Australian rugby league premiers
Founded
1908
Country
 Australia
 New Zealand
Editions completed
Number of teams
17
Current premiers
Penrith Panthers (5th title)
Most titles won
(NSWRL/NRL) South Sydney
(21 times)

(BRL) Fortitude Valley
(23 titles)

The Australian rugby league premiers are the winners of the top grade competition in Australian rugby league, which is currently the National Rugby League. From 1908 until 1995, when the ARL Premiership was formed, there were two premiers, one each from Sydney and Brisbane. This occurred again in 1997 during the Super League war.

History

The 1910 New South Wales team was the "first to come north"
Queensland state team, 1931

From 1905 the states of Queensland and New South Wales were beginning to create Rugby League competitions, using the rules created in Northern England as a break-away game from Rugby Union.

The first season of rugby league in Australia commenced in New South Wales and was held in 1908 and was run by the New South Wales Rugby Football League. Queensland Rugby League was established in 1908 also; they ran their inaugural senior season in 1909. Both states ran parallel state competitions from that time. The game was adopted in both states in order to break away from the amateur rugby union competitions that existed at the time. The players had fallen out of heart with the administration of that game due to increased revenue from the game not being reflected in player allotments. At the end of the 1908 NSW season, South Sydney became the first team to win the New South Wales premiership. The Fortitude Valley Diehards, then known as Valleys, won the inaugural senior Queensland Rugby league season in 1909.

The New South Wales Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League competitions ran parallel to each other for nearly the entire 20th century, with interstate competitions held annually. However, due to these competitions being mainly between state representative sides, apart from a few NSWRL premier v BRL premier competitions held in the 1920s, there was often no way to determine a national premier.

After 19 years of interstate-era dominance by New South Wales, the advent of State of Origin football in 1980 led to increased nationalisation of rugby league in Australia. After a failed proposal to play the first ever "National Championship" game in 1984 between the highly fancied BRL premier Wynnum-Manly Seagulls and the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the NSWRL, it was decided that the Queensland Rugby League should form a team in 1986 to enter the NSWRL premiership. While the QRL slowly looked to create their own team, a private bid from the Brisbane Broncos consortium won the licence and the team entered the NSWRL in 1988. As a result, the standard of the Brisbane Rugby League decreased, and no BRL player was picked to represent Queensland or Australia afterwards; at this point most historians agree that the NSWRL became the premier competition nationwide.

Although the BRL was also a first-class competition, similar to Australian Rules Football, where the Australian Football League which evolved from the Victorian Football League keeps VFL statistics back to 1897 as its own history but considers South Australia's SANFL and Western Australia's WAFL as separate competitions, the National Rugby League counts the history of the NSWRL Premiership as its own but considers the Brisbane Rugby League separate. Therefore, BRL champions are considered Australian Rugby League premiers but are not NRL premiers.

Starting from 1995, the New South Wales competition began to call itself the Australian Rugby League. In 1997, an actual national competition was created by News Limited known as Super League, this was formed and run alongside the New South Wales and Queensland state premierships, a number of New South Wales competition teams being promoted to it. Later that year, an agreement was made between Super League and the New South Wales competition, following massive financial loss to both parties, to merge into a new National competition, known as the National Rugby League.

South Sydney, with 20 New South Wales State titles, have been crowned New South Wales premiers more times than any other team. Fortitude Valley Diehards won the Queensland competition 23 times during its period as a first class competition, giving them the most first-class titles in Australian rugby league. They are followed by St. George with 15 premierships, including a record 11 New South Wales premierships in a row between 1956 and 1966. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks took nearly 50 years to win their maiden premiership in 2016 - longer than any other club in the history of the game (Parramatta's maiden premiership came in its 35th season in 1981).

There are 3 clubs currently playing in the National Rugby League that are yet to win a premiership; Redcliffe Dolphins, New Zealand Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans.

Since 1908, counting the NRL and some of its predecessors (including the 1997 Super League Season), the following sides are a few who have never won a premiership:

All BRL teams except the Ipswich Jets and Logan Scorpions won a premiership during its time as a top-level competition.

