2011 NRL season

2011 National Rugby League
Teams	16
Premiers	Manly Warringah (8th title)
Minor premiers	Melbourne Storm (1st title)
Matches played	201
Attendance	3,464,207 (total) 17,235 (per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Benji Marshall (211)
Top try scorer(s)	Nathan Merritt (23) Ben Barba (23)

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.

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.

Season summary

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

• Canberra Raiders equalled their longest losing streak with 8-matches (Round 2 - Round 9).
• Brisbane Broncos round-26 match was the biggest ever regular home game crowd for the Broncos at Suncorp Stadium with 50,859.
• South Sydney Rabbitohs winger Nathan Merritt equaled the record for the most tries in a match with 5-tries against the Parramatta Eels in Round 22.
• Manly Warringah Sea Eagles set the record for the most points scored in a half of finals football when they scored 42 unanswered points against the North Queensland Cowboys.
• Sea Eagles halves Kieran Foran (21) and Daly Cherry-Evans (22) became the youngest halves pairing to win a grand final since Brett Kenny (20) and Peter Sterling (21) in 1981

Teams

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	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 77th season Ground: ANZ Stadium Coach: Kevin Moore→Jim 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	Newcastle Knights 24th season Ground: Ausgrid Stadium Coach: Rick Stone Captain: Kurt Gidley
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 Elliott→Steve 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	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

Ladder

2011 NRL Telstra Premiership
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	19	-	5	2	521	308	213	42
2	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (P)	24	18	-	6	2	539	331	208	40
3	Brisbane Broncos	24	18	-	6	2	511	372	139	40
4	Wests Tigers	24	15	-	9	2	519	430	89	34
5	St George Illawarra Dragons	24	14	1	9	2	483	341	142	33
6	New Zealand Warriors	24	14	-	10	2	504	393	111	32
7	North Queensland Cowboys	24	14	-	10	2	532	480	52	32
8	Newcastle Knights	24	12	-	12	2	478	443	35	28
9	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	12	-	12	2	449	489	-40	28
10	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	11	-	13	2	531	562	-31	26
11	Sydney Roosters	24	10	-	14	2	417	500	-83	24
12	Penrith Panthers	24	9	-	15	2	430	517	-87	22
13	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	7	-	17	2	428	557	-129	18
14	Parramatta Eels	24	6	1	17	2	385	538	-153	17
15	Canberra Raiders	24	6	-	18	2	423	623	-200	16
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	6	-	18	2	363	629	-266	16

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.

	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	Melbourne	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34	36	38	40	42	42	42
2	Manly-Warringah	0	2	4	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	26	28	30	32	32	34	36	38	40	40
3	Brisbane	0	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	16	18	20	22	22	24	26	28	28	30	32	34	36	38	40
4	Wests Tigers	0	2	4	4	6	6	6	8	10	10	12	12	14	16	16	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	28	30	32	34
5	St George Illawarra	2	2	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	18	20	22	23	23	23	25	25	27	29	29	29	29	29	29	31	33
6	New Zealand	0	0	0	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	22	24	26	26	28	30	30	32
7	North Queensland	2	2	4	4	6	8	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	20	22	22	24	26	26	28	30	30	30	30	32	32
8	Newcastle	2	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	14	16	18	20	20	20	22	24	26	26	26	26	28
9	Canterbury-Bankstown	2	4	6	6	6	8	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	18	18	18	18	20	20	22	24	24	26	28
10	South Sydney	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	14	16	16	16	18	18	20	22	24	26	26	26
11	Sydney	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	10	12	12	12	14	14	14	16	16	18	20	22	24
12	Penrith	0	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	10	12	14	14	16	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	22
13	Cronulla-Sutherland	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	8	8	8	10	12	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
14	Parramatta	2	2	2	4	4	4	6	6	8	8	10	10	11	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17
15	Canberra	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	8	8	8	10	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
16	Gold Coast	0	0	0	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	16	16	16

