2018 NRL Women's season

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2018 NRL Women's Premiership
Duration8 September to 30 September 2018
Teams4
Premiers Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (1st title)
Minor premiers Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (1st title)
Matches played7
Points scored212
Attendance46,875 (Avg. 11,719)
Top points scorer(s) Brisbane colours.svg Chelsea Baker (38)
Biggest home win Brisbane colours.svg Broncos 30 — 4 Dragons St. George Illawarra colours.svg
at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
(Round 1) 9 September 2018
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Roosters 26 — 0 Dragons St. George Illawarra colours.svg
at Allianz Stadium, Sydney
(Round 3) 22 September 2018
Dally M Award Brisbane colours.svg Brittany Breayley
Top try-scorer(s) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Taleena Simon (4)
2019  →

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

Contents

Teams

ColoursClubSeasonHead coachCaptain(s)
Brisbane colours.svg
Brisbane Broncos 1st season Paul Dyer [1] Ali Brigginshaw [2]
Auckland colours.svg
New Zealand Warriors 1st season Luisa Avaiki [3] Laura Mariu [4]
St. George colours.svg
St. George Illawarra Dragons 1st season Daniel Lacey [5] Sam Bremner [6]
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
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]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd
Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 32 – 4 Newtown colours.svg Auckland 10 August 2018, 6:00pm Mt Smart Stadium Rochelle Tamarua-
Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 22 – 16 Newtown colours.svg Auckland 25 August 2018, 3:15pm Mt Smart Stadium No. 2Rochelle Tamarua-
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 48 – 14 Papua New Guinea colours.svg 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 Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 4 – 10 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 8 September 2018, 3:05pm ANZ Stadium Jon Stone
Joshua McGowan		17,168
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 30 – 4 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 9 September 2018, 1:45pm Suncorp Stadium Matt Noyen
Kasey Badger 		47,296
Source: LeagueUnlimted.com [11] [12] NRL.com [13] [14] [15] [16] NZW-SR Highlights NZW-SR Replay BB-SGID Highlights BB-SGID Replay

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 4 – 14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 14 September 2018, 5:15pm Allianz Stadium Peter Gough
Joshua McGowan		19,211
St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 – 10 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 15 September 2018, 5:10pm ANZ Stadium Matt Noyen
Wyatt Raymond		16,274
(48,188)
Source: LeagueUnlimited.com [17] [18] NRL.com [19] [20] [21] [22] SR-BB Highlights SR-BB Replay SGID-NZW Highlights SGID-NZW Replay

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereesCrowd
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 32 – 10 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 21 September 2018, 5:15pm AAMI Park Peter Gough
Jake Sutherland		26,621
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 26 – 0 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 22 September 2018, 5:10pm Allianz Stadium Jon Stone
Kasey Badger 		15,577
(44,380)
Source: LeagueUnlimited.com [23] [24] NRL.com [25] [26] [27] [28] BB-NZW Highlights BB-NZW Replay SR-SGID Highlights SR-SGID Replay

Ladder

2018 NRL Women's season
PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 33007618+586
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 31023424+102
3 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 31023058−282
4 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 31022666−402
Source: [ citation needed ]

Ladder progression

Team123
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 246
2 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 002
3 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 222
4 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 022

Grand Final

Sunday, 30 September
1:35pm
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 34 – 12 Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
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
Highlights
Report [29] [30]
Tries:
1 (10') Tazmin Grey
1 (43') Lavina O'Mealey
Goals:
2/3 Zahara Temara
(4', 44')
ANZ Stadium
Attendance: 16,214
(82,688)
Karyn Murphy Medallist: Kimiora Nati (Brisbane)
Referee: Jon Stone, Kasey Badger
Team lists:
FB1 Chelsea Baker
WG2 Julia Robinson
CE3 Meg Ward
CE4 Amber Pilley
WG5 Amelia Kuk
FE6 Kimiora Nati
HB7 Ali Brigginshaw (c)
PR8 Heather Ballinger
HK9 Brittany Breayley
PR15 Chelsea Lenarduzzi
SR11 Teuila Fotu-Moala
SR12 Maitua Feterika
LK13 Rona Peters
Substitutes:
IC10 Steph Hancock
IC14 Lavinia Gould
IC16 Mariah Storch
IC17 Ngatokotoru Arakua
Coach: Paul Dyer
FB1 Karina Brown
WG2 Brydie Parker
CE3 Shontelle Stowers
CE4 Isabelle Kelly
WG5 Taleena Simon
FE6 Lavina O'Mealey
HB7 Zahara Temara
PR8 Ruan Sims
HK9 Nita Maynard
PR10 Elianna Walton
SR11 Tazmin Grey
SR12 Vanessa Foliaki
LK13 Simaima Taufa (c)
Substitutes:
IC14 Kylie Hilder
IC15 Sarah Togatuki
IC16 Victoria Latu
IC17 Kandy Kennedy
Coach: Adam Hartigan

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