2022 NRL Women's season

NRL Telstra Women's Premiership
Duration20 August – 2 October
Teams6
Minor premiers Sydney Roosters
Matches played18
Points scored679
Highest attendance42,921
Lowest attendance505
Broadcast partnersNine Network
Fox League
Sky Sport (NZ)
Sky Sports (UK)
Premiers Newcastle Knights (1st title)
Wooden spoon Gold Coast Titans (1st spoon)
Biggest home win Roosters 34 — 6 Dragons
Biggest away win Roosters 38 — 16 Eels
Dally M Award Raecene McGregor
Top point-scorer(s) Zahara Temara (46)
Top try-scorer(s) Jayme Fressard (5)
Teagan Berry (5)
Tamika Upton (5)
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The 2022 NRLW Premiership was the fifth professional season of Women's rugby league in Australia. The season started on Saturday, 20 August and ran for seven weekends. This comprised five rounds, semi-finals for the top four teams, and a Grand Final that was played on Sunday 2 October as a curtain raiser to the 2022 men's Grand Final.[1] This was the last season before the NRLW goes professional.[2][3]

Teams

The Line-up of teams will remain the same as the postponed 2021 season (held from February to April in 2022). The number of teams will raise to 10 in 2023.

Colours Club Season Head coach Captain(s)
Brisbane Broncos 5th season Kelvin Wright Ali Brigginshaw
St. George Illawarra Dragons 5th season Jamie Soward Kezie Apps
Sydney Roosters 5th season John Strange Isabelle Kelly[4]
Newcastle Knights 2nd season Ronald Griffiths[5] Millie Boyle and Hannah Southwell[6]
Parramatta Eels 2nd season Dean Widders[7] Tiana Penitani and Simaima Taufa[8]
Gold Coast Titans 2nd season Karyn Murphy[9] Brittany Breayley-Nati

Win/loss table

Team 1 2 3 4 5 SF GF
Brisbane Broncos NEW
−18 		SYD
−20 		GCT
+18 		SGI
−1* 		PAR
−12
Gold Coast Titans SGI
−14 		NEW
−4 		BRI
−18 		PAR
+2 		SYD
−26
Newcastle Knights BRI
+18 		GCT
+4 		PAR
+2 		SYD
−2 		SGI
+22 		SGI
+24 		PAR
+20
Parramatta Eels SYD
−22 		SGI
−6 		NEW
−2 		GCT
−2 		BRI
+12 		SYD
+14 		NEW
−20
St. George Illawarra Dragons GCT
+14 		PAR
+6 		SYD
−28 		BRI
+1* 		NEW
−22 		NEW
−24
Sydney Roosters PAR
+22 		BRI
+20 		SGI
+28 		NEW
+2 		GCT
+26 		PAR
−14
Team 1 2 3 4 5 SF GF

Bold – Home game
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

Regular season

The first announcement of the 2022 NRLW season's fixtures was released by the NRL on 8 July 2022.

Matches in rounds 1–3 were played as either curtain raisers or closers to men's matches, or as standalone fixtures. The announcement of Round 4 fixtures was delayed until the NRL placings were known and the four NRL week one finals matches were determined.[1][10] Round 5 was a triple-header at Central Coast Stadium using the same format as rounds 1 and 2 from the 2021 season.

Round 1

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance Reports
Parramatta Eels 16 – 38 Sydney Roosters Saturday, 20 August, 1:00 pm CommBank Stadium Belinda Sharpe 26,451[α] [11][12][13]
St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 12 Gold Coast Titans Sunday, 21 August, 12:00 pm WIN Stadium Karra-Lee Nolan 5,135[β] [14][15][16]
Newcastle Knights 32 – 14 Brisbane Broncos Sunday, 21 August, 6:10 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Kasey Badger 8,323[γ] [17][18][19]

