List Of All The Winners Of NRL

Australia’s ANZ Stadium in Sydney is all set to host the grand final of NRL on 25th October between Melbourne Storm and Penrith Panthers. Both teams will be facing each other for the time in NRL Grand Final. Here is the winners list of the NRL Grand Final from 1908 to 2024.

NRL is one of the most viewed sporting events in Australia as Rugby is the most populous sport in the country. NRL’s grand final held in 1999 broke the record for attendance at an Australian rugby league game, with 107,999 people attending the match.

Teams from Australia and New Zealand compete each year in the National Rugby League from the month of March- October. This year the league was suspended for a while after Round 2 due to COVID. However, this year there were certain changes such as rounds of matches that were reduced from 24 to 20 matches and it was decided that only 1 referee would be used in a match.

NFL was inaugurated in 1908, however, it started as New South Wales Rugby League and got revamped many times before being renamed to NRL in 1998.

Name	Years
New South Wales Rugby League	1908-1994
Australian Rugby League	1995-1997
Super League	1997
National Rugby League	1998-Present

There were certain years where the grand final was not held instead teams were crowned champions on the basis of their table ranking. However, since 1954 it was made official to hold grand finals each year.

List of NRL Grand Final Winners

Season	Winner	Runner Up	Scorecard
National Rugby League
2020	T.B.D	T.B.D	T.B.D
2019	Sydney Roosters	Canberra Raiders	14 – 8
2018	Sydney Roosters	Melbourne Storm	21 – 6
2017	Melbourne Storm	North Queensland Cowboys	34-6
2016	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Melbourne Storm	14-12
2015	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane Broncos	17-16
2014	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Bulldogs	30 – 6
2013	Sydney Roosters	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	26 – 18
2012	Melbourne Storm	Bulldogs	14 – 4
2011	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	New Zealand Warriors	24-10
2010	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney Roosters	32 – 8
2009	No Winner(Melbourne Storm stripped of their Title)	Parramatta Eels	23 – 16
2008	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Melbourne Storm	40 – 0
2007	No Winner(Melbourne Storm stripped of their Title)	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	34 – 8
2006	Brisbane Broncos	Melbourne Storm	15 – 8
2005	Wests Tigers	North Queensland Cowboys	30 – 16
2004	Bulldogs	Sydney Roosters	16 – 13
2003	Penrith Panthers	Sydney Roosters	18 – 6
2002	Sydney Roosters	New Zealand Warriors	30 – 8
2001	Newcastle Knights	Parramatta Eels	30 – 24
2000	Brisbane Broncos	Sydney Roosters	14 – 6
1999	Melbourne Storm	St. George Illawarra Dragons	20 – 18
1998	Brisbane Broncos	Bulldogs	38 – 12
Super League
1997	Brisbane Broncos	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	26 – 8
Australian Rugby League
1997	Newcastle Knights	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	22 – 16
1996	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	St. George Dragons	20 – 8
1995	Bulldogs	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	17 – 4
New South Wales Rugby League
1994	Canberra Raiders	Bulldogs	36 – 12
1993	Brisbane Broncos	St. George Dragons	14 – 6
1992	Brisbane Broncos	St. George Dragons	28 – 8
1991	Penrith Panthers	Canberra Raiders	19 – 12
1990	Canberra Raiders	Penrith Panthers	18 – 14
1989	Canberra Raiders	Balmain	19 – 14
1988	Bulldogs	Balmain	24 – 12
1987	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Canberra Raiders	18 – 8
1986	Parramatta Eels	Bulldogs	4 – 2
1985	Bulldogs	St. George Dragons	7 – 6
1984	Bulldogs	Parramatta Eels	6 – 4
1983	Parramatta Eels	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	18 – 6
1982	Parramatta Eels	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	21 – 8
1981	Parramatta Eels	Newton Jets	20 – 11
1980	Bulldogs	Sydney Roosters	18 – 4
1979	St. George Dragons	Bulldogs	17 – 13
1978	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	16 – 0
1977	St. George Dragons	Parramatta Eels	22 – 0
1976	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Parramatta Eels	13 – 10
