2020 NRL season

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2020 National Rugby League
Teams 16
Premiers Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm (4th title)
Minor premiers Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers (3rd title)
Matches played 169
Points scored 7,092 (total)
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Attendance 671,412[lower-alpha 1] (total)
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Top point scorer(s) South Sydney colours.svg Adam Reynolds (221)
Top try scorer(s) South Sydney colours.svg Alex Johnston (23)

The 2020 NRL season was the 113th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 23rd season run by the National Rugby League.

Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 14th consecutive year.

Colours Club Season Home ground(s) Head coach Captain(s)
Brisbane colours.svg
 Brisbane Broncos 33rd season Suncorp Stadium Anthony Seibold → Peter Gentle (interim)[1] Alex Glenn[2]
Canberra colours.svg
 Canberra Raiders 39th season GIO Stadium Canberra, Campbelltown Stadium1 Ricky Stuart Jarrod Croker & Josh Hodgson
Canterbury colours.svg
 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 86th season ANZ Stadium & Bankwest Stadium[3] Dean Pay → Steve Georgallis (interim)[4] Josh Jackson
Cronulla colours.svg
 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 54th season Netstrata Jubilee Stadium,[5] Bankwest Stadium1 John Morris Wade Graham
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg
 Gold Coast Titans 14th season Cbus Super Stadium, Suncorp Stadium1 Justin Holbrook[6] Kevin Proctor
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg
 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 71st season Lottoland, Central Coast Stadium1 Des Hasler Daly Cherry-Evans
Melbourne colours.svg
 Melbourne Storm 23rd season AAMI Park, Sunshine Coast Stadium2 Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith
Newcastle colours.svg
 Newcastle Knights 33rd season McDonald Jones Stadium, Central Coast Stadium1 Adam O'Brien[7] Mitchell Pearce
Auckland colours.svg
 New Zealand Warriors 26th season Central Coast Stadium3 Stephen Kearney → Todd Payten (interim)[8] Roger Tuivasa-Sheck
File:North Queensland colours.svg
 North Queensland Cowboys 26th season Queensland Country Bank Stadium[9] Paul Green → Josh Hannay (interim)[10] Michael Morgan
Parramatta colours.svg
 Parramatta Eels 74th season Bankwest Stadium Brad Arthur Clint Gutherson
Panthers colours.svg
 Penrith Panthers 54th season Panthers Stadium, Campbelltown Stadium1 Ivan Cleary James Tamou
South Sydney colours.svg
 South Sydney Rabbitohs 111th season ANZ Stadium & Bankwest Stadium[11] Wayne Bennett Adam Reynolds[12]
St. George colours.svg
 St. George Illawarra Dragons 22nd season Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, WIN Stadium, Campbelltown Stadium1 Paul McGregor → Dean Young (interim)[13] Cameron McInnes[14]
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
 Sydney Roosters 113th season Sydney Cricket Ground, Bankwest Stadium1 Trent Robinson Jake Friend & Boyd Cordner
Wests Tigers colours.svg
 Wests Tigers 21st season Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Stadium, Bankwest Stadium Michael Maguire Moses Mbye & Benji Marshall[15]
Notes
1 Used as a home ground between Rounds 3–7 due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2 Used as a home ground between Rounds 10–19 due to the spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria.
3 Used as a home ground for the 2020 season due to travel restrictions between Australia and New Zealand.

Pre-season

The pre-season featured a returning Nines competition held at HBF Park in Perth on 14 & 15 February, replacing the competition previously held in Auckland.[16] The All Stars match was played on 22 February at Cbus Super Stadium, returning to the contest's original venue.[17] The 2020 World Club Challenge saw the NRL premiers Sydney Roosters defeat the Super League champions St. Helens, making them the first club to win consecutive World Club Challenges.

