18 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday, 10 April, 7:35 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Adam Gee 10,739
Wests Tigers 30 – 34 North Queensland Cowboys Sunday, 11 April, 4:05 pm Leichhardt Oval Matt Cecchin 9,433
Parramatta Eels 12 – 26 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 11 April, 6:15 pm Bankwest Stadium Grant Atkins 24,384
Source:[9]
  • A moments silence was held prior to all matches in this round as a tribute to Tommy Raudonikis, who died a day before the first game of the round.
  • South Sydney's 143 points scored in the first 5 rounds is their most all-time.
  • Penrith's 5 wins from 5 is the best start to a season in club history.
  • Penrith became the first team in NRL history to win 20 straight regular season games.
  • Canterbury recorded their worst start to a season since 1964.
  • John Morris coached his last game for the Cronulla Sharks after not being offered an extended contract.[10]

Round 6

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Brisbane Broncos 12 – 20 Penrith Panthers Thursday, 15 April, 7:50 pm Suncorp Stadium Grant Atkins 21,224
Newcastle Knights 26 – 22 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday, 16 April, 6:00 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Matt Cecchin 17,039
Melbourne Storm 20 – 4 Sydney Roosters Friday, 16 April, 7:55 pm AAMI Park Adam Gee 15,087
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 36 – 0 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 17 April, 3:00 pm Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium Chris Butler 6,380
South Sydney Rabbitohs 18 – 14 Wests Tigers Saturday, 17 April, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia Gerard Sutton 16,134
Canberra Raiders 10 – 35 Parramatta Eels Saturday, 17 April, 7:35 pm GIO Stadium Ben Cummins 20,089
St. George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 20 New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 18 April, 2:00 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Sutton 11,222
North Queensland Cowboys 30–18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 18 April, 4:05 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Ashley Klein 11,965
Source:[11]
  • Penrith became the first team to win 21 straight regular season games.
  • Penrith won 11 straight away games, the most in NRL history.
  • Jack Hetherington of Canterbury was sent off at the 55th minute mark in the Bulldogs game against North Queensland.
  • The Eels won in Canberra for the first time since 2006.

Round 7 (ANZAC Round)

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Penrith Panthers 24 – 6 Newcastle Knights Thursday, 22 April, 7:50 pm BlueBet Stadium Gerard Sutton 16,110
Gold Coast Titans 30 – 40 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 23 April, 6:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Chris Sutton 17,383
Parramatta Eels 46 – 6 Brisbane Broncos Friday, 23 April, 7:55 pm TIO Stadium Grant Atkins 12,056
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 12 – 18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday, 24 April, 5:30 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Butler 7,420
North Queensland Cowboys 26 – 24 Canberra Raiders Saturday, 24 April, 7:35 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Peter Gough 13,791
Wests Tigers 6 – 40 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Sunday, 25 April, 1:45 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Gee 14,095
Sydney Roosters 34 – 10 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 25 April, 4:05 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Ashley Klein 37,620
Melbourne Storm 42 – 20 New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 25 April, 6:15 pm AAMI Park Matt Cecchin 20,320
Source:[12]
  • The crowd of 12,056 for the Parramatta vs Brisbane match at TIO Stadium is the highest club rugby league match attendance in Darwin's history.[13]
  • Canterbury became the first team to use the 18th man since it was introduced several weeks earlier, after having two players ruled out with concussion during their game against Cronulla.[14]
  • The crowd of 37,620 is the highest crowd for an NRL game during the pandemic and the highest since the 2019 NRL Grand Final.
  • Penrith became the first team to win 22 straight regular season games.

Round 8

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Canberra Raiders 20 – 34 South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 29 April, 7:50 pm GIO Stadium Ben Cummins 14,260
Melbourne Storm 40 – 14 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday, 30 April, 6:00 pm AAMI Park Gerard Sutton 10,069
Brisbane Broncos 36 – 28 Gold Coast Titans Friday, 30 April, 7:55 pm Suncorp Stadium Adam Gee 21,322
Penrith Panthers 28 – 16 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Saturday, 1 May, 3:00 pm Carrington Park Ashley Klein 5,798
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10 – 32 Parramatta Eels Saturday, 1 May, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia Peter Gough 13,273
Newcastle Knights 4 – 38 Sydney Roosters Saturday, 1 May, 7:35 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Matt Cecchin 22,172
New Zealand Warriors 24 – 20 North Queensland Cowboys Sunday, 2 May, 2:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Chris Butler 3,692
St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 16 Wests Tigers Sunday, 2 May, 4:05 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton 12,323
Source:[15]
  • Brisbane recorded their biggest ever comeback after being down 22–0 during the 1st half of their game against the Gold Coast Titans.
  • Penrith became the 4th ever NRL team since the NRL era (1998) to be undefeated after the first 8 games in the season.

