NRL regular season

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The [[National Rugby League]] (NRL) [[Season (sport)|regular season]] usually begins in the second week of March, finishing in the first weekend of September before the [[NRL finals system|finals series]]. Generally, there are 192 games played over 25 rounds, with each of the 16 teams playing 24 matches each. Since 2017, the schedule has generally featured one Thursday night game (7:55pm (all times [[AEDT]]/[[AEST]])), two Friday games (6:00pm and 7:55pm), three Saturday games (3:00pm, 5:30pm and 7:35pm) and two Sunday games (2:00pm, 4:05pm and/or 6:30pm).<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> In addition to these regularly scheduled games, there are occasionally games at other times, such as Easter Weekend, ANZAC Day and the Queen's Birthday.

Also in place are TV agreements as to who shows these games. All matches are shown live on [[Fox League]] and the Thursday night, Friday night and Sunday afternoon (4:05pm) are simulcast with [[Nine Network|Channel 9]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Channel 9 also show the [[NRL Good Friday Game|Good Friday]] and [[ANZAC Day Cup|ANZAC Day]] games on top of the usual matches.

Each team plays half of their matches at home and half away, playing seven teams just once and nine teams twice. Who each team plays, when and where is mainly determined on club requests as to which matchups attracts the best crowds and television ratings.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

== Game times ==
Matches, as of 2020, are played as follows (all times [[AEDT]]/[[AEST]])

* Thursday night: 7:55pm
* Friday evening: 6:00pm
* Friday night: 7:55pm
* Saturday afternoon: 3:00pm
* Saturday evening: 5:30pm
* Saturday night: 7:30pm
* Sunday afternoon: 2:00pm (only during AEST)
* Sunday afternoon: 4:05pm
* Sunday evening: 6:30pm (only during AEDT)

On ANZAC Day, two matches are played:

* [[St. George Illawarra Dragons]] vs [[Sydney Roosters]]: 4:05pm ([[Sydney Cricket Ground]])
* [[Melbourne Storm]] vs [[New Zealand Warriors]]: 7:50pm ([[Melbourne Rectangular Stadium]])

On Easter Weekend:

* Good Friday — the 6pm match is moved to 4:05pm, where the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] play the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] in the annual [[NRL Good Friday Game|Good Friday Game]]
* Easter Monday — the [[Parramatta Eels]] play the [[Wests Tigers]] at 4:05pm in the annual [[NRL Easter Monday Game|Easter Monday Game]]

On the Queen's Birthday holiday, the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] play the [[St. George Illawarra Dragons]] at 4:05pm in the [[NRL Queen's Birthday Clash|Queen's Birthday Clash]].

== History ==
{| class="wikitable" align="right" style="margin: 0 1em 1em 1em; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! colspan="2" |Number of regular season games per team
|-
|1908
|9 games
|-
|1909
|10 games
|-
|1910–1919, 1930–1934, 1938–1946
|14 games
|-
|1920, 1936
|13–14 games (varies)<ref></ref><ref></ref>
|-
|1921, 1924, 1937
|8 games
|-
|1922
|15–16 games (varies)<ref></ref>
|-
|1923, 1926–1927, 1929, 1935
|16 games
|-
|1925
|11–12 games (varies)<ref></ref>
|-
|1928
|12–13 games (varies)<ref></ref>
|-
|1947–1966, 1997 ([[Super League (Australia)|SL]])
|18 games
|-
|1967–1981, 1988–1995, 1997 ([[ARL Premiership|ARL]])
|22 games
|-
|1982–1983, 2000–2001
|26 games
|-
|1984–1987, 1998–1999, 2002–2019
|24 games
|-
|1996
|21–22 games (varies)<ref></ref>
|-
|2020
|20 games ([[COVID-19 pandemic]])
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:National Rugby League]]

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