2018 NRL Women's season
2018 NRL Women's Premiership | |
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Teams | 4 |
Premiers |
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Minor premiers |
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Matches played | 6 |
Points scored | 166 |
Attendance | 46,875 (Avg. 11,719) |
Top points scorer(s) |
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Player of the year |
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Top try-scorer(s) |
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The 2018 NRL Women's Premiership was the first season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.
Teams
Colours | Club | Season | Head coach | Captain(s) |
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Brisbane Broncos | 1st season | Paul Dyer[1] | Ali Brigginshaw[2] | |
New Zealand Warriors | 1st season | Luisa Avaiki[3] | Laura Mariu[4] | |
St. George Illawarra Dragons | 1st season | Daniel Lacey[5] | Sam Bremner[6] | |
Sydney Roosters | 1st season | Adam Hartigan[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 | |||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referees | Crowd | |||||
32 – 4 | 10 August 2018, 6:00pm | Mt Smart Stadium | Rochelle Tamarua | - | ||||
22 – 16 | 25 August 2018, 3:15pm | Mt Smart Stadium No. 2 | Rochelle Tamarua | - | ||||
48 – 14 | 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 | |||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referees | Crowd | |||||
4 – 10 | 8 September 2018, 3:05pm | ANZ Stadium | Jon Stone Joshua McGowan |
7,748 | ||||
30 – 4 | 9 September 2018, 1:45pm | Suncorp Stadium | Matt Noyen Kasey Badger |
18,853 |
Round 2
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referees | Crowd | |||||
4 – 14 | 14 September 2018, 5:15pm | Allianz Stadium | Peter Gough Joshua McGowan |
4,000 | ||||
22 – 10 | 15 September 2018, 5:10pm | ANZ Stadium | Matt Noyen Wyatt Raymond |
16,274 |
Round 3
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date and Time (Local) | Venue | Referees | Crowd | |||||
32 – 10 | 21 September 2018, 5:15pm | AAMI Park | Peter Gough Jake Sutherland |
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26 – 0 | 22 September 2018, 5:10pm | Allianz Stadium | Jon Stone Kasey Badger |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 18 | +58 | 6 | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 24 | +10 | 2 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 58 | -28 | 2 | |
4 | 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 | |
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1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
NRLW Grand Final
Sunday, 30 September 1:35pm |
34 – 12 | Sydney Roosters | |
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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') Tazmin Grey 1 (43') Lavina O'Mealey Goals: 2/3 Zahara Temara (4', 44') |
ANZ Stadium Attendance: 16,214 Karyn Murphy Medallist: Kimiora Nati (Brisbane) Referee: Jon Stone, Kasey Badger |
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References
- ↑ https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2018/06/12/meet-our-new-nrlw-coach---paul-dyer/
- ↑ https://www.broncos.com.au/news/2018/08/29/broncos-name-nrl-womens-captains/
- ↑ https://www.warriors.kiwi/news/2018/03/29/vodafone-warriors-appoint-womens-premiership-coach/
- ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/06/warriors-captain-laura-mariu-sees-big-gain-from-kiwi-pain/
- ↑ http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5299878/lacey-named-dragons-coach/
- ↑ https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2018/08/24/bremner-to-captain-dragons-womens-premiership-team/
- ↑ https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2018/09/07/nrlw-squad-update--round-1/
- ↑ https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2018/09/02/simaima-taufa-named-captain-of-womens-premiership-team/
- ↑ https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2018/08/22/sydney-roosters-womens-trial-cancelled/
- ↑ https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/09/07/opposed-session-with-jersey-flegg-side-has-sydney-roosters-women-crowing-ahead-of-holden-womens-premiership/
- ↑ "Broncos smash Roosters to win inaugural NRLW". NRL.com. 30 September 2018.