Round 2

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance Reports
Brisbane Broncos 8 – 28 Sydney Roosters Saturday, 27 August, 1:10 pm Suncorp Stadium Kasey Badger 11,816 [20][21][22]
Parramatta Eels 10 – 16 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 28 August, 12:00 pm CommBank Stadium Belinda Sharpe 9,987[δ] [23][24][25]
Gold Coast Titans 12 – 16 Newcastle Knights Sunday, 28 August, 6:10 pm Cbus Super Stadium Rochelle Tamarua 11,816[ε] [26][27][28]

Round 3

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance Reports
Sydney Roosters 34 – 6 St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 2 September, 5:40 pm Allianz Stadium Kasey Badger 41,906[ζ] [29][30][31]
Brisbane Broncos 22 – 4 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 3 September, 1:10 pm Moreton Daily Stadium Belinda Sharpe 1,619 [32][33][34]
Newcastle Knights 18 – 16 Parramatta Eels Sunday, 4 September, 12:00 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Karra-Lee Nolan 9,189[η] [35][36][37]

Round 4

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance Reports
Gold Coast Titans 18 – 16 Parramatta Eels 10 September, 1:05 pm AAMI Park[θ] Karra-Lee Nolan 505 [38][39][40]
Brisbane Broncos 18 – 19 St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 September, 2:50 pm Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 1,229 [41][42][43]
Sydney Roosters 18 – 16 Newcastle Knights 11 September, 1:10 pm Allianz Stadium Belinda Sharpe 4,063[ι] [44][45][46]

Round 5

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance Reports
Brisbane Broncos 16 – 28 Parramatta Eels Sunday, 18 September, 12:05 pm Central Coast Stadium Kasey Badger 3,066 [47][48][49]
Gold Coast Titans 12 – 38 Sydney Roosters Sunday, 18 September, 1:55 pm Belinda Sharpe 4,776 [50][51][52]
St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 – 30 Newcastle Knights Sunday, 18 September, 3:45 pm Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski 6,214 [53][54][55]

Notes:

  1. ^ This NRLW match was part of a triple-header. The NRLW match followed a KOE NSW Cup match and preceded an NRL fixture between the Parramatta Eels and Canterbury Bulldogs. An attendance for the NRLW was not announced at the ground. The attendance for the NRL match was 26,451.
  2. ^ This NRLW match was part of a double-header. The NRLW match preceded an NRL fixture between the St. George Illawarra Dragons and Gold Coast Titans. An attendance for the NRLW match of 5,135 was published on the NRL website's Match Centre. The attendance for the NRL match was 12,348.
  3. ^ This NRLW match was part of a double-header. The NRLW match followed an NRL fixture between the Newcastle Knights and Canberra Raiders. The attendance for the NRL match was 16,768.
  4. ^ This NRLW match was part of a double-header. The NRLW match preceded an NRL fixture between the Wests Tigers and St. George Illawarra Dragons. An attendance for the NRLW match of 8,323 was published on the NRL website's Match Centre. The attendance for the NRL match was 9,987.
  5. ^ This NRLW match was part of a double-header. The NRLW match followed an NRL fixture between the Gold Coast Titans and Newcastle Knights. The attendance for the NRL match was 11,816.
  6. ^ This NRLW match was part of a double-header. The NRLW match preceded an NRL fixture between the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney Rabbitohs. An attendance for the NRLW was not announced at the ground. The attendance for the NRL match was 41.906. The NRLW match was rescheduled by the NRL on 13 August. The original schedule was for the match to follow an NRL fixture, Wests Tigers vs Canberra Raiders, at Leichhardt Oval on Sunday, 4 September.
  7. ^ This NRLW match was part of a double-header. The NRLW match preceded an NRL fixture between the Newcastle Knights and Cronulla Sharks. An attendance for the NRLW of "about 9,100" was announced at the ground. The attendance for the NRL match was 16,808.
  8. ^ These two NRLW matches were part of a Triple-Header. The NRLW matches preceded an NRL fixture between Melbourne Storm and Canberra Raiders. An attendance for each NRLW match was announced at the ground. The attendance for the NRL match was 20.838.
  9. ^ This NRLW match was part of a double-header. The NRLW match preceded an NRL fixture between the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney Rabbitohs. An attendance for the NRLW was announced at the ground. The attendance for the NRL match was 39,816.

