2020 NRL Women's season

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2020 NRL Telstra Women's Premiership
PremiersBrisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (3rd Title)
Minor premiersBrisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (3rd title)
Matches played7
Broadcast partnersChannel Nine
Fox League
Sky Sport (NZ)
Sky Sports (UK)
Top points scorer(s)Brisbane colours.svg Meg Ward (30)
Player of the yearBrisbane colours.svg Ali Brigginshaw
Top try-scorer(s)Brisbane colours.svg Tamika Upton (5)
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The 2020 NRL Women's Premiership was the third season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.

Teams[]

Colours Club Season Head coach Captain(s)
Brisbane colours.svg
 Brisbane Broncos 3rd season [1] Ali Brigginshaw[1]
New Zealand colours.svg
 New Zealand Warriors 3rd season [2] Georgia Hale
St. George colours.svg
 St. George Illawarra Dragons 3rd season [3] Sam Bremner & Kezie Apps
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
 Sydney Roosters 3rd season Jamie Feeney[4] Corban McGregor

Pre-season[]

Regular season[]

See also: 2020 NRL Women's season results

The season operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2020 NRL Finals Series. The top two finishing teams then contested the Grand Final, which was played before the men's Grand Final on 25 October.[5]

Ladder[]

2020 NRL Women's season
  • v
  • t
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 3 3 0 0 0 70 34 36 6
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 3 2 0 1 0 56 40 16 4
3 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 3 1 0 2 0 48 60 -12 2
4 St. George colours.svg 3 0 0 3 0 18 58 -40 0


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 colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2 4 6
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2 4 4
3 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 0 0 2
4 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 0 0 0

Grand Final[]

See also:
Sunday, 25 October
4:05 pm (AEDT)
Brisbane Broncos Brisbane colours.svg 20 – 10 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Tries:
Tamika Upton (3') 1
Amber Hall (8') 1
Chelsea Lenarduzzi (34') 1
Tallisha Harden (44') 1
Goals:
Meg Ward 2/4
(5', 9') 		[6]
1st: 12 – 10
2nd: 8 – 0 		Tries:
1 (13') Yasmin Meakes
1 (25') Quincy Dodd
Goals:
1/2 Zahara Temara
(26')
ANZ Stadium
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Player of the Match: Amber Hall (Karyn Murphy Medal)

Postseason[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Broncos Stars Return for 2020 NRLW Season". Brisbane Broncos. 2020-09-17. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  2. ^ "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". Warriors. 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  3. ^ "Patmore, Head, Wheeler join Dragons NRLW coaching staff - Dragons". St George Illawarra Dragons. 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  4. ^ "Jamie Feeney appointed Roosters 2020 NRL Women's Head Coach". Sydney Roosters. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  5. ^ "Triple-headers an option as NRLW draw meshes with NRL finals". National Rugby League. 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  6. ^ "Three-peat complete: Brilliant Broncos kick clear of plucky Roosters". NRL.com. 25 October 2020.

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