1975	Sydney Roosters	St. George Dragons	38 – 0
1974	Sydney Roosters	Bulldogs	19 – 4
1973	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	10 – 7
1972	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Roosters	19 – 14
1971	South Sydney Rabbitohs	St. George Dragons	16 – 10
1970	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	23 – 12
1969	Balmain	South Sydney Rabbitohs	11 – 2
1968	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	13 – 9
1967	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Bulldogs	12 – 10
1966	St. George Dragons	Balmain	23 – 4
1965	St. George Dragons	South Sydney Rabbitohs	12 – 8
1964	St. George Dragons	Balmain	11 – 6
1963	St. George Dragons	Western Suburbs	8 – 3
1962	St. George Dragons	Western Suburbs	9 – 6
1961	St. George Dragons	Western Suburbs	22 – 0
1960	St. George Dragons	Sydney Roosters	31 – 6
1959	St. George Dragons	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	20 – 0
1958	St. George Dragons	Western Suburbs	20 – 9
1957	St. George Dragons	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	31 – 9
1956	St. George Dragons	Balmain	18 – 12
1955	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Newton Jets	12 – 11
1954	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Newton Jets	23 – 15
1953	South Sydney Rabbitohs	St. George Dragons	31 – 12
1952	Western Suburbs	South Sydney Rabbitohs	22 – 12
1951	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	42 – 14
1950	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Western Suburbs	21 – 15
1949	St. George Dragons	South Sydney Rabbitohs	19 – 12
1948	Western Suburbs	Balmain	8 – 5
1947	Balmain	Bulldogs	13 – 9
1946	Balmain	St. George Dragons	13 – 12
1945	Sydney Roosters	Balmain	22 – 18
1944	Balmain	Newton Jets	12 – 8
1943	Newton Jets	North Sydney	34 – 7
1942	Bulldogs	St. George Dragons	11 – 9
1941	St. George Dragons	Sydney Roosters	31 – 14
1940	Sydney Roosters	Bulldogs	24 – 14
1939	Balmain	South Sydney Rabbitohs	33 – 4
1938	Bulldogs	Sydney Roosters	19 – 6
1937	Sydney Roosters	South Sydney Rabbitohs	No Finals
1936	Sydney Roosters	Balmain	32 – 12
1935	Sydney Roosters	South Sydney Rabbitohs	19 – 3
1934	Western Suburbs	Sydney Roosters	15 – 12
1933	Newton Jets	St. George Dragons	18 – 5
1932	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Western Suburbs	19 – 12
1931	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Roosters	12 – 7
1930	Western Suburbs	St. George Dragons	27 – 2
1929	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Newton Jets	30 – 10
1928	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Roosters	26 – 5
1927	South Sydney Rabbitohs	St. George Dragons	20 – 11
1926	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney University	11 – 5
1925	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Western Suburbs	No Finals
1924	Balmain	South Sydney Rabbitohs	3 – 0
1923	Sydney Roosters	South Sydney Rabbitohs	15 – 12
1922	North Sydney	Glebe Dirty Reds	35 – 3
1921	North Sydney	Sydney Roosters	No Finals
1920	Balmain	South Sydney Rabbitohs	No Finals
1919	Balmain	Sydney Roosters	No Finals
1918	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Western Suburbs	No Finals
1917	Balmain	South Sydney Rabbitohs	No Finals
1916	Balmain	South Sydney Rabbitohs	5 – 3
1915	Balmain	Glebe Dirty Reds	No Finals
1914	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Newton Jets	No Finals
1913	Sydney Roosters	Newton Jets	No Finals
1912	Sydney Roosters	Glebe Dirty Reds	No Finals
1911	Sydney Roosters	Glebe Dirty Reds	11 – 8
1910	Newton Jets	South Sydney Rabbitohs	4 – 4
1909	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Balmain	No Finals
1908	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sydney Roosters	14 – 12

Who Has Won The Most NRL Championship?

The top 5 Successful clubs are as follows

Team	Titles
South Sydney Rabbitohs	21
Sydney Roosters	15
St. George Dragons	15
Balmain	11
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	8

South Sydney Rabbitohs are the most successful team in NRL’s history with 16 titles to their name. However, they have been eliminated from this year’s championship. Sydney Roosters are the defending champions but they will lose their title on 25th to either Melbourne Storm or Penrith Panthers.