Regular season

The NRL had announced that the Grand Final would be hosted at the Sydney Cricket Ground while the main venue for the decider, ANZ Stadium, underwent an $810m redevelopment.[18] This would have been the first Grand Final to be played at the SCG since 1987. The redevelopment was however scrapped due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[19] meaning that the Grand Final would be again played at ANZ Stadium.[20]

State of Origin was played in Adelaide for the first time, with Game 1 of the 2020 series played at Adelaide Oval.[21]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

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See also: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rugby league

The 2020 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020, one day prior to the scheduled start of the premiership season. Restrictions imposed by the different state governments related to social distancing, lockdowns of non-essential services which lasted for three months across the country, and border controls for interstate and international travel, all had significant effects on the completion of the 2020 season.

Fixture

Prior to the recommencement of the season, the NRL announced the fixture would be shortened from 24 matches per team to 20 (including the two rounds already played prior to the season suspension), which each team playing each other once, and an additional five teams for a second time. The season had commenced on 12 March as originally scheduled; but as restrictions, followed for periods of formal quarantine, were introduced on interstate travel, the season was suspended after round two.

The round two match between the Sydney Roosters and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, which was originally meant to be played at Central Coast Stadium, was shifted to Leichhardt Oval.[22]

The new draw was released on 21 May, with just six venues used between Rounds 3 to 7.[23] The Warriors moved to Gosford to play at Central Coast Stadium, the Titans played home games at Suncorp Stadium with the Broncos, and the NSW teams and Canberra were divided between Bankwest Stadium, Campbelltown Stadium, and Central Coast Stadium in a way that no stadium hosts more than one match in a day. The Cowboys and Storm continued to host games at their normal home grounds, Queensland Country Bank Stadium and AAMI Park respectively. From round eight, all teams bar the Storm and Warriors were permitted to return to their home grounds;[24] in the Storm's case, a second wave of COVID-19 cases in Victoria forced the team to evacuate the state and set up camp on the Sunshine Coast, the home of their netball sister side the Sunshine Coast Lightning, for an indefinite period.[25]

Opening round

The first round of play continued almost unimpeded, although crowd numbers were impacted by fears surrounding the virus.[26]

International restrictions on travel made in New Zealand, whereby all arrivals would be required to self-isolate for two weeks, resulted in the New Zealand Warriors temporarily setting up base in Kingscliff, New South Wales, having already come to Australia to play their Round 1 match. Their Round 2 game against Canberra was played at Cbus Super Stadium on the Gold Coast, instead of at the Warriors' home ground in Auckland.[27]

Crowds

Government restrictions on gatherings meant that, starting in Round 2, crowds were locked out of senior NRL matches for the first time in the code's history.[28] State governments gradually allowed crowds, often small and restricted in size, into games, starting immediately from Round 5 in New South Wales, and from Round 6 in Queensland.[29][24]

Season suspension

During Round 2, speculation that the season would be suspended, if not cancelled, grew. Circumstances surrounding the virus were evolving at a rapid rate, and the future beyond Round 2 was unknown. Many ideas to ensure the season could continue, including moving all players and matches to a single location in Central Queensland where they could continue to play in self-isolation.[30]

On 23 March, the NRL suspended the season indefinitely for the first time in the competition's history, in response to tightening government restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19.[31] In the following weeks, matches that were scheduled to be played at regional venues were cancelled, as was the Magic Round.[32][33][34][35]

Season resumption

On 9 April, the NRL announced its intentions to restart the competition on 28 May, with most details still to be determined.[36] The decision was one of three recommendations to come out of Project Apollo, which was created by the NRL's innovations committee to analyse potential solutions to restart the season. The other recommendations included ensuring that a full State of Origin series be played, and keeping with a one-match grand final. However, the NRL required Federal and State governments, as well as broadcasters Fox and Nine, on board with the plan. The structure of the restarted season would also largely depend on what government restrictions were in place by the end of May.[37]

By 22 April, the NRL had obtained government approval to restart the season on 28 May.[38] On 28 April 2020, the NRL announced that the competition would be a 20-round competition, which would allow each team to play each other once with 5 extra fixtures. Points earned in the first two rounds were still counted. State of Origin was played in November after the season's conclusion, while the Grand Final was played on 25 October at ANZ Stadium.[39]