List of Premierships

List of NSWRL/ARL/NRL Premiers (1908-present)

See also: List of NRL Grand finals
Season Premiers Score Runners-up Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon
New South Wales Rugby League
1908 South Sydney 14 – 12 Eastern Suburbs South Sydney Western Suburbs (Disputed)
1909 South Sydney (2) No Grand Final Balmain South Sydney (2) Western Suburbs (2)
1910 Newtown 4 – 4 South Sydney Newtown Western Suburbs (3)
1911 Eastern Suburbs 11 – 8 Glebe Glebe Balmain
1912 Eastern Suburbs (2) No Grand Final Glebe (2) Eastern Suburbs Western Suburbs (4)
1913 Eastern Suburbs (3) No Grand Final Newtown Eastern Suburbs (2) Western Suburbs (5)
1914 South Sydney (3) No Grand Final Newtown (2) South Sydney (3) Annandale
1915 Balmain No Grand Final Glebe (3) Balmain North Sydney
1916 Balmain (2) 5 – 3 South Sydney (2) Balmain (2) Western Suburbs (6)
1917 Balmain (3) No Grand Final South Sydney (3) Balmain (3) North Sydney (2)
1918 South Sydney (4) No Grand Final Western Suburbs South Sydney (4) Annandale (2)
1919 Balmain (4) No Grand Final Eastern Suburbs (2) Balmain (4) North Sydney (3)
1920 Balmain (5) No Grand Final South Sydney (4) Balmain (5) Annandale (3)
1921 North Sydney No Grand Final Eastern Suburbs (3) North Sydney Sydney University
1922 North Sydney (2) 35 – 3 Glebe (4) North Sydney (2) St George
1923 Eastern Suburbs (4) 15 – 12 South Sydney (5) Eastern Suburbs (3) Sydney University (2)
1924 Balmain (6) 3 – 0 South Sydney (6) Balmain (6) Newtown
1925 South Sydney (5) No Grand Final Western Suburbs (2) South Sydney (5) Newtown (2)
1926 South Sydney (6) 11 – 5 Sydney University South Sydney (6) St George (2)
1927 South Sydney (7) 20 – 11 St. George South Sydney (7) Sydney University (3)
1928 South Sydney (8) 26 – 5 Eastern Suburbs (4) St. George Newtown (3)
1929 South Sydney (9) 30 – 10 Newtown (3) South Sydney (8) Sydney University (4)
1930 Western Suburbs Magpies 27 – 2 St. George (2) Western Suburbs Magpies Sydney University (5)
1931 South Sydney (10) 12 – 7 Eastern Suburbs (5) Eastern Suburbs (4) Sydney University (6)
1932 South Sydney (11) 19 – 12 Western Suburbs Magpies (3) South Sydney (9) North Sydney (4)
1933 Newtown (2) 18 – 5 St. George (3) Newtown (2) Western Suburbs Magpies (7)
1934 Western Suburbs Magpies (2) 15 – 12 Eastern Suburbs (6) Eastern Suburbs (5) Sydney University (7)
1935 Eastern Suburbs (5) 19 – 3 South Sydney (7) Eastern Suburbs (6) Sydney University (8)
1936 Eastern Suburbs (6) 32 – 12 Balmain (2) Eastern Suburbs (7) Sydney University (9)
1937 Eastern Suburbs (7) No Grand Final South Sydney (8) Eastern Suburbs (8) Sydney University (10)
1938 Canterbury-Bankstown 19 – 6 Eastern Suburbs (7) Canterbury-Bankstown St George (3)
1939 Balmain (7) 33 – 4 South Sydney (9) Balmain (7) Newtown (4)
1940 Eastern Suburbs (8) 24 – 14 Canterbury-Bankstown Eastern Suburbs (9) Western Suburbs Magpies (8)
1941 St. George 31 – 14 Eastern Suburbs (8) Eastern Suburbs (10) North Sydney (5)
1942 Canterbury-Bankstown (2) 11 – 9 St. George (4) Canterbury-Bankstown (2) Western Suburbs Magpies (9)
1943 Newtown (3) 34 – 7 North Sydney Newtown (3) Canterbury-Bankstown
1944 Balmain (8) 12 – 8 Newtown (4) Newtown (4) Canterbury-Bankstown (2)
1945 Eastern Suburbs (9) 22 – 18 Balmain (3) Eastern Suburbs (11) South Sydney
1946 Balmain (9) 13 – 12 St. George (5) St. George (2) South Sydney (2)
1947 Balmain (10) 13 – 9 Canterbury-Bankstown (2) Canterbury-Bankstown (3) Parramatta
1948 Western Suburbs Magpies (3) 8 – 5 Balmain (4) Western Suburbs Magpies (2) North Sydney (6)
1949 St. George (2) 19 – 12 South Sydney (10) South Sydney (10) Eastern Suburbs
1950 South Sydney (12) 21 – 15 Western Suburbs Magpies (4) South Sydney (11) North Sydney (7)
1951 South Sydney (13) 42 – 14 Manly-Warringah South Sydney (12) North Sydney (8)
1952 Western Suburbs Magpies (4) 22 – 12 South Sydney (11) Western Suburbs Magpies (3) Parramatta (2)
1953 South Sydney (14) 31 – 12 St. George (6) South Sydney (13) Western Suburbs Magpies (10)
1954 South Sydney (15) 23 – 15 Newtown (5) Newtown (5) Parramatta (3)
1955 South Sydney Rabbitohs (16) 12 – 11 Newtown (6) Newtown (6) Western Suburbs Magpies (11)
