NRL Predictions: Finals Week 1

Our expert tipsters make their call on who they think will win in week 1 of the NRL Finals series.

all times Australian Eastern time

Brisbane Broncos Vs Melbourne Storm (Suncorp Stadium, Friday September 8, 7:50pm) – preview, NRL Finals Stats Broncos Vs Storm
Penrith Panthers Vs New Zealand Warriors (BlueBet Stadium, Saturday September 9, 4:05pm) – preview, NRL Finals Stats Panthers Vs Warriors
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Vs Sydney Roosters (PointsBet Stadium, Saturday September 9, 7:50pm) – preview, NRL Finals Stats Sharks Vs Roosters
Newcastle Knights Vs Canberra Raiders (McDonald Jones Stadium, Sunday September 10, 4:05pm) – preview, NRL Final Stats Knights Vs Raiders

NRL Predictions: Finals Week 1

Teams, Venues and Times

Recap

Telstra National Rugby League Premiership 2023

Suncorp Stadium23 Chippendall St, Milton QLD 4064, Australia

September 8, 202319:50

(Week1Finals)

26 - 0

Final Score

Team	Tries	Goals	FG	2pt FG	Points
Broncos	4	5	0	0	26
Storm	0	0	0	0	0

Game Statistics

Broncos

Player	Jersey	T	G	FG	2FG	Minutes Played	Run Metres	Post Contact Metres	Line Breaks	Try Assists	Offloads	Tackles	Missed Tackles	40/20	20/40	Errors	Sin Bin	Sent Off
Reece Walsh	1	1	0	0	0	80	117	20	1	1	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0
Jesse Arthars	2	0	0	0	0	80	62	23	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0
Kotoni Staggs	3	1	0	0	0	80	112	40	1	0	0	15	5	0	0	0	0	0
Herbie Farnworth	4	0	0	0	0	80	163	83	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Selwyn Cobbo	5	1	0	0	0	80	109	28	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0
Ezra Mam	6	0	0	0	0	80	68	15	0	0	0	18	4	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Reynolds	7	0	5	0	0	80	25	11	0	2	0	16	2	0	0	2	0	0
Thomas Flegler	8	0	0	0	0	47	96	30	0	0	1	19	1	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Walters	9	0	0	0	0	49	42	5	0	0	0	17	6	0	0	1	0	0
Payne Haas	10	0	0	0	0	54	180	77	0	0	2	26	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Capewell	11	0	0	0	0	73	82	36	1	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0
Jordan Riki	12	1	0	0	0	70	50	18	1	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Carrigan	13	0	0	0	0	60	193	85	0	0	2	25	4	0	0	1	0	0
Tyson Smoothy	14	0	0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brendan Piakura	15	0	0	0	0	19	29	14	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kobe Hetherington	16	0	0	0	0	39	140	54	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keenan Palasia	17	0	0	0	0	44	153	59	0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Oates	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		4	5	0	0	1047	1621	598	5	3	6	277	36	1	0	12	0

Storm

Player	Jersey	T	G	FG	2FG	Minutes Played	Run Metres	Post Contact Metres	Line Breaks	Try Assists	Offloads	Tackles	Missed Tackles	40/20	20/40	Errors	Sin Bin	Sent Off
Nick Meaney	1	0	0	0	0	80	135	44	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	0	0
Will Warbrick	2	0	0	0	0	80	100	32	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0
Marion Seve	3	0	0	0	0	74	113	44	0	0	1	14	4	0	0	0	0	0
Young Tonumaipea	4	0	0	0	0	65	53	18	0	0	1	12	6	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Coates	5	0	0	0	0	70	129	45	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
Cameron Munster	6	0	0	0	0	80	65	17	0	0	1	20	4	0	0	1	0	0
Jahrome Hughes	7	0	0	0	0	80	49	18	0	0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tui Kamikamica	8	0	0	0	0	38	98	49	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0
Harry Grant	9	0	0	0	0	80	44	9	0	0	0	37	10	0	0	2	0	0
Christian Welch	10	0	0	0	0	41	67	24	0	0	1	23	2	0	0	0	0	0
Trent Loiero	11	0	0	0	0	72	45	13	0	0	0	29	5	0	0	1	0	0
Eliesa Katoa	12	0	0	0	0	68	77	27	0	0	1	27	4	0	0	1	0	0
Josh King	13	0	0	0	0	68	80	27	0	0	0	40	6	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Eisenhuth	15	0	0	0	0	36	47	16	0	0	2	29	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nelson Asofa-Solomona	16	0	0	0	0	45	104	44	0	0	2	22	4	0	0	1	0	0
Ryan Papenhuyzen	17	0	0	0	0	37	83	16	0	0	1	8	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tariq Sims	19	0	0	0	0	27	78	27	1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bronson Garlick	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		0	0	0	0	1041	1367	470	1	0	14	324	59	0	0	12	0

