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2013 NRL season

Summary

The 2013 NRL season was the 106th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia. The National Rugby League's main competition, named the 2013 Telstra Premiership after major sponsors Telstra Corporation, was contested by sixteen teams during the regular season, which lasted from March to September, and resulted in the top eight finishing teams, who went on to contest the finals. The season culminated in the Grand Final, in which the Sydney Roosters defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26-18 to win their first NRL premiership since 2002.

2013 National Rugby League
DurationMarch 7 – October 6, 2013
Teams16
Premiers Sydney Roosters (13th title)
Minor premiers Sydney Roosters (17th title)
Matches played201
Points scored8210
Average attendance16,643
Attendance3,345,248
Top points scorer(s) James Maloney (252)
Player of the year Cooper Cronk (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) David Williams (20)
Jorge Taufua (20)
Michael Jennings (20)
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The NRL season started with the 2013 NRL All Stars match, which was played in February. The 2013 Holden Cup, the NRL's Under-20s competition, also took place alongside the Premiership, with most matches held before the first grade competition. The Parramatta Eels picked up the wooden spoon for the second consecutive season after winning only five matches for the season.

Season summary edit

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks supplements saga edit

The 2013 NRL season was marred by a major investigation involving the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks' supplements program, which was alleged to have taken place during the 2011 season. Following an almost year-long investigation by ASADA and the NRL, a series of penalties were applied on the club, including, among others, the 12-month suspension of Shane Flanagan as the club's head coach, as well as a $1,000,000 fine (with $400,000 suspended) and the deregistration of Trent Elkin as the club's trainer.[1]

Despite the off-field controversy, the Sharks were still able to reach the NRL finals for the second consecutive year, losing to eventual grand finalists Manly in the second week.

Teams edit

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 7th consecutive year. A report conducted by Brand Finance valued the Penrith Panthers club at $46.2m, the highest of any Australian sporting brand, while the Brisbane Broncos had the highest brand equity.[2]

Colours Club Season Stadium Head coach Captain(s)
 
 Brisbane Broncos 26th season Suncorp Stadium Anthony Griffin Sam Thaiday
 
 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 79th season ANZ Stadium Des Hasler Michael Ennis
 
 Canberra Raiders 32nd season Canberra Stadium David Furner→Andrew Dunemann Terry Campese
 
 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 47th season Remondis Stadium Shane Flanagan Peter Sharp (interim) Paul Gallen
 
 Gold Coast Titans 7th season Skilled Park John Cartwright Nate Myles & Greg Bird
 
 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 64th season Brookvale Oval Geoff Toovey Jamie Lyon & Jason King
 
 Melbourne Storm 16th season AAMI Park Craig Bellamy Cameron Smith
 
 Newcastle Knights 26th season Hunter Stadium Wayne Bennett Kurt Gidley→Jarrod Mullen
 
 New Zealand Warriors 19th season Mt Smart Stadium Matthew Elliott Simon Mannering
 
 North Queensland Cowboys 19th season Dairy Farmers Stadium Neil Henry Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
 
 Parramatta Eels 67th season Parramatta Stadium Ricky Stuart Reni Maitua & Jarryd Hayne
 
 Penrith Panthers 47th season Centrebet Stadium Ivan Cleary Kevin Kingston
 
 St. George Illawarra Dragons 15th season WIN Jubilee Oval
WIN Stadium 		Steve Price Ben Creagh
 
 South Sydney Rabbitohs 104th season ANZ Stadium Michael Maguire John Sutton
 
 Sydney Roosters 106th season Allianz Stadium Trent Robinson Anthony Minichiello
 
 Wests Tigers 14th season Campbelltown Stadium
Leichhardt Oval 		Mick Potter Robbie Farah