1956 St. George (3) 18 – 12 Balmain (5) St George (3) Parramatta (4)
1957 St. George (4) 31 – 9 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (2) St George (4) Parramatta (5)
1958 St. George (5) 20 – 9 Western Suburbs Magpies (5) St George (5) Parramatta (6)
1959 St. George (6) 20 – 0 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (3) St George (6) Parramatta (7)
1960 St. George (7) 31 – 6 Eastern Suburbs (9) St George (7) Parramatta (8)
1961 St. George (8) 22 – 0 Western Suburbs Magpies (6) Western Suburbs Magpies (4) Parramatta (9)
1962 St. George (9) 9 – 6 Western Suburbs Magpies (7) St George (8) South Sydney Rabbitohs (3)
1963 St. George (10) 8 – 3 Western Suburbs Magpies (8) St George (9) Eastern Suburbs (2)
1964 St. George (11) 11 – 6 Balmain Tigers (6) St George (10) Canterbury-Bankstown (3)
1965 St. George (12) 12 – 8 South Sydney Rabbitohs (12) St George (11) Eastern Suburbs (3)
1966 St. George (13) 23 – 4 Balmain Tigers (7) St George (12) Eastern Suburbs (4)
1967 South Sydney Rabbitohs (17) 12 – 10 Canterbury-Bankstown (3) St George (13) Cronulla-Sutherland
1968 South Sydney Rabbitohs (18) 13 – 9 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (4) South Sydney Rabbitohs (14) Newtown (5)
1969 Balmain Tigers (11) 11 – 2 South Sydney Rabbitohs (13) South Sydney Rabbitohs (15) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2)
1970 South Sydney Rabbitohs (19) 23 – 12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5) South Sydney Rabbitohs (16) Parramatta (10)
1971 South Sydney Rabbitohs (20) 16 – 10 St. George (7) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Western Suburbs Magpies (12)
1972 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 19 – 14 Eastern Suburbs Roosters (10) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (2) Parramatta (11)
1973 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (2) 10 – 7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (3) Penrith Panthers
1974 Eastern Suburbs Roosters (10) 19 – 4 Canterbury-Bankstown (4) Eastern Suburbs Roosters (12) Balmain Tigers (2)
1975 Eastern Suburbs Roosters (11) 38 – 0 St. George (8) Eastern Suburbs Roosters (13) South Sydney Rabbitohs (4)
1976 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (3) 13 – 10 Parramatta Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (4) Newtown Jets (6)
1977 St. George 9 – 9 Parramatta Parramatta Newtown Jets (7)
St. George (14) 22 – 0 Parramatta (2)
1978 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 11 – 11 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Western Suburbs Magpies (5) Newtown Jets (8)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (4) 16 – 0 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2)
1979 St. George Dragons (15) 17 – 13 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5) St George Dragons (14) North Sydney Bears (9)
1980 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (3) 18 – 4 Eastern Suburbs Roosters (11) Eastern Suburbs Roosters (14) Penrith Panthers (2)
1981 Parramatta Eels 20 – 11 Newtown Jets (7) Eastern Suburbs Roosters (15) Balmain Tigers (2)
1982 Parramatta Eels (2) 21 – 8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6) Parramatta Eels (2) Canberra Raiders
1983 Parramatta Eels (3) 18 – 6 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (7) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5) Western Suburbs Magpies (13)
1984 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4) 6 – 4 Parramatta Eels (3) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (4) Western Suburbs Magpies (14)
1985 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5) 7 – 6 St. George Dragons (9) St George Dragons (15) Illawarra Steelers
1986 Parramatta Eels (4) 4 – 2 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6) Parramatta Eels (3) Illawarra Steelers (2)
1987 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (5) 18 – 8 Canberra Raiders Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6) Western Suburbs Magpies (15)
1988 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6) 24 – 12 Balmain Tigers (8) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Western Suburbs Magpies (16)
