| 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 9 February 2023 – 19 February 2023 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Premiers |  Manly Warringah (1st title) |
| Matches played | 18 |
The 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge was played between the 9th and 19th February 2023, before a 11-day lead up until the beginning of the 2023 NRL season. [1]
The 2023 pre-season saw the introduction of the inaugural Pre-season Challenge, with bonus points rewarding teams for scoring tries, making line breaks and offloading. [2]
As the 2023 World Club Challenge was hosted in Australia, the competition was incorporated into the final week of the Pre-season Challenge, which also resulted in St Helens participating in the NRL Pre-season Challenge in both weeks. [3]
The winner of the Pre-season Challenge would receive $100,000 AUD. [2] Only matches in the second and third week of the pre-season counted towards the standings, excluding the All Stars match.
Twelve competition points are awarded for a win and six for a draw. One bonus competition point is awarded for each of the following: 5 or more tries, 5 or more line breaks, and 10 or more offloads. [4]
| Key to colours in table | |
|---|---|
| Winners of 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge | |
| 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge [5] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | BP | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 29 |
| 2 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 28 |
| 3 |  St Helens | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 211 |
| 4 |  Gold Coast Titans | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 21 |
| 5 |  Brisbane Broncos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 20 |
| 6 |  Penrith Panthers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 26 | +6 | 191 |
| 7 |  Melbourne Storm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 16 |
| 8 |  Parramatta Eels | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 15 |
| 9 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 15 |
| 10 |  Sydney Roosters | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 |  Wests Tigers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 |  New Zealand Warriors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 14 |
| 13 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 54 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 |  Dolphins | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 62 | -24 | 9 |
| 15 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 72 | -30 | 2 |
| 17 |  Newcastle Knights | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 64 | -34 | 2 |
| 18 |  Canberra Raiders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 70 | -48 | 1 |
Notes:
1 St Helens and Penrith each received six NRL Pre-season Challenge competition points for 'drawing' the 2023 World Club Challenge match that was won by St Helens in golden point extra time.
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