Round 9

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 – 50 Melbourne Storm Thursday, 6 May, 7:50 pm Stadium Australia Grant Atkins 7,501
Penrith Panthers 48 – 0 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday, 7 May, 6:00 pm BlueBet Stadium Chris Butler 16,110
Parramatta Eels 31 – 18 Sydney Roosters Friday, 7 May, 7:55 pm Bankwest Stadium Matt Cecchin 25,118
Canberra Raiders 16 – 24 Newcastle Knights Saturday, 8 May, 3:00 pm McDonalds Park Adam Gee 6,642
Wests Tigers 28 – 36 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 8 May, 5:30 pm Campbelltown Stadium Ashley Klein 8,411
North Queensland Cowboys 19 – 18 Brisbane Broncos Saturday, 8 May, 7:35 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Chris Sutton 22,222
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 38 – 32 New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 9 May, 2:00 pm Lottoland Peter Gough 6,726
St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 9 May, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ben Cummins 7,253
Source:[16]
  • South Sydney recorded their worst loss since Round 16, 2006.

Round 10 (Magic Round)

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Wests Tigers 36 – 18 Newcastle Knights Friday, 14 May, 6:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Grant Atkins 31,532
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 50 – 6 Brisbane Broncos Friday, 14 May, 8:05 pm Gerard Sutton 41,367
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 18 – 20 Canberra Raiders Saturday, 15 May, 3:00 pm Chris Butler 30,214
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22 – 32 South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 15 May, 5:30 pm Chris Sutton 42,821
Sydney Roosters 30 – 16 North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 15 May, 7:45 pm Ben Cummins 45,115
New Zealand Warriors 18 – 34 Parramatta Eels Sunday, 16 May, 1:50 pm Ashley Klein 33,175
Melbourne Storm 44 – 18 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 16 May, 4:05 pm Peter Gough 41,983
Gold Coast Titans 12 – 48 Penrith Panthers Sunday, 16 May, 6:25 pm Adam Gee 43,537
Source:[17]

Round 11

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
North Queensland Cowboys 36 – 20 Newcastle Knights Thursday, 20 May, 7:50 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Ashley Klein 11,208
New Zealand Warriors 30 – 26 Wests Tigers Friday, 21 May, 6:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Matt Noyen 7,009
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 13 – 12 St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 21 May, 7:55 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ben Cummins 8,947
Gold Coast Titans 30 – 20 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday, 22 May, 3:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Matt Cecchin 11,315
Sydney Roosters 16 – 34 Brisbane Broncos Saturday, 22 May, 5:30 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Peter Gough 13,186
Canberra Raiders 10 – 34 Melbourne Storm Saturday, 22 May, 7:35 pm GIO Stadium Gerard Sutton 14,120
South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 – 56 Penrith Panthers Sunday, 23 May, 2:00 pm Apex Oval Grant Atkins 10,824
Parramatta Eels 6 – 28 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Sunday, 23 May, 4:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Gee 24,411
Source:[18]
  • Brisbane won their first game outside of Queensland since Round 16, 2019, ending a 13-game losing streak.
  • Penrith became just the 4th side in NSWRL/ARL/NRL history to start a season with 11 wins and no losses. They were also the first side to accomplish this feat since Manly-Warringah in 1995.

