2001 NRL Season — Final Regular-Season Ladder

14 clubs, each playing a full 26-game round-robin season (no byes that year). South Sydney was excluded from the competition 1999-2001 and did not return until 2002, so the Rabbitohs correctly do not appear in this ladder.

NRL 2001 ▾

Ladder

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1	Parramatta Eels	26	20	2	4	839	406	+433	42
2	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26	17	3	6	617	568	+49	37
3	Newcastle Knights	26	16	1	9	782	639	+143	33
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	26	15	2	9	594	513	+81	32
5	Brisbane Broncos	26	14	1	11	696	511	+185	29
6	Sydney Roosters	26	13	1	12	647	589	+58	27
7	St George Illawarra Dragons	26	12	2	12	661	573	+88	26
8	New Zealand Warriors	26	12	2	12	638	629	+9	26
9	Melbourne Storm	26	11	1	14	704	725	-21	23
10	Northern Eagles	26	11	1	14	603	750	-147	23
11	Canberra Raiders	26	9	1	16	600	623	-23	19
12	Wests Tigers	26	9	1	16	474	746	-272	19
13	North Queensland Cowboys	26	6	2	18	514	771	-257	14
14	Penrith Panthers	26	7	0	19	521	847	-326	14

Qualified for the finals series — top 8 (McIntyre final eight system) that season.

Finals series

Qualifying Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
7 Sep 2001	Cronulla-Sutherland 22–6 Brisbane Broncos	Toyota Park, Sydney, NSW	15,508
8 Sep 2001	Newcastle Knights 40–6 Sydney Roosters	Marathon Stadium, Newcastle, NSW	22,061
8 Sep 2001	Canterbury-Bankstown 22–23 St George Illawarra	Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW	17,975
9 Sep 2001	Parramatta Eels 56–12 New Zealand Warriors	Parramatta Stadium, Parramatta, NSW	17,336

Semi-Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
15 Sep 2001	Brisbane Broncos 44–28 St George Illawarra	Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW	19,259
16 Sep 2001	Cronulla-Sutherland 52–10 Canterbury-Bankstown	Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW	21,507

Preliminary Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
22 Sep 2001	Newcastle Knights 18–10 Cronulla-Sutherland	Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, Sydney, NSW	31,438
23 Sep 2001	Parramatta Eels 24–16 Brisbane Broncos	Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW	34,184

Grand Final

Date	Result	Venue	Attendance
30 Sep 2001	Newcastle Knights 30–24 Parramatta Eels	Stadium Australia, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW	90,414

Full Grand Final page (Clive Churchill Medal, match context, sources) →

Sources

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