2023 Dolphins (NRL) season | ||||
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NRL Rank | 13th | |||
Play-off result | DNQ | |||
2023 record | Wins: 9; losses: 15 | |||
Points scored | For: 520; against: 631 (Rd 27) | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Terry Reader | |||
Head Coach | Wayne Bennett | |||
Captain |
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Stadium | Suncorp Stadium 52,500 (7 home games) Sunshine Coast Stadium 12,000 (1 home game) Kayo Stadium 11,500 (3 home games) Optus Stadium 65,000 (1 home game – double-header) | |||
Avg. attendance | 22,919 (Round 27) [5] | |||
High attendance | 51,047 (Round 4) Suncorp Stadium | |||
Low attendance | 5,130 (Round 22) Salter Oval | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Jamayne Isaako (24) (Round 27) | |||
Goals | Jamayne Isaako (73 + 2 FG) (Round 27) | |||
Points | Jamayne Isaako (244) (Round 27) | |||
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The 2023 Dolphins season is historically the inaugural season for the Dolphins club in the professional National Rugby League (NRL) football competition in Australia. With Wayne Bennett as head coach and Jesse Bromwich as the regular team captain, the Dolphins competed in the 2023 NRL Telstra Premiership but did not qualify for the finals. Nevertheless, they finished in thirteenth place, ahead of four other established teams.
Dolphins goal-kicking winger Jamayne Isaako recorded both the highest number of NRL tries and points in the 2023 competition; a feat last achieved by Canberra Raiders goal-kicking centre Mal Meninga in 1990. [6]
In Round 9, the Dolphins played their first golden point game but lost 30–31 to the Canberra Raiders at McDonalds Park, Wagga Wagga. [7]
The NRL later conceded that match officials missed a crucial knock-on call late in Canberra's golden-point victory when the former regained possession after knocking the ball into the arm of a Dolphins player. "The NRL's head of football Graham Annesley said referee Peter Gough was obscured in his view of the knock on, but the sideline officials should have pulled the play up." Otherwise, Annesley advised that no policy changes could be considered until the current season is over. [8] [9]
In Round 13, an illegal try on the seventh tackle of a set was awarded to the St. George Illawarra Dragons in their 26–12 loss to the Dolphins at Kayo Stadium; the decision would not have been overturned even if the Dolphins had lost the game. [10]
In September, the Dolphins' Inaugural Presentation Ball was held at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, and the club's annual awards were announced. [11]
The 2023 NRL pre-season was played in February, before an eleven-day lead-up to the commencement of the regular 2023 NRL season. [50]
Trial: 4 February 2023 | Central Queensland Capras ![]() | 8–24 | ![]() | Gladstone | |
19:00 AEST | Tries: Marshall ![]() Roberts ![]() | Report | Tries: Graham ![]() Tu ![]() Baira ![]() Te Whare ![]() Tai ![]() Teague ![]() | Stadium: Marley Brown Oval Attendance: 4,500 |
Round 1: 12 February 2023 | North Queensland Cowboys ![]() | 22–22 | ![]() | Cairns | |
18:00 AEST | Tries: Moceidreke ![]() Derby ![]() Goals: Duffy 3/5 ![]() Laybutt 0/1 | Report | Tries: Bostock ![]() Hubner ![]() Baira ![]() Teague ![]() Goals: Isaako 2/3 ![]() Katoa 1/1 ![]() | Stadium: Barlow Park Attendance: 6,922 Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski |
Round 2: 19 February 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 16–40 | ![]() | Redcliffe | |
19:05 AEST | Tries: Bostock ![]() Lemuelu ![]() Donoghoe ![]() Goals: O'Sullivan 1/1 ![]() Isaako 1/2 ![]() Sin bin: Kaufusi ![]() | Report | Tries: Khan-Pereira ![]() Hutchison ![]() Schoupp ![]() McIntyre ![]() Goals: Boyd 4/8 ![]() Campbell 0/1 | Stadium: Kayo Stadium Attendance: 7,216 Referee: Adam Gee |
