2007 NRL season

Rugby league competition

Rugby league season

2007 National Rugby League

Teams| 16
Premiers|  ~~Melbourne Storm~~ [1]
Minor premiers|  ~~Melbourne Storm~~
Matches played| 201
Points scored| 8539
Average attendance| 16,578
Attendance| 3,332,114
Top points scorer(s)|  Hazem El Masri (210)
Player of the year|  Johnathan Thurston (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s)|  Matthew Bowen (22)

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2008 →

The 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and the tenth run by the National Rugby League. Sixteen teams contested the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership, and with the inclusion of a new team, the Gold Coast Titans, the competition was the largest run since the 1999 NRL season.

The Melbourne Storm were the minor premiers in 2007, six points clear of second-placed Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. The Storm eventually ran out 34–8 winners in the 2007 NRL Grand Final to claim the premiership. However, they were subsequently stripped of both their minor premiership and premiership titles on 22 April 2010, after they were found to be guilty of breaching the league's salary cap.[2][3]

## Season summary

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See also: 2007 NRL Season Results

Pre-season, 2006 premiers the Brisbane Broncos travelled to England to play the Super League champions in the 2007 World Club Challenge.

The 2007 NRL Season kicked off on Friday 16 March 2007 with eight games to be played in each round. The 2007 season saw the return of Monday Night Football, which helped the NRL to set new first round aggregate attendance record of 174,475.[4] The opening round also saw two matches at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, one featured reigning champions Brisbane playing fellow Queensland side the Cowboys, while the second match introduced the newest club to be admitted to the competition, the Gold Coast Titans.

The North Queensland Cowboys' Jason Smith was the NRL's oldest player in 2007 at 35 years and 186 days.[5]

Teams had fewer byes in 2007 than in the 2006 competition. With an odd number of teams contesting between 2002 and 2006, the draw meant that at least one team would have to have a bye each weekend. With the inclusion of the 16th team for the 2007 season, the National Rugby League had the option of reverting to the system used between 2000 and 2001 in which every team played in each round. However, this option was not chosen. In 2007, teams had just a single bye during the year, grouped in periods that will assist clubs around representative fixtures.

The top eight was not settled until the final round as the Brisbane Broncos and Wests Tigers were both on 24 points in 8th and 9th position respectively, with the Broncos ahead on points differential. Both teams lost their final regular season match and as a result of this, the South Sydney Rabbitohs made the top eight for the first time since 1989. The New Zealand Warriors secured a home final: the second match in the history of the National Rugby League Finals played outside of Australia. The first was the Warriors' victory over the Canberra Raiders at Mt Smart Stadium while on their way to the 2002 Grand Final.

On the other end of the ladder, the Newcastle Knights and Penrith Panthers were both in contention for the Wooden Spoon – the traditional label for last place. The Knights performed well in their last match and denied the Wests Tigers a spot in the top eight, winning by two points, whereas the Panthers were defeated by the New Zealand Warriors, seeing them finish last.

2007 saw a total of over 3 million spectators attend regular season matches for only the second time in history.[6]

### Records set

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* The Brisbane Broncos recorded their biggest win in the club's history (65 points) with a 71–6 win over the Newcastle Knights at Suncorp Stadium in round 11. It's also the Newcastle Knights biggest ever loss.
* New Zealand Warriors prop forward Steve Price ran 4,515 metres with the ball in 2007, more than any other forward in history.[7]

### Advertising

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The National Rugby League kept use of the Hoodoo Gurus' "That's My Team" for a fifth consecutive season, with their advertising agency MJW Hakuhodo reworking the track "What's My Scene" and the "That's My Dream" slogan. With a design change for the Telstra Premiership logo (after months of off-season deliberation on whether Telstra would sponsor the code again), the commercial was a fast-paced action clip, with key players from all teams superimposed to appear as if they are playing in front the famous landmarks of their team's area. They are as follows:

* Brisbane Broncos – Darren Lockyer in front of the Story Bridge.
* Bulldogs – Andrew Ryan and Luke Patten in Sydney Olympic Park.
* Canberra Raiders – Phil Graham in front of Parliament House.
* Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks – on the steps of North Cronulla Beach.
* Gold Coast Titans – Luke Bailey taking a hit-up on Surfers Paradise' Beach.
* Manly Warringah Sea Eagles – on the Manly Beach Boulevarde.
* Melbourne Storm – running across Federation Square.
* Newcastle Knights – Danny Buderus scoring a try on the Newcastle Waterfront.
* North Queensland Cowboys – streets of Townsville.
* New Zealand Warriors – Steve Price in front of the city skyline of Auckland.
* Parramatta Eels – Eric Grothe, Jr. running down Church Street.
* Penrith Panthers – players on Mulgoa Road.
* St George Illawarra Dragons – Mark Gasnier running along the Seacliff Drive.
* South Sydney Rabbitohs – Roy Asotasi taking a hitup in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel.
* Sydney Roosters – players in front of the pavilion at Bondi Beach.
* Wests Tigers – Robbie Farah in Sydney Olympic Park.

As with previous seasons, all team captains featured prominently in the ads, holding aloft the premiership trophy as the advertisement closes, replicating the 2006 equivalent. Only weeks after it was put to air, Newcastle Knights captain Andrew Johns' career was ended by a neck injury.

### Sponsorship

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Telecommunications giant Telstra once again held the naming rights to the premiership season and for the seventh season the competition was known as the "Telstra Premiership". For the second time, however, a change was made to the Telstra Premiership Logo to align with the telco's own new logo.

Spirit producers Bundaberg Rum sponsored Monday night football – as Bundaberg Monday Night Football. Electronics wholesaler Harvey Norman continued their support of the State of Origin Series, The insurer AAMI sponsored the City vs Country Origin.

## Teams

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For the 2007 season the number of teams in the NRL had increasing from fifteen to sixteen with the re-inclusion of a Gold Coast, Queensland-based club for the first since 1998, now as the Gold Coast Titans. It was the first time the number of Premiership teams had changed since 2002 when the re-inclusion of the South Sydney Rabbitohs saw the number of teams increase from 14 to 15. The Titans were the NRL's first expansion team since the Melbourne Storm, who entered the League in 1998.

The sixteen teams participated in the competition over the regular season, making it the largest it had been since 1999 when there were seventeen. Of the sixteen clubs, ten were from New South Wales (nine from Sydney's metropolitan area), three from Queensland and one from each of Victoria, the ACT and New Zealand.

Just two foundation clubs from New South Wales Rugby League season 1908 played in this, the 100th season of the competition: the Sydney Roosters (formerly known as Eastern Suburbs) and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Of these two clubs, only the Sydney Roosters played their 100th full season, as the South Sydney Rabbitohs were in recess during 2000 and 2001. Two foundation clubs, the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies, had played in every year since 1908, but the two sides merged to create the Wests Tigers who competed every year since the merger in 2000.

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Brisbane Broncos
20th season
Ground: Suncorp Stadium
Coach: Wayne Bennett
Captain: Darren Lockyer | Bulldogs
73rd season
Ground: Telstra Stadium
Coach: Steve Folkes
Captain: Andrew Ryan | Canberra Raiders
26th season
Ground: Canberra Stadium
Coach: Neil Henry
Captain: Alan Tongue | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
41st season
Ground: Toyota Stadium
Coach: Ricky Stuart
Captain: Brett Kimmorley
Gold Coast Titans
1st season
Ground: Carrara Stadium
Coach: John Cartwright
Captain: Scott Prince & Luke Bailey | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
58th season
Ground: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Des Hasler
Captain: Matt Orford | Melbourne Storm
10th season
Ground Olympic Park Stadium
Coach: Craig Bellamy
Captain: Cameron Smith | New Zealand Warriors
13th season
Ground: Mt. Smart Stadium
Coach: Ivan Cleary
Captain: Steve Price
Newcastle Knights
20th season
Ground: EnergyAustralia Stadium
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Andrew Johns → Danny Buderus | North Queensland Cowboys
13th season
Ground: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Coach: Graham Murray
Captain: Johnathan Thurston | Parramatta Eels
61st season
Ground: Parramatta Stadium
Coach: Michael Hagan
Captain: Nathan Cayless | Penrith Panthers
41st season
Ground: CUA Stadium
Coach: Matthew Elliott
Captain: Tony Puletua
South Sydney Rabbitohs
98th season
Ground: Telstra Stadium
Coach: Jason Taylor
Captain: David Kidwell & Roy Asotasi | St. George Illawarra Dragons
9th season
Ground: OKI Jubilee Stadium & WIN Stadium
Coach: Nathan Brown
Captain: Mark Gasnier | Sydney Roosters
100th season
Ground: Sydney Football Stadium
Coach: Chris Anderson → Brad Fittler
Captain: Craig Fitzgibbon | Wests Tigers
8th season
Ground: Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Brett Hodgson