Round 12

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Brisbane Broncos 12 – 40 Melbourne Storm Thursday, 27 May, 7:50 pm Suncorp Stadium Ashley Klein 23,600
North Queensland Cowboys 29 – 28 New Zealand Warriors Friday, 28 May, 6:00 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Matt Cecchin 14,951
Wests Tigers 34 – 18 St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 28 May, 7:55 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Gee 9,982
Penrith Panthers 30 – 4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday, 29 May, 3:00 pm BlueBet Stadium Matt Noyen 16,110
South Sydney Rabbitohs 38 – 20 Parramatta Eels Saturday, 29 May, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia Gerard Sutton 20,743
Sydney Roosters 44 – 16 Canberra Raiders Saturday, 29 May, 7:35 pm Central Coast Stadium Grant Atkins 10,113
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 38 – 10 Gold Coast Titans Sunday, 30 May, 2:00 pm C.ex Coffs International Stadium Chris Sutton 7,362
Newcastle Knights 18 – 10 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Sunday, 30 May, 4:05 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Ben Cummins 17,348
Source:[19]

Round 13

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
St George Illawarra Dragons 52 – 24 Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 3 June, 7:50 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Matt Cecchin 5,107
Wests Tigers 26 – 6 Penrith Panthers Friday, 4 June, 7:55 pm Leichhardt Oval Grant Atkins 9,127
Melbourne Storm 20 – 14 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 5 June, 7:35 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Chris Butler 7,630
Newcastle Knights 4 – 40 Parramatta Eels Sunday, 6 June, 4:05 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Adam Gee 23,015
Bye: Canberra Raiders, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, New Zealand Warriors, North Queensland Cowboys, South Sydney Rabbitohs, & Sydney Roosters.
Source:[20]

Round 14

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 50–18 North Queensland Cowboys Friday, 11 June, 6:00 pm 4 Pines Park Adam Gee 6,801
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 19–18 Penrith Panthers Friday, 11 June, 7:55 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Ashley Klein 5,217
Gold Coast Titans 34–35 Sydney Roosters Saturday, 12 June, 3:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Ben Cummins 15,111
South Sydney Rabbitohs 24–10 Newcastle Knights Saturday, 12 June, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia Chris Butler 12,156
Canberra Raiders 38–16 Brisbane Broncos Saturday, 12 June, 7:35 pm GIO Stadium Chris Sutton 9,608
New Zealand Warriors 16–42 Melbourne Storm Sunday, 13 June, 2:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Matt Cecchin 8,105
Parramatta Eels 40–12 Wests Tigers Sunday, 13 June, 4:05 pm Bankwest Stadium Grant Atkins 23,417
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 28-6 St George Illawarra Dragons Monday, 14 June, 4:05 pm Stadium Australia Gerard Sutton 17,382
Source:[21]
  • Penrith's loss to the Sharks marked their first back to back losses since August 23, 2019.

Round 15

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Brisbane Broncos 0 – 46 South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 17 June, 7:50 pm Suncorp Stadium Adam Gee 19,713
North Queensland Cowboys 24 – 26 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Friday, 18 June, 6:00 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Peter Gough 13,926
Penrith Panthers 38 – 12 Sydney Roosters Friday, 18 June, 7:55 pm BlueBet Stadium Ashley Klein 14,406
Newcastle Knights 10 – 6 New Zealand Warriors Saturday, 19 June, 3:00 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Chris Butler 9,975
St George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 20 Canberra Raiders Saturday, 19 June, 5:30 pm WIN Stadium Chris Sutton 9,239
Melbourne Storm 66 – 16 Wests Tigers Saturday, 19 June, 7:35 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Gerard Sutton 5,328
Parramatta Eels 36 – 10 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 20 June, 2:00 pm Bankwest Stadium Matt Cecchin 17,276
Gold Coast Titans 24 – 56 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Sunday, 20 June, 4:05 pm Cbus Super Stadium Grant Atkins 14,408
Source:[22]
  • The Melbourne vs Wests Tigers game was moved from AAMI Park to the Sunshine Coast Stadium due to uncertainty regarding the aftermath of the lockdown in Victoria.[23]

Round 16

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Sydney Roosters 0 – 46 Melbourne Storm Thursday, 1 July, 7:50 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Adam Gee 4,289
New Zealand Warriors 18 – 19 St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 2 July, 6:00 pm Central Coast Stadium Peter Gough 0
Penrith Panthers 13 – 12 Parramatta Eels Friday, 2 July, 7:55 pm BlueBet Stadium Ashley Klein 0
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 – 66 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Saturday, 3 July, 3:00 pm Bankwest Stadium Gerard Sutton 0
Canberra Raiders 6 – 44 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 3 July, 5:30 pm GIO Stadium Matt Cecchin 7,646
Newcastle Knights 38 – 0 North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 3 July, 7:35 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Chris Sutton 7,610
Brisbane Broncos 26 – 18 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 4 July, 2:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Ben Cummins 13,840
Wests Tigers 22 – 38 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday, 4 July, 4:05 pm Leichhardt Oval Grant Atkins 0
Source:[24]
  • Manly's win against Canterbury was their biggest ever.[25]
  • All games in Sydney and the Central Coast were played in front of empty stadiums due to the COVID-19 lockdown in Greater Sydney, the Central Coast, the Blue Mountains and Wollongong regions. In addition, the Sydney Roosters vs Melbourne Storm game was moved from the Sydney Cricket Ground to McDonald Jones Stadium.[26]