Ladder edit

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    • Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
    1   Sydney Roosters (P) 24 18 0 6 2 640 325 +315 40
    2   South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 18 0 6 2 588 384 +204 40
    3   Melbourne Storm 24 16 1 7 2 589 373 +216 37
    4   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 15 1 8 2 588 366 +222 35
    5   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 14 0 10 2 468 460 +8 32
    6   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 13 0 11 2 529 463 +66 30
    7   Newcastle Knights 24 12 1 11 2 528 422 +106 29
    8   North Queensland Cowboys 24 12 0 12 2 507 431 +76 28
    9   Gold Coast Titans 24 11 0 13 2 500 518 −18 26
    10   Penrith Panthers 24 11 0 13 2 495 532 −37 26
    11   New Zealand Warriors 24 11 0 13 2 495 554 −59 26
    12   Brisbane Broncos 24 10 1 13 2 434 477 −43 25
    13   Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 2 434 624 −190 24
    14   St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 7 0 17 2 379 530 −151 18
    15   Wests Tigers 24 7 0 17 2 386 687 −301 18
    16   Parramatta Eels 24 5 0 19 2 326 740 −414 14

    Ladder progression edit

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
    1   Sydney 0 2 4 6 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 38 38 40
    2   South Sydney 2 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 32 34 34 34 36 38 40 40
    3   Melbourne 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 15 17 19 21 23 23 23 25 25 27 27 29 31 33 35 35 37
    4   Manly-Warringah 2 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 12 13 15 17 17 17 19 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 31 33 35 35
    5   Cronulla-Sutherland 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 18 20 22 22 24 26 26 28 30 30 32
    6   Canterbury-Bankstown 0 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 28 30 30
    7   Newcastle 2 2 4 6 6 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 14 16 18 20 22 22 23 25 25 25 27 29
    8   North Queensland 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 12 14 14 14 16 16 18 20 22 24 26 28
    9   Gold Coast 0 2 4 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 18 20 20 20 22 24 24 24 26 26
    10   Penrith 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 12 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 20 20 22 24 24 26
    11   New Zealand 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 20 22 22 22 22 24 26 26
    12   Brisbane 0 2 2 2 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 14 14 16 18 19 21 23 23 23 25
    13   Canberra 0 0 2 2 4 6 6 8 10 10 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
    14   St. George Illawarra 0 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 10 10 12 12 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 18
    15   Wests 0 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 8 10 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 18 18 18
    16   Parramatta 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 14 14

    Finals series edit

    For the second year the NRL uses the finals system previously implemented by the ARL competition from the 1990s (also used as the AFL final eight system) to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams. Both the seventh-placed Newcastle Knights and minor premiers Sydney Roosters return the finals after last featuring respectively in 2011 and 2010, whilst the other six teams (Bulldogs, Storm, Rabbitohs, Sea Eagles, Cowboys & Sharks) were featured in the preceding finals series.

    Home Score Away Match Information
    Date and Time (Local) Venue Referees Crowd
    QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
      South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 10   Melbourne Storm 13 September 2013, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium Shane Hayne
    Jared Maxwell     		21,609
      Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 – 18   North Queensland Cowboys 14 September 2013, 4:00pm Allianz Stadium Matt Cecchin
    Henry Peranara     		32,747
      Sydney Roosters 4 – 0   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 14 September 2013, 7:00pm Ben Cummins
    Gerard Sutton
      Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 6 – 22   Newcastle Knights 15 September 2013, 4:00pm ANZ Stadium Ashley Klein
    Gavin Badger     		23,086
    SEMI FINALS
      Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 – 18   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 20 September 2013, 7:45pm Allianz Stadium Shayne Hayne
    Ashley Klein     		23,837
      Melbourne Storm 16 – 18   Newcastle Knights 21 September 2013, 7:45pm AAMI Park Ben Cummins
    Gerard Sutton     		19,649
    PRELIMINARY FINALS
      South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 30   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 27 September 2013, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium Ben Cummins
    Gerard Sutton     		44,546
      Sydney Roosters 40 – 14   Newcastle Knights 28 September 2013, 7:45pm Allianz Stadium Shayne Hayne
    Ashley Klein     		37,752

