2018 NRL Women's season

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2018 NRL Women's Premiership
Teams	4
Premiers	Brisbane Broncos (1st title)
Minor premiers	Brisbane Broncos (1st title)
Matches played	6
Points scored	166
Attendance	46,875 (Avg. 11,719)
Top points scorer(s)	Chelsea Baker (38)
Player of the year	Brittany Breayley
Top try-scorer(s)	Taleena Simon (4)
2019 →

The 2018 NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) was the first season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.

Teams[]

Colours	Club	Season	Head coach	Captain(s)
	Brisbane Broncos	1st season	[1]	Ali Brigginshaw[2]
	New Zealand Warriors	1st season	[3]	Laura Mariu[4]
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	1st season	[5]	Sam Bremner[6]
	Sydney Roosters	1st season	[7]	Simaima Taufa[8]

Pre-season[]

Only two of the four sides, the Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors, took part in pre-season trial games. The Warriors played two fixtures against a combined Auckland side, while the Broncos played the Papua New Guinea Orchids as a curtain-raiser to the Brisbane Broncos-Manly Sea Eagles NRL fixture. The Sydney Roosters were due to play the North Sydney Bears but the game was cancelled due to player availability.^[9] They instead underwent an opposed session with the Roosters' under-20 Jersey Flegg Cup side.^[10]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
New Zealand Warriors	32 – 4	Auckland	10 August 2018, 6:00pm	Mt Smart Stadium	Rochelle Tamarua	-
New Zealand Warriors	22 – 16	Auckland	25 August 2018, 3:15pm	Mt Smart Stadium No. 2	Rochelle Tamarua	-
Brisbane Broncos	48 – 14	Papua New Guinea Orchids	2 September 2018, 1:30pm	Suncorp Stadium	-	9,938

Regular season[]

The inaugural season will operate under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2018 NRL Finals Series. The top two finishing teams will then contest the Grand Final, which is to be played before the men's Grand Final on 30 September.

Round 1[]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Sydney Roosters	4 – 10	New Zealand Warriors	8 September 2018, 3:05pm	ANZ Stadium	Jon Stone Joshua McGowan	17,168
Brisbane Broncos	30 – 4	St George Illawarra Dragons	9 September 2018, 1:45pm	Suncorp Stadium	Matt Noyen	47,296

Round 2[]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Sydney Roosters	4 – 14	Brisbane Broncos	14 September 2018, 5:15pm	Allianz Stadium	Peter Gough Joshua McGowan	19,211
St George Illawarra Dragons	22 – 10	New Zealand Warriors	15 September 2018, 5:10pm	ANZ Stadium	Matt Noyen Wyatt Raymond	48,188

Round 3[]

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Brisbane Broncos	32 – 10	New Zealand Warriors	21 September 2018, 5:15pm	AAMI Park	Peter Gough Jake Sutherland	26,621
Sydney Roosters	26 – 0	St George Illawarra Dragons	22 September 2018, 5:10pm	Allianz Stadium	Jon Stone	44,380

Ladder[]

2018 NRL Women's season v t
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane Broncos	3	3	0	0	0	76	18	+58	6
2	Sydney Roosters	3	1	0	2	0	34	24	+10	2
3	New Zealand Warriors	3	1	0	2	0	30	58	-28	2
4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	3	1	0	2	0	26	66	-40	2

Ladder progression[]

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top two.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.

	Team	1	2	3
1	Brisbane Broncos	2	4	6
2	Sydney Roosters	0	0	2
3	New Zealand Warriors	2	2	2
4	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	2	2

NRLW Grand Final[]

Sunday, 30 September 1:35pm

Brisbane Broncos	34 – 12	Sydney Roosters
Tries: Kimiora Nati (5', 17', 45') 3 Heather Ballinger (13') 1 Ngatokotoru Arakua (24') 1 Lavinia Gould (28') 1 Goals: Chelsea Baker 5/6 (6', 15', 18', 25', 47')	1st: 28 – 6 2nd: 6 – 6 Report[11]	Tries: 1 (10') 1 (43') Lavina O'Mealey Goals: 2/3 Zahara Temara (4', 44')

ANZ Stadium Attendance: 82,688 Karyn Murphy Medallist: Kimiora Nati (Brisbane) Referee: Jon Stone,

References[]

External links[]

• Official website