2022 NRL Women's season

Last updated

NRL Telstra Women's Premiership
Duration20 August – 2 October
Teams6
Minor premiers Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
Matches played18
Points scored679
Highest attendance42,921
Lowest attendance505
Broadcast partners Nine Network
Fox League
Sky Sport (NZ)
Sky Sports (UK)
Premiers Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights (1st title)
Wooden spoon Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans (1st spoon)
Biggest home win Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Roosters 34 — 6 Dragons St. George Illawarra colours.svg
Biggest away win Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Roosters 38 — 16 Eels Parramatta colours.svg
Dally M Award Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Raecene McGregor
Top point-scorer(s) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Zahara Temara (46)
Top try-scorer(s) Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Jayme Fressard (5)
St. George Illawarra colours.svg Teagan Berry (5)
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Tamika Upton (5)
  2021
2023  

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]

Contents

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.

ColoursClubSeasonHead coachCaptain(s)
Brisbane colours.svg
Brisbane Broncos 5th season Kelvin Wright Ali Brigginshaw
St. George colours.svg
St. George Illawarra Dragons 5th season Jamie Soward Kezie Apps
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg
Sydney Roosters 5th season John Strange Isabelle Kelly [4]
Newcastle colours.svg
Newcastle Knights 2nd seasonRonald Griffiths [5] Millie Boyle and Hannah Southwell [6]
Parramatta colours.svg
Parramatta Eels 2nd season Dean Widders [7] Tiana Penitani and Simaima Taufa [8]
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg
Gold Coast Titans 2nd seasonKaryn Murphy [9] Brittany Breayley-Nati

Win/loss table

Team12345SFGF
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
Team12345SFGF

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

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereesAttendanceReports
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 16 – 38 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Saturday, 20 August, 1:00 pm CommBank Stadium Belinda Sharpe 26,451 [α] [11] [12] [13]
St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 26 – 12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Sunday, 21 August, 12:00 pm WIN Stadium Karra-Lee Nolan5,135 [β] [14] [15] [16]
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 32 – 14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Sunday, 21 August, 6:10 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Kasey Badger8,323 [γ] [17] [18] [19]

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereesAttendanceReports
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 8 28 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Saturday, 27 August, 1:10 pm Suncorp Stadium Kasey Badger11,816 [20] [21] [22]
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 10 – 16 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 28 August, 12:00 pm CommBank Stadium Belinda Sharpe 9,987 [δ] [23] [24] [25]
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 12 16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Sunday, 28 August, 6:10 pm Cbus Super Stadium Rochelle Tamarua 11,816 [ε] [26] [27] [28]

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereesAttendanceReports
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 34 6 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Friday, 2 September, 5:40 pm Allianz Stadium Kasey Badger41,906 [ζ] [29] [30] [31]
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 22 4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 3 September, 1:10 pm Moreton Daily Stadium Belinda Sharpe 1,619 [32] [33] [34]
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 18 – 16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Sunday, 4 September, 12:00 pm McDonald Jones Stadium Karra-Lee Nolan9,189 [η] [35] [36] [37]

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereesAttendanceReports
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 18 – 16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 10 September, 1:05 pm AAMI Park [θ] Karra-Lee Nolan505 [38] [39] [40]
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 18 19 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 11 September, 2:50 pmZiggy Przeklasa-Adamski1,229 [41] [42] [43]
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 18 16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 11 September, 1:10 pm Allianz Stadium Belinda Sharpe 4,063 [ι] [44] [45] [46]

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereesAttendanceReports
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 16 28 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Sunday, 18 September, 12:05 pm Central Coast Stadium Kasey Badger3,066 [47] [48] [49]
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 12 – 38 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sunday, 18 September, 1:55 pm Belinda Sharpe 4,776 [50] [51] [52]
St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 8 30 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Sunday, 18 September, 3:45 pmZiggy Przeklasa-Adamski6,214 [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

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 5500015658+9810
2 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 5401011268+448
3 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 5302075104−296
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 5104086106−202
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 5104078111−332
6 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 5104058118−602

Ladder progression

Team12345
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 246810
2 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24668
3 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24466
4 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 00002
5 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 00222
6 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 00022

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  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg. [56] [57] [58]

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereesAttendanceReports
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 30 6 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sunday, 25 September, 2:05 PM Suncorp Stadium Kasey Badger3,649 [59] [60] [61]
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 10 24 Parramatta colours.svg 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.

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and timeVenueRefereesAttendanceReports
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 32 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Sunday, 2 October, 3:55 PM Accor Stadium Kasey Badger42,921 [64]

Grand Final

Sunday, 2 October
4:05pm AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg 32 – 12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Tries:7
Takairangi Ru ball.svg 17', 63'
Paki Ru ball.svg 20'
Teitzel Ru ball.svg 27'
Upton Ru ball.svg 38'
Southwell Ru ball.svg 67'
Clydsdale Ru ball.svg 69'
Goals:2
Dibb Rugby penalty.svg 28' (1/4)
Southwell Rugby penalty.svg 68' (1/3)
1st: 14 – 6
2nd: 18 – 6
Highlights
Reports [65] [66] [67]
Tries:2
Anderson Ru ball.svg 12'
Taufa Ru ball.svg 50'
Goals:2
Preston Rugby penalty.svg 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.

