The 2025 NRL Women's season was the eighth professional season of the NRL Women's Premiership. The number of teams (twelve) was an increase on the 2024 season due to the readmission of the New Zealand Warriors and the introduction of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. The expansion in 2025 was confirmed by the NRL in March 2024. The start date and duration of the season was confirmed by the NRL with the release of the draw on 21 November 2024.
Teams The ten teams that participated in the 2024 season returned for the 2025 season with the addition of the New Zealand Warriors, who returned after a four-season hiatus, and new entrant Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.
Club Season Home ground(s) Head coach Captain(s) Brisbane Broncos 8th season Suncorp Stadium and Totally Workwear Stadium Scott Prince Ali Brigginshaw (13) and Tamika Upton (13) Canberra Raiders 3rd season GIO Stadium Darrin Borthwick Simaima Taufa (11) and Zahara Temara (10) Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1st Season Accor Stadium and Belmore Sports Ground Brayden Wiliame Tayla Preston (11) and Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa (10) Cronulla Sharks 3rd season PointsBet Stadium Tony Herman Tiana Penitani-Gray (12) also Quincy Dodd (1: Round 6) Gold Coast Titans 5th season Cbus Super Stadium Karyn Murphy Georgia Hale (11) also Lauren Brown (1, Round 3) Newcastle Knights 5th season McDonald Jones Stadium Ben Jeffries Yasmin Clydsdale (13) New Zealand Warriors 4th season Mount Smart Stadium and FMG Stadium Waikato Ronald Griffiths Apii Nicholls (10) also Harata Butler (1: Round 7) North Queensland Cowboys 3rd season Queensland Country Bank Stadium Ricky Henry Kirra Dibb (9) and Emma Manzelmann (12) Parramatta Eels 5th season CommBank Stadium and Eric Tweedale Stadium Steve Georgallis Mahalia Murphy (8) also Abbi Church (3: Rounds 1, 2 & 11) St. George Illawarra Dragons 8th season WIN Stadium and Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Nathan Cross Raecene McGregor (7) and Zali Hopkins (11) Sydney Roosters 8th season Allianz Stadium and Polytec Stadium John Strange Isabelle Kelly (12) also Olivia Kernick (1: Round 10) Wests Tigers 3rd season Leichhardt Oval, Campbelltown Sports Stadium and Allianz Stadium Brett Kimmorley Kezie Apps (11) Notes: In the Captain(s) column The number next to the name indicates the number of games played as captain The word and indicates joint captains. Of the five clubs that employed joint captains only one, the Broncos, had both appear in every match. The word also indicates the player deputised as captain when the regular captain missed one or more matches. New head coach appointments were Brayden Williame (Bulldogs) Announced in early April 2025. This followed the resignation in January 2025 of original appointee Blake Cavellero. Ronald Griffiths (Warriors) Announced in early July 2024. Nathan Cross (Dragons) Announced in late October 2024. Brett Kimmorley (Wests Tigers) elected not to apply for an extension to his contract.
Scheduling The start, duration, and conclusion of the 2025 season was influenced by several factors. A seven-week preparation period. Two weeks of leave. A change to the format of the final series from four teams over two weeks to six teams over three weeks. Winners of 3rd place versus 6th place and 4th place versus 5th place in Week 1 meet 1st place and 2nd place in Week 2 semi-finals. Winners of the semi-finals meet in the Grand Final in Week 3. Decision on the length of the regular season to use the minimum of eleven rounds required for the twelve teams to play each of their opponents once. A three-match Women's State of Origin series on 1 May (in Brisbane), 15 May (in Sydney), and 29 May (in Newcastle) 2025. All three matches are to be played on Thursday nights. The 1st match was brought forward from 16 May (2024) to 1 May (2025). The 1st match again preceded Magic Round. Matches were two weeks apart in 2025, whereas they were three weeks apart in 2024.
Both the New South Wales and Queensland State premiership competitions ran in parallel with the 2025 NRLW season. This was a scheduling change for Queensland, which in 2024 ran from early March to late May.
