List of NRL club owners

{{Short description|List of club owners in the National Rugby League (NRL)}}

{{update|date=October 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

This is a list of club owners in the National Rugby League (NRL), the top league of professional rugby league clubs in Australasia.{{cite web|url=http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/nrl-club-ownership.350010/|title=NRL Club Ownership|access-date=3 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.theroar.com.au/2011/04/05/who-owns-your-favourite-team/|title=Who really owns your favourite team?|date=5 April 2011|access-date=3 July 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-rich-list-phil-rothfield-rates-your-clubs-financial-situation/news-story/af3d7a044cfd7e2317ddc2829922db33|title = NRL rich list: Rating your club's finances|newspaper = Daily Telegraph|date = 25 February 2015|last1 = Rothfield|first1 = Phil}}

Current clubs

class="wikitable sortable"
Club

!Owner(s)

!Estimated brand value ($AUD millions)

!Notes

{{leagueicon|Brisbane|16}} Brisbane Broncos

|News Corp Australia (68.87%)
BXBX Pty Ltd (9.79%)
Lake Morepeth Pty Ltd (6.73%)
Others (14.61%)

|124

|{{cite news |last1=Samlos |first1=Zoe |last2=Buckingham-Jones |first2=Sam |title=$145m: The most valuable AFL and NRL teams revealed |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/ranked-what-the-top-10-afl-and-nrl-team-brands-are-worth-20241008-p5kgm0 |access-date=8 July 2025 |work=Australian Financial Review |publisher=Nine Media |date=9 October 2024}}

{{leagueicon|Canterbury|16}} Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

|Bulldogs Rugby League Club Limited

|51

|{{cite book|title=2014 Annual Report|date=31 October 2014|page=58|edition=2014|url=http://www.bulldogs.com.au/content/dam/bulldogs/documents/2014%20Bulldogs%20Annual%20Report.pdf|access-date=22 February 2017}}

{{leagueicon|Canberra|16}} Canberra Raiders

|Canberra District Rugby League Football Club Limited

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{{leagueicon|Cronulla|16}} Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

|Cronulla Sutherland District Rugby League Football Club

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{{Leagueicon|Dolphins|16}} Dolphins

|Redcliffe Dolphins Rugby League Club Limited

|49

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{{leagueicon|Gold Coast Titans|16}} Gold Coast Titans

|Rebecca Frizelle & Brett Frizelle

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|{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-15/nrl-confirms-local-consortium-as-titans-new-owners/9262000|title=NRL confirms local consortium as Titans' new owners|newspaper=ABC News|date=15 December 2017|access-date=3 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Frizelle family to assume full ownership of Titans |url=https://www.titans.com.au/news/2025/07/07/frizelle-family-to-assume-full-ownership-of-titans/ |website=titans.com.au |access-date=8 July 2025 |date=8 July 2025}}

{{leagueicon|Manly|16}} Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

|Scott Penn (100%)

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|{{cite news | url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/manly-owners-knock-back-12-million-offer-from-middle-east-investors-20180519-p4zg9o.html | title=Manly owners knock back $12 million offer from Middle East investors | date=19 May 2018 | first=Adrian | last=Proszenko | newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald| access-date=15 June 2020 }}

{{leagueicon|Melbourne|16}} Melbourne Storm

|Bart Campbell (30%)
Matt Tripp (25%)
Gerry Ryan (25%)
Brett Ralph & Shaun Ralph (20%)

|55

|{{cite web |title=Chairman update on Club Ownership |url=https://www.melbournestorm.com.au/news/2020/02/20/chairman-update-on-club-ownership/ |website=melbournestorm.com.au |access-date=8 July 2025 |date=20 February 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Stensholt |first1=John |title=The entrepreneurs who saved Melbourne Storm |url=https://www.afr.com/companies/sport/the-entrepreneurs-who-saved-the-melbourne-storm-20170927-gypx6x |website=Australian Financial Review |access-date=8 July 2025 |date=28 September 2017}}

{{leagueicon|Newcastle|16}} Newcastle Knights

|Western Suburbs (N'cle) Leagues Club Limited

|43

|{{cite news|last1=Stensholt|first1=John|title=NRL seeking $15-20 million for Newcastle Knights as sale process set to begin|url=http://www.afr.com/business/sport/nrl-seeking-1520-million-for-newcastle-knights-as-sale-process-set-to-begin-20160916-gri0pf|access-date=22 February 2017|publisher=Australian Financial Review|date=18 September 2016}}

{{leagueicon|New Zealand|16}} New Zealand Warriors

|Autex Industries (Mark Robinson)

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|{{cite news|title=Eric Watson becomes sole owner of the Warriors after Sir Owen Glenn sells share|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/74519418/Eric-Watson-becomes-sole-owner-of-the-Warriors-after-Sir-Owen-Glenn-sells-share|access-date=22 February 2017|publisher=Stuff|date=28 November 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Long |first1=David |title=Auckland clubs told Eric Watson left Warriors with $4.6 million of debt |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/warriors/115801142/auckland-clubs-told-eric-watson-left-warriors-with-46million-of-debt |website=stuff.co.nz |access-date=8 July 2025 |date=15 September 2019}}{{cite web |title=Sold! Autex Industries to become sole owner of Warriors |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-league/warriors/sold-autex-industries-to-become-sole-owner-of-warriors/IVDGJGASWKRRYHYTSQOKGCMZJY/ |website=NZ Herald |access-date=8 July 2025 |date=24 September 2019}}

{{leagueicon|North Queensland|16}} North Queensland Cowboys

|Cowboys Leagues Club Limited

|72

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{{leagueicon|Parramatta|16}} Parramatta Eels

|Parramatta Leagues Club

|71

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{{leagueicon|Penrith|16}} Penrith Panthers

|Panthers Leagues Club

|108

|{{cite news|last1=Pash|first1=Chris|title=The Top 20 Most Valuable Australian Sports Brands|url=http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-top-20-most-valuable-australian-sports-brands-2013-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207015358/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-top-20-most-valuable-australian-sports-brands-2013-12|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2013|access-date=22 February 2017|agency=Business Insider Australia|date=4 December 2013}}

{{leagueicon|South Sydney|16}} South Sydney Rabbitohs

|Blackcourt League Investments Pty Ltd (Russell Crowe, James Packer, Mike Cannon-Brookes) (75%)
Financial Members of the club (25%)

|73

|{{Cite web|title=Rich List|url=https://www.afr.com/rich-list|access-date=2021-11-15|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/news/2021/11/15/mike-cannon-brookes-purchases-one-third-share-of-blackcourt-league-investments/|title = Mike Cannon-Brookes purchases one-third share of Blackcourt League Investments|date = 14 November 2021}}

{{leagueicon|St George|16}} St George Illawarra Dragons

|WIN Corporation (50%)
St George Leagues Club (50%)

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{{leagueicon|Sydney Roosters|16}} Sydney Roosters

|Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Limited

|68

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{{leagueicon|Wests Tigers|16}} Wests Tigers

|Wests Magpies Pty Ltd (90%)
Balmain District Rugby League Football Club (10%)

|42

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.weststigers.com.au/news/2016/05/27/wests-tigers-ownership-structure-confirmed-/|title=Wests Tigers Ownership Structure Confirmed|date=27 May 2016|website=Wests Tigers Official Site}}

See also

References

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