2012 NRL season
| 2012 National Rugby League | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 16 |
| Premiers |
 Melbourne Storm (2nd title) |
| Minor premiers |
 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (7th title) |
| Wooden spoon |
 Parramatta Eels
|
| Matches played | 201 |
| Attendance | 3486494 |
| Top points scorer(s) |
 Jarrod Croker (226) |
| Player of the year |
Ben Barba (Dally M Medal) |
| Top try-scorer(s) |
Ben Barba (22) |
The 2012 NRL season was the 105th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the first run by the newly formed Australian Rugby League Commission. The main competition, called the 2012 NRL Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation was contested by the sixteen teams of the National Rugby League. The season started with the 2012 NRL All Stars match and culminated in the 2012 NRL grand final. The 2012 Toyota Cup season also took place alongside the Premiership. The McIntyre Final Eight System, in use since 1999, was replaced with the finals system previously used by the ARL in the 1990s.
The 2012 Premiership was won by the Melbourne Storm, officially the club's second following the removal of their 2007 and 2009 premierships, among other titles, due to salary cap breaches exposed in April 2010. They defeated minor premiers the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-4 in the Grand Final, which was held on Sunday 30 September at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
Half way through the 2012 season, the NRL's Chief Executive Officer David Gallop stood down from his role after just over a decade in the role.
Records Set on 2012
For details on the finals see 2012 NRL season results.
The NRL returned to the top-eight system used by the ARL in the 1990s to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams. This replaced the McIntyre Final Eight System that was used for the past 12 seasons. Only four of last year's finalists will feature in this year's finals series: Melbourne Storm, Manly Sea Eagles, Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys. For the teams that did not feature last year, the Canberra Raiders last appeared in 2010, the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2009, the Cronulla Sharks in 2008 and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2007. The Rabbitohs will make only their second finals appearance since 1989.
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