1989 Canberra Raiders 19 – 14 Balmain Tigers (9) South Sydney Rabbitohs (17) Illawarra Steelers (3)
1990 Canberra Raiders (2) 18 – 14 Penrith Panthers Canberra Raiders South Sydney Rabbitohs (5)
1991 Penrith Panthers 19 – 12 Canberra Raiders (2) Penrith Panthers Gold Coast Seagulls
1992 Brisbane Broncos 28 – 8 St. George Dragons (10) Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Seagulls (2)
1993 Brisbane Broncos (2) 14 – 6 St. George Dragons (11) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (5) Gold Coast Seagulls (3)
1994 Canberra Raiders (3) 36 – 12 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (7) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6) Balmain Tigers (4)
Australian Rugby League
1995 Sydney Bulldogs (7) 17 – 4 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (8) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (7) North Queensland Cowboys
1996 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (6) 20 – 8 St. George Dragons (12) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (8) South Queensland Crushers
1997 Newcastle Knights 22 – 16 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (9) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (9) South Queensland Crushers (2)
National Rugby League
1998 Brisbane Broncos (4) 38 – 12 Canterbury Bulldogs (8) Brisbane Broncos (3) Western Suburbs Magpies (17)
1999 Melbourne Storm 20 – 18 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sharks (2) Western Suburbs Magpies (18)
2000 Brisbane Broncos (5) 14 – 6 Sydney Roosters (12) Brisbane Broncos (4) North Queensland Cowboys (3)
2001 Newcastle Knights (2) 30 – 24 Parramatta Eels (4) Parramatta Eels (4) Penrith Panthers (3)
2002 Sydney Roosters (12) 30 – 8 New Zealand Warriors New Zealand Warriors Bulldogs (4)
2003 Penrith Panthers (2) 18 – 6 Sydney Roosters (13) Penrith Panthers (2) South Sydney Rabbitohs (6)
2004 Bulldogs (8) 16 – 13 Sydney Roosters (14) Sydney Roosters (16) South Sydney Rabbitohs (7)
2005 Wests Tigers 30 – 16 North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels (5) Newcastle Knights
2006 Brisbane Broncos (6) 15 – 8 Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm1 South Sydney Rabbitohs (8)
2007 Melbourne Storm1 34 – 8 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (10) Melbourne Storm1 Penrith Panthers (4)
2008 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (7) 40 – 0 Melbourne Storm (2) Melbourne Storm1 Bulldogs (5)
2009 Melbourne Storm1 23 – 16 Parramatta Eels (5) St George Illawarra Dragons Sydney Roosters (5)
2010 St. George Illawarra Dragons 32 – 8 Sydney Roosters (15) St George Illawarra Dragons (2) Melbourne Storm1
2011 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (8) 24 – 10 New Zealand Warriors (2) Melbourne Storm Gold Coast Titans
2012 Melbourne Storm (2) 14 – 4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (9) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (7) Parramatta Eels (12)
2013 Sydney Roosters (13) 26 – 18 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (11) Sydney Roosters (17) Parramatta Eels (13)
2014 South Sydney Rabbitohs (21) 30 – 6 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (10) Sydney Roosters (18) Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (3)
2015 North Queensland Cowboys 17 – 16 Brisbane Broncos Sydney Roosters (19) Newcastle Knights (2)
2016 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 – 12 Melbourne Storm (3) Melbourne Storm (2) Newcastle Knights (3)
2017 Melbourne Storm (3) 34 – 6 North Queensland Cowboys (2) Melbourne Storm (3) Newcastle Knights (4)
2018 Sydney Roosters (14) 21 – 6 Melbourne Storm (4) Sydney Roosters (20) Parramatta Eels (14)
2019 Sydney Roosters (15) 14 – 8 Canberra Raiders (3) Melbourne Storm (4) Gold Coast Titans (2)
2020 Melbourne Storm (4) 26 – 20 Penrith Panthers (2) Penrith Panthers (3) Brisbane Broncos
2021 Penrith Panthers (3) 14 - 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs (14) Melbourne Storm (5) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (6)
2022 Penrith Panthers (4) 28 - 12 Parramatta Eels (6) Penrith Panthers (4) Wests Tigers
2023 Penrith Panthers (5) 26 - 24 Brisbane Broncos (2) Penrith Panthers (5) Wests Tigers (2)

