2020 NRL Nines

The 2020 NRL Nines was the fifth edition of the NRL Nines rugby league nines and the first one hosted outside of Auckland. It was played at HBF Park, Perth on 14–15 February 2020. Just like previous tournaments, it was contested by all 16 National Rugby League teams, but for the first time, the four NRL Women's Premiership teams played as well, as opposed to the Jillaroos and Kiwi Ferns like in former editions.[1] The men's tournament was split into four pools of four teams (1, 2, 3 & 4) and then into two groups of two teams in each pool (A & B). Each side was initially to play two games, against the teams from the other group of their pool. The top two teams in each pool then played off in a knockout-style tournament. The women's tournament, meanwhile, was a round-robin with each team playing three games, one against each of the others, before the top two teams met in the final. The tournament was drawn on 6 December 2019.[2]

2020 NRL Nines
Tournament information
LocationHBF Park, Perth
Dates14–15 February
Teams16 Male
4 Female
Final positions
Champions North Queensland Cowboys (2nd title) (Men's)
St. George Illawarra Dragons (1st title) (Women's)
Runner-up St. George Illawarra Dragons (Men's)
Brisbane Broncos (Women's)
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Points scored792 (26.4 per match)
Tries scored150 (5 per match)
Attendance10,128 (1st day)
14,739 (2nd day)
MVP Scott Drinkwater (Men's)
Maddie Studdon (Women's)
Top try scorer(s) Cody Ramsey &
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (4) (Men's)
Jayme Fressard (3) (Women's)

The Cowboys took out the men's title, beating the Dragons 23–14 in the final. Meanwhile, the Dragons won the women's title, with a 28–4 victory over the Broncos.

Men's Tournament

Pool 1
Pool 1
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
Newcastle Knights 2 2 0 0 50 4 +46 4
Penrith Panthers 2 1 0 1 39 16 +23 2
Sydney Roosters 2 1 0 1 14 43 −29 2
New Zealand Warriors 2 0 0 2 8 48 −40 0
Source:

Pool 2
Pool 2
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 1 0 1 34 20 +14 2
Parramatta Eels 2 1 0 1 25 20 +5 2
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2 1 0 1 30 31 −1 2
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2 1 0 1 17 35 −18 2
Source:

Pool 3
Pool 3
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
Gold Coast Titans 2 2 0 0 41 23 +18 4
South Sydney Rabbitohs 2 1 0 1 37 25 +12 2
Wests Tigers 2 1 0 1 30 22 +8 2
Canberra Raiders 2 0 0 2 18 56 −38 0
Source:

Pool 4
Pool 4
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
North Queensland Cowboys 2 2 0 0 27 18 +9 4
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2 1 0 1 25 14 +11 2
Brisbane Broncos 2 1 0 1 23 25 −2 2
Melbourne Storm 2 0 0 2 12 30 −18 0
Source:

Finals
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
         
Newcastle Knights 7
Parramatta Eels 14
Parramatta Eels 6
St George Illawarra 8
St George Illawarra 17
Penrith Panthers 14
St George Illawarra 14
North Queensland 23
Gold Coast Titans 24
Manly Sea Eagles 0
Gold Coast Titans 10
North Queensland 19
North Queensland 20
South Sydney Rabbitohs 6

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Grand Final

Women's Tournament

Pool Stage
Women's Pool
Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
Brisbane Broncos 3 3 0 0 54 10 +44 6
St. George Illawarra Dragons 3 1 0 2 48 34 +14 2
Sydney Roosters 3 1 0 2 22 42 −20 2
New Zealand Warriors 3 1 0 2 24 62 −38 2
Source:

Grand Final

Team of the Tournament

Men
# Player
1 Scott Drinkwater
2 Clint Gutherson
3 Mason Lino
4 Tyrone Peachey
5 Jason Taumalolo
6 Phillip Sami
7 Luke Metcalf
8 Cody Ramsey
9 Viliame Kikau

Women
# Player
1 Maddie Studdon
2 Hannah Southwell
3 Sam Bremner
4 Raecene McGregor
5 Tamika Upton
6 Chelsea Lenarduzzi
7 Nita Maynard
8 Keeley Davis
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References
  1. "Everything you need to know about the Perth NRL Nines". National Rugby League. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. "NRL Nines 2020 draw launched in Perth". National Rugby League. 6 December 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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