2025 Dolphins (NRL) season

2025 Dolphins season
Team information
CEO	Terry Reader
Head Coach	Kristian Woolf
Captain	TBD
Stadium	Suncorp Stadium, Kayo Stadium
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The 2025 Dolphins season is the Dolphins club's third season. The previous year's assistant coach Kristian Woolf succeeded Wayne Bennett as head coach.

Further information: List of Dolphins (NRL) records

Player movement

Dolphins NRL 2024 home and away jerseys (front view)

Dolphins NRL inaugural head coach Wayne Bennett (2023-24)

The following player movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season. ^[1]

Gains

Player	Previous Club	Length
Junior Tupou	Wests Tigers	2027
Kulikefu Finefeuiaki	North Queensland Cowboys	2027
Daniel Saifiti	Newcastle Knights	2027
Max Feagai	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2026

Losses

Player	New Club
Jarrod Wallace	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Tevita Pangai Junior	Catalans Dragons (Super League)
Tesi Niu	Leigh Leopards (Super League)
Euan Aitken	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Edrick Lee	Retired
Jesse Bromwich	Retired
Valynce Te Whare	Shizuoka Blue Revs (rugby union) [2]

Pre-season challenge

The 2025 NRL Pre-season Challenge is played in February, prior to the commencement of the regular 2025 NRL season in March.

Game 1: 14 February 2025	North Queensland Cowboys	8-50 [3]	Dolphins	Cairns
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Barlow Park

Game 2: 22 February 2025	Dolphins	v	Gold Coast Titans	Redcliffe
18:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: Kayo Stadium

Regular season

Main article: 2025 NRL season

Ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brisbane Broncos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to finals series
2	Canberra Raiders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Dolphins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Gold Coast Titans	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Melbourne Storm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Newcastle Knights	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	New Zealand Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	North Queensland Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Penrith Panthers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	South Sydney Rabbitohs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Sydney Roosters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Wests Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: National Rugby League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	–	H	A	H	A	–	A	H	–	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result													B					B			B
Position
Points

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

Matches

Main article: 2025 NRL season results

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024. ^[4]

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Round 1: 7 March 2025	Dolphins	v	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Brisbane
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 2: 13 March 2025	Newcastle Knights	v	Dolphins	Newcastle
20:00 AEDT		Report		Stadium: McDonald Jones Stadium

Round 3: 22 March 2025	Dolphins	v	Wests Tigers	Brisbane
16:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: Kayo Stadium

Round 4: 28 March 2025	Dolphins	v	Brisbane Broncos	Brisbane
19:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 5: 5 April 2025	Gold Coast Titans	v	Dolphins	Gold Coast
16:30 AEST		Report		Stadium: Cbus Super Stadium

Round 6: 10 April 2025	Dolphins	v	Penrith Panthers	Brisbane
19:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 7: 18 April 2025	Dolphins	v	Melbourne Storm	Brisbane
20:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 8: 28 April 2025	Canberra Raiders	v	Dolphins	Canberra
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: GIO Stadium

Round 9 (Artie Match): 2 May 2025	Sydney Roosters	v	Dolphins	Brisbane
20:05 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 10: 8 May 2025	Parramatta Eels	v	Dolphins	Parramatta
19:50 AEST		Report		Stadium: CommBank Stadium

Round 11: 17 May 2025	Dolphins	v	New Zealand Warriors	Brisbane
18:25 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 12: 22 May 2025	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	v	Dolphins	Sydney
19:50 AEST		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 13 (Bye for Dolphins)

Round 14: 6 June 2025	Dolphins	v	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Brisbane
20:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 15: 14 June 2025	North Queensland Cowboys	v	Dolphins	Townsville
19:35 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Queensland Country Bank Stadium

Round 16: 21 June 2025	Dolphins	v	Newcastle Knights	Perth
15:30 AWST (UTC+08:00)		Report		Stadium: HBF Park

Round 17: 28 June 2025	South Sydney Rabbitohs	v	Dolphins	Sydney
14:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Accor Stadium