1 The Melbourne Storm were stripped of these titles due to gross long-term salary cap breaches. They also received 0 points in 2010 due to these breaches.

Super League Premiers (1997)

Season Premiers Score Runners-up Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon
Super League
1997 Brisbane Broncos (3) 26 – 8 Cronulla Sharks (3) Brisbane Broncos (2) North Queensland Cowboys (2)

Premiership performances by team

- *Denotes no grand final played

Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
South Sydney Rabbitohs 21 (17) 14 (11) 1908, 1909*, 1914*, 1918*, 1925*, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931,

1932, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 2014

1910, 1916, 1917*, 1920*, 1923, 1924, 1935, 1937*, 1939, 1949,

1952, 1965, 1969, 2021

Sydney Roosters 15 (12) 15 (13) 1911, 1912*, 1913*, 1923, 1935, 1936, 1937*, 1940, 1945, 1974,

1975, 2002, 2013, 2018, 2019

1908, 1919*, 1921*, 1928, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1941, 1960, 1972,

1980, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010

St George Dragons 15 12 1941, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963,

1964, 1965, 1966, 1977, 1979

1927, 1930, 1933, 1942, 1946, 1953, 1971, 1975, 1985, 1992,

1993, 1996

Balmain Tigers 11 (7) 9 (8) 1915*, 1916, 1917*, 1919*, 1920*, 1924, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1947,

1969

1909*, 1936, 1945, 1948, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1988, 1989
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 8 11 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2011 1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2007,

2013

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 8 10 1938, 1942, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2004 1940, 1947, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2012, 2014
Brisbane Broncos 6 2 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2006 2015, 2023
Penrith Panthers 5 2 1991, 2003, 2021, 2022, 2023 1990, 2020
Western Suburbs Magpies 4 8 (6) 1930, 1934, 1948, 1952 1918*, 1925*, 1932, 1950, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963
Parramatta Eels 4 6 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986 1976, 1977, 1984, 2001, 2009, 2022
Melbourne Storm 4 4 1999, 2012, 2017, 2020 2006, 2008, 2016, 2018
Newtown Jets 3 7 (5) 1910, 1933, 1943 1913*, 1914*, 1929, 1944, 1954, 1955, 1981
Canberra Raiders 3 3 1989, 1990, 1994 1987, 1991, 2019
North Sydney Bears 2 (1) 1 1921*, 1922 1943
Newcastle Knights 2 0 1997, 2001 –
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 1 3 2016 1973, 1978, 1997
North Queensland Cowboys 1 2 2015 2005, 2017
St George Illawarra Dragons 1 1 2010 1999
Wests Tigers 1 0 2005 –
Glebe Dirty Reds 0 4 (2) – 1911, 1912*, 1915*, 1922
New Zealand Warriors 0 2 – 2002, 2011
Sydney University 0 1 – 1926

Regular season team performance

Team Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon Years Minor Premier Years Wooden Spoon
Sydney Roosters 20 5 1912, 1913, 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941,

1945, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018

1949, 1963, 1965, 1966, 2009
South Sydney Rabbitohs 17 8 1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1949,

1950, 1951, 1953, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1989

1945, 1946, 1962, 1975, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2006
St George Dragons 15 3 1928, 1946, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964,

1965, 1966, 1967, 1979, 1985

1922, 1926, 1938
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 9 0 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997 –
Balmain Tigers 7 4 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1924, 1939 1911, 1974, 1981, 1994
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 7 6 1938, 1942, 1947, 1984, 1993, 1994, 2012 1943, 1944, 1964, 2002, 2008, 2021
Newtown Jets 6 8 1910, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1954, 1955 1924, 1925, 1928, 1939, 1968, 1976, 1977, 1978
Parramatta Eels 5 14 1977, 1982, 1986, 2001, 2005 1947, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970,

1972, 2012, 2013, 2018

Western Suburbs Magpies 5 18 1930, 1948, 1952, 1961, 1978 1908,* 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1933, 1940, 1942, 1953, 1955,