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Titans

Sea Eagles

Storm

Knights

Warriors

Cowboys

Eels

Panthers

Rabbitohs

Dragons

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Roosters

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## Ladder

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts
1 |  Melbourne Storm | 24 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 627 | 277 | +350 | 44
2 |  Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 597 | 377 | +220 | 38
3 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 547 | 618 | −71 | 32
4 |  New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 593 | 434 | +159 | 29
5 |  Parramatta Eels | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 573 | 481 | +92 | 28
6 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 575 | 528 | +47 | 26
7 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 408 | 399 | +9 | 26
8 |  Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 511 | 476 | +35 | 24
9 |  Wests Tigers | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 541 | 561 | −20 | 24
10 |  Sydney Roosters | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 445 | 610 | −165 | 23
11 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 463 | 403 | +60 | 22
12 |  Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 409 | 559 | −150 | 22
13 |  St George Illawarra Dragons | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 431 | 509 | −78 | 20
14 |  Canberra Raiders | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 522 | 652 | −130 | 20
15 |  Newcastle Knights | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 418 | 708 | −290 | 20
16 |  Penrith Panthers | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 539 | 607 | −68 | 18

### Ladder progression

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* Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
* Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
* Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round
* Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.

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1 |  Melbourne | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 42 | 44
2 |  Manly-Warringah | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 38
3 |  North Queensland | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 30 | 32
4 |  New Zealand | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 29
5 |  Parramatta | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28
6 |  Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 28
7 |  South Sydney | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26
8 |  Brisbane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24
9 |  Wests | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24
10 |  Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23
11 |  Cronulla-Sutherland | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22
12 |  Gold Coast | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22
13 |  St George Illawarra | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20
14 |  Canberra | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20
15 |  Newcastle | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20
16 |  Penrith | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18

## Finals series

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Further information: 2007 NRL season results § Finals series

To decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre final eight system. The finals series was contested over a period of four weeks, culminating with the NRL Grand Final being held on Sunday 30 September 2007. For the first time, the week 2 and week 3 final matches were played in the cities of previous week winners rather than Sydney only.

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Qualifying Finals
New Zealand Warriors | 10–12  |  Parramatta Eels | 7 September 2007 8:30pm  | Mt. Smart Stadium | Tony Archer  | 28,745
North Queensland Cowboys | 20–18  |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 8 September 2007 6:30pm  | Dairy Farmers Stadium | Paul Simpkins  | 24,004
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 30–6  |  South Sydney Rabbitohs | 8 September 2007 8:30pm  | Brookvale Oval | Shayne Hayne  | 19,875
Melbourne Storm | 40–0  |  Brisbane Broncos | 9 September 2007 4:00pm  | Olympic Park Stadium | Steve Clark  | 15,522
Semi-finals
Parramatta Eels | 25–6  |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 15 September 2007 7:45pm  | Telstra Stadium | Shayne Hayne  | 50,621
North Queensland Cowboys | 49–12  |  New Zealand Warriors | 16 September 2007 4:00pm  | Dairy Farmers Stadium | Tony Archer  | 21,847
Preliminary Finals
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 28–6  |  North Queensland Cowboys | 22 September 2007 7:45pm  | Sydney Football Stadium | Paul Simpkins  | 32,611
Melbourne Storm | 26–10  |  Parramatta Eels | 23 September 2007 4:00pm  | Telstra Dome | Tony Archer  | 33,427

### Finals Chart

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| 8|  Brisbane| 0| | 1W|  Melbourne| 26
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| | |  Melbourne| 34
| 5|  Parramatta| 12| | |
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### Grand final