Ladder

2022 NRL Women's season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Sydney Roosters 5 5 0 0 0 156 58 +98 10
2 Newcastle Knights 5 4 0 1 0 112 68 +44 8
3 St. George Illawarra Dragons 5 3 0 2 0 75 104 −29 6
4 Parramatta Eels 5 1 0 4 0 86 106 −20 2
5 Brisbane Broncos 5 1 0 4 0 78 111 −33 2
6 Gold Coast Titans 5 1 0 4 0 58 118 −60 2

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
  • 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 4 5
1 Sydney Roosters 2 4 6 8 10
2 Newcastle Knights 2 4 6 6 8
3 St. George Illawarra Dragons 2 4 4 6 6
4 Parramatta Eels 0 0 0 0 2
5 Brisbane Broncos 0 0 2 2 2
6 Gold Coast Titans 0 0 0 2 2

Finals series

Two semi-finals were played on 25 September 2022 as part of a quadruple-header also featuring the men's and women's Prime Minister's XIII matches against Papua New Guinea .[56][57][58]

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance Reports
Newcastle Knights 30 – 6 St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 25 September, 2:05 PM Suncorp Stadium Kasey Badger 3,649 [59][60][61]
Sydney Roosters 10 – 24 Parramatta Eels Sunday, 25 September, 3:50 PM Belinda Sharpe 6,173 [62][63]

The Grand Final was played on Sunday, 2 October 2022, between the winners of the two semi-finals, at Accor Stadium as curtain-raiser to the 2022 men's season grand final.

Home Score Away Match information
Date and time Venue Referees Attendance Reports
Newcastle Knights 32 – 12 Parramatta Eels Sunday, 2 October, 3:55 PM Accor Stadium Kasey Badger 42,921 [64]

Grand Final

Main article: 2022 NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final
Sunday, 2 October
4:05pm AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Newcastle Knights 32 – 12 Parramatta Eels
Tries: 7
Takairangi rugby ball 17', 63'
Paki rugby ball 20'
Teitzel rugby ball 27'
Upton rugby ball 38'
Southwell rugby ball 67'
Clydsdale rugby ball 69'
Goals: 2
Dibb rugby goalposts icon 28' (1/4)
Southwell rugby goalposts icon 68' (1/3)
 1st: 14 – 6
2nd: 18 – 6
Highlights
Reports[65][66][67]
 Tries: 2
Anderson rugby ball 12'
Taufa rugby ball 50'
Goals: 2
Preston rugby goalposts icon 13', 51' (2/2)
Accor Stadium
Attendance: 42,921
Karyn Murphy Medallist: Tamika Upton (Newcastle)
Referee: Kasey Badger

Team of the week

At the conclusion of each round, the media department of the NRL announce a team of the week. Seventeen players are named.

