2019 NRL Women's season

2019 NRL Women's Premiership
Duration	14 September to 6 October 2019
Teams	4
Premiers	Brisbane Broncos (2nd title)
Minor premiers	Brisbane Broncos (2nd title)
Matches played	7
Points scored	192
Top points scorer(s)	Maddie Studdon (16)
Biggest away win	Dragons 26 — 6 Warriors at Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Round 2 (22 September 2019)
Dally M Award	Jessica Sergis
Top try-scorer(s)	Jessica Sergis (3)
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The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership was the second season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.

Teams

Club	Season	Head coach	Captain(s)	Ref
Brisbane Broncos	2nd season	Kelvin Wright	Ali Brigginshaw (4)	[1] [2]
New Zealand Warriors	2nd season	Luisa Avaiki	Georgia Hale (3)	[3] [4]
St. George Illawarra Dragons	2nd season	Daniel Lacey	Kezie Apps (4)	[5] [6]
Sydney Roosters	2nd season	Rick Stone	Simaima Taufa (2) also Isabelle Kelly (1: Round 3)	[7] [8]

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

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Brisbane Broncos	14–0	Papua New Guinea Orchids	31 August 2019, 4:00pm	PNG Football Stadium

Regular season

See also: 2019 NRL Women's season results

The season again operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2019 NRL Finals Series as well as two standalone matches. The top two finishing teams will then contest the Grand Final, which is to be played before the men's Grand Final on 6 October. ^[9]

Ladder

2019 NRL Women's season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane Broncos	3	2	0	1	42	14	+28	4
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	3	2	0	1	54	36	+18	4
3	New Zealand Warriors	3	2	0	1	32	46	−14	4
4	Sydney Roosters	3	0	0	3	28	60	−32	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

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 Broncos	2	4	4
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	2	4
3	New Zealand Warriors	2	2	4
4	Sydney Roosters	0	0	0

Grand Final

Main article: 2019 NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final

Sunday, 6 October 4:05pm

Brisbane Broncos	30 – 6	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tries: Lavinia Gould (3') 1 Raecene McGregor (15') 1 Julia Robinson (39') 1 Chelsea Lenarduzzi (41') 1 Amber Pilley (48') 1 Goals: Meg Ward 5/6 (17', 32', 40', 42', 49')	1st: 10 – 0 2nd: 20 – 6 Highlights Replay Reports [10] [11] [12]	Tries: Kezie Apps (50') 1 Goals: Maddie Studdon 1/1 (51')

ANZ Stadium Attendance: 36,785 Karyn Murphy Medallist: Annette Brander (Brisbane) Referee: Kasey Badger, Daniel Schwass

Team lists:

FB 18 Tamika Upton WG 2 Julia Robinson CE 3 Amy Turner CE 4 Amber Pilley WG 5 Meg Ward FE 6 Raecene McGregor HB 7 Ali Brigginshaw (c) PR 8 Millie Boyle HK 9 Lavinia Gould PR 10 Amber Hall SR 11 Annette Brander SR 12 Tazmin Gray LK 13 Rona Peters Substitutes: IC 14 Tarryn Aiken IC 15 Steph Hancock IC 16 Mariah Storch IC 17 Chelsea Lenarduzzi Coach: Kelvin Wright

FB 1 Botille Vette-Welsh WG 2 Rikeya Horne CE 3 Jessica Sergis CE 4 Tiana Penitani WG 5 Shakiah Tungai FE 6 Keeley Davis HB 7 Maddie Studdon PR 8 Ngatokotoru Arakua HK 9 Brittany Breayley PR 10 Maitua Feterika SR 11 Kezie Apps (c) SR 12 Shaylee Bent LK 13 Holli Wheeler Substitutes: IC 14 Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili IC 15 Takilele Katoa IC 16 Maddison Weatherall IC 17 Najvada George Coach: Daniel Lacey

Individual awards

Dally M Medal Awards Night

The following award was presented at the Dally M Medal Awards ceremony in Sydney on the night of 2 October 2019. ^[13]

Dally M Medal Player of the Year: Jessica Sergis ( St. George Illawarra Dragons)

Grand Final Day Awards

The following awards were presented at ANZ Stadium on Grand Final day, 6 October 2019.

Veronica White Medal: Honey Hireme ( New Zealand Warriors). ^[14]

Karyn Murphy Medal Player of the Match: Annette Brander ( Brisbane Broncos) ^[15]

Statistical Awards

Highest Point Scorer in Regular Season: Maddie Studdon ( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 14 (7g)

Top Try Scorers in Regular Season: Jessica Sergis ( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 3

Highest Point Scorer across the Full Season: Maddie Studdon ( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 16 (8g)

Top Try Scorer across the Full Season: Jessica Sergis ( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 3

Postseason

In October 2018, NRL announced the inaugural edition of Rugby League World Cup 9s in Western Sydney on 18–19 October 2019, featuring 12 international men's teams and 4 women's teams. ^[16] This would be around one month after the Women's Grand Final and replaced the Auckland Nines which had been run as a preseason tournament in previous years.

References

1. Newton, Alicia (14 May 2019). "Kelvin Wright appointed coach of NRLW Broncos". NRL.com. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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. Becht, Richard (21 August 2019). "Hale named new Warriors captain". Warriors.Kiwi. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
5. Jennings, Mitch (22 March 2018). "Lacey named Dragons coach". Illawarra Mercury.
6. Walter, Brad (1 August 2019). "Apps hails Hireme's role in Dragons landing big-name stars". NRL. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
7. "Intrust Super NRLW Team Announcement - Round 1". Roosters.com.au. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
8. "Intrust Super NRLW Team Announcement - Round 3". Roosters.com.au. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
9. "NRLW to take centre stage with stand-alone matches". National Rugby League. 15 August 2019.
10. "Telstra Women's Premiership - Broncos 30 v 6 Dragons". NRL. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
11. Newton, Alicia (6 October 2019). "Broncos thump Dragons to claim back-to-back NRLW titles". NRL. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
12. Robertson, Josh (6 October 2019). "Broncos go back to back in emphatic style to retain NRLW crown". League Unlimited. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
13. Whittaker, Troy (2 October 2019). "Over the moon - Stunned Sergis collects women's Dally M Medal". NRL. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
14. Whittaker, Troy (6 October 2019). "Soliola, Hireme the 2019 Ken Stephen and Veronica White Medallists". NRL. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
15. "Brander wins Karyn Murphy Medal". NRL. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
16. "RLIF welcomes announcement of Downers Rugby League World Cup 9s". nrl.com. RLIF. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

External links

• Official website