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2024 NRL finals series

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2024 NRL finals series
Duration13 September – 6 October 2024
Teams8
Minor premiers Melbourne Storm (6th title)
Matches played9
Broadcast partnersNine Network
Fox League
2025 →

The 2024 National Rugby League finals series will be a tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2024 Telstra Premiership season. The series will be played over four weekends in September and October, culminating in the 2024 NRL Grand Final on 6 October 2024.

The top eight teams from the 2024 NRL season qualified for the finals series. NRL finals series were continuously played under this format since 2012.

Qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Melbourne Storm (M) 24 19 0 5 3 692 449 +243 44 Advance to finals series
2 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 17 0 7 3 580 394 +186 40
3 Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 3 738 463 +275 38
4 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 16 0 8 3 653 431 +222 38
5 North Queensland Cowboys 24 15 0 9 3 657 568 +89 36
6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 14 0 10 3 529 433 +96 34
7 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 13 1 10 3 634 521 +113 33
8 Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 3 470 510 −40 30
9 Canberra Raiders 24 12 0 12 3 474 601 −127 30
10 Dolphins 24 11 0 13 3 577 578 −1 28
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 11 0 13 3 508 634 −126 28
12 Brisbane Broncos 24 10 0 14 3 537 607 −70 26
13 New Zealand Warriors 24 9 1 14 3 512 574 −62 25
14 Gold Coast Titans 24 8 0 16 3 488 656 −168 22
15 Parramatta Eels 24 7 0 17 3 561 716 −155 20
16 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 7 0 17 3 494 682 −188 20
17 Wests Tigers 24 6 0 18 3 463 750 −287 18
Source: National Rugby League
(M) J. J. Giltinan Shield winners; (P) Premiers

Finals structure

The system used for the 2024 NRL finals series is a final eight system. The top four teams in the eight receive the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team loses in the first week it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight play knock-out games – only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home ground advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks and to the qualifying final winners in the third week.

In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final.[1]

Fixtures

Bracket

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
13/14/15 September – Melbourne
1 Melbourne Storm
420/21 September – TBD
13/14/15 September – TBD27/28 September – TBD
5
86 October – Sydney
13/14/15 September – TBD27/28 September – TBD
6
720/21 September – TBD
13/14/15 September – TBD
2
3


Matches

Fourth week: Grand final

References

  1. ^ "NRL finals format explained: How do the NRL finals work?". The Roar. Retrieved 18 September 2020.