For the 2023 NRL season, the number of teams increased from sixteen to seventeen with the inclusion of the Dolphins, a fourth Queensland-based club, playing most of their home games at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 645 | 312 | +333 | 42 |
2 | ![]() | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 639 | 425 | +214 | 42 |
3 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 627 | 459 | +168 | 38 |
4 | ![]() | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 572 | 448 | +124 | 38 |
5 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 626 | 451 | +175 | 35 |
6 | ![]() | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 619 | 497 | +122 | 34 |
7 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 472 | 496 | −24 | 32 |
8 | ![]() | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 486 | 623 | −137 | 32 |
9 | ![]() | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 564 | 505 | +59 | 30 |
10 | ![]() | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 587 | 574 | +13 | 30 |
11 | ![]() | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 546 | 542 | +4 | 30 |
12 | ![]() | 24 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 545 | 539 | +6 | 29 |
13 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 520 | 631 | −111 | 24 |
14 | ![]() | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 527 | 653 | −126 | 24 |
15 | ![]() | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 438 | 769 | −331 | 20 |
16 | ![]() | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 474 | 673 | −199 | 16 |
17 | ![]() | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 385 | 675 | −290 | 14 |
In 2023, the Dolphins played seven of their twelve home games at the 52,500-capacity Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, one at Sunshine Coast Stadium and the three other at Kayo Stadium in Redcliffe, which also served as a training and administration base. [51] Optus Stadium in Perth also hosted one home game. This occurred in Round 23 against the Newcastle Knights during a double-header with the other game being between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
Round 1: 5 March 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 28–18 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
20:05 AEST | Tries: Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Nicholls ![]() Lemuelu ![]() Isaako ![]() Goals: Isaako 4/5 ![]() | Report | Tries: Sua'ali'i ![]() Hutchison ![]() Tupou ![]() Goals: Walker 3/3 ![]() Sin bin: Butcher ![]() | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 32,177 Referee: Chris Butler |
Round 2: 11 March 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 20–14 | ![]() | Redcliffe | |
16:30 AEST | Tries: Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Gilbert ![]() Goals: Isaako 3/3 ![]() Sin bin: Marshall-King ![]() O'Sullivan ![]() | Report | Tries: Wighton ![]() Cotric ![]() Goals: Fogarty 1/2 ![]() Sin bin: Young ![]() | Stadium: Kayo Stadium Attendance: 10,023 Referee: Todd Smith |
Round 3: 17 March 2023 | Newcastle Knights ![]() | 20–36 | ![]() | Newcastle | |
18:00 AEDT | Tries: Gamble ![]() Miller ![]() Goals: Hastings 3/3 ![]() Miller 1/1 ![]() | Report | Tries: Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Gilbert ![]() Goals: Isaako 3/3 ![]() Sin bin: Kaufusi ![]() | Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 20,093 Referee: Chris Butler |
Round 4: 24 March 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 12–18 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
19:00 AEST | Tries: Wallace ![]() Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Goals: Isaako 2/2 ![]() | Report | Tries: Arthars ![]() Cobbo ![]() Capewell ![]() Staggs ![]() Goals: Reynolds 1/4 ![]() | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 51,047 Referee: Adam Gee |
Round 5: 1 April 2023 | St. George Illawarra Dragons ![]() | 38–12 | ![]() | Wollongong | |