During late April and early May, general government restrictions began to ease in Australia due to successful efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19. The Queensland State Government allowed the three Queensland-based sides to train and play at home; this meant they did not have to base themselves in New South Wales.[40] The Melbourne Storm were forced to move to Albury in NSW to begin their training, with Victoria's government waiting longer to begin easing restrictions, but were able to return to AAMI Park the following week.[41] On 2 May, the New Zealand Warriors were permitted by both Federal governments to enter Australia the following day. They entered two weeks of self-isolation in the regional city of Tamworth, where they were permitted to train to avoid any unfair disadvantage.[42] International travel restrictions meant the side had to remain in Australia for an indefinite period of time, however talks of a Trans-Tasman 'bubble', in which travel between Australia and New Zealand would be exclusively permitted, left the possibility open for the Warriors to return to New Zealand and play home matches there later in the season;[43] however, this did not eventuate.

Despite the border between New South Wales and Queensland remaining closed to the public for most of the season, all NRL teams were exempt from the travel ban for the purpose of playing matches, with the New South Wales-based teams plus the Canberra Raiders and New Zealand Warriors travelling to and from Queensland on game day instead of staying overnight, and the three Queensland-based clubs plus the Melbourne Storm making the same trip in reverse (that is, travelling to and from Sydney or Canberra on game day).[44]

In late June, the Melbourne Storm were forced to relocate away from Victoria after a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in the state.[45] Their round seven match against the New Zealand Warriors was played at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Sydney; the match was notable as following the game Cameron Smith, Craig Bellamy and Ryan Hoffman all went into the Warriors' rooms to thank and acknowledge the sacrifices they made by moving to Australia during the COVID pandemic.[46] Following that, the Storm relocated to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, where they played their remaining home games out of Suncorp Stadium and Sunshine Coast Stadium, as well as finals at the former venue.[47] By the time the Storm won the Premiership, they had been away from their home in Victoria for four months.

Club medical restrictions

During the pandemic, the NRL brought in strict new biosecurity measures to protect those in the game, including a code-wide request that players be vaccinated against the common flu, as "any player that has any respiratory illness... potentially will take the whole team out."[48][49] The NSW Government did not enforce the compulsory vaccination agreement,[49] whereas the Queensland Government stood by the vaccination measures previously agreed to by the NRL that 100% of players would be flu-vaccinated prior to the competition restarting.[50] Only players who had been vaccinated, or had genuine medical grounds exempting them, were permitted to play or train in Queensland.[51]

Rule changes

It was announced that the remainder of the games would be played with just one referee.[52] The referees threatened to strike as a result of this.[53] However, an agreement was reached on 22 May for the one-ref system to be used.[54]

