The 2018 NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) was the first season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.
Teams
Club Season Head coach Captain(s) Brisbane Broncos 1st season Paul Dyer Ali Brigginshaw (4) New Zealand Warriors 1st season Luisa Avaiki Laura Mariu (3) St. George Illawarra Dragons 1st season Daniel Lacey Sam Bremner (1) also Kezie Apps (2: Rounds 2 & 3) Sydney Roosters 1st season Adam Hartigan Simaima Taufa (4) Notes: In the Captain(s) column The number next to the name indicates the number of games played as captain The word also indicates the player deputised as captain when the regular captain missed one or more matches.
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. They instead underwent an opposed session with the Roosters' under-20 Jersey Flegg Cup side.
HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd 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 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd Sydney Roosters 4 – 10 New Zealand Warriors 8 September 2018, 3:05pm ANZ Stadium Jon StoneJoshua McGowan 17,168 Brisbane Broncos 30 – 4 St. George Illawarra Dragons 9 September 2018, 1:45pm Suncorp Stadium Matt NoyenKasey Badger 47,296Source: LeagueUnlimted.com NRL.com NZW-SR Highlights NZW-SR Replay BB-SGID Highlights BB-SGID Replay
Round 2 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd Sydney Roosters 4 – 14 Brisbane Broncos 14 September 2018, 5:15pm Allianz Stadium Peter GoughJoshua McGowan 19,211 St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 10 New Zealand Warriors 15 September 2018, 5:10pm ANZ Stadium Matt NoyenWyatt Raymond 16,274 (48,188)Source: LeagueUnlimited.com NRL.com SR-BB Highlights SR-BB Replay SGID-NZW Highlights SGID-NZW Replay
Round 3 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd Brisbane Broncos 32 – 10 New Zealand Warriors 21 September 2018, 5:15pm AAMI Park Peter GoughJake Sutherland 26,621 Sydney Roosters 26 – 0 St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 September 2018, 5:10pm Allianz Stadium Jon StoneKasey Badger 15,577 (44,380)Source: LeagueUnlimited.com NRL.com BB-NZW Highlights BB-NZW Replay SR-SGID Highlights SR-SGID Replay
Ladder
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.
Team1231 Brisbane Broncos 2 4 62 Sydney Roosters 0 0 23 New Zealand Warriors 2 2 24 St. George Illawarra Dragons 0 2 2
Grand Final
Team lists:FB1 Chelsea BakerWG2 Julia RobinsonCE3 Meg WardCE4 Amber PilleyWG5 Amelia KukFE6 Kimiora NatiHB7 Ali Brigginshaw (c)PR8 Heather BallingerHK9 Brittany BreayleyPR15 Chelsea LenarduzziSR11 Teuila Fotu-MoalaSR12 Maitua FeterikaLK13 Rona PetersSubstitutes:IC10 Steph HancockIC14 Lavinia GouldIC16 Mariah StorchIC17 Ngatokotoru ArakuaCoach: Paul DyerFB1 Karina BrownWG2 Brydie ParkerCE3 Shontelle StowersCE4 Isabelle KellyWG5 Taleena SimonFE6 Lavina O'MealeyHB7 Zahara TemaraPR8 Ruan SimsHK9 Nita MaynardPR10 Elianna WaltonSR11 Tazmin GreySR12 Vanessa FoliakiLK13 Simaima Taufa (c)Substitutes:IC14 Kylie HilderIC15 Sarah TogatukiIC16 Victoria LatuIC17 Kandy KennedyCoach: Adam Hartigan
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