    Chart edit

    Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final
    14 Sept, Allianz Stadium
    1  Sydney4
    4  Manly-Warringah020 Sept, Allianz Stadium
      Manly-Warringah24
    14 Sept, Allianz Stadium  Cronulla-Sutherland1828 Sept, Allianz Stadium
    5  Cronulla-Sutherland20  Sydney40
    8  North Queensland18  Newcastle146 Oct, ANZ Stadium
      Sydney26
    15 Sept, ANZ Stadium27 Sept, ANZ Stadium  Manly-Warringah18
    6  Canterbury-Bankstown6  South Sydney20
    7  Newcastle2221 Sept, AAMI Park  Manly-Warringah30
      Melbourne16
    13 Sept, ANZ Stadium  Newcastle18
    2  South Sydney20
    3  Melbourne10

    Grand final edit

    Sunday, 2 October
    19:15
    Sydney Roosters   26 – 18   Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
    Tries:
    Daniel Tupou
    Aidan Guerra
    Shaun Kenny-Dowall
    Michael Jennings
    Goals:
    James Maloney (5/5)     		Half Time:
    8 – 6
    		 Tries:
    Jorge Taufua
    Jamie Lyon
    Steve Matai
    Goals:

    (2/3) Jamie Lyon
    ANZ Stadium, Sydney
    Attendance: 81,491
    Referee: Shayne Hayne, Ben Cummins
    Clive Churchill Medal: Daly Cherry-Evans

    Regular season player statistics edit

    The following statistics are of the conclusion of round 26.

