It’s impossible to say who will be crowned NRL champions in 2023, but based on current form and team compositions, it’s likely to be one of the usual contenders. The teams that look most likely at this stage are the Penrith Panthers, Melbourne Storm, Sydney Roosters and South Sydney Rabbitohs.
One week out from the season kick-off, here’s what our team of writers have come up with their predictions for the 2023 National Rugby League season.
Note: top 8 is in no particular order
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| Writer | Premiers | Runners Up | Minor Premiers | Top 8* | Wooden Spoon | Origin Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Pritchard | Panthers | Sharks | Panthers | Broncos Sharks Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Dragons | Queensland |
| Andrew Pelechaty | Panthers | Roosters | Panthers | Raiders Bulldogs Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Dolphins | New South Wales |
| Shannon Meyer | Roosters | Panthers | Panthers | Bulldogs Sharks Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Dragons | Queensland |
| Matt Attard | Panthers | Roosters | Panthers | Raiders Sharks Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Titans | New South Wales |
| Brendan Wood | Roosters | Panthers | Roosters | Broncos Sharks Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Dragons | New South Wales |
| Jem Nash | Panthers | Roosters | Panthers | Raiders Sharks Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Dragons | New South Wales |
| Josh Mercer | Panthers | Roosters | Panthers | Broncos Raiders Sharks Storm Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Tigers | New South Wales |
| Julian Vella | Storm | Roosters | Storm | Broncos Sharks Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Dragons | New South Wales |
| Nathan Smith | Rabbitohs | Panthers | Panthers | Sharks Storm Knights Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Dolphins | New South Wales |
| Elinya Chenery | Sharks | Rabbitohs | Rabbitohs | Sharks Storm Knights Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Tigers | New South Wales |
| Lachlan Jeffery | Roosters | Panthers | Panthers | Raiders Sharks Titans Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Roosters | Dragons | New South Wales |
| Mark Barnes | Roosters | Rabbitohs | Roosters | Raiders Sharks Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Warriors | New South Wales |
| Chloe Schibeci | Roosters | Eels | Panthers | Raiders Sharks Storm Cowboys Eels Panthers Rabbitohs Roosters | Dolphins | New South Wales |
| Frankiy Kapin (PNG correspondent) | Sharks | Roosters | Sharks | Raiders Bulldogs Sharks Dolphins Sea Eagles Knights Cowboys Dragons | Warriors | New South Wales |
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Parramatta will win..because it is my suggestion.
Broncos will take out minor premiership and the premiership this year we are alot smarter and playing alot better this year we’ve won a hard full of games when we wernt even playing at our best and the games we lost we didn’t loose by to many points and most importantly we are hungry more hungry then anyone in the comp and also cos we are the mighty broncos lesss go