17:30 AEDT | Tries: Liddle ![]() Lawrie ![]() Lomax ![]() Hunt ![]() Ravalawa ![]() Sloan ![]() Goals: Lomax 5/7 ![]() | Report | Tries: Isaako ![]() Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Goals: Isaako 2/3 ![]() Sin bin: Nicholls ![]() | Stadium: WIN Stadium Attendance: 20,093 Referee: Chris Butler |
Round 6: 7 April 2023 | North Queensland Cowboys ![]() | 22–32 | ![]() | Townsville | |
20:00 AEST | Tries: Feldt ![]() Hess ![]() Holmes ![]() Goals: Holmes 3/4 ![]() Sin bin: Hess ![]() Elliot ![]() | Report | Tries: Isaako ![]() Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Gilbert ![]() Goals: Isaako 4/7 ![]() Sin bin: Nikorima ![]() | Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium Attendance: 22,811 Referee: Adam Gee |
Round 7: 13 April 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 14–36 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
19:50 AEST | Tries: Wallace ![]() Marshall-King ![]() Goals: Isaako 3/3 ![]() Sin bin: K. Bromwich ![]() | Report | Tries: Arthars ![]() Walker ![]() Tass ![]() Mitchell ![]() Johnston ![]() Goals: Mitchell 6/7 ![]() | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 23,280 Referee: Ashley Klein |
Round 8: 23 April 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 28–26 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
14:00 AEST | Tries: Jennings ![]() Nicholls ![]() Wallace ![]() Aitken ![]() Goals: Isaako 4/5 ![]() | Report | Tries: Randall ![]() Liu ![]() Fa'asuamaleaui ![]() Boyd ![]() Goals: Boyd 5/5 ![]() | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 22,034 Referee: Chris Butler |
Round 9: 29 April 2023 | Canberra Raiders ![]() | 31–30 | ![]() | Wagga Wagga | |
15:00 AEST | Tries: Croker ![]() Wighton ![]() Rapana ![]() Kris ![]() Fogarty ![]() Goals: Croker 5/7 ![]() Field goals: Fogarty ![]() | Report | Tries: Aitken ![]() Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Lemuelu ![]() Bromwich ![]() Goals: Isaako 5/5 ![]() | Stadium: McDonald's Park Attendance: 10,445 Referee: Peter Gough |
Round 10: 6 May 2023 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks ![]() | 16–36 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
17:30 AEST | Tries: Mulitalo ![]() Kennedy ![]() Wilton ![]() Goals: Hynes 2/3 ![]() | Report | Tries: Katoa ![]() Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Te Whare ![]() Lemuelu ![]() Niu ![]() Goals: Isaako 6/6 ![]() | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 50,183 Referee: Grant Atkins |
Round 12: 20 May 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 16–24 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
19:35 AEST | Tries: Isaako ![]() Nikorima ![]() Goals: Isaako 2/3 ![]() Sin bin: Kaufusi ![]() | Report | Tries: Warbrick ![]() Munster ![]() Katoa ![]() Smith ![]() Goals: Meaney 4/4 ![]() | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 28,325 Referee: Grant Atkins |
Round 13: 25 May 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 26–12 | ![]() | Redcliffe | |
19:50 AEST | Tries: Isaako ![]() Nicholls ![]() Wallace ![]() Goals: Isaako 5/5 ![]() | Report | Tries: Bird ![]() Couchman ![]() Goals: Lomax 2/3 ![]() Sin bin: De Belin ![]() | Stadium: Kayo Stadium Attendance: 10,047 Referee: Adam Gee |
Round 14: 3 June 2023 | New Zealand Warriors ![]() | 30–8 | ![]() | Auckland | |
17:00 NZST | Tries: Johnson ![]() Metcalf ![]() Watene-Zelezniak ![]() Goals: Johnson 5/5 ![]() | Report | Tries: Niu ![]() Isaako ![]() Goals: Isaako 0/2 Sin bin: Milford ![]() | Stadium: Go Media Stadium Attendance: 23,686 Referee: Grant Atkins |
Round 15: 9 June 2023 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles ![]() | 58–18 | ![]() | Sydney | |
20:00 AEST | Tries: Saab ![]() Garrick ![]() Trbojevic ![]() Croker ![]() Koula ![]() Goals: Garrick 9/10 ![]() | Report | Tries: Isaako ![]() Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Goals: Isaako 3/3 ![]() | Stadium: 4 Pines Park Attendance: 28,325 Referee: Grant Atkins |
