NRL draw 2025: The blockbuster match-ups that will define the season

From ugly divorces to unceremonious poaching raids, coaching returns and revenge missions, the NRL off-season has set the tone for an explosive season. These are the blockbuster match-ups you can’t miss in 2025.

These are the games you can’t miss in 2025. The grudge matches and revenge missions. The blokes with points to prove and the clubs with hatchets to bury.

Fans will be treated to early season grudge rounds, with the grand final rematch between Penrith and Melbourne coming early in the season, while Josh Addo-Carr’s Eels take on his former club Canterbury in the same round.

You’ll need to be patient for the big one though. The match that can’t be missed. In Round 14, Wests Tigers’ $6 million man Jarome Luai goes up against Penrith and their talisman Nathan Cleary.

They were once partners in crime but they will be sworn enemies before what is likely to be a full house at CommBank.

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Originally published as NRL draw 2025: The blockbuster match-ups that will define the season