Venue

Suncorp Stadium

23 Chippendall St, Milton QLD 4064, Australia

Details

Date	Time	League	Season	Match Day	Full Time
September 8, 2023	19:50	Telstra National Rugby League Premiership	2023	Week1Finals	80'

Recap

Telstra National Rugby League Premiership 2023

BlueBet StadiumRansley St, Penrith NSW 2750, Australia

September 9, 202316:05

(Week1Finals)

32 - 6

Final Score

Team	Tries	Goals	FG	2pt FG	Points
Panthers	5	6	0	0	32
Warriors	1	1	0	0	6

Game Statistics

Panthers

Player	T	G	FG	2FG	Minutes Played	Run Metres	Post Contact Metres	Line Breaks	Try Assists	Offloads	Tackles	Missed Tackles	40/20	20/40	Errors	Sin Bin	Sent Off
Dylan Edwards	0	0	0	0	80	223	33	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sunia Turuva	2	0	0	0	80	149	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
Stephen Crichton	0	0	0	0	80	133	47	0	2	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Garner	0	0	0	0	80	128	33	1	0	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian To’o	1	0	0	0	80	174	63	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Cogger	0	0	0	0	80	108	13	0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0
Nathan Cleary	1	6	0	0	80	194	11	2	1	3	21	2	0	0	1	0	0
Moses Leota	0	0	0	0	44	87	21	0	1	0	31	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mitchell Kenny	0	0	0	0	53	8	4	0	0	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	0
James Fisher-Harris	0	0	0	0	48	135	50	0	0	1	28	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Sorensen	0	0	0	0	61	41	8	0	0	0	22	5	0	0	1	0	0
Liam Martin	1	0	0	0	80	115	38	1	0	1	42	3	0	0	1	0	0
Isaah Yeo	0	0	0	0	80	196	55	0	0	0	43	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tyrone Peachey	0	0	0	0	27	4	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lindsay Smith	0	0	0	0	38	69	22	0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Leniu	0	0	0	0	30	81	33	0	0	1	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zac Hosking	0	0	0	0	19	24	11	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaeman Salmon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	6	0	0	1040	1869	473	9	4	10	359	26	0	0	8	0

Warriors

Player	T	G	FG	2FG	Minutes Played	Run Metres	Post Contact Metres	Line Breaks	Try Assists	Offloads	Tackles	Missed Tackles	40/20	20/40	Errors	Sin Bin	Sent Off
Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad	0	0	0	0	80	175	36	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak	0	0	0	0	80	150	32	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0
Rocco Berry	0	0	0	0	80	81	24	0	0	1	23	2	0	0	3	0	0
Adam Pompey	0	1	0	0	80	84	28	0	0	1	16	4	0	0	0	0	0
Marcelo Montoya	0	0	0	0	80	126	28	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	0	0
Dylan Walker	0	0	0	0	76	49	15	0	0	1	19	8	0	0	1	0	0
Te Maire Martin	0	0	0	0	80	30	5	0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0
Addin Fonua-Blake	0	0	0	0	59	133	54	0	0	2	33	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wayde Egan	1	0	0	0	71	84	14	0	0	1	52	4	0	0	1	0	0
Mitchell Barnett	0	0	0	0	39	69	17	0	0	2	27	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jackson Ford	0	0	0	0	80	46	18	0	0	0	39	8	0	0	2	0	0
Marata Niukore	0	0	0	0	55	36	16	0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tohu Harris	0	0	0	0	80	113	17	0	0	0	56	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jazz Tevaga	0	0	0	0	33	61	19	0	0	1	21	4	0	0	2	0	0
Bayley Sironen	0	0	0	0	34	37	11	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Curran	0	0	0	0	25	44	10	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0
Freddy Lussick	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Taine Tuaupiki	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	0	0	1041	1318	344	0	1	10	400	55	0	0	14	0