Jersey Position Round 1[68] Round 2[69] Round 3[70] Round 4[71] Round 5[72] Semi-finals[73]
1 Fullback Sam Bremner Tamika Upton Sam Bremner Evania Pelite Gayle Broughton Tamika Upton
2 Wing Teagan Berry Teagan Berry Leianne Tufuga Julia Robinson Zali Fay Teagan Berry
3 Centre Isabelle Kelly Tiana Penitani Jessica Sergis Isabelle Kelly Jessica Sergis Abbi Church
4 Centre Page McGregor Evania Pelite Rikeya Horne Shenae Ciesiolka Taliah Fuimaono Shanice Parker
5 Wing Julia Robinson Julia Robinson Jaime Chapman Karina Brown Jayme Fressard Cassey Tohi-Hiku
6 Fullback Taliah Fuimaono Tarryn Aiken Zahara Temara Zali Hopkins Ashleigh Quinlan Kirra Dibb
7 Halfback Jesse Southwell Raecene McGregor Raecene McGregor Rachael Pearson Jesse Southwell Tayla Preston
8 Prop Millie Boyle Shannon Mato Chelsea Lenarduzzi Millie Boyle Jesse Southwell Millie Boyle
9 Hooker Keeley Davis Destiny Brill Olivia Higgins Quincy Dodd Destiny Brill Brooke Anderson
10 Prop Steph Hancock Sarah Togatuki Caitlan Johnston Tara McGrath-West Kennedy Cherrington Kennedy Cherrington
11 Second-row Shaniah Power Kezie Apps Vanessa Foliaki Yasmin Clydsdale Yasmin Clydsdale Romy Teitzel
12 Second-row Keilee Joseph Olivia Kernick Amber Hall Kezie Apps Otesa Pule Yasmin Clydsdale
13 Lock Simaima Taufa Holli Wheeler Keilee Joseph Georgia Hale Simaima Taufa Holli Wheeler
14 interchange Kennedy Cherrington Emma Manzelmann Tayla Preston Jada Ferguson Ali Brigginshaw Ashleigh Quinlan
15 interchange Tallisha Harden Tayla Predebon Jocelyn Kelleher Simaima Taufa Keilee Joseph Caitlan Johnston
16 interchange Holli Wheeler Keilee Joseph Monalisa Soliola Keilee Joseph Shannon Mato Ellie Johnston
17 interchange Emma Tonegato Chelsea Lenarduzzi Tamika Upton Rima Pirini Butler Tayla Predebon Sarah Togatuki

Dream Team

In the week between the Semi-finals and Grand Final, the Rugby League Players Association announced a Dream Team. The team was selected by the players, who each cast one vote for each position.[74]

Jersey Position Player
1 Fullback Sam Bremner
2 Wing Julia Robinson
3 Centre Isabelle Kelly
4 Centre Jaime Chapman
5 Wing Leianne Tufuga
6 Fullback Tarryn Aiken
7 Halfback Raecene McGregor
8 Prop Millie Boyle
9 Hooker Destiny Brill
10 Prop Caitlan Johnston
11 Second-row Olivia Kernick
12 Second-row Amber Hall
13 Lock Keilee Joseph

Individual awards

Dally M Medal Awards Night

The following awards were presented at the Dally M Medal Awards ceremony in Sydney on the night of 28 September.[75]

Dally M Medal Player of the Year: Raecene McGregor ( Sydney Roosters)[76]

Captain of the Year: Isabelle Kelly ( Sydney Roosters)[77]

Coach of the Year: John Strange ( Sydney Roosters)[78]

Provan-Summons Medal: Toni Hunt ( Brisbane Broncos)

Rookie of the Year: Jesse Southwell ( Newcastle Knights)[79]

Try of the Year: Tarryn Aiken for Brisbane Broncos versus Sydney Roosters (27 August 2022).

Tackle of the Year: Tarryn Aiken for Brisbane Broncos on Jessica Sergis of the Sydney Roosters (27 August 2022).

RLPA Players' Champion Awards

The following awards were voted for by NRLW players at the end of the season.

The Players' Champion: Raecene McGregor ( Sydney Roosters[80]

Rookie of the Year: Gayle Broughton ( Parramatta Eels)[81]

Dennis Tutty Award: Hannah Southwell ( Newcastle Knights)[82]

Statistical Awards

Highest Point Scorer in Regular-season: Zahara Temara ( Sydney Roosters) 44 (1t 20g)

Top Try Scorers in Regular-season: Jayme Fressard ( Sydney Roosters) 5

Players and transfers

Main article: List of current NRL Women's team squads

Player signings for the 2022 season began in May 2022.

Table last updated: 21 July 2022.

