2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Women season

2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Women season
NRLW Rank	TBA
Play-off result	TBA
2025 record	Wins: 2; draws: 1; losses: 3
Points scored	For: 94; against: 128
Team information
CEO	Aaron Warburton
Head Coach	Brayden Wiliame
Captains	Tayla Preston Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa
Stadium	Accor Stadium Belmore Sports Ground
Avg. attendance	11,634
High attendance	13,108 (Rd 6)
Low attendance	9,577 (Rd 1)
Top scorers
Tries	Elizabeth MacGregor (4)
Goals	Tayla Preston (11)
Points	Tayla Preston (22)
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The 2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs NRLW season is the club's 1st season in the professional NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) football competition in Australia.

To mark 90 years since the club entered the then NSWRFL, the club unveiled a 90th anniversary logo on November 1, 2024 which will be worn on all playing jerseys in 2025. ^[1]

It is Brayden Wiliame's first season as head coach of the club.

Pre-season Trials

There was one Pre-season trial played in June, before the commencement of the regular season. ^[2]

Trial: 21 June 2025	Parramatta Eels	18-24	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Kellyville
18:00 AEST	Tries: Owen  29' Fay  32' Mataele  53' Middleton  70' Goals: Pearson 1/3  33' Graham-Withell 0/1		Tries: Prior  4' Dymock  7' Mahakitau-Monschau  23' Millard  66' Goals: Preston 4/4  5', 8', 24', 67'	Stadium: Parramatta Eels Centre Of Excellence

Regular season

Main article: 2025 NRL Women's season

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	L	D	L	L
Position	5	3	5	7	6	8	8
Points	2	4	4	4	5	5	5

Source: National Rugby League
A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Main article: 2025 NRL Women's season

The league fixtures were announced on 21 November 2024. ^[3]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 4 July 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	26-12	Newcastle Knights	Sydney Olympic Park
17:40 AEST	Tries: Courtenay  29', 51' Quinlan  33', 63' Teakaraanga-Katoa  48' Goals: Preston 3/5  34', 50', 52'		Tries: Roche  15' Vette-Welsh  54' Goals: Southwell 2/2  17', 55'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 9,577 Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adam

Round 2: 10 July 2025	Wests Tigers	8-12	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Campbelltown
19:45 AEDT	Tries: Bass  55' Apps  58' Goals: Lutu 0/2		Tries: Prior  24' Tauaneai  27' Goals: Preston 2/2  25', 28' Sin bin: Teakaraanga-Katoa 65' to 70'	Stadium: Campbelltown Sports Stadium Attendance: 1,504 Referee: Belinda Sharpe

Round 3: 19 July 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	14-18	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney Olympic Park
15:15 AEST	Tries: Tagoai  11' Buleki  22' Robinson  49' Goals: Preston 1/3  24'		Tries: Bostock  3' Browne  7' Southwell  46' Reh  69' Goals: McGregor 1/4  4'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 12,217 Referee: Matt Noyen

Round 4: 26 July 2025	Sydney Roosters	42-22	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Moore Park
15:15 AEST	Tries: Strange  5' Kelly  20', 22' Carlile  27' Baxter  31' Butler  34', 55' Wood  60' Goals: Kelleher 5/8  7', 24', 29', 34', 56'		Tries: MacGregor  46', 50' Tagoai  65' Quinlan  67' Goals: Preston 3/4  47', 66', 67'	Stadium: Allianz Stadium Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Matt Noyen

Round 5: 2 August 2025	Gold Coast Titans	14-14	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Newcastle
12:15 AEST	Tries: Grey  10' Penitani  25' Solia  32' Goals: Brown 1/3  26' Sin bin: Solia 49' to 59'		Tries: MacGregor  28', 47' Tagoai  40' Goals: Preston 1/3  42'	Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium Attendance: 5,298 Referee: Dillan Wells

Round 6: 9 August 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	6-34	New Zealand Warriors	Sydney Olympic Park
17:15 AEST	Tries: Hopoate  23' Goals: Preston 1/1  24'		Tries: Takimoana  2' Maliepo  12', 47' Ikenasio  43' Wetere  55', 59' Goals: Maliepo 5/7  13', 32 pen', 45', 48', 59'	Stadium: Accor Stadium Attendance: 13,108 Referee: Mitch Currie