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Main article: 2007 NRL grand final

2007 NRL Grand Final

Sunday, 30 September
19:15 AEST (UTC+10)

Melbourne Storm | 34 – 8  |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles

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Tries: 7
Quinn 12', 76'
Inglis 23', 55'
Crocker 44'
King 52'
Newton 72'
Goals: 3
C Smith 13', 74', 76' (3/8)
| 1st: 10–4
2nd: 24–4
Report
| Tries: 2
Matai 39'
Hicks 62'
Goals:
Orford (0/2)

ANZStadium, Sydney
Attendance: 81,392[8][9]
Referee: Tony Archer
Touch judges: Steve Chiddy, Russell Turner
Clive Churchill Medal: Greg Inglis (Melbourne)

## Player statistics

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The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 25.

Top 5 point scorers

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202  |  Hazem El Masri | 10  | 81  | 0
176  |  Luke Covell | 10  | 68  | 0
166  |  Cameron Smith | 3  | 77  | 0
164  |  Johnathan Thurston | 8  | 66  | 0
154  |  Luke Burt | 9  | 59  | 0

Top 5 try scorers

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21  |  Matt Bowen
21  |  Israel Folau
17  |  Ashley Graham
16  |  Brett Stewart
16  |  Chris Lawrence
16  |  Matt King

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81  |  Hazem El Masri
77  |  Cameron Smith
68  |  Luke Covell
66  |  Johnathan Thurston
59  |  Michael Witt
59  |  Luke Burt

## Dally M Awards

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Main article: 2007 Dally M Awards

The Dally M Awards were introduced in 1980 by News Limited. The most prestigious of these awards is the Dally M Medal which is awarded to the Player Of The Year and many other awards. The other prestigious award is the Provans Summons Medal which is the season's best player as voted by the public. As well as honouring the player of the year the awards night also recognises the premier player in each position, the best coach, the best captain, representative player of the year and the most outstanding rookie of the season. The awards night and Player of the Year medal are named in honour of Australian former rugby league great Herbert Henry "Dally" Messenger. The top try-scorer and top point-scorer tallies are made at the end of the last round of the regular season and hence may be different from the overall top-scorers by the end of the finals.

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Dally M Medal | Johnathan Thurston | North Queensland Cowboys
Provan-Summons Medal | Nathan Hindmarsh | Parramatta Eels
Rookie of the Year | Israel Folau | Melbourne Storm
Captain of the Year | Steve Price | New Zealand Warriors
Rep Player of the Year | Cameron Smith | Melbourne Storm
Coach of the Year | Craig Bellamy | Melbourne Storm
Top Tryscorer of the Year | Israel Folau
Matt Bowen | Melbourne Storm
North Queensland Cowboys
Top Pointscorer of the Year | Hazem El Masri | Bulldogs

Team of the Year

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Best Fullback | Matthew Bowen | North Queensland Cowboys
Best Winger | Jarryd Hayne | Parramatta Eels
Best Centre | Justin Hodges | Brisbane Broncos
Best Five-Eighth | Darren Lockyer | Brisbane Broncos
Best Halfback | Johnathan Thurston | North Queensland Cowboys
Best Lock | Dallas Johnson | Melbourne Storm
Best Second-Rower | Anthony Watmough | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Best Prop | Steve Price | New Zealand Warriors
Best Hooker | Robbie Farah | Wests Tigers