2022 NRLW Transfers [1]
Player 2021 Club 2022 Club Announcement
Date 		Reference
Millie Boyle Brisbane Broncos Newcastle Knights 18 May 2022 [83]
Lauren Brown Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans 23 May 2022 [84]
Hagiga Mosby Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans 5 Jun 2022 [84]
Tamika Upton Brisbane Broncos Newcastle Knights 18 May 2022 [83]
Nakita Sao Brisbane Broncos Injured 13 Mar 2022
Annetta Nu'uausala Newcastle Knights Brisbane Broncos 7 Jun 2022 [85]
Emily Curtain Parramatta Eels Gold Coast Titans 5 Jun 2022 [84]
Botille Vette-Welsh Parramatta Eels Injured 5 Apr 2022 [86]
Madison Bartlett St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans 5 Jun 2022 [84]
Jaime Chapman St. George Illawarra Dragons Brisbane Broncos 3 Jun 2022 [87][88]
Kody House St. George Illawarra Dragons Retired 22 Apr 2022 [89]
Yasmin Clydsdale Sydney Roosters Newcastle Knights 3 Jun 2022 [90]
Olivia Higgins Sydney Roosters Newcastle Knights 3 Jun 2022 [90]
Simone Karpani Sydney Roosters Newcastle Knights 3 Jun 2022 [90]
Brydie Parker Sydney Roosters Injured 11 Apr 2022
Tayla Predebon Sydney Roosters Newcastle Knights 3 Jun 2022 [90]
Hannah Southwell Sydney Roosters Newcastle Knights 1 Jun 2022 [91][92]
Brooke Walker Carlton AFLW Parramatta Eels 27 May 2022 [93]
Gayle Broughton New Zealand New Zealand 7s Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94][95]
Brooke Anderson No club Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Rueben Cherrington No club Parramatta Eels 17 May 2022 [96]
Vanessa Foliaki No club Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Ruby-Jean Kennard No club Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Tayla Preston No club Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Rima Pirini Butler No club Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Ash Quinlan No club Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Crystal Tamarua Gold Coast Titans Brisbane Broncos 9 Jun 2022 [97]
Jasmine Fogavini No club Brisbane Broncos 9 Jun 2022 [97]
Sophie Holyman Queensland Reds Rugby Union Brisbane Broncos 9 Jun 2022 [97]
Tamsin Barber No club Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Tiana Davison No club Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Caitlin Moran No club Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Nicole Nathan No club Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Emmanita Paki No club Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Shanice Parker No club Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Kiana Takairangi No club Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Brianna Clark Gold Coast Titans Brisbane Broncos 10 Jun 2022 [99]
Nita Maynard Parramatta Eels Brisbane Broncos 10 Jun 2022 [99]
Paige Parker Newcastle Knights Brisbane Broncos 10 Jun 2022 [99]
Shakiah Tungai No club Brisbane Broncos 10 Jun 2022 [99]
Annette Brander No club Gold Coast Titans 23 Jun 2022 [84]
Apii Nicholls-Pualau No club Gold Coast Titans 23 Jun 2022 [84]
Rona Peters No club Gold Coast Titans 23 Jun 2022 [84]
Destiny Brill Gold Coast Titans Sydney Roosters 23 Jun 2022 [100]
Jayme Fressard Newcastle Knights Sydney Roosters 23 Jun 2022 [100]
Shaniah Power Gold Coast Titans Sydney Roosters 23 Jun 2022 [100]
Corban Baxter Sydney Roosters Pregnancy 27 Jun 2022 [101]
Fatafehi Hanisi Parramatta Eels St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Zali Hopkins No club St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Andie Robinson No club St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Monalisa Soliola No club St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Shontelle Stowers No club St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Sam Bremner Pregnancy Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Shannon Rose No club Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Jasmin Strange No club Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Jada Taylor No club Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa No club Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Roxette Murdoch Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans 17 Jul 2022 [84]
Makenzie Weale No club Newcastle Knights 21 Jul 2022 [104]
Jakiya Whitfeld No club Newcastle Knights 21 Jul 2022 [104]
Zali Fay No club Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]
Najvada George No club Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]
Losana Lutu No club Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]
Cassey Tohi-Hiku No club Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]
Luisa Yaranamua No club Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]

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