Results

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See also: 2020 NRL season results
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 F1 F2 F3 GF
Brisbane Broncos NQL
7		 SOU
4		 PAR
28		 SYD
59		 MAN
2		 NEW
21		 GCT
18		 NZL
10		 CBY
18		 WTI
48		 MEL
38		 CRO
10		 SOU
18		 CAN
28		 SGI
4		 SYD
46		 PEN
13		 GCT
12		 PAR
14		 NQL
16
Canberra Raiders GCT
18		 NZL
14		 MEL
16		 NEW
16		 WTI
8		 MAN
8		 PAR
1*		 SGI
6		 MEL
6		 SYD
4		 SOU
6		 NQL
2		 PEN
16		 BRI
28		 GCT
20		 CBY
14		 SYD
12		 SGI
29		 NZL
12		 CRO
10		 CRO
12		 SYD
4		 MEL
20
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs PAR
6		 NQL
8		 MAN
26		 SGI
20		 SYD
36		 CRO
2		 WTI
28		 SOU
16		 BRI
18		 SGI
6		 NEW
6		 PAR
2		 MEL
31		 WTI
1		 NZL
6		 CAN
14		 GCT
4		 MAN
12		 SOU
10		 PEN
42
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks SOU
4		 MEL
2		 WTI
12		 NQL
10		 SGI
14		 CBY
2		 MAN
18		 GCT
30		 PEN
32		 NZL
36		 SGI
4		 BRI
10		 PAR
2		 GCT
12		 PEN
26		 NQL
16		 NEW
28		 NZL
8		 SYD
16		 CAN
10		 CAN
12
Gold Coast Titans CAN
18		 PAR
40		 NQL
30		 WTI
5		 SOU
20		 SGI
12		 BRI
18		 CRO
30		 NZL
4		 MEL
36		 PEN
8		 SYD
6		 NQL
20		 CRO
12		 CAN
20		 SGI
4		 CBY
4		 BRI
12		 MAN
18		 NEW
30
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles MEL
14		 SYD
1		 CBY
26		 PAR
3		 BRI
2		 CAN
8		 CRO
18		 NEW
2		 SGI
30		 PAR
4		 NQL
12		 PEN
30		 NZL
4		 NEW
2		 SOU
40		 MEL
24		 WTI
2		 CBY
12		 GCT
18		 NZL
12
Melbourne Storm MAN
14		 CRO
2		 CAN
16		 SOU
14		 NEW
14		 PEN
7		 NZL
44		 SYD
2*		 CAN
6		 GCT
36		 BRI
38		 NEW
10		 CBY
31		 SYD
18		 PAR
14		 MAN
24		 SOU
6		 NQL
16		 WTI
28		 SGI
8		 PAR
12		 X CAN
20		 PEN
6
Newcastle Knights NZL
20		 WTI
18		 PEN
0*		 CAN
16		 MEL
14		 BRI
21		 NQL
12		 MAN
2		 PAR
6		 SOU
2		 CBY
6		 MEL
10		 WTI
40		 MAN
2		 NQL
12		 NZL
30		 CRO
28		 SYD
30		 SGI
24		 GCT
30		 SOU
26
New Zealand Warriors NEW
20		 CAN
14		 SGI
18		 PEN
26		 NQL
11		 SOU
28		 MEL
44		 BRI
10		 GCT
4		 CRO
36		 SYD
8		 WTI
6		 MAN
4		 PEN
6		 CBY
6		 NEW
30		 PAR
6		 CRO
8		 CAN
12		 MAN
12
North Queensland Cowboys BRI
7		 CBY
8		 GCT
30		 CRO
10		 NZL
11		 WTI
16		 NEW
12		 PAR
38		 SYD
26		 PEN
12		 MAN
12		 CAN
2		 GCT
20		 SOU
1		 NEW
12		 CRO
16		 SGI
1*		 MEL
16		 PEN
20		 BRI
16
Parramatta Eels CBY
6		 GCT
40		 BRI
28		 MAN
3		 PEN
6		 SYD
14		 CAN
1*		 NQL
38		 NEW
6		 MAN
4		 WTI
10		 CBY
2		 CRO
2		 SGI
2		 MEL
14		 SOU
38		 NZL
6		 PEN
18		 BRI
14		 WTI
4		 MEL
12		 SOU
14
Penrith Panthers SYD
6		 SGI
4		 NEW
0*		 NZL
26		 PAR
6		 MEL
7		 SOU
8		 WTI
7		 CRO
32		 NQL
12		 GCT
8		 MAN
30		 CAN
16		 NZL
6		 CRO
26		 WTI
24		 BRI
13		 PAR
18		 NQL
20		 CBY
42		 SYD
1		 X SOU
4		 MEL
6
South Sydney Rabbitohs CRO
4		 BRI
4		 SYD
16		 MEL
14		 GCT
20		 NZL
28		 PEN
8		 CBY
16		 WTI
8		 NEW
2		 CAN
6		 SGI
8		 BRI
18		 NQL
1		 MAN
40		 PAR
38		 MEL
6		 WTI
2		 CBY
10		 SYD
52		 NEW
26		 PAR
14		 PEN
4
St. George Illawarra Dragons WTI
10		 PEN
4		 NZL
18		 CBY
20		 CRO
14		 GCT
12		 SYD
14		 CAN
6		 MAN
30		 CBY
6		 CRO
4		 SOU
8		 SYD
8		 PAR
2		 BRI
4		 GCT
4		 NQL
1*		 CAN
29		 NEW
24		 MEL
8
Sydney Roosters PEN
6		 MAN
1		 SOU
16		 BRI
59		 CBY
36		 PAR
14		 SGI
14		 MEL
2*		 NQL
26		 CAN
4		 NZL
8		 GCT
6		 SGI
8		 MEL
18		 WTI
22		 BRI
46		 CAN
12		 NEW
30		 CRO
16		 SOU
52		 PEN
1		 CAN
4
Wests Tigers SGI
10		 NEW
18		 CRO
12		 GCT
5		 CAN
8		 NQL
16		 CBY
28		 PEN
7		 SOU
8		 BRI
48		 PAR
10		 NZL
6		 NEW
40		 CBY
1		 SYD
22		 PEN
24		 MAN
2		 SOU
2		 MEL
28		 PAR
4
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 F1 F2 F3 GF