Finals series

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.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
QUALIFYING FINALS
Wests Tigers	21 – 12	St George Illawarra Dragons	9 September 2011, 7:45pm	ANZ Stadium	Tony Archer Matt Cecchin	45,631
Brisbane Broncos	40 – 10	New Zealand Warriors	10 September 2011, 6:45pm	Suncorp Stadium	Jared Maxwell Shayne Hayne	48,943
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	42 – 8	North Queensland Cowboys	10 September 2011, 8:30pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Ben Cummins Gavin Badger	13,972
Melbourne Storm	18 – 8	Newcastle Knights	11 September 2011, 4:00pm	AAMI Park	Ashley Klein Adam Devcich	14,845
SEMI FINALS
Wests Tigers	20 – 22	New Zealand Warriors	16 September 2011, 7:45pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Shayne Hayne Jared Maxwell	27,109
Brisbane Broncos †	13 – 12	St George Illawarra Dragons	17 September 2011, 6:45pm	Suncorp Stadium	Tony Archer Matt Cecchin	48,474
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	26 – 14	Brisbane Broncos	23 September 2011, 7:45pm	Sydney Football Stadium	Shayne Hayne Jared Maxwell	31,894
Melbourne Storm	12 – 20	New Zealand Warriors	24 September 2011, 7:45pm	AAMI Park	Tony Archer Matt Cecchin	28,580

† - Match decided in golden point extra time

Finals Chart

	Qualifying Finals					Semi Finals					Preliminary Finals					Grand Final
	1	Melbourne	18
	8	Newcastle	8
											1W	Melbourne	12
	2	Manly	42			4W	Wests Tigers	20				New Zealand	20
	7	North Queensland	8			2L	New Zealand	22									New Zealand	10
																	Manly	24
	3	Brisbane	40								2W	Manly	26
	6	New Zealand	10			3W	Brisbane	13				Brisbane	14
						1L	St. George Illawarra	12
	4	Wests Tigers	21
	5	St. George Illawarra	12

Grand final

Sunday, 2 October 17:00

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	24 – 10	New Zealand Warriors
Tries: Daly Cherry-Evans Jamie Lyon Brett Stewart Glenn Stewart Goals: Jamie Lyon (3/3) Michael Robertson (1/1)	report	Tries: Elijah Taylor Manu Vatuvei Goals: James Maloney (1/3)

ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 81,988 Referee/s: Matt Cecchin & Tony Archer Man of the Match: Glenn Stewart

Club and player records

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

Top 5 point scorers Points Player Tries Goals Field Goals 195 Chris Sandow 6 82 7 186 Benji Marshall 11 70 2 180 James Maloney 8 73 2 164 Luke Burt 10 62 0 158 Johnathan Thurston 10 59 0 Top 5 try scorers Tries Player 23 Ben Barba 23 Nathan Merritt 21 Ashley Graham 19 Akuila Uate 16 David Mead

Top 5 goal scorers Goals Player 82 Chris Sandow 73 James Maloney 73 Cameron Smith 70 Benji Marshall 65 Corey Parker

Most points in a match by an individual

Points	Player	Tries	Goals	FG	Opponent	Score	Venue	Round
20	Luke Burt	2	6/7	0	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	40–6	Sydney Football Stadium	Round 11
20	Nathan Merritt	5	0	0	Parramatta Eels	56–6	ANZ Stadium	Round 22
20	Chris Sandow	1	8/10	0	Parramatta Eels	56–6	ANZ Stadium	Round 22
20	Johnathan Thurston	2	6/7	0	Parramatta Eels	40–26	Dairy Farmers Stadium	Round 10

Most tries in a match by an individual

Tries	Player	Opponent	Score	Venue	Round
5	Nathan Merritt	Parramatta Eels	56–6	ANZ Stadium	Round 22
4	Ben Barba	Canberra Raiders	36–22	ANZ Stadium	Round 26
4	Akuila Uate	South Sydney Rabbitohs	40–24	Ausgrid Stadium	Round 26

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

Attendances

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 last year).

