The 2023 NRL season was the 116th of professional rugby league in Australia and the 26th season run by the National Rugby League.
Attendance data is compiled from both the NRL and Austadiums websites.
Regular season
Round 1
March 2-5
Round 2
March 9-12
Round 3 (Multicultural Round)
March 16-19
- The Bulldogs-Tigers fixture at Belmore was a sellout.
Round 4
March 23-26
- The sellout crowd of 51,047 is the biggest regular season crowd (excluding double headers) in Suncorp Stadium's history, the biggest regular season crowd in Brisbane since round 22, 1995, and the biggest regular NRL season crowd since round 26, 2013.
Round 5
March 30-April 2
- The Manly Newcastle game is the tied 4th highest drawn game ever, and the first draw in nearly 3 years.
Round 6 (Easter Round)
April 6-10
Round 7
April 13-16
- The Newcastle vs Penrith match was the 150th golden point NRL match since its introduction to decide drawn matches in 2003.
- The Warriors-Cowboys and Titans-Broncos games were both sellouts
April 20-25
- The Dolphins recorded their biggest ever comeback to date after being 26 points down against Gold Coast at the 28 minute mark to win 28âÂÂ26. It is also the Titan's worst collapse to date. This comeback was also the equal largest comeback in NRL record and the first time a team came back from 26 points behind to win since 1998.
Round 9
April 27-30
- The Wests Tigers ended their club record 12 game losing streak dating back to round 21, 2022 with their win over Penrith.
- New Zealand Warriors are the first team to be held scoreless in a game this season.
May 5-7
Round 11
May 11-14
- Anthony Griffin coached his last game as coach for St George Illawarra as he was sacked after their loss to North Queensland.
- The Sharks beat Manly at their home ground for the second time in a row, the first time this has occurred in their history.
Round 12 (Indigenous Round)
May 18-21
- St George Illawarra defeated the Roosters outside of ANZAC Day for the first time since the 2010 Grand Final.
- Wests Tigers scored the most points in a single game in their club history.
Round 13
May 25-28
- Canberra Raiders player Corey Harawira-Naera suffered a seizure in the 65th minute halting play for more than 10 minutes.
Round 14
June 2-4
- The Cowboys 45 points was the highest score that Melbourne conceded since round 20, 2003.
Round 15
June 8-12
- The crowd of 21,082 was the highest regular season crowd at Canberra Stadium since round 25, 2006.
- The Dolphins recorded their biggest loss to date in their 40 point loss to Manly.
Round 16
June 16-18
- Alex Twal scored his first try in the NRL breaking a 116 game drought
Round 17
June 23-25
Round 18
June 29-July 2
- North Queensland recorded their highest ever score.
- North Queensland's score of 74 points was the highest by any team since round 22, 2008 as well as equal 3rd highest overall and the equal highest since the value of tries was increased to 4 points in 1983.
- North Queensland recorded the biggest win by any club since round 6, 1935.
- Valentine Holmes broke two Cowboys club records with the most points in a match with 30 points (2 tries and 11 goals) as well as the most goals in a match.
- Wests Tigers recorded their biggest ever loss.
- Newcastle recorded their biggest ever win as well as their highest score since round 2, 2006.
- Canterbury recorded their equal 3rd biggest loss.
- The New Zealand-Souths, Brisbane-Dolphins and Manly-Sydney games were all sold out.
Round 19
July 6-9
Round 20
July 14-16
Round 21
July 20-23
Round 22
July 27-30
- With his 140th try, Daniel Tupou broke the Sydney Roosters all-time try scoring record.
- Starting with the Broncos-Roosters game, all teams have covered the NRL logo on there jersey in an attempt to boycott the NRL.
- Manly Captain Daly Cherry-Evans Played his 300th NRL Game Against the St George Illawarra Dragons.
- Cameron McInnes Made a total of 81 tackles, which is the most tackles made by a player in a single game in the NRL-era. The old record was 78 tackles by Micheal Luck back in 2009.
Round 23
August 3-6
Round 24
August 10-13
- Adam Reynolds became the second player in NRL history to kick 1,000 career goals.
- By failing to score a try for the first time since Round 16 in 2013, Canberra Raiders streak of scoring a try a game ended at 252 games, a NRL record.
Round 25
August 17-20
- Go Media Stadium was temporarily renamed Daniel Anderson Stadium for one day only in this round as a fundraiser for the former New Zealand Warriors coach who became an incomplete quadriplegic after a bodysurfing accident in 2022.
Round 26
August 24-27
Round 27
August 31-September 3
- South Sydney became the first team since the introduction of the top 8 finals system to miss the finals after leading the competition after 11 rounds.
- Ben Cummins refereed his record 433rd and final match.
- With a total of 190,830 spectators attending across the eight games, this was the second-highest attended round in premiership history.
Finals series
- Brisbane ended a 14 game losing streak against Melbourne. It was also their first victory over Melbourne at Suncorp Stadium since round 2, 2009 and the first time Brisbane kept their opponents scoreless in a final.
- Scores in the Newcastle-Canberra were level at full-time, a penalty goal in the second of two 5-min extra time periods winning the game for Newcastle.
- The Preliminary Final crowd at Brisbane vs New Zealand broke the record for the highest crowd for a stand alone NRL game at Suncorp Stadium and is Brisbane's highest crowd in the city since the 1997 Super League Grand Final.
- Penrith recorded the biggest Grand Final comeback in history, coming back from 16 points down at the 56 minute mark to win, beating the Storm's 14 point comeback in 1999.
- Penrith became the first team in the NRL era to win three consecutive premierships and the first since Parramatta in 1981, 1982 and 1983.
Bracket
Stadiums used
References
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