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

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Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
  • Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2 4 5 7 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm (P) 2 4 4 6 8 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 30 32 32
3 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 22 24 24 26 26 28 30
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 26 28 28
5 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 22 24 26 28
6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 22 24
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2 4 5 7 7 9 9 11 11 13 13 13 15 17 19 19 21 21 23 23
8 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 18 18 20 20 20
9 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 12 14 16 18
10 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 0 0 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 16
11 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2 2 4 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 14 14 14 14
12 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 4 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 14
13 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 0 2 4 4 6 8 8 8 8 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14
14 File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 0 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 10
15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6
16 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Finals series

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Main article: 2020 NRL Finals Series
Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referees Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 29 – 28 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2 October 2020, 7:50 pm Panthers Stadium Gerard Sutton 7,209
Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 32 – 20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 3 October 2020, 5:40 pm GIO Stadium Canberra Grant Atkins 9,602
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 36 – 24 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 3 October 2020, 7:50 pm Suncorp Stadium Ashley Klein 16,238
South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 46 – 20 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 4 October 2020, 4:05 pm ANZ Stadium Ben Cummins 17,212
SEMI FINALS
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 18 – 22 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 9 October 2020, 7:55 pm Sydney Cricket Ground Ashley Klein 18,110
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24 – 38 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 October 2020, 7:50 pm Bankwest Stadium Gerard Sutton 14,510
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 30 – 10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 16 October 2020, 7:50 pm Suncorp Stadium Ashley Klein 37,112
Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 20 – 16 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 17 October 2020, 7:50 pm ANZ Stadium Gerard Sutton 30,116

Chart

2020 NRL Finals Series

Grand Final

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Main article: 2020 NRL Grand Final
Sunday, 25 October
19:40 AEDT (UTC+11)
Penrith Panthers Panthers colours.svg 20 – 26 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Try: 4
To'o Try 52'
Crichton Try 68'
Mansour Try 71'
Cleary Try 79'
Goal: 2
Cleary Kick 53', 69' (2/3)
 Report Try: 4
Olam Try (penalty) 3'
Vunivalu Try 30'
C Smith Try 39'
Papenhuzen Try 45'
Goal: 5
C Smith Kick 4', pen 22', pen 26', 31', 40' (5/6)
Sin Bins: 2
Hughes 70'
B Smith 79'
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 37,303[55]
Referee/s: Gerard Sutton


Player statistics and records

The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 20.

2020 Transfers

Players

Source:[56]