Venue

BlueBet Stadium

Ransley St, Penrith NSW 2750, Australia

Details

Date	Time	League	Season	Match Day	Full Time
September 9, 2023	16:05	Telstra National Rugby League Premiership	2023	Week1Finals	80'

Recap

Telstra National Rugby League Premiership 2023

PointsBet Stadium455 Captain Cook Dr, Woolooware NSW 2230, Australia

September 9, 202319:50

(Week1Finals)

12 - 13

Final Score

Team	Tries	Goals	FG	2pt FG	Points
Sharks	2	2	0	0	12
Roosters	2	2	1	2	13

Game Statistics

Sharks

Player	T	G	FG	2FG	Minutes Played	Run Metres	Post Contact Metres	Line Breaks	Try Assists	Offloads	Tackles	Missed Tackles	40/20	20/40	Errors	Sin Bin	Sent Off
Connor Tracey	0	0	0	0	80	182	39	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sione Katoa	1	0	0	0	80	74	18	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Jesse Ramien	0	0	0	0	80	124	35	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	2	0	0
Siosifa Talakai	0	0	0	0	80	145	39	0	0	1	8	6	0	0	1	0	0
Ronaldo Mulitalo	1	0	0	0	80	147	23	3	0	0	10	2	0	0	2	0	0
Braydon Trindall	0	0	0	0	80	151	4	0	0	0	10	7	0	0	0	0	0
Nicho Hynes	0	2	0	0	80	131	13	0	2	0	26	3	0	0	0	0	0
Toby Rudolf	0	0	0	0	62	142	46	0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0
Blayke Brailey	0	0	0	0	80	18	5	0	0	0	42	6	0	0	1	0	0
Royce Hunt	0	0	0	0	34	104	54	0	0	1	20	2	0	0	1	0	0
Briton Nikora	0	0	0	0	80	94	24	0	0	1	44	4	0	0	1	0	0
Wade Graham	0	0	0	0	80	83	20	0	0	0	34	7	0	0	1	0	0
Cameron McInnes	0	0	0	0	60	107	35	0	0	2	41	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Williams	0	0	0	0	43	75	36	0	0	1	32	3	0	0	1	0	0
Thomas Hazelton	0	0	0	0	14	34	12	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon Kaufusi	0	0	0	0	22	44	16	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	0
Jesse Colquhoun	0	0	0	0	11	26	13	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kayal Iro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	2	0	0	1046	1681	432	4	2	6	353	57	0	0	13	0

Roosters

Player	T	G	FG	2FG	Minutes Played	Run Metres	Post Contact Metres	Line Breaks	Try Assists	Offloads	Tackles	Missed Tackles	40/20	20/40	Errors	Sin Bin	Sent Off
James Tedesco	0	0	0	0	70	202	45	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	1	0
Junior Pauga	0	0	0	0	80	173	32	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	0	0
Billy Smith	0	1	0	0	80	112	25	0	0	0	17	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Manu	1	0	0	0	52	116	31	1	0	1	10	2	0	0	2	0	0
Joseph Suaalii	0	0	0	0	41	100	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Luke Keary	0	0	0	0	80	39	2	0	0	0	19	3	0	0	2	0	0
Sam Walker	0	1	1	0	80	44	4	0	1	0	15	5	0	0	0	0	0
Lindsay Collins	0	0	0	0	60	70	29	0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Smith	0	0	0	0	66	88	20	0	0	2	36	3	0	0	0	0	0
Egan Butcher	0	0	0	0	44	80	24	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0
Siua Wong	1	0	0	0	71	122	32	0	0	3	31	4	0	0	0	0	0
Nat Butcher	0	0	0	0	80	54	15	0	0	0	51	1	0	0	2	0	0
Victor Radley	0	0	0	0	80	134	45	0	0	1	42	6	0	0	0	0	0
Fletcher Baker	0	0	0	0	22	41	13	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sandon Smith	0	0	0	0	26	20	7	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
Terrell May	0	0	0	0	54	92	41	0	0	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angus Crichton	0	0	0	0	50	66	24	0	0	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Allan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2	2	1	0	1036	1553	424	4	1	9	361	36	0	0	12	1