The highest twenty regular season match attendances:

Crowd	Venue	Home Team	Opponent	Round
50,859	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Round 26
45,119	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys	Round 1
40,094	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Round 25
38,412	Eden Park	New Zealand Warriors	Parramatta Eels	Round 1
37,173	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	New Zealand Warriors	Round 22
34,976	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney Roosters	St George Illawarra Dragons	Round 7
34,322	ANZ Stadium	Canterbury Bulldogs	St George Illawarra Dragons	Round 10
34,185	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	St George Illawarra Dragons	Round 15
34,175	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	Melbourne Storm	Round 9
32,283	Suncorp Stadium (Double Header)	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans	Round 12
31,122	Sydney Cricket Ground	St George Illawarra Dragons	Canterbury Bulldogs	Round 5
31,035	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans	Round 19
30,729	Ausgrid Stadium	Newcastle Knights	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Round 26
30,687	ANZ Stadium	Parramatta Eels	Canterbury Bulldogs	Round 6
30,127	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	Wests Tigers	Round 17
30,538	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	Canterbury Bulldogs	Round 8
28,703	Sydney Football Stadium	Sydney Roosters	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Round 1
27,687	Sydney Football Stadium	Wests Tigers	St George Illawarra Dragons	Round 22
26,737	ANZ Stadium	Canterbury Bulldogs	Wests Tigers	Round 1
26,463	Dairy Farmers Stadium	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane Broncos	Round 23
25,623	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane Broncos	Penrith Panthers	Round 4

