| 2023 North Queensland Cowboys Women season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRLW Rank | 9th | |||
| 2023 record | Wins: 2; draws: 0; losses: 7 | |||
| Points scored | For: 133; against: 266 | |||
| Team information | ||||
| CEO | Jeff Reibel | |||
| Coach | Ben Jeffries | |||
| Captain | ||||
| Stadium | Queensland Country Bank Stadium | |||
| Avg. attendance | 9,005 | |||
| High attendance | 22,659 (vs. Brisbane, Round 3) | |||
| Top scorers | ||||
| Tries | Emma Manzelmann Vitalina Naikore Jasmine Peters (3) | |||
| Goals | Kirra Dibb (18) | |||
| Points | Kirra Dibb (41) | |||
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The 2023 North Queensland Cowboys Women season was the first in the club's history. Coached by Ben Jeffries and captained by Kirra Dibb and Tallisha Harden, they competed in the NRLW's 2023 Telstra Women's Premiership.
They finished their inaugural season in 9th, missing the finals with just two wins from nine games.
| NRLW Squad – 2023 season | Development players | Coaching staff | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Extended squad | Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 4 June 2023 | ||||||
| 2023 NRLW season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
| 1 |  Newcastle Knights | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 224 | 119 | +105 | 16 | |
| 2 |  Sydney Roosters | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 284 | 120 | +164 | 14 | |
| 3 |  Gold Coast Titans | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 164 | 126 | +38 | 14 | |
| 4 |  Brisbane Broncos | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 256 | 165 | +91 | 12 | |
| 5 |  Canberra Raiders | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 173 | 206 | -33 | 10 | |
| 6 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 202 | 150 | +52 | 8 | |
| 7 |  St George Illawarra Dragons | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 182 | 210 | -28 | 6 | |
| 8 |  Wests Tigers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 136 | 186 | -50 | 4 | |
| 9 |  North Queensland Cowboys | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 133 | 266 | -133 | 4 | |
| 10 |  Parramatta Eels | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 104 | 310 | -206 | 2 | |
| Name | App | T | G | FG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay Banu | 1 | – | – | – | - |
| Krystal Blackwell | 7 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Bree Chester | 8 | 2 | – | – | 8 |
| Kirra Dibb | 9 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 41 |
| Jetaya Faifua | 5 | 2 | – | – | 8 |
| Alisha Foord | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Fran Goldthorp | 8 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Tallisha Harden | 9 | – | – | – | - |
| Sera Koroi | 8 | – | – | – | - |
| Shellie Long | 8 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Emma Manzelmann | 9 | 3 | – | – | 12 |
| Mia Middleton | 4 | – | – | – | - |
| Sareka Mooka | 6 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Vitalina Naikore | 7 | 3 | – | – | 12 |
| April Ngatupuna | 8 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Lily Peacock | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| Jasmine Peters | 9 | 3 | – | – | 12 |
| China Polata | 8 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Shaniah Power | 5 | – | – | – | - |
| Tiana Raftstrand-Smith | 8 | 2 | – | – | 8 |
| Jessikah Reeves | 5 | – | – | – | - |
| Merewalesi Rokouono | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly | 3 | – | – | – | - |
| Libby Surha | 1 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Tahlulah Tillett | 6 | – | – | – | - |
| Makenzie Weale | 7 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
| Totals | 24 | 18 | 1 | 133 |
The following players played a representative match in 2023.
| All Stars match | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | Prime Minister's XIII | Pacific Championships | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay Banu | Indigenous All Stars | PNG PM's XIII | Papua New Guinea | ||
| Bree Chester | Indigenous All Stars | ||||
| Kirra Dibb | Indigenous All Stars | ||||
| Tallisha Harden | Aus PM's XIII | ||||
| Sera Koroi | PNG PM's XIII | Papua New Guinea | |||
| Shellie Long | PNG PM's XIII | Papua New Guinea | |||
| Emma Manzelmann | Queensland | Queensland | Aus PM's XIII | Australia | |
| Mia Middleton | Indigenous All Stars | ||||
| Sareka Mooka | Indigenous All Stars | Papua New Guinea | |||
| Vitalina Naikore | Fiji | ||||
| China Polata | Queensland | Aus PM's XIII | Tonga | ||
| Shaniah Power | Indigenous All Stars | Queensland | Queensland | ||
| Tiana Raftstrand-Smith | Māori All Stars | Aus PM's XIII | |||
| Jessikah Reeves | PNG PM's XIII | Papua New Guinea | |||
| Tahlulah Tillett | Indigenous All Stars |
