2025 NRL Pre-season Challenge

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2025 NRL Pre-season Challenge
Duration7 – 23 February 2025
Teams17
Premiers Brisbane Broncos (2nd title)
Matches played17
Points scored852
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The 2025 NRL Pre-season Challenge of the National Rugby League was played from 7 to 23 February 2025, before a 7-day lead up until the beginning of the 2025 NRL season. [1]

Contents

Brisbane Broncos claimed the A$100,000 prize for finishing atop the ladder at the end of the competition for the second successive year. [2]

Standings

The winner of the Pre-season Challenge receives $100,000 AUD. 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. [3]

PosTeam
PldWDLPFPAPDBPPts
1 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (C)22008026+54529
2 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 22007234+38529
3 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 21104822+26321
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 21105222+30220
5 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 21014438+6517
6 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins 21016834+34315
7 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 21015662−6315
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 21013868−30315
9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 21016248+14214
10 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 21016654+12214
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 21014474−30214
12 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 21015444+10113
13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 21013444−10113
14 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 21013256−24113
15 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20025080−3022
16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 20023472−3822
17 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 20021874−5611
Source: NRL.com
(C) Champions

Fixtures

First week

7 February 2025
18:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Cronulla colours.svg 12–12 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
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Sharks Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Liam Kennedy
8 February 2025
18:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg 16–22 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders
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Sharks Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 1,724
Referee: Belinda Sharpe

Second week

13 February 2025
18:50 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Canberra Raiders Canberra colours.svg 10–40 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
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GIO Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 3,580
Referee: Liam Kennedy
14 February 2025
17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Newcastle Knights Newcastle colours.svg 18–44 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
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McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Attendance: 5,964
Referee: Belinda Sharpe
14 February 2025
19:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland colours.svg 8–50 Dolphins colours.png Dolphins
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Barlow Park, Cairns
Attendance: 6,936
Referee: Damian Brady
15 February 2025
12:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
New Zealand Warriors Auckland colours.svg 36–10 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm
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FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
Attendance: 23,344
Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
15 February 2025
14:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney colours.svg 24–34 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
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Industree Group Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 5,679
Referee: Peter Gough
16 February 2025
14:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Brisbane Broncos Brisbane colours.svg 50–12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
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Toowoomba Sports Ground, Toowoomba
Attendance: 6,805
Referee: Daniel Schwass
16 February 2025
16:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury colours.svg 20–14 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
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Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 7,281
Referee: Chris Butler
16 February 2025
18:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
St. George Illawarra Dragons St. George colours.svg 26–8 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters
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Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 7,281
Referee: Wyatt Raymond

Third week

21 February 2025
17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg 22–38 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers
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Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Referee: Grant Atkins
21 February 2025
19:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Wests Tigers Wests Tigers colours.svg 30–18 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
Report
22 February 2025
14:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
St. George Illawarra Dragons St. George colours.svg 46–26 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
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Glen Willow Oval, Mudgee
Attendance: 8,417
Referee: Adam Gee
22 February 2025
16:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Brisbane Broncos Brisbane colours.svg 30–14 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
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Kayo Stadium, Redcliffe
Referee: Todd Smith
22 February 2025
18:30 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Dolphins Dolphins colours.png 18–26 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
Report
23 February 2025
14:15 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs colours.svg 10–48 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
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Industree Group Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 4,964
Referee: Peter Gough
23 February 2025
16:15 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Melbourne Storm Melbourne colours.svg 24–36 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys
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Casey Fields, Melbourne
Attendance: 6,182
Referee: Chris Butler

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2025 Pre-Season Challenge: Everything you need to know". NRL.com. 1 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Mayne, Joshua (24 February 2025). "NRL trials 2025: Fixtures, results and ladder for Pre-Season Challenge". The Sporting News. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "$100k up for grabs in NRL's third Pre-Season Challenge — Every fixture and how to watch". foxsports.com.au. News Corporation Australia. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
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