    2013 Transfers edit

    Players edit

    Player 2012 Club 2013 Club
    Gerard Beale   Brisbane Broncos   St. George Illawarra Dragons
    Petero Civoniceva   Brisbane Broncos Redcliffe Dolphins (Intrust Super Cup)
    Ben Te'o   Brisbane Broncos   South Sydney Rabbitohs
    Jharal Yow Yeh   Brisbane Broncos Retirement
    Josh Dugan   Canberra Raiders   St. George Illawarra Dragons
    Bronson Harrison   Canberra Raiders   St. George Illawarra Dragons
    Dimitri Pelo   Canberra Raiders N/A
    Trevor Thurling   Canberra Raiders Retirement
    Travis Waddell   Canberra Raiders   Newcastle Knights
    Bryson Goodwin   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs   South Sydney Rabbitohs
    Luke MacDougall   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Retirement
    Corey Payne   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Retirement
    David Stagg   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs   Brisbane Broncos
    Jonathan Wright   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    Colin Best   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
    Jeremy Smith   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks   Newcastle Knights
    John Williams   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Retirement
    Beau Champion   Gold Coast Titans   South Sydney Rabbitohs
    Phil Graham   Gold Coast Titans Retirement
    Michael Henderson   Gold Coast Titans   St. George Illawarra Dragons
    Scott Prince   Gold Coast Titans   Brisbane Broncos
    Bodene Thompson   Gold Coast Titans   Wests Tigers
    Darcy Lussick   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles   Parramatta Eels
    Michael Oldfield   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles   Sydney Roosters
    Dean Whare   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles   Penrith Panthers
    Tony Williams   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles   Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
    Richie Faʻaoso   Melbourne Storm   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
    Rory Kostjasyn   Melbourne Storm   North Queensland Cowboys
    Jaiman Lowe   Melbourne Storm Retirement
    Todd Lowrie   Melbourne Storm   New Zealand Warriors
    Sika Manu   Melbourne Storm   Penrith Panthers
    Dane Nielsen   Melbourne Storm   New Zealand Warriors
    Anthony Quinn   Melbourne Storm   Newcastle Knights
    Joel Edwards   Newcastle Knights   Canberra Raiders
    Wes Naiqama   Newcastle Knights   Penrith Panthers
    Junior Sa'u   Newcastle Knights   Melbourne Storm
    Zeb Taia   Newcastle Knights   Super League: Catalans Dragons
    Evarn Tuimavave   Newcastle Knights   Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
    Lewis Brown   New Zealand Warriors   Penrith Panthers
    Micheal Luck   New Zealand Warriors Retirement
    James Maloney   New Zealand Warriors   Sydney Roosters
    Ukuma Ta'ai   New Zealand Warriors   Super League: Huddersfield Giants
    Cory Paterson   North Queensland Cowboys   Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
    Aaron Payne   North Queensland Cowboys Retirement
    James Segeyaro   North Queensland Cowboys   Penrith Panthers
    Jordan Atkins   Parramatta Eels   Gold Coast Titans
    Luke Burt   Parramatta Eels Retirement
    Nathan Hindmarsh   Parramatta Eels Retirement
    Justin Horo   Parramatta Eels   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
    Casey McGuire   Parramatta Eels Retirement
    Justin Poore   Parramatta Eels   Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
    Taulima Tautai   Parramatta Eels   Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
    Esikeli Tonga   Parramatta Eels   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
    Chris Armit   Penrith Panthers Retirement
    Travis Burns   Penrith Panthers   Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
    Danny Galea   Penrith Panthers N/A
    Michael Gordon   Penrith Panthers   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    Michael Jennings   Penrith Panthers   Sydney Roosters
    Luke Lewis   Penrith Panthers   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    Shane Shackleton   Penrith Panthers Retirement
    Etu Uaisele   Penrith Panthers N/A
    Dayne Weston   Penrith Panthers   Melbourne Storm
    Scott Geddes   South Sydney Rabbitohs Retirement
    Eddy Pettybourne   South Sydney Rabbitohs   Wests Tigers
    Fetuli Talanoa   South Sydney Rabbitohs N/A
    Dave Taylor   South Sydney Rabbitohs   Gold Coast Titans
    David Gower   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
    Ben Hornby   St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
    Jeremy Latimore   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Penrith Panthers
    Josh Miller   St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
    Beau Scott   St. George Illawarra Dragons   Newcastle Knights
    Dean Young   St. George Illawarra Dragons Retirement
    Braith Anasta   Sydney Roosters   Wests Tigers
    Justin Carney   Sydney Roosters   Super League: Castleford Tigers
    Joseph Leilua   Sydney Roosters   Newcastle Knights
    Mose Masoe   Sydney Roosters   Penrith Panthers
    Tom Symonds   Sydney Roosters   Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
    Brad Takairangi   Sydney Roosters   Gold Coast Titans
    Ray Cashmere   Wests Tigers Retirement
    Gareth Ellis   Wests Tigers   Super League: Hull F.C.
    Chris Heighington   Wests Tigers   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    Junior Moors   Wests Tigers   Melbourne Storm
    Beau Ryan   Wests Tigers   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    Tom Burgess   Super League: Bradford Bulls   South Sydney Rabbitohs
    Clint Greenshields   Super League: Catalans Dragons   North Queensland Cowboys
    David Fa'alogo   Super League: Huddersfield Giants   Newcastle Knights
    Scott Moore   Super League: Huddersfield Giants   North Queensland Cowboys
    Luke O'Donnell   Super League: Huddersfield Giants   Sydney Roosters
    Sam Moa   Super League: Hull F.C.   Sydney Roosters
    Brett Finch   Super League: Wigan Warriors   Melbourne Storm
    Thomas Leuluai   Super League: Wigan Warriors   New Zealand Warriors
    Jeff Lima   Super League: Wigan Warriors   South Sydney Rabbitohs
    Sonny Bill Williams Panasonic Wild Knights (Japanese Rugby Union)   Sydney Roosters
    Lagi Setu Hiatus   Melbourne Storm

    Coaches edit

    Coach 2012 Club 2013 Club
    Mick Potter   Super League: Bradford Bulls   Wests Tigers
    Trent Robinson   Super League: Catalans Dragons   Sydney Roosters
    Ricky Stuart   New South Wales   Parramatta Eels

    References edit

    1. ^ Sharks fined $1m, Flanagan suspended Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine, NRL.com official website, 17 December 2013
    2. ^ Baker, Rosie (5 December 2013). "NRL versus AFL: Penrith Panthers 'most valuable Aussie sport brand'". adnews.com.au. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

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