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2011 NRL season

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The 2011 NRL season was the 104th season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the fourteenth and last run by the National Rugby League's partnership committee of the Australian Rugby League and News Ltd. The NRL's main championship, called the 2011 Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra, was contested by sixteen teams for the fifth consecutive year. Alongside was the fourth season of the Toyota Cup taking place.

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The season's Premiership title was awarded to the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles who took out their 8th title, only three years after their previous title, defeating the New Zealand Warriors in the grand final.

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Season summary

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The 2011 competition draw was announced on Thursday, 7 October 2010,[1] with the season's first match between NRL teams to be played on Friday, 11 March. The first round of the premiership season became the highest attended round in NRL history, with 201,212 fans attending.[2] However, the first NRL match of the year was the second annual NRL All Stars vs Indigenous All Stars game played at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast on 12 February. The annual ANZAC Test was also held at Skilled Park, on 6 May, with City vs Country Origin held on the same night at the Lavington Sports Ground in Albury. The Test match was to have been held at Christchurch in New Zealand, but was moved due to the destruction wrought on that city by the earthquake in February 2011.[3] Byes began on 6 May, being the day of those representative matches, and continued throughout the 2011 State of Origin series, covering in total rounds 9 to 18. Themed rounds included the Heritage Round (round 5), Women in League Round (round 16), and Rivalry Round (round 19).

The regular 26 round season finished with the Melbourne Storm winning the J. J. Giltinan Shield for being the minor premiers. However the grand final match-up ended up between the second placed Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the sixth placed New Zealand Warriors in which the Sea Eagles sought victory and claimed their 8th premiership title.

The coveted Dally M Medal award for player of the year in 2011 was awarded to Melbourne Storm fullback Billy Slater, who becomes the second Storm player to be given the award. (see 2011 Dally M Awards for full award listing)

Records set in 2011

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Teams

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The number of teams in the NRL remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive season, with sixteen participating in the regular season: ten from New South Wales, three from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. Of the ten from New South Wales, eight are from Sydney's metropolitan area, with St. George-Illawarra being a Sydney and Wollongong joint venture. Just two foundation clubs from New South Wales Rugby League season 1908 played in the competition: the Sydney Roosters (formerly known as Eastern Suburbs) and the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

Brisbane Broncos
24th season
Ground: Suncorp Stadium
Coach: Anthony Griffin
Captain: Darren Lockyer
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Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
77th season
Ground: ANZ Stadium
Coach: Kevin MooreJim Dymock
Captain: Andrew Ryan
Canberra Raiders
30th season
Ground: Canberra Stadium
Coach: David Furner
Captain: Alan Tongue
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
45th season
Ground: Toyota Stadium
Coach: Shane Flanagan
Captain: Paul Gallen
Gold Coast Titans
5th season
Ground: Skilled Park
Coach: John Cartwright
Captain: Scott Prince
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
62nd season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Des Hasler
Captain: Jamie Lyon & Jason King
Melbourne Storm
14th season
Ground: AAMI Park
Coach: Craig Bellamy
Captain: Cameron Smith
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Newcastle Knights
24th season
Ground: Ausgrid Stadium
Coach: Rick Stone
Captain: Kurt Gidley
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New Zealand Warriors
17th season
Ground: Mt. Smart Stadium
Coach: Ivan Cleary
Captain: Simon Mannering
North Queensland Cowboys
17th season
Ground: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Coach: Neil Henry
Captain: Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
Parramatta Eels
65th season
Ground: Parramatta Stadium
Coach: Stephen Kearney
Captain: Nathan Hindmarsh
Penrith Panthers
45th season
Ground: Centrebet Stadium
Coach: Matthew ElliottSteve Georgallis
Captain: Petero Civoniceva
South Sydney Rabbitohs
102nd season
Ground: ANZ Stadium
Coach: John Lang
Captains: Roy Asotasi & Michael Crocker
Sydney Roosters
104th season
Ground: Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Braith Anasta
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St George Illawarra Dragons
13th season
Ground: Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium
Coach: Wayne Bennett
Captain: Ben Hornby
Wests Tigers
12th season
Grounds: Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Robbie Farah
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Regular season

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

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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.
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Finals series

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To decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre final eight system. The 2011 finals series sees the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, Wests Tigers, St George Illawarra Dragons and the New Zealand Warriors all return from last year. The Melbourne Storm and Brisbane Broncos both return after last year's absence whilst the North Queensland Cowboys and the Newcastle Knights appear in this year's finals for the first time since 2007 and 2009, respectively. This is currently the last finals series to feature the Wests Tigers.

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† - Match decided in golden point extra time

Finals chart

Qualifying finalsSemifinalsPreliminary finalsFinal
1 Melbourne18
8 Newcastle81W Melbourne12
4W Wests20 New Zealand20
2 Manly422L New Zealand22
Manly24
7 North Queensland8
New Zealand10
3 Brisbane402W Manly26
6 New Zealand103W Brisbane13 Brisbane14
1L St. George Illawarra12
4 Wests21
5 St. George Illawarra12
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Grand Final

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Sunday, 2 October
5:00pm (AEDT)
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Club and player records

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The following statistics are correct as of the conclusion of Round 26.

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Most points in a match by an individual

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Most tries in a match by an individual

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Paul Gallen ran 3,670 metres with the ball in 2011, more than any other player in the competition.[4]

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Attendances

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The regular season attendances for the 2011 season aggregated to a total of 3,123,055 (average 16,267), becoming the second highest attended NRL season (after 2010).


The highest twenty regular season match attendances:

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2011 Transfers

Players

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