Transfers

Players

Show player list
Player	2010 Club	2011 Club
Israel Folau[5]	Brisbane Broncos	AFL (Greater Western Sydney)
Michaels, SteveSteve Michaels[6]	Brisbane Broncos	Gold Coast Titans (Round 12 2010)
Sims, AshtonAshton Sims[7]	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys
Sims, TariqTariq Sims[8]	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys
Clayton, AndrewAndrew Clayton	Brisbane Broncos	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Winterstein, AntonioAntonio Winterstein[9]	Brisbane Broncos	North Queensland Cowboys
Setu, LagiLagi Setu	Brisbane Broncos	Mormon missionary
Sims, KorbinKorbin Sims	Brisbane Broncos	Newcastle Knights
Carney, JustinJustin Carney[10]	Canberra Raiders	Sydney Roosters
Kelly, BrettBrett Kelly	Canberra Raiders	Elite One Championship (Avignon Bisons)
Logan, ScottScott Logan[11]	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
Mogg, AdamAdam Mogg[12]	Canberra Raiders	Retirement
Thompson, TroyTroy Thompson[13]	Canberra Raiders	Melbourne Storm
Herbert, MarcMarc Herbert	Canberra Raiders	Super League (Bradford Bulls)
Monaghan, JoelJoel Monaghan	Canberra Raiders	Super League (Warrington Wolves)
Green, BlakeBlake Green[14]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League (Hull Kingston Rovers)
Gordon, YileenYileen Gordon[15]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Penrith Panthers
Hannant, BenBen Hannant[16]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Brisbane Broncos
Harrison, DanielDaniel Harrison[17]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Hickey, JarradJarrad Hickey[15]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League (Salford City Reds)
Kimmorley, BrettBrett Kimmorley[18]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Retirement
Massey, NathanNathan Massey[19]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Canberra Raiders
Patten, LukeLuke Patten[20]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Super League (Salford City Reds)
Te Maari, LeeLee Te Maari[21]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Parramatta Eels (Round 19 2010)
Williams, DannyDanny Williams[15]	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Released
Winitana, TimTim Winitana	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Penrith Panthers
Barrett, TrentTrent Barrett[22]	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Covell, LukeLuke Covell[23]	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Cuthbertson, AdamAdam Cuthbertson	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Ferguson, BlakeBlake Ferguson[24]	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Canberra Raiders
Millington, GrantGrant Millington	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
O'Donnell, KyleKyle O'Donnell[25]	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Newcastle Knights
Williams, ReeceReece Williams	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Retirement
Atkins, JordanJordan Atkins[26]	Gold Coast Titans	Parramatta Eels
Rogers, MatMat Rogers[27]	Gold Coast Titans	Retirement (played Round 18, 2011)[28][29]
Farrar, BenBen Farrar[30]	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Super League (Catalans Dragons)
Hodkinson, TrentTrent Hodkinson[31]	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Perry, JoshJosh Perry[32]	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Super League (St Helens)
Tasi, LamaLama Tasi	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Sydney Roosters
Bailey, ChrisChris Bailey	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Super League (Harlequins)
Finch, BrettBrett Finch[33]	Melbourne Storm	Super League (Wigan Warriors)
Hoffman, RyanRyan Hoffman[33][34]	Melbourne Storm	Super League (Wigan Warriors)
Inglis, GregGreg Inglis[35]	Melbourne Storm	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Leary, BlakeBlake Leary[36]	Melbourne Storm	North Queensland Cowboys
Lima, JeffJeff Lima[33][34]	Melbourne Storm	Super League (Wigan Warriors)
Tandy, RyanRyan Tandy[37]	Melbourne Storm	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (Rnd 17 2010)
Tolman, AidenAiden Tolman[38]	Melbourne Storm	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
White, BrettBrett White[39]	Melbourne Storm	Canberra Raiders
Isa, WilliamWilliam Isa	Melbourne Storm	Super League (Castleford Tigers)
Cahill, HepHep Cahill	Melbourne Storm	Super League (Crusaders)
Henderson, IanIan Henderson[40]	New Zealand Warriors	Super League (Catalans Dragons)
Likiliki, SiuatongaSiuatonga Likiliki[41]	New Zealand Warriors	Newcastle Knights
McKinnon, WadeWade McKinnon[42]	New Zealand Warriors	Wests Tigers (Rnd 13 2010)
Niko, ElijahElijah Niko[13]	New Zealand Warriors	Melbourne Storm
Price, SteveSteve Price[43]	New Zealand Warriors	Retirement
Royal, JesseJesse Royal	New Zealand Warriors	Retirement
Ah Van, PatrickPatrick Ah Van	New Zealand Warriors	Super League (Bradford Bulls)
Tate, BrentBrent Tate[44]	New Zealand Warriors	North Queensland Cowboys
Ioane, MarkMark Ioane	New Zealand Warriors	Canberra Raiders
Seluini, NafeNafe Seluini	New Zealand Warriors	Penrith Panthers
Dureau, ScottScott Dureau[45]	Newcastle Knights	Super League (Catalans Dragons)
Simpson, SteveSteve Simpson[46]	Newcastle Knights	Retirement
Vuna, CooperCooper Vuna[47]	Newcastle Knights	Super Rugby (Melbourne Rebels)
Cross, BenBen Cross	Newcastle Knights	Super League (Leeds Rhinos)
Kaufusi, AntonioAntonio Kaufusi[41]	North Queensland Cowboys	Newcastle Knights (Rnd 17 2010)
Amos, ClintClint Amos	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Manuokafoa, ManaseManase Manuokafoa[48]	North Queensland Cowboys	Parramatta Eels (Rnd 17 2010)
Mason, WillieWillie Mason[49]	North Queensland Cowboys	Super League (Hull Kingston Rovers)