Trial matches On 5 June 2025, the NRL announced a trial match between the Brisbane Broncos and Papua New Guinea Orchids. On 10 June, the Newcastle Knights announced their team for a trial match on the following Sunday. The Gold Coast Titans announced a trail match against the North Queensland Cowboys, with the teams playing for the Brittany Breayley-NatiJenni-Sue Hoepper Shield as they did in 2024. On 16 June 2025, the Cronulla Sharks announced a trail for the following Sunday. On 17 June 2025, the Wests Tigers announced a trail and their team for the following Sunday. On the same day, the Canterbury Bulldogs announced a trail and their team for the following Saturday evening.
HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeFormatVenueRefereesAttendanceReports Newcastle Knights 2012 Canberra Raiders Sunday 15 June 2025 12:00 PM NRLW Cessnock Sports Ground Gold Coast Titans 168 North Queensland Cowboys Saturday 21 June 2025 3:00 PM NRLW Piggabeen Sports Complex Parramatta Eels 1824 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday 21 June 2025 6:00 PM NRLW Parramatta Eels Centre of Excellence, Kellyville Brisbane Broncos 480 PNG Orchids Sunday 22 June 2025 11:45 AM NRLWNRL Suncorp Stadium Wests Tigers 412 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday 22 June 2025 1:00 PM NRLW Leichhardt Oval Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 1212 Sydney Roosters Sunday 22 June 2025 1:30 PM NRLW Sharks Stadium
Regular season The first announcement of the 2025 NRLW season's fixtures was released by the NRL (at 11am AEST) on 21 November 2024.
There was a grand total of 66 regular season matches. The schedule included 33 double-headers, 18 of which featured the same away club (marked in bold in the Format column). There were 15 double-headers where the home club was the same but teams from two different away clubs featured.
On 17 February 2025, the New Zealand Warriors announced that the last three of their five home games would be played at FMG Stadium Waikato in Hamilton.
Notes regarding the Format column of the below tables: NRLW NRL (in bold) indicates that the away team was the same for both matches. NRLW NRL (in plan text) indicates that the away team for the NRL match was from a different club. Where NRLW is listed second, the NRLW game was played after the NRL game.
Round 1 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeFormatVenueRefereesAttendanceReports Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 1618 Parramatta Eels Thursday 3 July7:45 PM NRLW Sharks Stadium Belinda Sharpe 1,524 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2612 Newcastle Knights Friday 4 July5:40 PM NRLWNRL Accor Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 9,577 Brisbane Broncos28 4 Wests Tigers Saturday 5 July12:45 PM NRLW Totally Workwear Stadium Tori Wilkie 1,802 Canberra Raiders 1436 St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday 5 July3:15 PM NRLWNRL GIO Stadium Clayton Wills 6,100 North Queensland Cowboys 206 Gold Coast Titans Saturday 5 July5:15 PM NRLWNRL Queensland Country Bank Stadium Tyson Brough 8,112 Sydney Roosters 306 New Zealand Warriors Sunday 6 July11:50 AM NRLWNRL Allianz Stadium Mitchell Currie 6,829
Round 2 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeFormatVenueRefereesAttendanceReports Wests Tigers 812 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Thursday 10 July7:45 PM NRLW Campbelltown Sports Ground Belinda Sharpe 1,504 Canberra Raiders 656 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday 12 July12:45 PM NRLW GIO Stadium Mitchell Currie 1,677 St. George Illawarra Dragons 1024 Sydney Roosters Saturday 12 July3:15 PM NRLWNRL Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Kasey Badger 5,829 North Queensland Cowboys 626 Newcastle Knights Saturday 12 July5:15 PM NRLWNRL Queensland Country Bank Stadium Tori Wilkie 7,268 New Zealand Warriors 140 Parramatta Eels Sunday 13 July11:50 AM NRLWNRL Go Media Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 10,660 Gold Coast Titans 444 Brisbane Broncos Sunday 13 July4:00 PM NRLWNRL Cbus Super Stadium Clayton Wills 10,768