## 2007 Transfers

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### Players

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Neville Costigan |  Brisbane Broncos |  Canberra Raiders
Casey McGuire |  Brisbane Broncos |  Super League: Catalans Dragons
Scott Minto |  Brisbane Broncos |  North Queensland Cowboys
Brett Seymour |  Brisbane Broncos |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Tame Tupou |  Brisbane Broncos |  Super League: Bradford Bulls
Shane Webcke |  Brisbane Broncos | Retirement
Jason Croker |  Canberra Raiders |  Super League: Catalans Dragons
Craig Frawley |  Canberra Raiders |  Brisbane Broncos
Michael Hodgson |  Canberra Raiders |  Gold Coast Titans
Kris Kahler |  Canberra Raiders |  Gold Coast Titans
Andrew Lomu |  Canberra Raiders |  Brisbane Broncos
Terry Martin |  Canberra Raiders | Celtic Crusaders
Adam Mogg |  Canberra Raiders |  Super League: Catalans Dragons
Clinton Schifcofske |  Canberra Raiders | Queensland Reds (Super 14)
Jason Smith |  Canberra Raiders |  North Queensland Cowboys
Simon Woolford |  Canberra Raiders |  St. George Illawarra Dragons
Roy Asotasi |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tony Grimaldi |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | Retirement
Daniel Irvine |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
Nate Myles |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs |  Sydney Roosters
Darren Albert |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Retirement
Phil Bailey |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |  Super League: Wigan Warriors
Matt Hilder |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |  Gold Coast Titans
Tevita Leo-Latu |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |  Super League: Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Hutch Maiava |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |  Super League: Hull F.C.
Darren Mapp |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Celtic Crusaders
Beau Scott |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |  St. George Illawarra Dragons
James Stosic |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |  Gold Coast Titans
Nigel Vagana |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
Richard Villasanti |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Retirement
Ben Kennedy |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | Retirement
Kylie Leuluai |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |  Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Paul Stephenson |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Michael Witt |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles |  New Zealand Warriors
Jamie Feeney |  Melbourne Storm | Retirement
Nathan Friend |  Melbourne Storm |  Gold Coast Titans
Scott Hill |  Melbourne Storm |  Super League: Harlequins RL
David Kidwell |  Melbourne Storm |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
Glen Turner |  Melbourne Storm |  Canberra Raiders
Chris Walker |  Melbourne Storm |  Gold Coast Titans
Jake Webster |  Melbourne Storm |  Gold Coast Titans
Brian Carney |  Newcastle Knights | Munster (Irish rugby union)
Dustin Cooper |  Newcastle Knights |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Matt Gidley |  Newcastle Knights |  Super League: St. Helens
Todd Lowrie |  Newcastle Knights |  Parramatta Eels
Anthony Quinn |  Newcastle Knights |  Melbourne Storm
Craig Smith |  Newcastle Knights | Retirement
Sione Faumuina |  New Zealand Warriors |  North Queensland Cowboys
Awen Guttenbeil |  New Zealand Warriors |  Castleford Tigers (National League One)
Clinton Toopi |  New Zealand Warriors |  Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Brent Webb |  New Zealand Warriors |  Super League: Leeds Rhinos
Brett Firman |  North Queensland Cowboys |  Penrith Panthers
Josh Hannay |  North Queensland Cowboys |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Travis Norton |  North Queensland Cowboys | Retirement
Mitchell Sargent |  North Queensland Cowboys |  Newcastle Knights
Matt Sing |  North Queensland Cowboys |  Super League: Hull F.C.
Wade McKinnon |  Parramatta Eels |  New Zealand Warriors
John Morris |  Parramatta Eels |  Wests Tigers
Glenn Morrison |  Parramatta Eels |  Super League: Bradford Bulls
Luke O'Dwyer |  Parramatta Eels |  Gold Coast Titans
Adam Peek |  Parramatta Eels |  St. George Illawarra Dragons
Henry Perenara |  Parramatta Eels |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Matt Petersen |  Parramatta Eels |  Gold Coast Titans
Paul Stringer |  Parramatta Eels | Retirement
Michael Vella |  Parramatta Eels |  Super League: Hull Kingston Rovers
Dean Widders |  Parramatta Eels |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
Preston Campbell |  Penrith Panthers |  Gold Coast Titans
Danny Galea |  Penrith Panthers |  Wests Tigers
Lee Hookey |  Penrith Panthers | Retirement
Craig Stapleton |  Penrith Panthers |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Luke Swain |  Penrith Panthers |  Gold Coast Titans
Adam MacDougall |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |  Newcastle Knights
Mark Minichiello |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |  Gold Coast Titans
Todd Polglase |  South Sydney Rabbitohs |  Newcastle Knights
Ben Walker |  South Sydney Rabbitohs | Retirement
Shane Walker |  South Sydney Rabbitohs | Retirement
Luke Bailey |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |  Gold Coast Titans
Trent Barrett |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |  Super League: Wigan Warriors
Colin Best |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |  Canberra Raiders
Matt Bickerstaff |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |  Canberra Raiders
Aaron Gorrell |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |  Super League: Catalans Dragons
Clint Greenshields |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |  Super League: Catalans Dragons
Michael Henderson |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |  Gold Coast Titans
Reece Simmonds |  St. George Illawarra Dragons |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
Shaun Timmins |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | Retirement
Ryan Cross |  Sydney Roosters | Western Force (Super 14)
John Doyle |  Sydney Roosters | Retirement
Mark Edmondson |  Sydney Roosters |  Super League: Salford City Reds
Brett Finch |  Sydney Roosters |  Parramatta Eels
Chris Flannery |  Sydney Roosters |  Super League: St. Helens
Glenn Hall |  Sydney Roosters |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Adrian Morley |  Sydney Roosters |  Super League: Warrington Wolves
Shane Elford |  Wests Tigers |  Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Sam Harris |  Wests Tigers | New South Wales Waratahs (Super 14)
Anthony Laffranchi |  Wests Tigers |  Gold Coast Titans
Jamahl Lolesi |  Wests Tigers |  Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Scott Prince |  Wests Tigers |  Gold Coast Titans
John Skandalis |  Wests Tigers |  Super League: Huddersfield Giants
Brad Meyers |  Super League: Bradford Bulls |  Gold Coast Titans
Richie Faʻaoso |  Super League: Castleford Tigers |  Parramatta Eels
Danny Nutley |  Super League: Castleford Tigers |  Sydney Roosters
Chris Beattie |  Super League: Catalans Dragons |  Sydney Roosters
Ian Hindmarsh |  Super League: Catalans Dragons |  Parramatta Eels
Nick Bradley-Qalilawa |  Super League: Harlequins RL |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Richard Mathers |  Super League: Leeds Rhinos |  Gold Coast Titans
Andrew Dunemann |  Super League: Salford City Reds |  Canberra Raiders
Jamie Lyon |  Super League: St. Helens |  Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
Logan Swann |  Super League: Warrington Wolves |  New Zealand Warriors
Michael Dobson |  Super League: Wigan Warriors |  Canberra Raiders
Scott Logan |  Super League: Wigan Warriors |  Canberra Raiders
David Myles | Toulouse Olympique |  Gold Coast Titans
Matt Rua | Central Comets (Queensland Cup)  |  Melbourne Storm
Mat Rogers | New South Wales Waratahs (Super 14)  |  Gold Coast Titans
Jason Moodie | N/A  |  Wests Tigers