1971, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1998, 1999

Melbourne Storm 5 1 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 2010
Penrith Panthers 5 4 1991, 2003, 2020, 2022, 2023 1973, 1980, 2001, 2007
Brisbane Broncos 4 1 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000 2020
St George Illawarra Dragons 2 0 2009, 2010 –
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2 3 1988, 1999 1967, 1969, 2014
North Sydney Bears 2 8 1921, 1922 1917, 1919, 1932, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1979
Glebe Dirty Reds 1 0 1911 –
New Zealand Warriors 1 0 2002 –
Canberra Raiders 1 1 1990 1982
Wests Tigers 0 1 – 2022
Cumberland 0 1 – 1908*
Gold Coast Titans 0 2 – 2011, 2019
South Queensland Crushers 0 2 – 1996, 1997
North Queensland Cowboys 0 3 – 1995, 1997, 2000
Gold Coast Chargers 0 3 – 1991, 1992, 1993
Annandale Dales 0 3 – 1914, 1918, 1920
Illawarra Steelers 0 3 – 1985, 1986, 1989
Newcastle Knights 0 4 – 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017
Sydney University 0 10 – 1921, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937

List of QRL/BRL premiers (1909–1994)

Season Premiers Score Runners-up Minor Premiers Wooden Spoon
Queensland Rugby League
1909 Fortitude Valley 22–4 South Brisbane Fortitude Valley Toombul
1910 Ipswich 17–2 Toombul Ipswich South Brisbane
1911 Valleys-Toombul 13–2 Ipswich B Valleys-Toombul South Brisbane United
1912 Natives 10–0 South Brisbane Natives Woolloongabba
1913 West End 5–3 Natives West End Railways
1914 Fortitude Valley 18–8 West End Fortitude Valley North Brisbane
1915 Fortitude Valley 10–9 Western Suburbs Woolloongabba West End
1916 Western Suburbs 4–2 Fortitude Valley Western Suburbs Ipswich Starlights
1917 Fortitude Valley 13–5 Merthyr Fortitude Valley Coorparoo
1918 Fortitude Valley 16–12 Merthyr Merthyr Western Suburbs
(Quit competition after 2-point penalty for fielding ineligible players)
1919 Fortitude Valley 28–2 Coorparoo Fortitude Valley West End
1920 Western Suburbs 16–8 Christian Brothers Fortitude Valley Railways
1921 Carltons 12–10 Coorparoo Carltons University
Brisbane Rugby League
1922 Western Suburbs 20–9 Coorparoo Western Suburbs Christian Brothers
1923 Coorparoo 13–2 Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley Western Suburbs
1924 Fortitude Valley 11–8 Christian Brothers Fortitude Valley University
1925 Carltons 24–5 Coorparoo Coorparoo University
1926 Christian Brothers 6–5 Coorparoo Christian Brothers Carltons
1927 Past Grammars 13–11 Western Suburbs Coorparoo University
1928 University 10–7 Carltons Carltons Coorparoo
1929 University 12–11 Coorparoo University Western Suburbs
1930 Carltons 19–8 Fortitude Valley Carltons University
1931 Fortitude Valley 27–9 Past Grammars Fortitude Valley Past Christian Brothers
1932 Western Suburbs 8–7 Past Grammars Western Suburbs Wynnum District
1933 Fortitude Valley 9–3 Western Suburbs Western Suburbs Southern Suburbs
1934 Northern Suburbs 7–4 Western Suburbs Western Suburbs Southern Suburbs
1935 Past Christian Brothers 11–9 Fortitude Valley Northern Suburbs Southern Suburbs
1936 Western Suburbs 13–12 Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley Southern Suburbs
1937 Fortitude Valley 9–7 Western Suburbs Fortitude Valley Southern Suburbs
1938 Northern Suburbs 16–10 Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley Eastern Suburbs
1939 Past Christian Brothers 11–9 Northern Suburbs Northern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs
1940 Northern Suburbs 17–11 Past Christian Brothers Northern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs
1941 Fortitude Valley 13–7 Northern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Southern Suburbs
1942 Past Brothers 20–11 Southern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Western Suburbs
1943 Past Brothers 13–7 Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley Western Suburbs
1944 Fortitude Valley 16–12 Northern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Eastern Suburbs
