The NRL Experts Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Played for the Cowboys, Warriors and Dragons.
  2. 4. A type of kick that reaches a height of less than 10 meters and is meant to quickly bypass the defensive line.
  3. 6. The halfback who shared a Dally M with Taumalolo in 2016.
  4. 7. Which player became the first to score 30 points in a single match back in 2000.
  5. 11. When a stadium is full it is said to be at what?
  6. 12. I lost a Grand Final whilst playing with the Hindmarsh brothers and lost another Grand Final whilst playing with the Stewart brothers.
  7. 16. The first player to score 100 tries in the 2020’s.
  8. 17. A left footed player born in 2000 famous for very high bombs kicks.
  9. 21. A controversial NRL player who was banned for suspected recreational drug use whilst injured and at a regional coaching clinic in 2024.
  10. 23. Ty, David, Tony, they have all played state of origin.
  11. 24. The only player to score three (3) tries in a losing NRL Grand Final team.
  12. 28. An NRL premiership player from 2011 who brought up his 300th NRL career appearance in 2024.
  13. 29. The Gold Coast Titans first ever head coach.
  14. 30. Has lost two (2) Grand Finals against the Penrith Panthers with two (2) different clubs.
  15. 32. Brothers who played together in second row for Parramatta in the 2001 NRL Grand Final.
  16. 35. A club that was last in a Grand Final in 2001.
  17. 37. Scored a record 239 points for the Broncos in rookie season in 2018.
  18. 39. I have played more games (245) at halfback in the NRL era than any other player without winning a premiership.
  19. 40. The new voice of the state of origin who succeeded the legendary Ray Warren.
  20. 41. Beat the Roosters in a Grand Final and captained the Roosters in a Grand Final just 6 years later.
  21. 42. Has played fullback for both the Dragons and Bulldogs in Grand Finals.
  22. 43. Scored a Grand Final NRL match winning try in the dying seconds?
  23. 44. A club that plays in red and started in 2023 in the NRL.
  24. 47. A restart to play where primarily forwards come together and the ball is rolled.
  25. 49. A type of website and 300 game NRL player.
  26. 50. Has kicked the most field goals in NRL history as of 2025.
  27. 53. I lost a Grand Final against Brett Morris and I lost a Grand Final with Josh Morris.
  28. 54. It sounds at the end of both halves.
  29. 55. A former NRL CEO who left the role in 2020.
  30. 57. A fumbled pick up is called a (2).
  31. 59. The Panthers club captain in their most recent wooden spoon season.
  32. 61. Had the naming rights to Panthers stadium in the 2014 season?
  33. 63. A relatively light forward from Queensland picked as a lock forward in the Kangaroos 2024 pacific championships team.
  34. 64. Which 2 players with the same name (first and last) played in losing Grand Finals 23 years apart (1999 and 2022, only surname required).
Down
  1. 1. I have played more than 80 club games for three (3) different Sydney based clubs.
  2. 2. The only Shark (post 2000) to play 200 games for the club and score in a Grand Final.
  3. 5. Scored a very famous, although contentious origin try in 2004.
  4. 8. A dual Dally M medallist fullback.
  5. 9. The Broncos club captain in their most recent wooden spoon season. Glenn
  6. 10. Brothers Kenny and Jesse.
  7. 13. A new Zealander who has won a RLWC Final (2008) and an NRL Grand Final (2010).
  8. 14. Who refereed in his first NRL Grand Final in 2007?
  9. 15. A video review location which wqas brought into effect in 2016.
  10. 17. Has played fullback for both the Sharks and Bulldogs in Grand Finals.
  11. 18. An indigenous premiership winning winger under Michael Hagan who went onto play for the team he defeated in a Grand Final.
  12. 19. A former NRL player whose career came to a tragic accident after a tackle gone wrong at Melbourne’s Aami Park in 2014.
  13. 20. I have won the most NRL games without winning a legal premiership.
  14. 22. A Cowboys player signed from the Broncos in 2015 who ironically went onto defeat his former club in the Grand Final of 2015.
  15. 25. As of 2024 I am a former NRL player that has lost more club games (174) than any other player in the NRL era.
  16. 26. The city the New Zealand Warriors are based in.
  17. 27. A premiership winning five eighth that, along with his premiership winning halves partner, went onto play for the Broncos at some stage in his career after said Grand Final win.
  18. 31. In 2022, I became the first player to play over 100 club games for 2 different non NSW based clubs.
  19. 32. I became the first kiwi in history to lay claim to a premiership ring and Dally M medal.
  20. 33. Halfback dropped from NSW during the 2024 series.
  21. 34. A prop forward who won a Clive Churchill medal.
  22. 36. A type of kick that trickles on the ground.
  23. 38. The name of the annual round where all clubs play at the same venue.
  24. 42. I was gifted my premiership ring by Johnathan Thurston.
  25. 45. A backrower who scored over 1300 points for the Brisbane Broncos.
  26. 46. A left footed player who won a Clive Churchill medal one season and a Dally M medal in the following season.
  27. 48. I scored 146 tries for Souths in the 21st century and despite this was dropped in the beginning quarter of their 2014 premiership winning season.
  28. 51. Shared surname of two (2) Broncos Grand finalists that both played in Grand Finals nine (9) years apart.
  29. 52. A lock forward who has 4 NRL premierships to his name as of 2024.
  30. 56. A Steelers, Dragons and Sharks player who has also coached at Manly, the Bulldogs and Parramatta.
  31. 58. A name which refers to an off field act which happened in 2014 and ended the career of a Dally M medallist.
  32. 59. I won four (4) NSWRL/Super League/NRL premierships in the 1990’s, yet scored no more than 10 tries in the 1990’s.
  33. 60. I have played in more than 200 NRL games as hooker without being involved in a premiership winning squad.
  34. 62. A place where a player is said to score under which would make for the easiest conversion (2).