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The 2024 NRL regular season has come to an end. Here is how the ladder looks for the finals series.
| Pos. | Club | W | D | L | F/A | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  |
Melbourne Storm | 19 | 0 | 5 | 243 | 44 |
| 2nd |  |
Penrith Panthers | 17 | 0 | 7 | 186 | 40 |
| 3rd |  |
Sydney Roosters | 16 | 0 | 8 | 275 | 38 |
| 4th |  |
Cronulla Sharks | 15 | 0 | 8 | 202 | 36 |
| 5th |  |
North Queensland Cowboys | 15 | 0 | 9 | 89 | 36 |
| 6th |  |
Canterbury Bulldogs | 14 | 0 | 10 | 96 | 34 |
| 7th |  |
Manly Sea Eagles | 13 | 1 | 9 | 133 | 33 |
| 8th |  |
Canberra Raiders | 12 | 0 | 12 | -127 | 30 |
| 9th |  |
Dolphins | 11 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 10th |  |
Newcastle Knights | 11 | 0 | 12 | -48 | 28 |
| 11th |  |
St George Illawarra Dragons | 11 | 0 | 13 | -126 | 28 |
| 12th |  |
Brisbane Broncos | 10 | 0 | 14 | -70 | 26 |
| 13th |  |
New Zealand Warriors | 9 | 1 | 14 | -62 | 25 |
| 14th |  |
Gold Coast Titans | 8 | 0 | 16 | -168 | 22 |
| 15th |  |
Parramatta Eels | 7 | 0 | 17 | -155 | 20 |
| 16th |  |
South Sydney Rabbitohs | 7 | 0 | 17 | -188 | 20 |
| 17th |  |
Wests Tigers | 6 | 0 | 17 | -287 | 18 |
The NRL has a simple points system: victorious teams earn two points for a victory, while losing teams earn zero for a loss. There are two points for a bye.
If a match is tied at the end of 80 minutes of regulation time, there are two five-minute halves of golden point, where any score will be the match-deciding one, be it a field goal, try, or penalty goal. The match immediately ends at that stage.
If the two teams play out a scoreless golden point period, the match will be declared a draw, with both teams earning one point.
The teams with the most points will finish higher on the NRL ladder.
Teams who finish on equal on competition points after 26 rounds will have their fate decided by for and against, which is calculated by subtracting the number of points scored against the team from the points the team scores over the course of the season.
The current system sees the first week have top four sides face each other, and the second four (bottom half of the top eight) play each other. The winners in the top four clashes go straight to the third week of the finals, while the losers face the winner of the second four.
The losers in the matches between the second four sides are eliminated, while the winners face the losers from the top four.
The previous system was the McIntyre, the team that finished first would play eighth, second would play seventh, and so on, with the two highest-ranked losers getting a second chance. This was abandoned in favour of the current system in 2011.