O'Donnell, LukeLuke O'Donnell[50]	North Queensland Cowboys	Super League (Huddersfield Giants)
Rapira, SteveSteve Rapira[51]	North Queensland Cowboys	New Zealand Warriors
Southern, SteveSteve Southern[52]	North Queensland Cowboys	Newcastle Knights
Taumata, AranaArana Taumata[53]	North Queensland Cowboys	Penrith Panthers
Watts, AnthonyAnthony Watts[54]	North Queensland Cowboys	Sydney Roosters
Webb, CarlCarl Webb[55][56]	North Queensland Cowboys	Parramatta Eels
Williams, JohnJohn Williams	North Queensland Cowboys	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Williams, TyTy Williams[57]	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Rovelli, GrantGrant Rovelli	North Queensland Cowboys	Queensland Cup (Mackay Cutters)
Harris, BenBen Harris	North Queensland Cowboys	Retirement
Cayless, NathanNathan Cayless[58]	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Inu, KrisnanKrisnan Inu[56][59]	Parramatta Eels	New Zealand Warriors
Keating, KrisKris Keating[60]	Parramatta Eels	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Mateo, FeletiFeleti Mateo[56][59]	Parramatta Eels	New Zealand Warriors
Wright, JonathanJonathan Wright[61]	Parramatta Eels	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Grothe, EricEric Grothe	Parramatta Eels	Retirement
Blair, MauriceMaurice Blair[62]	Penrith Panthers	Melbourne Storm
Cooper, GavinGavin Cooper[63]	Penrith Panthers	North Queensland Cowboys
Elford, ShaneShane Elford	Penrith Panthers	Retirement
Graham, WadeWade Graham[64]	Penrith Panthers	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Penese, DanielDaniel Penese[65]	Penrith Panthers	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Pritchard, FrankFrank Pritchard[66]	Penrith Panthers	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Best, ColinColin Best[67]	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Lowe, JaimanJaiman Lowe[62]	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Melbourne Storm
Champion, BeauBeau Champion[68]	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Melbourne Storm
Capewell, LukeLuke Capewell	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Gold Coast Titans
Simpson, JamieJamie Simpson	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Super League (Huddersfield Giants)
Costigan, NevilleNeville Costigan[25]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Newcastle Knights
Faifai Loa, KalifaKalifa Faifai Loa[69]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	North Queensland Cowboys
Henry, BeauBeau Henry[41]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Newcastle Knights
Lett, MichaelMichael Lett[70]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Priddis, LukeLuke Priddis[71]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Retirement
Saffy, JarrodJarrod Saffy[72]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Super Rugby (Melbourne Rebels)
Smith, JeremyJeremy Smith[73]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Thorby, RickyRicky Thorby[36]	St. George Illawarra Dragons	North Queensland Cowboys
Paulo, JuniorJunior Paulo	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Penrith Panthers
du Plessis, JPJP du Plessis[74]	Sydney Roosters	Super Rugby (Melbourne Rebels)
Kouparitsas, NickNick Kouparitsas[75]	Sydney Roosters	Super League (Harlequins RL)
Murray, BradBrad Murray[76]	Sydney Roosters	Parramatta Eels
Paea, LopiniLopini Paea[77]	Sydney Roosters	Super League (Catalans Dragons)
Williamson, RyanRyan Williamson[78]	Sydney Roosters	North Queensland Cowboys (Rnd 19 2010)
Aubusson, JamesJames Aubusson	Sydney Roosters	Group 8 (Goulburn Bulldogs)
Baitieri, JasonJason Baitieri	Sydney Roosters	Super League (Catalans Dragons)
Jones, BenBen Jones	Sydney Roosters	North Queensland Cowboys
David Gower	Wests Tigers	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Fitzhenry, DanielDaniel Fitzhenry	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Tuiaki, TanielaTaniela Tuiaki	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Cayless, JasonJason Cayless	Wests Tigers	Retirement
Orford, MattMatt Orford	Super League (Bradford Bulls)	Canberra Raiders
Worrincy, MichaelMichael Worrincy[79]	Super League (Bradford Bulls)	Penrith Panthers
Johnson, DallasDallas Johnson[80]	Super League (Catalans Dragons)	North Queensland Cowboys
McGuire, CaseyCasey McGuire	Super League (Catalans Dragons)	Parramatta Eels
Walker, ChrisChris Walker[81]	Super League (Catalans Dragons)	Parramatta Eels
Eastwood, GregGreg Eastwood	Super League (Leeds Rhinos)	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Stapleton, CraigCraig Stapleton[82]	Super League (Salford City Reds)	South Sydney Rabbitohs (Rnd 14 2010)
Riddell, MarkMark Riddell[83]	Super League (Wigan Warriors)	Sydney Roosters
Gasnier, MarkMark Gasnier[84]	Top 14 (Stade Français)	St. George Illawarra Dragons (Rnd 17 2010)
Maitua, ReniReni Maitua[56][85]	Released	Parramatta Eels
Woolnough, AdamAdam Woolnough[86]	Retirement	Melbourne Storm

Coaches

Coach	2010 Club	2011 Club
Kearney, StephenStephen Kearney[56]	Melbourne Storm (assistant coach)	Parramatta Eels
Anderson, DanielDaniel Anderson[56]	Parramatta Eels	Released
Elliott, MatthewMatthew Elliott[87]	Penrith Panthers	Sydney Roosters (assistant coach)
Georgallis, SteveSteve Georgallis[88]	Penrith Panthers (assistant coach)	Penrith Panthers
Henjak, IvanIvan Henjak[89]	Brisbane Broncos	Released
Griffin, AnthonyAnthony Griffin[89]	Brisbane Broncos (assistant coach)	Brisbane Broncos

See also

• 2011 NRL season results
• 2011 NYC season

References

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External links

• NRL.com – Official site of the NRL, National Rugby League
• NRL Final Eight Calculator, footy.com.au