Round 17

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16 – 30 Canberra Raiders Thursday, 8 July, 7:50 pm 4 Pines Park Adam Gee 0
South Sydney Rabbitohs 46 – 18 North Queensland Cowboys Friday, 9 July, 7:55 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Matt Cecchin 3,127
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16 – 22 Sydney Roosters Saturday, 10 July, 7:35 pm Bankwest Stadium Adam Gee 0
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 – 12 New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 11 June, 4:05 pm Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Chris Sutton 0
Bye: Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans, Melbourne Storm, Newcastle Knights, Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers, St George Illawarra Dragons & Wests Tigers.
Source:[27]

Round 18

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Gold Coast Titans 8 – 26 Parramatta Eels Friday, 16 July, 6:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Matt Cecchin 15,038
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 32 – 18 St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 16 July, 8:05 pm Adam Gee
North Queensland Cowboys 18 – 34 Sydney Roosters Saturday, 17 July, 3:00 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Ashley Klein 15,933
Canberra Raiders 34 – 18 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday, 17 July, 5:30 pm Cbus Super Stadium Grant Atkins 3,874
Melbourne Storm 48 – 4 Newcastle Knights Saturday, 17 July, 7:35 pm Chris Sutton
New Zealand Warriors 16 – 30 Penrith Panthers Sunday, 18 July, 1:55 pm Suncorp Stadium Chris Butler 24,894
Brisbane Broncos 24 – 42 Wests Tigers Sunday, 18 July, 4:05 pm Gerard Sutton
South Sydney Rabbitohs 32 – 24 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 18 July, 6:15 pm Cbus Super Stadium Ben Cummins 2,979
Source:[28]
  • From round 18, all nine Sydney-based clubs, plus the Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights and New Zealand Warriors were based in Queensland due to the COVID-19 lockdown in Greater Sydney, with the Melbourne Storm also basing themselves on the Sunshine Coast due to a COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne linked to the Sydney cluster.

Round 19

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Parramatta Eels 10 – 12 Canberra Raiders Thursday, 22 July, 7:50 pm Cbus Super Stadium Adam Gee 2,566
Sydney Roosters 28 – 8 Newcastle Knights Friday, 23 July, 6:00 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Gerard Sutton 2,868
North Queensland Cowboys 16 – 20 Melbourne Storm Friday, 23 July, 7:55 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Matt Cecchin 14,924
South Sydney Rabbitohs 60 – 22 New Zealand Warriors Saturday, 24 July, 3:00 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Chris Butler 7,569
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 44 – 24 Wests Tigers Saturday, 24 July, 5:30 pm Suncorp Stadium Ashley Klein 5,761
Penrith Panthers 18 – 12 Brisbane Broncos Saturday, 24 July, 7:35 pm Ben Cummins 8,019
St George Illawarra Dragons 10 – 32 Gold Coast Titans Sunday, 25 July, 1:50 pm Cbus Super Stadium Grant Atkins 4,424
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 – 44 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sunday, 25 July, 4:05 pm Chris Sutton
Source:[29]
  • Both teams were scoreless for the first half in the Eels vs Raiders game. This was the first occurrence of this in an NRL game in two years, with the previous being the Knights vs Sharks game in Round 1, 2019.[30]
  • In the Cowboys vs Storm game, Kyle Feldt and Josh Addo-Carr both scored their 100th tries in their NRL careers for their respective teams, occurring in the 51st and 71st minutes, respectively.[31]

