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2026 Draw, Venues, Info

yakstorm

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Wests Tigers 2026 membership only mentions Leichhardt, Campbelltown & CommBank as venues. I wonder if this means Wests won't be taking part in Gadhu Gathering next year?

Eels, despite ending their partnership with Tourism NT, are still only playing 11 games at CommBank next year. Rabbitohs v Eels Gadhu Gathering game is included in Eels membership packages.
 

Diesel

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Wests Tigers 2026 membership only mentions Leichhardt, Campbelltown & CommBank as venues. I wonder if this means Wests won't be taking part in Gadhu Gathering next year?

Eels, despite ending their partnership with Tourism NT, are still only playing 11 games at CommBank next year. Rabbitohs v Eels Gadhu Gathering game is included in Eels membership packages.
Eels playing a home game at Magic Round?

Christchurch’s new stadium might attract a game or 2 other than the Warriors home game
 

PARRA_FAN

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Wests Tigers 2026 membership only mentions Leichhardt, Campbelltown & CommBank as venues. I wonder if this means Wests won't be taking part in Gadhu Gathering next year?

Eels, despite ending their partnership with Tourism NT, are still only playing 11 games at CommBank next year. Rabbitohs v Eels Gadhu Gathering game is included in Eels membership packages.

Speaking of NT, I believe the Dolphins will take a home game there next year.
 

yakstorm

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Eels playing a home game at Magic Round?
They haven't hosted one in the past, but potentially. Of the clubs which are selling 2026 memberships, this is what they have for venues so far:

Raiders - 12 games @ GIO
Sea Eagles - 12 games @ Brookvale
Sharks - Not released yet
Roosters - 10 games @ Allianz, 1 game @ Polytech
Dolphins - Not released yet
Eels - 11 games @ CommBank
Rabbitohs - Not released yet
Knights - 11 games @ McDonald Jones Stadium (1 game in Vegas)
Warriors - Not released yet
Cowboys - 12 games @ QCB Stadium
Wests Tigers - Just says home games at Campbelltown Sports Stadium, CommBank Stadium, and Leichhardt Oval
Dragons - Not released yet
Titans - 11 games @ CBUS
Bulldogs - Just says "The 2026 home draw will be designed to ensure we play the right match at the right stadium to maximise the Member and Corporate experience." and that Belmore will be out of action.
Panthers - 9 games @ CommBank
Broncos - 12 games @ Suncorp
Storm - 11 games @ AAMI Park

Last year the home teams for Magic were Storm, Panthers, Titans, Warriors, Rabbitohs, Roosters, Sharks, Wests Tigers. Storm, Panthers, Titans and Roosters have confirmed they'll be back next year.
 
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Hopefully this will be minimised in future but I don’t think it will be able to be completely eradicated.
I find it hard to believe that they can’t completely eradicate this stuff, but it shouldn’t be something that happens more than once a season across all clubs. It seems this year every club had 1-2 games where it happened.
 

Diesel

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They haven't hosted one in the past, but potentially. Of the clubs which are selling 2026 memberships, this is what they have for venues so far:

Raiders - 12 games @ GIO
Sea Eagles - 12 games @ Brookvale
Sharks - Not released yet
Roosters - 10 games @ Allianz, 1 game @ Polytech
Dolphins - Not released yet
Eels - 11 games @ CommBank
Rabbitohs - Not released yet
Knights - 11 games @ McDonald Jones Stadium (1 game in Vegas)
Warriors - Not released yet
Cowboys - 12 games @ QCB Stadium
Wests Tigers - Just says home games at Campbelltown Sports Stadium, CommBank Stadium, and Leichhardt Oval
Dragons - Not released yet
Titans - 11 games @ CBUS
Bulldogs - Just says "The 2026 home draw will be designed to ensure we play the right match at the right stadium to maximise the Member and Corporate experience." and that Belmore will be out of action.
Panthers - 9 games @ CommBank
Broncos - 12 games @ Suncorp
Storm - 11 games @ AAMI Park

Last year the home teams for Magic were Storm, Panthers, Titans, Warriors, Rabbitohs, Roosters, Sharks, Wests Tigers. Storm, Panthers, Titans and Roosters have confirmed they'll be back next year.
Broncos get minimum 14 games at Suncorp, their 12 plus vs Dolphins (possible Titans) and Magic Round
 

yakstorm

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Broncos get minimum 14 games at Suncorp, their 12 plus vs Dolphins (possible Titans) and Magic Round
Those other 2 are away games and aren't part of their membership. It's no different that the Bulldogs playing Souths at Accor, Roosters playing Dragons at Allianz or Eels playing Wests Tigers & Penrith at CommBank.
 
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Growthegame

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Those other 2 are away games and aren't part of their membership. It's no different that the Bulldogs playing Souths at Accor, Roosters playing Dragons at Allianz or Eels playing Wests Tigers & Penrith at CommBank.
Bulldogs members get access to the Souths home game against Canterbury. Not a good example.
 

NWQRabbit

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The number of perth games next year will be interesting, there was talk in the lead up to the team announcement of a $25M pool to bring high profile games to perth but idk if that was shelved or silenced like the stadium upgrade funds in the wake of the sevenwest media shitstorm.

No origin in 26, you would think the nrl would want a couple games throughout the year to build hype for 2027?
Will we get more than just a double header and one game at hbf like we have had the last few years?

Anyone involved in WA league have some inside knowledge?
 

Valheru

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I wonder if the bulldogs one will be for Gadhu gathering and we will play someone else?

Given Wests aren't having a home game at SFS it makes sense for the dragons to replace them.
 

Dogs Of War

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I wonder if the bulldogs one will be for Gadhu gathering and we will play someone else?

Given Wests aren't having a home game at SFS it makes sense for the dragons to replace them.

Geez if they are doing this every year, I see clubs fighting to host it. With 6 sydney clubs playing, you would want it rotated around them all.
 

Valheru

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Geez if they are doing this every year, I see clubs fighting to host it. With 6 sydney clubs playing, you would want it rotated around them all.
I don't foresee too much opposition from Dogs and Parra about being the away sides, their core base is western Sydney.

Roosters and Souths will always host. Dragons and Wests should want to be a part of it every year, ideally against each other on a rotating hosting basis (Dragons host in years they don't host ANZAC Day).

It remains to be seen if Cronulla and Manly want to get in on the action. Neither seem to have any desire to play a single home game away from their suburban bases though.

Penrith won't have a desire to move a home game but next year would be the year for them to host given their stadium rebuild.
 

Dogs Of War

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I don't foresee too much opposition from Dogs and Parra about being the away sides, their core base is western Sydney.

Roosters and Souths will always host. Dragons and Wests should want to be a part of it every year, ideally against each other on a rotating hosting basis (Dragons host in years they don't host ANZAC Day).

It remains to be seen if Cronulla and Manly want to get in on the action. Neither seem to have any desire to play a single home game away from their suburban bases though.

Penrith won't have a desire to move a home game but next year would be the year for them to host given their stadium rebuild.

With the metro it's pretty easy for Dogs fans to get to. And as we are giving up Belmore game, just having our finger in another venue once a year, services some fans that wouldn't go to Homebush as easy. Nice to be able to cater to all your fans.
 

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