| 2023 NRL pre-season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 February 2023 – 19 February 2023 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Premiers |  Manly Warringah (1st title) |
| Matches played | 21 |
The 2023 NRL pre-season will be played between the 4th 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] Rotorua hosted the All Stars match, which was the first time the match was played in New Zealand. [3]
The season marked the return of the World Club Challenge, between reigning NRL premiers Penrith Panthers and 2022 Super League winners St Helens. It was the first edition of the match since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]
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. [5]
| Key to colours in table | |
|---|---|
| Winners of 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge | |
| 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge [6] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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