Round 20

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Sydney Roosters 28 – 0 Parramatta Eels Thursday, 29 July, 7:50 pm BB Print Stadium Grant Atkins 4,926
Wests Tigers 16 – 18 New Zealand Warriors Friday, 30 July, 6:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Ben Cummins 12,443
Brisbane Broncos 37 – 18 North Queensland Cowboys Friday, 30 July, 8:05 pm Chris Sutton 29,136
Newcastle Knights 34 – 24 Canberra Raiders Sunday, 1 August, 1:50 pm Suncorp Stadium Adam Gee 0
Melbourne Storm 37 – 10 Penrith Panthers Sunday, 1 August, 4:05 pm Ashley Klein
St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 50 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday, 1 August, 6:25 pm Chris Butler
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6 – 34 Gold Coast Titans Monday, 2 August, 6:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Matt Cecchin 0
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22 – 40 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Monday, 2 August, 8:05 pm Gerard Sutton
Source:[32]
  • BB Print Stadium in Mackay hosted their third ever NRL game, and their first in 8 years, since their last in 2013.[33]
  • Browne Park in Rockhampton and Moreton Daily Stadium in Redcliffe were originally scheduled to host their first ever NRL games for premiership points.[34][35] However, following a lockdown announced on 31 July in South East Queensland due to a COVID-19 outbreak, these games, along with the Bulldogs vs Titans game, were moved to Suncorp Stadium. They were played in front of an empty stadium, with 31 July games moved to 1 August, and 1 August games moved to 2 August.[36]

Round 21

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Newcastle Knights 28 – 20 Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 5 August, 7:50 pm Suncorp Stadium Grant Atkins 0
Canberra Raiders 20 – 12 St George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 6 August, 6:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Chris Sutton 0
Parramatta Eels 12 – 40 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 6 August, 8:05 pm Ashley Klein
New Zealand Warriors 18 – 16 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday, 7 August, 3:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Matt Cecchin 0
Sydney Roosters 14 – 20 Penrith Panthers Saturday, 7 August, 5:30 pm Suncorp Stadium Gerard Sutton 0
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 18 – 28 Melbourne Storm Saturday, 7 August, 7:35 pm Adam Gee
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16 – 28 Wests Tigers Sunday, 8 August, 1:50 pm Cbus Super Stadium Chris Butler 0
Gold Coast Titans 36 – 14 North Queensland Cowboys Sunday, 8 August, 4:05 pm Ben Cummins
Source:[37]

Round 22

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Melbourne Storm 26 – 16 Canberra Raiders Thursday, 12 August, 7:50 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Gerard Sutton 2,523
St George Illawarra Dragons 16 – 34 Penrith Panthers Friday, 13 August, 6:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Ben Cummins 6,653
Brisbane Broncos 20 – 21 Sydney Roosters Friday, 13 August, 8:05 pm Suncorp Stadium Ashley Klein 14,314
South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 – 6 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 14 August, 3:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Adam Gee 4,117
North Queensland Cowboys 16 – 24 Wests Tigers Saturday, 14 August, 5:30 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Chris Sutton 12,663
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 56 – 10 Parramatta Eels Saturday, 14 August, 7:35 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Grant Atkins 3,613
New Zealand Warriors 24 – 10 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 15 August, 1:50 pm Moreton Daily Stadium Peter Gough 3,332
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 – 16 Newcastle Knights Sunday, 15 August, 4:00 pm Moreton Daily Stadium Matt Cecchin 3,954
Source:[40]
  • Moreton Daily Stadium hosted their first ever NRL games for premiership points. It was previously scheduled to host a match in Round 20, however this was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in South East Queensland earlier in the month.
  • In the Storm vs Raiders game, the Storm reached a new club record for the highest number of points in a single season.[41]
  • South Sydney won 10 matches in a row for the first time since 1989.[42]
  • In the Sea Eagles vs Eels game, Reuben Garrick surpassed the Sea Eagles' individual player points record for a single season, previously held by Matthew Ridge at 257 points.[43]

Round 23

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Gold Coast Titans 20 – 34 Melbourne Storm Thursday, 19 August, 7:50 pm Cbus Super Stadium Ben Cummins 8,288
Canberra Raiders 18 – 19 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Friday, 20 August, 6:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Adam Gee 6,181
Penrith Panthers 25 – 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 20 August, 8:05 pm Grant Atkins 8,848
Wests Tigers 20 – 50 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday, 21 August, 3:00 pm Browne Park Gerard Sutton 2,863
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 16 – 22 Newcastle Knights Saturday, 21 August, 5:30 pm Cbus Super Stadium Peter Gough 2,343
Parramatta Eels 32 – 16 North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 21 August, 7:35 pm Ashley Klein 3,013
St George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 40 Sydney Roosters Sunday, 22 August, 2:00 pm Clive Berghofer Stadium Chris Sutton 7,822
Brisbane Broncos 24 – 22 New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 22 August, 4:05 pm Suncorp Stadium Matt Cecchin 18,252
Source:[44]
  • Browne Park hosted their first ever NRL game for premiership points. It was previously scheduled to host a match in Round 20, however this was cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown in South East Queensland earlier in the month.[45]
  • The Storm tied the record for the most consecutive match wins in a single season, equalling the Eastern Suburbs Roosters record of 19 in 1975.[46]