Round 7: 17 August 2025	North Queensland Cowboys	22-6	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Townsville
18:15 AEST	Tries: Dibb  14' Peacock  17' Whitfeld  44' Peters  59' Goals: Dibb 3/4  15', 18', 45'		Tries: Courtenay  50' Goals: Preston 1/1  51'	Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium Attendance: 3,360 Referee: Tori Wilkie

Round 8: 23 August 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24-56	Canberra Raiders	Belmore
12:45 AEST	Tries: Teakaraanga-Katoa  17' Tauaneai  33', 45' Robinson  66' Goals: Preston 4/4  18', 34', 46', 66' Sin bin: Monschau 42' to 52'		Tries: Wiki  1' Taufa  8', 26' Saunders  13' Simpson  23' Preston  41', 59' Waterman  51', 56' Robins-Reti  59' Goals: Temara 8/10  10', 15', 24', 28', 42', 55', 57', 60'	Stadium: Belmore Sports Ground Attendance: 2,535 Referee: Tori Wilkie

Round 9: 31 August 2025	Brisbane Broncos	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Brisbane
13:45 AEST				Stadium: Totally Workwear Stadium

Round 10: 6 September 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Sydney Olympic Park
17:15 AEST				Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 11: 12 September 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	Parramatta
18:00 AEST				Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sydney Roosters (S)	9	9	0	0	300	102	+198	18	Advance to second round of finals series (first-round bye)
2	Brisbane Broncos (R)	9	8	0	1	328	106	+222	16
3	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (R)	9	6	0	3	193	130	+63	12	Advance to finals series
4	North Queensland Cowboys (R)	9	6	0	3	140	112	+28	12
5	Newcastle Knights	9	5	0	4	200	159	+41	10
6	Gold Coast Titans	9	4	1	4	132	150	−18	9
7	New Zealand Warriors	9	3	0	6	144	166	−22	6
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	9	3	0	6	128	170	−42	6
9	Parramatta Eels	9	3	0	6	118	216	−98	6
10	Canberra Raiders	9	3	0	6	153	282	−129	6
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	9	2	1	6	124	250	−126	5
12	Wests Tigers (X)	9	1	0	8	90	207	−117	2

Updated to match(es) played on 31 Aug 2025. Source: National Rugby League Women's
(R) Qualified for finals series with possibility of first-round bye; (S) Qualified for finals series and receive a first-round bye (advance directly to semi-finals); (X) Cannot qualify for finals

Inaugural squad

The Bulldogs first NRL match was against the Newcastle Knights on 4 July 2025 at Accor Stadium.

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Inaugural NRL Women's team

Starting team						Interchange		Coaching staff
1 Andie Robinson – FB  2 Bridget Hoy – WG  3 Simina Lokotui – CE  4 Moana Courtenay – CE  5 Adi Vani Buleki – WG  6 Ashleigh Quinlan – FE  7 Tayla Preston (c) – HB  8 Angelina Teakaraanga-Katoa (c) – PR 14 Shaquaylah Mahakitau-Monschau – HK 10 Tegan Dymock – PR 11 Alexis Tauaneai – SR 12 Latisha Smythe – SR 13 Holli Wheeler – LK						9 Ebony Prior – HK 15 Shaniece Monschau – PR 16 Shannon Muru – SR 17 Kalosipani Hopoate – PR Reserve 18 Hope Millard – PR		Head coach Brayden Wiliame Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 4 July 2025 Source(s): [4]

See also

• 2025 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs season

References

1. https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2024/11/01/coming-full-circle-bulldogs-launch-90-year-anniversary-logo/
2. https://www.bulldogs.com.au/news/2025/06/21/2025-nrlw-trial-match-bulldogs-vs-eels/
3. "More teams, more games, more action: The full 2025 NRLW draw unveiled". Fox Sports. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
4. "Round 1 Team News: NRLW Final Squad". bulldogs.com.au. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.