2022 New Zealand rugby league season

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NZRL National Competition 2022
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Premiers Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons (9th title)
Minor premiers Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons
Broadcast partners Sky Sport

The 2022 New Zealand rugby league season was the 115th season of rugby league played in New Zealand. The main feature of the year was the National Competition, run by the New Zealand Rugby League. [1]

Contents

National Premiership

Select matches were broadcast live by Sky Sport. [2]

Teams

Four teams contested the National Premiership, all in a single division round robin followed by a final. [3]

TeamCity/RegionHome Grounds
Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons Auckland Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland

Pulman Park, Auckland

North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls Christchurch Nga Puna Wai, Christchurch
St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau Stingrays South Auckland Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Waikatoleague.png Waikato Mana Hamilton FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton

Results

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayDateVenue
Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 32–20 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau 10 SeptemberPulman Park (Field 1)
North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls 42–12 Waikatoleague.png Waikato 11 SeptemberNga Puna Wai

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayDateVenue
Waikatoleague.png Waikato 6–68 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 17 September FMG Stadium Waikato
North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls 26–18 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau 18 SeptemberNga Puna Wai

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayDateVenue
Waikatoleague.png Waikato 30–38 St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau 24 September FMG Stadium Waikato
North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls 12–50 Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 25 SeptemberNga Puna Wai

Ladder

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsStage
Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons (P)330015038+11212Grand Final
North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls 32018080010
St. George colours.svg Counties Manukau 31027688-1210
Waikatoleague.png Waikato (R)300348148-10010

Note: (P) = Premiers, (R) = Relegated to Championship for 2023

Final

National Competition Grand Final [4] [2]
HomeScoreAwayDateVenue
Rochdale colours.svg Akarana Falcons 46–4 North Sydney colours.svg Canterbury Bulls 1 October North Harbour Stadium

National Championship

Select matches were broadcast live by Sky Sport. [2]

Teams

Eight teams contested the National Championship, with four in the North Island Championship pool and four in the South Island Championship pool. [3]

TeamCity/RegionHome Grounds
North Island Conference
Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Vulcans Auckland Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Australian colours.svg Mid-Central Vipers New Plymouth Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
LebanonRLcolours.png Upper Central Stallions Tauranga & Rotorua Rotorua International Stadium, Rotorua
Wellington colours.svg Wellington Orcas Wellington Jerry Collins Stadium, Porirua
South Island Conference
Ireland colours.svg Aoraki Eels South Christchurch Nga Puna Wai, Christchurch
Parramatta colours.svg Otago Rugby League Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Ramscolours.svg Southland Rams Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium, Invercargill
Illawarra colours.svg West Coast Chargers Greymouth Wingham Park, Greymouth

Ladder

North Island Championship

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsStage
Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Vulcans (P)303012426986National Championship Final
LebanonRLcolours.png Upper Central Stallions 30125870-122
Australian colours.svg Mid-Central Vipers 30126088-282
Wellington colours.svg Wellington Orcas 30124098-582

Note: (P) = Promoted to Premiership for 2023

South Island Championship

TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsStage
Parramatta colours.svg Otago Rugby League 330012960696South Island Semi-Final
Ramscolours.svg Southland Rams 320194104-104
Illawarra colours.svg West Coast Chargers 31028461232
Ireland colours.svg Aoraki Eels 300364146-820

Note: (P) = Promoted to Premiership for 2023

Finals

National Championship Finals [1] [2]
HomeScoreAwayDateVenue
Semi Final (South Island Final)
Parramatta colours.svg Otago Rugby League 34–0 Ramscolours.svg Southland Rams 24 SeptemberOtago
Championship Final
Workingtoncolours.svg Auckland Vulcans 48–12 Parramatta colours.svg Otago Rugby League 1 October North Harbour Stadium

Club Competitions

Auckland

The 2022 season was the 115th season of the Auckland Rugby League Premiership. In the First Grade Fox Memorial Premiership, the Pt Chevalier Pirates claimed a 14 – 12 victory over the Glenora Bears in the final at Mount Smart Stadium. [5]

In the final of the Fox Memorial Championship, the Northcote Tigers defeated the Pakuranga Jaguars 32 – 28. [5]

Other Competitions

Australian Competitions

The New Zealand Warriors played in their 28th professional first grade season in the Australian National Rugby League competition.

On 3 July, during the 2022 NRL season, Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium hosted its first NRL game in over two years when the Warriors defeated the Wests Tigers 22–2 in front of a sellout crowd of 26,009 fans in round 16.

The Warriors finished 15th and missed the finals as a result. [6]

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