PARRAMATTA and St George Illawarra will kick-off the 2010 NRL season at 7.30pm on Friday, March 12 at Parramatta Stadium.

The NRL released the dates and times of matches for the first five rounds of the competition today, with Brisbane and North Queensland launching the season in Queensland at Suncorp Stadium on the same night at 8.30pm.

Canterbury, Cronulla and Penrith will host the first Saturday clashes against Newcastle, Melbourne and Canberra respectively.

Gold Coast will welcome the Warriors for the first Sunday fixture of the season, with South Sydney facing the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium in the 3pm game.

Monday night football in 2010 gets underway with the Wests Tigers against Manly at the Sydney Football Stadium.

Defending premiers Melbourne will play their first home fixture at Etihad Stadium before moving to their new stadium in May.

The Storm will host the Dragons in round four on the afternoon of Good Friday.

It will give the club a real opportunity of pulling in a bumper crowd with no AFL fixtures taking place that day.

Round 1
March 12 - 15
Eels vs. Dragons Parramatta Stadium Friday 7.35pm Channel 9
Broncos vs. Cowboys Suncorp Stadium Friday 7.35pm Channel 9 (8.35pm Sydney)
Bulldogs vs. Knights ANZ Stadium Saturday 5.30pm Fox Sports
Sharks vs. Storm Toyota Stadium Saturday 7.30pm Fox Sports
Panthers vs. Raiders CUA Stadium Saturday 7.30pm Fox Sports
Titans vs. Warriors Skilled Park Sunday 1.00pm Fox Sports (2.00pm Sydney)
Rabbitohs vs. Roosters ANZ Stadium Sunday 3.00pm Channel 9
Wests Tigers vs. Sea Eagles Sydney Football Stadium Monday 7.00pm Fox Sports

Round 2
March 19 - 22
Rabbitohs vs. Titans ANZ Stadium Friday 8.35pm Channel 9 (7.35pm Brisbane)
Dragons vs. Bulldogs WIN Stadium Friday 7.35pm Channel 9
Warriors vs. Sharks Mt Smart Stadium Saturday 7.30pm Fox Sports (5.30pm Sydney)
Knights vs. Storm Energy Australia Stadium Saturday 7.30pm Fox Sports
Cowboys vs. Panthers Dairy Farmers Stadium Saturday 8.30pm Fox Sports (9.30pm Sydney)
Eels vs. Sea Eagles Parramatta Stadium Sunday 2.00pm Fox Sports
Roosters vs. Wests Tigers Sydney Football Stadium Sunday 3.00pm Channel 9
Raiders vs. Broncos Canberra Stadium Monday 7.00pm Fox Sports

Round 3
March 26 - 29
Wests Tigers vs. Eels Sydney Football Stadium Friday 7.35pm Channel 9
Dragons vs. Cowboys WIN Stadium Friday 8.35pm Channel 9 (7.35pm Brisbane)
Panthers vs. Storm CUA Stadium Saturday 5.30pm Fox Sports
Sea Eagles vs. Knights Bluetongue Stadium Saturday 7.30pm Fox Sports
Titans vs. Raiders Skilled Park Saturday 8.30pm Fox Sports (9.30pm Sydney)
Broncos vs. Warriors Suncorp Stadium Sunday 1.00pm Fox Sports (2.00pm Sydney)
Bulldogs vs. Roosters ANZ Stadium Sunday 3.00pm Channel 9
Sharks vs. Rabbitohs Toyota Stadium Monday 7.00pm Fox Sports

Round 4 (EASTER)
April 2 - 5
Roosters vs. Broncos Sydney Football Stadium Friday 8.35pm Channel 9 (7.35pm Brisbane)
Storm vs. Dragons Etihad Stadium Friday 3.35pm Channel 9
Sharks vs. Eels Toyota Stadium Saturday 5.30pm Fox Sports
Cowboys vs. Titans Dairy Farmers Stadium Saturday 6.30pm Fox Sports (7.30pm Sydney)
Warriors vs. Sea Eagles Mt Smart Stadium Sunday 4.00pm Fox Sports (2.00pm Sydney)
Raiders vs. Wests Tigers Canberra Stadium Sunday 3.00pm Channel 9
Knights vs. Panthers Energy Australia Stadium Monday 4.00pm Fox Sports
Rabbitohs vs. Bulldogs ANZ Stadium Monday 7.00pm Fox Sports

Round 5
April 9 - 12
Dragons vs. Broncos WIN Stadium Friday 7.35pm Channel 9
Titans vs. Storm Skilled Park Friday 7.35pm Channel 9
Rabbitohs vs. Knights Bluetongue Stadium Saturday 5.30pm Fox Sports
Cowboys vs. Wests Tigers Dairy Farmers Stadium Saturday 7.30pm Fox Sports
Bulldogs vs. Warriors ANZ Stadium Saturday 7.30pm Fox Sports
Sea Eagles vs. Sharks Brookvale Oval Sunday 2.00pm Fox Sports
Panthers vs. Roosters CUA Stadium Sunday 3.00pm Channel 9
Eels vs. Raiders Parramatta Stadium Monday 7.00pm Fox Sports

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fucking roosters on channel 9 in all 4 rounds!!!!!

well Round 1 can see them get wooped by the bunnies

dragons are on tv for all five rounds

Eastern suburbs/sydney city/sydney/bondi roosters/breakers or whoever they wanna call themselves don't stand a chance..

No Broncos for two weeks absoloutely stunning schedualling have they actually listened to the fans?

So happy the Cowboys are playing at Rd 3 at WIN Stadium

Also happy that the Dragons play most of their games when the weather is generally nicer at the start of the season

Great to see Dragons Headlining every friday night... Stroke of genius by the channel 9 executives.

well you know they should show each team once on friday night at least. i just think it would be better than seeing the same team over and over and over..thats how i started to dislike the eagles...mix it up a little

Bring on March the 12th I miss my weekly fix of NRL!

No game at Brookie untill Round 5, that is gay. Two cracking matches for us to start off with, a Tigers side I'm expecting a lot of next year, and Parra who I think will win the comp.
Bring it!

Yuck. Monday Night in Canberra. Oh well, at least it wont be as cold in March as it would in August haha.
Get the Monday night game out of the way early

2 Fridays in a row without the Broncos though . Thankfully weve got Foxsports + I can get to the Sunday game against the Warriors