Here’s all you need to know about Round 22 of the NRL. The Intrust Super Cup was postponed due to restrictions on community sport in Queensland. This week the Knock On Effect NSW Cup was abandoned for 2021.
Week In The NRL
- August 9: Newcastle Knights sign Dane Gagai (2024).
- August 9: St George-Illawarra Dragons sign George Burgess (2023).
- August 10: NRL Team News for Round 22 (Women In League Round) announced.
- August 10: Anthony Don announces his retirement.
- August 10: Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks loan Kai O’Donnell for the remainder of the 2021 season.
- August 10: St Helens RLFC sign Will Hopoate (2024).
- August 10: NSWRL cancel the remainder of the Knock On Effect NSW Cup due to the extended NSW COVID lockdown.
- August 10: Canberra Raiders re-sign Brad Schneider (2023) and Elijah Anderson (2022).
- August 11: Dick Huddart passes away (22/6/1936-11/8/2021). Former St Helens and St George forward captain who played 78 games for the Dragons between 1964 and 1968.
- August 11: St George-Illawarra Dragons re-sign Tyrell Fuimaono (2023).
- August 12: Gold Coast Titans re-sign Kevin Proctor (2022).
- August 12: Brisbane Broncos re-sign Keenan Palasia (2022).
- August 13: Brisbane Broncos re-sign Tesi Niu (2023) and Xavier Willison (2023).
- August 14: Lachlan Fitzgibbon ruled out for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.
- August 15: Reports that Tom Trbojevic is set to miss the remaining three rounds with a cheekbone fracture.
National Rugby League
Melbourne Storm 26 Canberra Raiders 16 (Sunshine Coast Stadium – 2,523)
Match Report: https://nothingbutleague.com/2021/08/12/2021-nrl-round-22-storm-26-raiders-16-report/
MOTM Points: 3 – Jack Wighton (Raiders), 2 – Bailey Simmonsen (Raiders), 1 – Nicho Hynes (Storm)
St George-Illawarra Dragons 16 Penrith Panthers 34 (Suncorp Stadium – 6,653)
Match Report: https://nothingbutleague.com/2021/08/13/2021-nrl-round-22-dragons-16-panthers-34-report/
MOTM Points: 3 – Matt Burton (Panthers), 2 – Brent Naden (Panthers), 1 – Nathan Cleary (Panthers)
Brisbane Broncos 20 Sydney Roosters 21 (Suncorp Stadium – 14,314)
Match Report: https://nothingbutleague.com/2021/08/13/2021-nrl-round-broncos-20-roosters-21-report/
MOTM Points: 3 – James Tedesco (Roosters), 2 – Payne Haas (Broncos), 1 – Tyson Gamble (Broncos)
South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 Gold Coast Titans 6 (CBUS Stadium – 4,117)
Match Report: https://nothingbutleague.com/2021/08/14/2021-nrl-round-22-rabbitohs-36-titans-6-report/
MOTM Points: 3 – Latrell Mitchell (Rabbitohs), 2 – Cody Walker (Rabbitohs), 1 – Tevita Tatola (Rabbitohs)
North Queensland Cowboys 16 Wests Tigers 24 (QLD Country Bank Stadium – 12,663)
Match Report: https://nothingbutleague.com/2021/08/15/2021-nrl-round-22-cowboys-16-tigers-24-report/
MOTM Points: 3 – Adam Doueihi (Tigers), 2 – Luciano Leilua (Tigers), 1 – Scott Drinkwater (Cowboys)
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 56 Parramatta Eels 10 (Sunshine Coast Stadium – 3,613)
Match Report: https://nothingbutleague.com/2021/08/15/2021-nrl-round-22-sea-eagles-56-eels-6-report/
MOTM Points: 3 – Reuben Garrick (Sea Eagles), 2 – Tom Trbojevic (Sea Eagles), 1 – Daly Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles)
New Zealand Warriors 24 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 10 (Moreton Daily Stadium – tba)
Match Report: https://nothingbutleague.com/2021/08/15/2021-nrl-round-22-warriors-24-bulldogs-10-report/
MOTM Points: 3 – Josh Curran (Warriors), 2 – Josh Jackson (Bulldogs), 1 – Euan Aitken (Warriors)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 14 Newcastle Knights 16 (Moreton Daily Stadium – tba)
Match Report: https://nothingbutleague.com/2021/08/15/2021-nrl-round-22-sharks-14-knights-16-report/
MOTM Points: 3 – Kalyn Ponga (Knights), 2 – Bradman Best (Knights), 1 – Jack Williams (Sharks)
