| No Of Teams: | 8 |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Duration: | 9 September 2022 – 2 October 2022 |
| Tv: | Nine Network Fox League |
| Minor Premiers: | Penrith Panthers |
| Prevseason Link: | 2021 NRL finals series |
| Prevseason Year: | 2021 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2023 NRL finals series |
The 2022 National Rugby League finals series was a tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2022 Telstra Premiership season. The series was played over four weekends in September and October, culminating in the 2022 NRL Grand Final on 2 October 2022 won by the Penrith Panthers.
The top eight teams from the 2022 NRL season qualified for the finals series. NRL finals series were continuously played under this format since 2012.
See also: 2022 NRL season.
See also: NRL finals system.
The system used for the 2022 NRL finals series is a final eight system. The top four teams in the eight receive the "double chance" when they play in week-one qualifying finals, such that if a top-four team loses in the first week it still remains in the finals, playing a semi-final the next week against the winner of an elimination final. The bottom four of the eight play knock-out games – only the winners survive and move on to the next week. Home ground advantage goes to the team with the higher ladder position in the first two weeks and to the qualifying final winners in the third week.
In the second week, the winners of the qualifying finals receive a bye to the third week. The losers of the qualifying final plays the elimination finals winners in a semi-final. In the third week, the winners of the semi-finals from week two play the winners of the qualifying finals in the first week. The winners of those matches move on to the Grand Final.[1]
The Grand Final as well as the Sydney-based preliminary finals were held at Stadium Australia, with the Grand Final returning to Sydney after a one-year absence. The North Queensland Cowboys hosted one preliminary final at North Queensland Stadium. All matches in the first two rounds were played at the home stadium of the team with the higher ladder position, except that the semi-final between Cronulla-Sutherland and South Sydney was held at the Sydney Football Stadium rather than Endeavour Field where Cronulla-Sutherland had hosted a qualifying final the previous week.
| Sydney Olympic Park | Penrith | |
|---|---|---|
| Stadium Australia | Penrith Stadium | |
| Capacity: 82,000 | Capacity: 22,500 | |
| Townsville | Melbourne | |
| North Queensland Stadium | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 29,500 | |
| Parramatta | Woolooware | |
| Western Sydney Stadium | Endeavour Field | |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
| Moore Park | ||
| Sydney Football Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 42,500 | ||
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17% | Date and time (local) | width=20% | Venue | width=10% | Referee | width=6% | Attendance | ||
| First week: Qualifying and elimination finals | |||||||||
| align=left | Penrith Panthers | 27 – 8 | align=left | Parramatta Eels | 9 September 2022, 19:50 | BlueBet Stadium | Gerard Sutton | 21,863 | |
| align=left | Melbourne Storm | 20 – 28 | align=left | Canberra Raiders | 10 September 2022, 17:40 | AAMI Park | Grant Atkins | 20,838 | |
| align=left | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 30 – 32 | align=left | North Queensland Cowboys | 10 September 2022, 19:50 | PointsBet Stadium | Adam Gee | 12,447 | |
| align=left | Sydney Roosters | 14 – 30 | align=left | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 11 September 2022, 16:05 | Allianz Stadium | Ashley Klein | 39,816 | |
| Second week: Semi-finals | |||||||||
| align=left | Parramatta Eels | 40 – 4 | align=left | Canberra Raiders | 16 September 2022, 19:50 | CommBank Stadium | Ashley Klein | 29,134 | |
| align=left | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 12 – 38 | align=left | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 17 September 2022, 20:00 | Grant Atkins | 39,733 | ||
| Third week: Preliminary finals | |||||||||
| align=left | North Queensland Cowboys | 20 – 24 | align=left | Parramatta Eels | 23 September 2022, 19:50 | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | Grant Atkins | 25,372 | |
| align=left | Penrith Panthers | 32 – 12 | align=left | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 September 2022, 19:50 | Accor Stadium | Ashley Klein | 50,034 | |
| Fourth week: Grand final | |||||||||
| align=left | Penrith Panthers | 28 – 12 | align=left | Parramatta Eels | 2 October 2022, 19:30 | Accor Stadium | Ashley Klein | 82,415 | |
See main article: article and 2022 NRL Grand Final.