Footy is finally back, with the 2024 NRL season just around the corner, and there’s already so much to be excited for (for most teams) as a historic opening round in Las Vegas barrels up on the horizon.
With preseason trials underway, top 30 lists all locked in, and 1,000,000 NRL Fantasy drafts being “locked in” there’s more and more excitement building for the new year.
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Over the next two weeks, we’ll be reviewing every single NRL club’s chances in the 2024 season, predicting their best 13 and bench players, tipping finishes and falls, and sharing finals odds—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 2024 NRL previews
- Wests Tigers — All Benji must do is avoid third spoon
- St George Illawarra Dragons — Can Flanno save Dragons from first trip to the cellar?
- Canterbury Bulldogs — Canterbury keep trying to buy their way out of trouble
- Gold Coast Titans — Des will need time to leave stamp on stars
- Dolphins — League humdrum biggest hurdle for sophomore Dolphins
- Manly Sea Eagles — Everything lives and dies on Trbojevic (and his injuries)
- North Queensland Cowboys — Last campaign’s slip-up cannot define the Cowboys’ new era
- Parramatta Eels — Stagnant Parramatta have already shown their ceiling
- South Sydney Rabbitohs — Inconsistency will prove too costly for star lineup
- Canberra Raiders — Colossal loses leave club racing to fill gapping leadership void
- Sydney Roosters — Glitter Chooks never stay bad for long
- Cronulla Sharks — Not enough jazz for Hynes-led squad to truly compete
- Newcastle Knights — Newy’s premiership window slams open
- New Zealand Warriors — Wahs ascendancy fires to next level with Roger’s big return
- Melbourne Storm — Bellamy’s looming swan song could well push Melbourne to greatness
- Brisbane Broncos — Coming soon…
- Penrith Panthers — Coming soon…
The 2024 NRL season gets underway with Sea Eagles vs. Rabbitohs in Las Vegas on March 3.