### Coaches

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Coach  | 2006 Club  | 2007 Club

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Matthew Elliott |  Canberra Raiders |  Penrith Panthers
Michael Hagan |  Newcastle Knights |  Parramatta Eels
Ricky Stuart |  Sydney Roosters |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

## Footnotes

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1. ^ Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
2. ^ "Melbourne Storm breach NRL Salary Cap". National Rugby League. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
3. ^ McDonald, Margie (22 April 2010). "Melbourne Storm stripped of two rugby league titles over salary cap fraud". The Australian. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
4. ^ Paul, Crawley (15 March 2011). "Record-breaking week for NRL". The Daily Telegraph. Australia: Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
5. ^ Toohey, Barry (2 February 2011). "Still some bite in old Mad Dog". The Daily Telegraph. Australia: News Limited. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
6. ^ Gallop, David (2007). "Australian Rugby Football League Annual Report 2007" (PDF). Australian Rugby League Limited. p. 5\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-13. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
7. ^ Proszenko, Adrian (6 May 2012). "Gallen set to smash record". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
8. ^ Middleton, David. 2007 Official Rugby League Annual. Surrey Hills: News Magazines. p. 110.
9. ^ NRL Grand Final History Archived 9 February 2010 at archive.today at rl1908.com

## See also

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* National Rugby League
* 2007 Rugby League State of Origin series
* 2007 Australian football code crowds

## External links

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* 2007 NRL season at rugbyleagueproject.com
* 2007 NRL season at stats.rleague.com
* 2007 NRL season at abc.net.au

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