Player 2019 Club 2020 Club
Shaun Fensom Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Retirement
Matt Gillett Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Retirement
Andrew McCullough Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Kodi Nikorima Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
James Roberts Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
James Segeyaro Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suspension[57]
Jaydn Su'A Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Luke Bateman Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Hiatus
Ata Hingano Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Mackay Cutters (Intrust Super Cup)
Joseph Leilua Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Aidan Sezer Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders File:Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Fa'amanu Brown Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs N/A
Danny Fualalo Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs N/A
Corey Harawira-Naera Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Michael Lichaa Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs N/A
Rhyse Martin Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs File:Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Jayden Brailey Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
Jayson Bukuya Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Kurt Capewell Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Sosaia Feki Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Castleford colours.svg Super League: Castleford Tigers
Paul Gallen Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
Aaron Gray Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks N/A
Josh Morris Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Matt Prior Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks File:Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Michael Gordon Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
Ryley Jacks Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Max King Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Leilani Latu Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans File:Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Brenko Lee Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
Will Matthews Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Retirement
Jack Stockwell Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Burleigh Bears (Intrust Super Cup)
Kallum Watkins Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Redscolours.svg Super League: Salford Red Devils
Kane Elgey Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Trent Hodkinson Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Retirement
Apisai Koroisau Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Lloyd Perrett Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (Intrust Super Cup)
Kelepi Tanginoa Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles File:Wcatscolours.svg Super League: Wakefield Trinity
Will Chambers Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Suntory Sungoliath (Japanese rugby union)
Brodie Croft Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Curtis Scott Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Joe Stimson Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Jamie Buhrer Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Retirement
James Gavet Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights File:Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Shaun Kenny-Dowall Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights HKRcolours.svg Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Danny Levi Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Jesse Ramien Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Blake Ayshford Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Retirement
Solomone Kata Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors ACT Brumbies (Super Rugby)
Sam Lisone Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Issac Luke Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Ligi Sao Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Kurt Baptiste File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Eastern Suburbs Tigers (Intrust Super Cup)
Scott Bolton File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Javid Bowen File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Northern Pride (Intrust Super Cup)
Jordan Kahu File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Nene Macdonald File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Te Maire Martin File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys N/A
Matt Scott File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
Josh Hoffman Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup)
Tim Mannah Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Retirement
Manu Ma'u Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Tepai Moeroa Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels New South Wales Waratahs (Super Rugby)
Waqa Blake Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Reagan Campbell-Gillard Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Wayde Egan Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
Tyrell Fuimaono Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tim Grant Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Retirement
Sione Katoa Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
James Maloney Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Frank Winterstein Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers Toulouse Olympique
George Burgess South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs File:Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors
Sam Burgess South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Adam Doueihi South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Greg Inglis South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs N/A
John Sutton South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
Kyle Turner South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Hiatus
Mitchell Allgood St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Broncoscolours.png London Broncos (Championship)
James Graham St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons File:Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens
Patrick Kaufusi St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Townsville Blackhawks (Intrust Super Cup)
Tim Lafai St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Jeremy Latimore St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
Luciano Leilua St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
Lachlan Maranta St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Wynnum-Manly Seagulls (Intrust Super Cup)
Gareth Widdop St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons File:Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves
Cooper Cronk Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Retirement
Latrell Mitchell Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
Zane Tetevano Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers
Robbie Farah Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Retirement
Mahe Fonua Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Hullcolours.svg Super League: Hull F.C.
Esan Marsters Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Ryan Matterson Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Ben Matulino Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Retirement
Corey Thompson Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Brayden Wiliame Catalanscolours.svg Super League: Catalans Dragons St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Matt Frawley File:Giantscolours.svg Super League: Huddersfield Giants Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Trent Merrin File:Rhinoscolours.svg Super League: Leeds Rhinos St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons
Bryson Goodwin File:Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
George Williams File:Wigancolours.svg Super League: Wigan Warriors Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
Ben Te'o Sunwolves (Super Rugby) Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos
Valentine Holmes New York Jets (NFL) File:North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
Young Tonumaipea Hiatus Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Zane Musgrove N/A Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers

Loan moves

Player Home club → Loan club Dates Pld Ref
Harry Grant Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 21 March – 26 October
(Round 3 – end of season)		 15 [58]
Paul Momirovski Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 21 March – 26 October
(Round 3 – end of season)		 6 [58]
Poasa Faamausili Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 31 May – 27 June
(Rounds 4 – 8)		 4 [59]
Jack Hetherington Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 28 June – 7 August
(Rounds 8 – 13)		 6 [60]
George Jennings Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 July – 13 August
(Rounds 12 – 18)		 6 [61][62]
Daniel Alvaro Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 July – 13 August
(Rounds 12 – 18)		 6 [61][62]
Albert Hopoate Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 14 August – 24 August 0[lower-alpha 2] [63][64]

Coaches

Coach 2019 Club 2020 Club
Justin Holbrook File:Saintscolours.svg Super League: St. Helens Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans

Notes

  1. ↑ Not all attendances were tallied up for the 2020 season, as such the figure is the total from known and provided crowd numbers.
  2. ↑ Hopoate's month-long loan spell ended prematurely after he was recalled by Manly before making his Warriors debut.

References

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