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

JerseyPositionPlayer
1 Fullback Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sam Bremner
2 Wing Brisbane colours.svg Julia Robinson
3 Centre Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Isabelle Kelly
4 Centre Brisbane colours.svg Jaime Chapman
5 Wing Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Leianne Tufuga
6 Fullback Brisbane colours.svg Tarryn Aiken
7 Halfback Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Raecene McGregor
8 Prop Newcastle colours.svg Millie Boyle
9 Hooker Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Destiny Brill
10 Prop Newcastle colours.svg Caitlan Johnston
11 Second-row Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Olivia Kernick
12 Second-row Brisbane colours.svg Amber Hall
13 Lock Eastern Suburbs colours.svg 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 ( Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters) [76]

Captain of the Year: Isabelle Kelly ( Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters) [77]

Coach of the Year: John Strange ( Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters) [78]

Provan-Summons Medal: Toni Hunt ( Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos)

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

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

Tackle of the Year: Tarryn Aiken for Brisbane colours.svg 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 ( Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters [80]

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

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

Statistical Awards

Highest Point Scorer in Regular-season: Zahara Temara ( Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters) 44 (1t 20g)

Top Try Scorers in Regular-season: Jayme Fressard ( Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters) 5

Players and transfers

Player signings for the 2022 season began in May 2022.

Table last updated: 21 July 2022.

2022 NRLW Transfers
Player2021 Club2022 ClubAnnouncement
Date
Reference
Millie Boyle Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 18 May 2022 [83]
Lauren Brown Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 23 May 2022 [84]
Hagiga Mosby Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 5 Jun 2022 [84]
Tamika Upton Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 18 May 2022 [83]
Nakita Sao Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Injured13 Mar 2022
Annetta Nu'uausala Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 7 Jun 2022 [85]
Emily Curtain Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 5 Jun 2022 [84]
Botille Vette-Welsh Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Injured5 Apr 2022 [86]
Madison Bartlett St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 5 Jun 2022 [84]
Jaime Chapman St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 3 Jun 2022 [87] [88]
Kody House St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Retired22 Apr 2022 [89]
Yasmin Clydsdale Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 3 Jun 2022 [90]
Olivia Higgins Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 3 Jun 2022 [90]
Simone Karpani Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 3 Jun 2022 [90]
Brydie Parker Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Injured11 Apr 2022
Tayla Predebon Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 3 Jun 2022 [90]
Hannah Southwell Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 1 Jun 2022 [91] [92]
Brooke Walker Carlton AFLW icon.png Carlton AFLW Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 27 May 2022 [93]
Gayle Broughton Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 7s Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94] [95]
Brooke AndersonNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Rueben CherringtonNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 17 May 2022 [96]
Vanessa Foliaki No club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Ruby-Jean KennardNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Tayla PrestonNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Rima Pirini ButlerNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Ash QuinlanNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 1 Jun 2022 [94]
Crystal Tamarua Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 9 Jun 2022 [97]
Jasmine FogaviniNo club Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 9 Jun 2022 [97]
Sophie HolymanQueensland Reds Rugby Union Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 9 Jun 2022 [97]
Tamsin BarberNo club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Tiana DavisonNo club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Caitlin Moran No club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Nicole NathanNo club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Emmanita Paki No club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Shanice Parker No club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Kiana Takairangi No club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9 Jun 2022 [98]
Brianna Clark Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 10 Jun 2022 [99]
Nita Maynard Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 10 Jun 2022 [99]
Paige Parker Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 10 Jun 2022 [99]
Shakiah Tungai No club Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 10 Jun 2022 [99]
Annette Brander No club Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 23 Jun 2022 [84]
Apii Nicholls-Pualau No club Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 23 Jun 2022 [84]
Rona Peters No club Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 23 Jun 2022 [84]
Destiny Brill Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 23 Jun 2022 [100]
Jayme Fressard Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 23 Jun 2022 [100]
Shaniah Power Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 23 Jun 2022 [100]
Corban Baxter Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Pregnancy27 Jun 2022 [101]
Fatafehi Hanisi Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Zali HopkinsNo club St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Andie RobinsonNo club St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Monalisa SoliolaNo club St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Shontelle Stowers No club St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 1 Jul 2022 [102]
Sam Bremner Pregnancy Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Shannon RoseNo club Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Jasmin StrangeNo club Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Jada TaylorNo club Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Angelina Teakaraanga-KatoaNo club Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 1 Jul 2022 [103]
Roxette Murdoch Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 17 Jul 2022 [84]
Makenzie WealeNo club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 21 Jul 2022 [104]
Jakiya WhitfeldNo club Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 21 Jul 2022 [104]
Zali FayNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]
Najvada George No club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]
Losana LutuNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]
Cassey Tohi-HikuNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]
Luisa YaranamuaNo club Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 21 Jul 2022 [8]

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The Newcastle Knights Women are an Australian rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales. The team is part of the Newcastle Knights club and competes in the National Rugby League Women's Premiership (NRLW). The team's home ground is McDonald Jones Stadium. The team has won two premierships over its history.

The 2023 NRLW Premiership was the sixth professional season of Women's rugby league in Australia. As announced in March 2022 by the governing body, the National Rugby League, the number of teams increased from six to ten.
The duration of the season was confirmed by the NRL in a media release on 14 February 2023 as nine rounds followed by semi-finals and a Grand Final.

The 2021 NRL Women's Premiership was the fifth season of professional women's rugby league in Australia. All games took place in 2022, not 2021, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2023 Newcastle Knights season was the 36th in the club's history. Coached by Adam O'Brien and co-captained by Jayden Brailey and Kalyn Ponga, they competed in the NRL's 2023 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 5th place, thus reaching the finals. The Knights made it to the second week of finals, before being knocked out by the New Zealand Warriors.

The 2024 NRL Women's season is the seventh professional season of the NRL Women's Premiership. The number of teams (ten), start date and duration of the season was confirmed by the NRL, with the release of the draw on 13 November 2023. Possible expansion in the number of teams for 2024 had been discussed by the Australian Rugby League Commission during October 2023.

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