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| 2026 NRL State Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 4 October 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | Accor Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Sydney | ||||||||||||
| Player of the Match | Jake Averillo | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Kieren Irons | ||||||||||||
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The 2026 National Rugby League State Championship was a rugby league match contested by 2026 NSW Cup premiers Penrith Panthers and 2026 Queensland Cup premiers the Redcliffe Dolphins.
The NRL State Championship match was played at Accor Stadium, Sydney, as a curtain raiser match for the 2026 NRLW Grand Final and the 2026 NRL Grand Final on 4 October 2026.
Redcliffe's 68–14 victory was the most lopsided in the history of the NRL State Championship, as well as the highest score ever recorded in that competition.
Redcliffe five-eighth Jake Averillo won the player of the match award following his hat-trick of tries in the match, his final match with the club before his move to the Wests Tigers.
The result was the first victory for Redcliffe following their loss against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the 2018 match.