Round 18 (Bye for Dolphins)

Round 19: 11 July 2025	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	v	Dolphins	Cronulla
14:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: Sharks Stadium

Round 20: 17 July 2025	Dolphins	v	North Queensland Cowboys	Brisbane
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 21 (Bye for Dolphins)

Round 22: 1 August 2025	New Zealand Warriors	v	Dolphins	Auckland
20:00 NZST (UTC+12:00)		Report		Stadium: Go Media Stadium

Round 23: 9 August 2024	Dolphins	v	Sydney Roosters	Brisbane
17:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 24: 16 August 2025	Brisbane Broncos	v	Dolphins	Brisbane
17:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 25: 23 August 2025	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	v	Dolphins	Sydney
15:00 AEST		Report		Stadium: 4 Pines Park

Round 26: 31 August 2025	Dolphins	v	Gold Coast Titans	Brisbane
16:05 AEST		Report		Stadium: Suncorp Stadium

Round 27: 7 September 2025	Dolphins	v	Canberra Raiders	Redcliffe
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)		Report		Stadium: Kayo Stadium

2025 Squad

Dolphins 2025 Squad

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Top 30 squad – 2025 NRL season						Supplementary list		Coaching staff
Jake Averillo – CE Jack Bostock – WG Kenny Bromwich – SR, LK, PR Kurt Donoghoe – LK Herbie Farnworth – CE Max Feagai – CE, WG Kulikefu Finefeuiaki – SR Thomas Flegler – PR Trai Fuller – FB Tom Gilbert – LK		Harrison Graham – HK Jamayne Isaako – WG Isaiya Katoa – HB Felise Kaufusi – SR, PR Oryn Keeley – SR Josh Kerr – PR Connelly Lemuelu – SR, PR Jeremy Marshall-King – HK Mark Nicholls – PR Kodi Nikorima – FE		Sean O'Sullivan – HB, FE Max Plath – LK, HK Daniel Saifiti – PR Ray Stone – LK Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow – FB Mason Teague – LK Junior Tupou – WG James Walsh – CE Michael Waqa – PR		Ryan Jackson – PR Tevita Naufahu – CE, WG Elijah Rasmussen – PR Lewis Symonds – LK, SR Aublix Tawha – SR, CE Extended squad Josh Allen – PR Larson Dale-Doyle – SR Charlie Dickson – LK John Fineanganofo – FE, CE Carter Ford – PR Zac Garton – SR Peter Hola – PR Tane Kiriona – PR Cooper Marshall – CE LJ Nonu – WG Will Partridge – CE Brian Pouniu – SR Ethan Quai-Ward – CE Ben Stevanovic – HB, FE		Head coach Kristian Woolf Assistant coaches Nathan Fien Rory Kostjasyn Ben Woolf Jeremy Hickmans (Head of Performance) Blake Duncan (Athletic Performance Coach) Elliot Jackson (Athletic Performance Coach) Medical professionals Sam Madden (Head Physiotherapist) Adam Schumacher (Physiotherapist) John Davey (Head of Sports Science & Performance Analysis) Dr Peter Hackney (Doctor) Dr Brendan Thompson (Doctor) Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Development players [5] Extended squad [6] Updated: 14 February 2025 Source(s): NRL

References

1. "The Dolphins".
2. https://www.sportingnews.com/au/rugby-league/news/valynce-te-whare-contract-news-dolphins-exit-rugby-union/1ca38b533827acf313246a27
3. https://www.nrl.com/news/2025/02/14/pre-season-challenge-round-2-knights-v-eels-cowboys-v-dolphins/#:~:text=The%20Dolphins%20thrashed%20the%20Cowboys,Cowboys%20team%20bereft%20of%20stars.
4. "2025 NRL Telstra Premiership schedule". National Rugby League. 21 November 2024.
5. Development players train with the Top 30 squad but cannot play NRL until after Round 10
6. Players in the extended squad train with the Top 30 squad but are on train and trial or junior contracts