How your NRL team’s 2023 is looking: We run the ruler over every club’s chances

The 2023 NRL season is nearly here, and there’s plenty brewing from the expanded competition welcoming Wayne Bennett’s Dolphins to Ivan Cleary’s Penrith Panthers chasing three in a row, Cameron Ciraldo’s rebuilding Bulldogs, and more. Here’s how your NRL team’s 2023 is looking.

There’s plenty of excitement already brewing in the air. Preseason trials are underway, top 30 lists have come together, and the Bulldogs seem to be signing someone new every week.

Over the next two weeks we’ll be reviewing every NRL club’s chances in the 2023 season, predicting their best starting 13 and bench players, tipping finishes and falls, and sharing the odds for all possibilities—keep this page bookmarked to come along with The Sporting Base on a ride through the preseason preparations right up to Round 1 in March.

The Sporting Base’s 2023 NRL previews

• Redcliffe Dolphins — Can Bennett lift his battlers?
• Wests Tigers — Finally finals again for Wests?
• New Zealand Warriors — Webster needs time to build a new era
• Newcastle Knights — As always, all eyes on Kalyn Ponga
• Gold Coast Titans — So many big questions loom over the Gold Coast
• Canterbury Bulldogs — Can more star power ever be a bad thing?
• Manly Sea Eagles — Clean slate on the Northern Beaches
• St George Illawarra Dragons — Everything rests on Hunt’s shoulders
• Brisbane Broncos — Expect troughs and peaks alike for Brisbane youngsters

• Canberra Raiders — Handful of injuries could send Canberra spiralling
• South Sydney Rabbitohs — Attack-heavy Bunnies shape as real title threats
• Sydney Roosters — Sydney juggernauts have a date with prelims
• Melbourne Storm — Was last year an omen or just one down season?
• Parramatta Eels — Big exits, injuries leave Parra in trouble
• North Queensland Cowboys — Coming Feb. 26
• Cronulla Sharks — Coming Feb. 27
• Penrith Panthers — Coming Feb. 28

The 2023 NRL season officially gets underway with Eels vs. Storm on Thursday, March 2. Download Our Free NRL App

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