Round 17: 24 June 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 20–48 | ![]() | Sunshine Coast | |
15:00 AEST | Tries: McGrady ![]() Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Te Whare ![]() Goals: Isaako 2/4 ![]() | Report | Tries: Davey ![]() Hopgood ![]() Penisini ![]() Gutherson ![]() Simonsson ![]() Russell ![]() Goals: Moses 8/8 ![]() | Stadium: Sunshine Coast Stadium Attendance: 8,821 Referee: Peter Gough |
Round 18: 20 May 2023 | Brisbane Broncos ![]() | 24–16 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
19:35 AEST | Tries: Cobbo ![]() Farnworth ![]() Goals: Reynolds 2/5 ![]() | Report | Tries: Nikorima ![]() Te Whare ![]() Marshall-King ![]() Goals: Isaako 2/3 ![]() | Stadium: The Gabba Attendance: 30,606 Referee: Peter Gough |
Round 19: 9 July 2023 | Gold Coast Titans ![]() | 21–23 | ![]() | Gold Coast | |
16:05 AEST | Tries: Foran ![]() Sami ![]() Kelly ![]() Goals: Boyd 4/4 ![]() Field goals: Boyd ![]() | Report | Tries: Lemuelu ![]() Wallace ![]() K. Bromwich ![]() Isaako ![]() Goals: Isaako 3/5 ![]() Field goals: Isaako ![]() | Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium Attendance: 18,335 Referee: Grant Atkins |
Round 20: 16 July 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 14–24 | ![]() | Redcliffe | |
16:05 AEST | Tries: Nikorima ![]() Lemuelu ![]() Tabuai-Fidow ![]() Goals: Isaako 1/3 ![]() | Report | Tries: Leota ![]() Tago ![]() Jenkins ![]() Goals: Edwards 2/5 ![]() Sin bin: Cogger ![]() | Stadium: Kayo Stadium Attendance: 10,065 Referee: Todd Smith |
Round 22: 30 July 2023 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ![]() | 23–22 | ![]() | Bundaberg | |
14:00 AEST | Tries: Kikau ![]() Burns ![]() Averillo ![]() Wilson ![]() Goals: Burton 3/4 ![]() Field goals: Burton ![]() | Report | Tries: Isaako ![]() Milford ![]() Te Whare ![]() Goals: Isaako 3/4 ![]() | Stadium: Salter Oval Attendance: 5,130 Referee: Peter Gough |
Round 23: 5 August 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 28–30 | ![]() | Perth | |
15:30 AWST | Tries: Isaako ![]() Nikorima ![]() Goals: O'Sullivan 2/2 ![]() Isaako 2/4 ![]() | Report | Tries: Ponga ![]() Mann ![]() Hastings ![]() Crossland ![]() Marzhew ![]() Goals: Ponga 5/5 ![]() Sin bin: Fitzgibbon ![]() | Stadium: Optus Stadium Attendance: 42,042 Referee: Grant Atkins |
Round 24: 12 August 2023 | Sydney Roosters ![]() | 30–14 | ![]() | Sydney | |
19:35 AEST | Tries: Manu ![]() Smith ![]() Sua'ali'i ![]() Hutchison ![]() Goals: Sua'ali'i 5/5 ![]() | Report | Tries: Stone ![]() Isaako ![]() Goals: Isaako 3/3 ![]() Sin bin: Stone ![]() | Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 13,704 Referee: Todd Smith |
Round 25: 19 August 2023 | Wests Tigers ![]() | 24–23 | ![]() | Sydney | |
15:00 AEST | Tries: Pole ![]() Kepaoa ![]() Seyfarth ![]() Simpkin ![]() Goals: Koroisau 4/5 ![]() | Report | Tries: Isaako ![]() Aitken ![]() Bostock ![]() Fuller ![]() Goals: Isaako 3/5 ![]() Field goals: Isaako ![]() | Stadium: CommBank Stadium Attendance: 9,245 Referee: Ben Cummins |
Round 26: 25 August 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 10–34 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
20:00 AEST | Tries: Isaako ![]() Goals: Isaako 1/2 ![]() Sin bin: Kerr ![]() | Report | Tries: Laybutt ![]() Feldt ![]() Drinkwater ![]() Taulagi ![]() Hiku ![]() Goals: Drinkwater 5/6 ![]() | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 33,449 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
Round 27: 2 September 2023 | Dolphins ![]() | 34–10 | ![]() | Brisbane | |
15:00 AEST | Tries: Bostock ![]() O'Sullivan ![]() Katoa ![]() Isaako ![]() Plath ![]() K. Bromwich ![]() Goals: Isaako 5/6 ![]() | Report | Tries: Lussick ![]() Montoya ![]() Goals: Pompey 1/2 ![]() | Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 35,438 Referee: Gerard Sutton |
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