2018 NRL Women's season

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

2018 NRL Women's Premiership
Teams4
Premiers Brisbane Broncos (1st title)
Minor premiers Brisbane Broncos (1st title)
Matches played6
Points scored166
Attendance46,875 (Avg. 11,719)
Top points scorer(s) Chelsea Baker (38)
Player of the year Brittany Breayley
Top try-scorer(s) Taleena Simon (4)

Teams
Colours Club Season Head coach Captain(s)
 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
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
See also: 2018 NRL Women's season results

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
Kasey Badger		 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
Kasey Badger		 44,380

Ladder
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Brisbane Broncos 330007618+586
2 Sydney Roosters 310203424+102
3 New Zealand Warriors 310203058-282
4 St. George Illawarra Dragons 310202666-402

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 Broncos246
2 Sydney Roosters002
3 New Zealand Warriors222
4 St. George Illawarra Dragons022

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') Tazmin Grey
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, Kasey Badger
Team lists:
FB 1 Chelsea Baker
WG 2 Julia Robinson
CE 3 Meg Ward
CE 4 Amber Pilley
WG 5 Amelia Kuk
FE 6 Kimiora Nati
HB 7 Ali Brigginshaw (c)
PR 8 Heather Ballinger
HK 9 Brittany Breayley
PR 15 Chelsea Lenarduzzi
SR 11 Teuila Fotu-Moala
SR 12 Maitua Feterika
LK 13 Rona Peters
Substitutes:
IC 10 Steph Hancock
IC 14 Lavinia Gould
IC 16 Mariah Storch
IC 17 Ngatokotoru Arakua
Coach: Paul Dyer
FB 1 Karina Brown
WG 2 Brydie Parker
CE 3 Shontelle Stowers
CE 4 Isabelle Kelly
WG 5 Taleena Simon
FE 6 Lavina O'Mealey
HB 7 Zahara Temara
PR 8 Ruan Sims
HK 9 Nita Maynard
PR 10 Elianna Walton
SR 11 Tazmin Grey
SR 12 Vanessa Foliaki
LK 13 Simaima Taufa (c)
Substitutes:
IC 14 Kylie Hilder
IC 15 Sarah Togatuki
IC 16 Victoria Latu
IC 17 Kandy Kennedy
Coach: Adam Hartigan

References
  1. "Meet Our New NRLW Coach - Paul Dyer". Brisbane Broncos. 12 June 2018.
  2. "Broncos Name NRL Women's Captains". Brisbane Broncos. 29 August 2018.
  3. "Meet Luisa Avaiki - NRL women's premiership head coach" – via www.warriors.kiwi.
  4. "Warriors captain Laura Mariu sees big gain from Kiwi pain". National Rugby League. 6 September 2018.
  5. Jennings, Mitch (22 March 2018). "Lacey named Dragons coach". Illawarra Mercury.
  6. "Bremner to captain Dragons' Women's Premiership team". St George Illawarra Dragons. 24 August 2018.
  7. "NRLW Squad Update | Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 7 September 2018.
  8. "Simaima Taufa named captain of Women's Premiership team". Sydney Roosters. 1 September 2018.
  9. "Sydney Roosters Women's Trial Cancelled". Sydney Roosters. 21 August 2018.
  10. "Opposed session with men has Roosters women ready". National Rugby League. 7 September 2018.
  11. "Broncos smash Roosters to win inaugural NRLW". NRL.com. 30 September 2018.
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