Round 24

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Newcastle Knights 15 – 14 Gold Coast Titans Thursday, 26 August, 7:50 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Grant Atkins 2,107
New Zealand Warriors 16 – 28 Canberra Raiders Friday, 27 August, 6:00 pm BB Print Stadium Ben Cummins 4,079
Sydney Roosters 12 – 54 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 27 August, 7:55 pm Suncorp Stadium Ashley Klein 5,136
St George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 38 North Queensland Cowboys Saturday, 28 August, 3:00 pm Browne Park Peter Gough 4,487
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 – 16 Brisbane Broncos Saturday, 28 August, 5:30 pm Suncorp Stadium Adam Gee 8,618
Melbourne Storm 10 – 22 Parramatta Eels Saturday, 28 August, 7:35 pm Gerard Sutton 10,246
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 36 – 18 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 29 August, 1:50 pm Moreton Daily Stadium Chris Sutton 4,910
Penrith Panthers 30 – 16 Wests Tigers Sunday, 29 August, 4:05 pm Matt Cecchin 5,351
Source:[47]

Round 25

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance
Canberra Raiders 16 – 40 Sydney Roosters Thursday, 2 September, 7:50 pm BB Print Stadium Gerard Sutton 3,473
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 16 – 28 Melbourne Storm Friday, 3 September, 6:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Grant Atkins 8,580
Parramatta Eels 6 – 40 Penrith Panthers Friday, 3 September, 8:05 pm Adam Gee
Brisbane Broncos 35 – 22 Newcastle Knights Saturday, 4 September, 3:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 20,747
North Queensland Cowboys 18 – 46 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Saturday, 4 September, 5:30 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Ben Cummins 14,336
South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16 St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 4 September, 7:35 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Matt Cecchin 3,295
Gold Coast Titans 44 – 0 New Zealand Warriors Sunday, 5 September, 2:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium Ashley Klein 12,532
Wests Tigers 0 – 38 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 5 September, 4:05 pm Moreton Daily Stadium Chris Sutton 3,104
Source:[48]

Finals series

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referees Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Melbourne Storm 40 – 12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 10 September 2021, 7:50 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium Grant Atkins 9,120
Sydney Roosters 25 – 24 Gold Coast Titans 11 September 2021, 5:40 pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium Adam Gee 15,237
Penrith Panthers 10 – 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs 11 September 2021, 7:50 pm Gerard Sutton 18,244
Parramatta Eels 28 – 20 Newcastle Knights 12 September 2021, 4:05 pm Browne Park Ashley Klein 5,087
SEMI FINALS
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 42 – 6 Sydney Roosters 17 September 2021, 7:50 pm BB Print Stadium Gerard Sutton 5,824
Penrith Panthers 8 – 6 Parramatta Eels 18 September 2021, 7:50 pm BB Print Stadium Ashley Klein 6,011
PRELIMINARY FINALS
South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 – 16 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 September 2021, 8:05 pm Suncorp Stadium Ashley Klein 26,249
Melbourne Storm 6 – 10 Penrith Panthers 25 September 2021, 4:00 pm Suncorp Stadium Gerard Sutton 29,011
GRAND FINAL
Penrith Panthers 14 – 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday, 3 October 6:30pm (AEST), 7:30pm (AEDT) Suncorp Stadium Gerard Sutton 39,322
  • Queensland Country Bank Stadium, Sunshine Coast Stadium, Browne Park and BB Print Stadium all hosted their first ever NRL finals matches.
  • Both preliminary finals had altered starting times. The South Sydney vs Manly final was delayed by 15 minutes after Manly were caught in heavy traffic en route to the game,[56] while the Melbourne vs Penrith final was moved from 7:50pm to 4:00pm to avoid a clash with the 2021 AFL Grand Final.[57]

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