1945 Southern Suburbs 21–11 Northern Suburbs Northern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs
1946 Fortitude Valley 5–2 Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs Western Suburbs
1947 Eastern Suburbs 15–2 Southern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs Western Suburbs
1948 Western Suburbs 14–8 Eastern Suburbs Western Suburbs Fortitude Valley
1949 Southern Suburbs 22–8 Eastern Suburbs Southern Suburbs Northern Suburbs
1950 Eastern Suburbs 14–10 Western Suburbs Western Suburbs Northern Suburbs
1951 Southern Suburbs 20–10 Eastern Suburbs Southern Suburbs Fortitude Valley
1952 Western Suburbs 15–14 Past Brothers Western Suburbs South Coast
1953 Southern Suburbs 21–4 Eastern Suburbs Southern Suburbs Wynnum-Manly
1954 Western Suburbs 35–18 Past Brothers Southern Suburbs Northern Suburbs
1955 Fortitude Valley 17–7 Past Brothers Fortitude Valley Eastern Suburbs
1956 Past Brothers 17–10 Western Suburbs Past Brothers Eastern Suburbs
1957 Fortitude Valley 18–17 Past Brothers Past Brothers Wynnum-Manly
1958 Past Brothers 22–7 Fortitude Valley Western Suburbs Southern Suburbs
1959 Northern Suburbs 24–18 Past Brothers Northern Suburbs Southern Suburbs
1960 Northern Suburbs 18–5 Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley Southern Suburbs
1961 Northern Suburbs 29–5 Fortitude Valley Northern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs
1962 Northern Suburbs 22–0 Fortitude Valley Northern Suburbs Wynnum-Manly
1963 Northern Suburbs 18–8 Southern Suburbs Northern Suburbs Past Brothers
1964 Northern Suburbs 13–4 Past Brothers Fortitude Valley Wynnum-Manly
1965 Redcliffe 15–2 Fortitude Valley Fortitude Valley Southern Suburbs
1966 Northern Suburbs 9–6 Past Brothers Northern Suburbs Wynnum-Manly
1967 Past Brothers 6–2 Northern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Wynnum-Manly
1968 Past Brothers 21–4 Eastern Suburbs Past Brothers Southern Suburbs
1969 Northern Suburbs 14–2 Fortitude Valley Northern Suburbs Southern Suburbs
1970 Fortitude Valley 13–11 Northern Suburbs Past Brothers Wynnum-Manly
1971 Fortitude Valley 18–10 Eastern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Wynnum-Manly
1972 Eastern Suburbs 16–15 Fortitude Valley Western Suburbs Wynnum-Manly
1973 Fortitude Valley 15–7 Redcliffe Fortitude Valley Wynnum-Manly
1974 Fortitude Valley 9–2 Past Brothers Northern Suburbs Western Suburbs
1975 Western Suburbs 26–24 Redcliffe Western Suburbs Fortitude Valley
1976 Western Suburbs 16–1 Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs Northern Suburbs
1977 Eastern Suburbs 17–13 Redcliffe Redcliffe Southern Suburbs
1978 Eastern Suburbs 14–10 Fortitude Valley Redcliffe Northern Suburbs
1979 Fortitude Valley 26–0 Southern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Wynnum-Manly
1980 Northern Suburbs 17–15 Southern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Western Suburbs
1981 Southern Suburbs 13–9 Redcliffe Southern Suburbs Past Brothers
1982 Wynnum-Manly 17–3 Southern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Western Suburbs
1983 Eastern Suburbs 14–6 Redcliffe Redcliffe Western Suburbs
1984 Wynnum-Manly 42–8 Southern Suburbs Wynnum-Manly Northern Suburbs
1985 Southern Suburbs 10–8 Wynnum-Manly Southern Suburbs Western Suburbs
1986 Wynnum-Manly 14–6 Past Brothers Wynnum-Manly Western Suburbs
1987 Past Brothers 26–8 Redcliffe Past Brothers Eastern Suburbs
1988 Seagulls-Diehards 17–14 Ipswich Southern Suburbs Logan City
1989 Fortitude Valley 28–4 Ipswich Fortitude Valley Logan City
1990 Fortitude Valley 17–16 Northern Suburbs Fortitude Valley Wynnum-Manly
1991 Eastern Suburbs 25–10 Western Suburbs Eastern Suburbs Wynnum-Manly
1992 Western Suburbs 40–10 Eastern Suburbs Eastern Suburbs Ipswich
1993 Western Suburbs 18–12 Eastern Suburbs Western Suburbs Logan City
1994 Redcliffe 24–18 Western Suburbs Redcliffe Northern Suburbs

Note: The BRL maintained first class status until 1994 when the NSWRL became the ARL and a national competition was formed.

See also

References

External links

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