Venue

PointsBet Stadium

455 Captain Cook Dr, Woolooware NSW 2230, Australia

Details

Date	Time	League	Season	Match Day	Full Time
September 9, 2023	19:50	Telstra National Rugby League Premiership	2023	Week1Finals	80'

Recap

Telstra National Rugby League Premiership 2023

McDonald Jones Stadium294 Turton Rd, New Lambton NSW 2305, Australia

September 10, 202316:05

(Week1Finals)

30 - 28

Final Score

Team	Tries	Goals	FG	2pt FG	Points
Knights	5	5	0	0	30
Raiders	5	4	0	0	28

Game Statistics

Knights

Player	T	G	FG	2FG	Minutes Played	Run Metres	Post Contact Metres	Line Breaks	Try Assists	Offloads	Tackles	Missed Tackles	40/20	20/40	Errors	Sin Bin	Sent Off
Kalyn Ponga	1	5	0	0	90	125	11	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	2	0	0
Dominic Young	2	0	0	0	90	224	30	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dane Gagai	1	0	0	0	90	178	43	0	0	0	19	5	0	0	3	0	0
Bradman Best	0	0	0	0	90	82	29	0	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0
Greg Marzhew	1	0	0	0	90	222	34	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	3	0	0
Tyson Gamble	0	0	0	0	90	101	2	0	1	0	24	5	0	0	1	0	0
Jackson Hastings	0	0	0	0	41	16	1	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Saifiti	0	0	0	0	49	84	27	0	0	0	35	4	0	0	0	0	0
Phoenix Crossland	0	0	0	0	90	59	0	0	0	1	60	6	0	0	0	0	0
Leo Thompson	0	0	0	0	43	66	28	0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0
Tyson Frizell	0	0	0	0	82	104	35	0	0	1	28	0	0	0	1	0	0
Lachlan Fitzgibbon	0	0	0	0	76	45	18	0	0	2	32	4	0	0	1	0	0
Adam Elliott	0	0	0	0	76	128	25	0	0	0	48	8	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Mann	0	0	0	0	50	38	4	1	1	1	21	2	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Saifiti	0	0	0	0	49	102	35	0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Hetherington	0	0	0	0	30	71	24	0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mathew Croker	0	0	0	0	44	82	23	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0
Dylan Lucas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	5	0	0	1170	1727	369	4	5	6	438	49	0	0	15	0

Raiders

Player	T	G	FG	2FG	Minutes Played	Run Metres	Post Contact Metres	Line Breaks	Try Assists	Offloads	Tackles	Missed Tackles	40/20	20/40	Errors	Sin Bin	Sent Off
Jordan Rapana	0	0	0	0	90	280	45	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	2	0	0
James Schiller	2	0	0	0	90	120	32	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
Jack Wighton	0	0	0	0	90	164	50	0	1	1	12	1	0	0	2	0	0
Matthew Timoko	0	0	0	0	90	163	51	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0
Nick Cotric	0	0	0	0	90	132	33	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
Matt Frawley	1	0	0	0	90	57	5	1	0	0	17	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jamal Fogarty	0	4	0	0	90	85	7	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0
Ata Mariota	0	0	0	0	56	193	76	0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0
Zac Woolford	0	0	0	0	38	35	8	0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joseph Tapine	0	0	0	0	62	178	66	0	0	1	36	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hudson Young	0	0	0	0	90	100	27	0	1	2	34	2	0	0	0	0	0
Elliott Whitehead	0	0	0	0	90	113	38	0	1	3	46	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hohepa Puru	0	0	0	0	3	10	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Starling	1	0	0	0	63	72	22	1	0	0	44	3	0	0	0	0	0
Emre Guler	0	0	0	0	78	132	45	0	0	0	43	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pasami Saulo	0	0	0	0	27	102	33	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trey Mooney	1	0	0	0	34	84	25	1	0	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0
Albert Hopoate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	5	4	0	0	1171	2020	566	5	3	9	364	31	0	0	9	0

Venue

McDonald Jones Stadium

294 Turton Rd, New Lambton NSW 2305, Australia

Details

Date	Time	League	Season	Match Day	Full Time
September 10, 2023	16:05	Telstra National Rugby League Premiership	2023	Week1Finals	90'