Round 3 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeFormatVenueRefereesAttendanceReports Canberra Raiders 1246 Parramatta Eels Saturday 19 July12:40 PM NRLWNRL GIO Stadium Tori Wilkie 9,989 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1418 St. George Illawarra Dragons Saturday 19 July3:15 PM NRLWNRL Accor Stadium Clayton Wills 12,217 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 1416 North Queensland Cowboys Saturday 19 July5:15 PM NRLW Sharks Stadium Mitch Currie 1,686 Wests Tigers 1224 Gold Coast Titans Sunday 20 July11:50 AM NRLWNRL Leichhardt Oval Luke Saldern 3,740 Brisbane Broncos 2630 Sydney Roosters Sunday 20 July1:45 PM NRLW Totally Workwear Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 1,924 Newcastle Knights 3620 New Zealand Warriors Sunday 20 July6:15 PM NRLNRLW McDonald Jones Stadium Kasey Badger 3,348
Round 4 HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeFormatVenueRefereesAttendanceReports New Zealand Warriors 1020 Gold Coast Titans Saturday 26 July12:40 PM NRLWNRL Go Media Stadium Mitch Currie 9,400 Sydney Roosters 4222 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday 26 July3:15 PM NRLW Allianz Stadium Luke Saldern 1,118 North Queensland Cowboys 260 Canberra Raiders Saturday 26 July5:15 PM NRLW Queensland Country Bank Stadium Tori Wilkie 1,355 Parramatta Eels 630 Newcastle Knights Sunday 27 July12:00 PM NRLW Eric Tweedale Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 618 St. George Illawarra Dragons 630 Brisbane Broncos Sunday 27 July1:45 PM NRLW WIN Stadium Kasey Badger 1,864 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2016 Wests Tigers Sunday 27 July6:15 PM NRLW Sharks Stadium Dillan Wells 1,018
Round 5 (NRLW Magic Round) HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeFormatVenueRefereesAttendanceReports Gold Coast Titans 1414 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Saturday 2 August12:15 PM NRLWNRLWNRLW McDonald Jones Stadium Dillan Wells 5,298 Wests Tigers 434 Sydney Roosters Saturday 2 August2:15 PM Tori Wilkie Brisbane Broncos 2814 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday 2 August4:15 PM Mitch Currie North Queensland Cowboys 612 New Zealand Warriors Sunday 3 August11:50 AM NRLWNRLWNRLW Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 6,093 Newcastle Knights 180 Canberra Raiders Sunday 3 August1:45 PM Kasey Badger Parramatta Eels 1210 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday 3 August3:45 PM Josh Eaton
Round 6 (NRLW Indigenous Round) HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeFormatVenueRefereesAttendanceReports St. George Illawarra Dragons 620 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Saturday 9 August12:45 PM NRLWNRL Netstrata Jubilee Stadium Belinda Sharpe 3,875 Newcastle Knights 306 Wests Tigers Saturday 9 August3:15 PM NRLW McDonald Jones Stadium Damian Brady 1,637 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 634 New Zealand Warriors Saturday 9 August5:15 PM NRLWNRL Accor Stadium Mitch Currie 13,108 Gold Coast Titans 824 Sydney Roosters Sunday 10 August11:50 AM NRLWNRL Cbus Super Stadium Josh Eaton 4,528 Canberra Raiders 2844 Brisbane Broncos Sunday 10 August1:45 PM NRLW GIO Stadium Dillan Wells 1,614 Parramatta Eels 1014 North Queensland Cowboys Sunday 10 August6:15 PM NRLNRLW CommBank Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 1,964
Round 7 (NRLW Indigenous Round) HomeScoreAwayMatch informationDate and timeFormatVenueRefereesAttendanceReports Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 128 Gold Coast Titans Saturday 16 August12:45 PM NRLWNRL Sharks Stadium Dillan Wells 2,476 Brisbane Broncos 384 Parramatta Eels Saturday 16 August3:15 PM NRLWNRL Suncorp Stadium Josh Eaton 12,812 New Zealand Warriors 1620 Canberra Raiders Saturday 16 August5:15 PM NRLW FMG Stadium Waikato Damian Brady 5,968 Wests Tigers 1612 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday 17 August11:50 AM NRLWNRL Allianz Stadium Mitch Currie 1,803 Sydney Roosters 3014 Newcastle Knights Sunday 17 August1:45 PM NRLW Polytec Stadium Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 2,294 North Queensland Cowboys 226 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday 17 August6:15 PM NRLNRLW Queensland Country Bank Stadium Tori Wilkie 3,360
Round 8