2017 National Rugby League
Duration	March 2 – October 1, 2017
Teams	16
Premiers	Melbourne Storm (3rd title)
Minor premiers	Melbourne Storm (3rd title)
Matches played	201
Points scored	8,073
Average attendance	15,246
Attendance	3,018,795
Top points scorer(s)	Nathan Cleary (228)
Player of the year	Cameron Smith (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)	Suliasi Vunivalu & Josh Addo-Carr (23)
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The 2017 NRL season was the 110th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 20th season run by the National Rugby League. The season started in New Zealand with the annual Auckland Nines, and was followed by the All Stars Match, which was played at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle,^[1] and the World Club Series. It marked the last time that the Anzac Test and City vs. Country representative matches were played.

Teams

The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the 11th consecutive year.

Colours	Club	Season [citation needed]	Home ground(s)	Head coach	Captain(s) [citation needed]
	Brisbane Broncos	30th season	Suncorp Stadium	Wayne Bennett	Darius Boyd[2]
	Canberra Raiders	36th season	GIO Stadium Canberra	Ricky Stuart	Jarrod Croker
	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	83rd season	ANZ Stadium & Belmore Sports Ground	Des Hasler	James Graham
	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	51st season	Southern Cross Group Stadium	Shane Flanagan	Paul Gallen
	Gold Coast Titans	11th season	Cbus Super Stadium	Neil Henry→Terry Matterson (interim)	Ryan James & Kevin Proctor[3]
	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	68th season	Lottoland	Trent Barrett	Daly Cherry-Evans
	Melbourne Storm	20th season	AAMI Park	Craig Bellamy	Cameron Smith
	Newcastle Knights	30th season	McDonald Jones Stadium	Nathan Brown	Trent Hodkinson
	New Zealand Warriors	23rd season	Mt. Smart Stadium	Stephen Kearney[4]	Roger Tuivasa-Sheck[5]
	North Queensland Cowboys	23rd season	1300SMILES Stadium	Paul Green	Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott
	Parramatta Eels	71st season	ANZ Stadium	Brad Arthur	Tim Mannah & Beau Scott[6]
	Penrith Panthers	51st season	Pepper Stadium	Anthony Griffin	Matt Moylan
	South Sydney Rabbitohs	108th season	ANZ Stadium	Michael Maguire	Greg Inglis→Sam Burgess
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	19th season	UOW Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium	Paul McGregor	Gareth Widdop
	Sydney Roosters	110th season	Allianz Stadium	Trent Robinson	Jake Friend & Boyd Cordner[7]
	Wests Tigers	18th season	Leichhardt Oval & Campbelltown Stadium & ANZ Stadium	Jason Taylor→Andrew Webster (interim)→Ivan Cleary[8]	Aaron Woods

Brisbane Broncos

Canberra Raiders

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Gold Coast Titans

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

Melbourne Storm

Newcastle Knights

New Zealand Warriors

North Queensland Cowboys

Parramatta Eels

Penrith Panthers

South Sydney Rabbitohs

St. George Illawarra Dragons

Sydney Roosters

Wests Tigers

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Locations of the participating clubs

Pre-season

The 2017 pre-season featured the fourth edition of the Auckland Nines competition, held over a weekend at Auckland's Eden Park in which the Sydney Roosters defeated the Penrith Panthers in the final. The All Stars match was held on February 10 at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle. The 2017 World Club Series took place in England with the Super League champions Wigan Warriors defeating the NRL premiers Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the World Club Challenge match.

Regular season