2025 North Queensland Cowboys Women season

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2025 North Queensland Cowboys Women season
NRLW Rank4th
2025 recordWins: 6; losses: 3
Points scoredFor: 140; against: 112
Team information
CEOJeff Reibel
Coach Ricky Henry
Captain
Stadium Queensland Country Bank Stadium
Avg. attendance5,625
High attendance8,112 (vs. Gold Coast, Rd 1)
Top scorers
Tries Krystal Blackwell
Jasmine Peters
Jakiya Whitfeld (4)
Goals Kirra Dibb (12)
Points Kirra Dibb (32)
  2024 2026 

The 2025 North Queensland Cowboys Women season is the 3rd in the club's history. Coached by Ricky Henry and captained by Kirra Dibb and Emma Manzelmann, they compete in the NRLW's 2025 Telstra Women's Premiership.

Contents

Season summary

Milestones

Squad

North Queensland Cowboys 2025 NRLW squad
NRLW squad – 2025 seasonDevelopment listCoaching staff

Extended squad

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 7 July 2025
Source(s): NQ Cowboys

Squad movement

Gains

PlayerSigned fromUntil end ofNotes
Tafao Asaua Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
2025
[1]
Tayla Curtis St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons
2025
Lily Dick Australian colours.svg Australia rugby sevens
2026
[2]
Najvada George Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
2027
[3]
Rosie Kelly Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels
2027
[4]
Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans
2025
[5]
Abigail Roache Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights
2027
[6]

Losses

PlayerSigned toUntil end ofNotes
Emily Bella Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters
2025
Harata Butler Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
2026
[7]
Jetaya Faifua Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers
2025
[8]
Shellie Long Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride
2025
[9]
Sareka Mooka Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride
2025
[9]
Vitalina Naikore Yorkcolours.svg Fijiana Drua
2025
Shaniah Power Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors
2025
Libby Surha Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters
2025
Lavinia Tauhalaliku Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors
2027
Jazmon Tupou-Witchman South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs
2025
[9]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (S)9900300102+19818Advance to second round of finals series (first-round bye)
2 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos (R)9801328106+22216
3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (R)9603193130+6312Advance to finals series
4 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys (R)9603140112+2812
5 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 9504200159+4110
6 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 9414132150189
7 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 9306144166226
8 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 9306128170426
9 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 9306118216986
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 93061532821296
11 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 92161242501265
12 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers (X)9108902071172
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

Fixtures

Pre-season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday, 21 JuneTrial 1 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Seagulls Sports Complex 8 – 16 Blackwell, Kelly
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Regular season

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendance
Saturday, 5 JulyRound 1 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans QCB Stadium 20 – 6 Blackwell, Goldthorp, Manzelmann, Whitfeld Dibb (2/4)8,112
Saturday, 12 JulyRound 2 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights QCB Stadium 6 – 26 Foord Dibb (1/1)7,268
Saturday, 19 JulyRound 3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Sharks Stadium 16 – 14 Blackwell, Peters, Weale Kelly (1/2), Manzelmann (1/1)1,686
Saturday, 26 JulyRound 4 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders QCB Stadium 26 – 0 Blackwell (2), Roache (2), Peters Manzelmann (2/4), Kelly (1/2)1,355
Sunday, 3 AugustRound 5 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors McDonald Jones Stadium 6 – 12 Kelly Manzelmann (1/1)6,093
Sunday, 10 AugustRound 6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels CommBank Stadium 14 – 10 Goldthorp (2), Whitfeld Dibb (1/3)1,964
Sunday, 17 AugustRound 7 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs QCB Stadium 22 – 6 Dibb, Peacock, Peters, Whitfeld Dibb (3/4)3,360
Sunday, 24 AugustRound 8 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Leichhardt Oval 30 – 8 Dibb, Manzelmann, Peters, Polata, Whitfeld Dibb (5/5)2,056
Saturday, 30 AugustRound 9 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters QCB Stadium 0 – 30 8,031
Saturday, 6 SeptemberRound 10 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium
Saturday, 13 SeptemberRound 11 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Totally Workwear Stadium
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Statistics

Name App T G FG Pts
Tafao Asaua 1
Essay Banu 9
Krystal Blackwell 9416
Bree Chester 9
Kirra Dibb 621232
Lily Dick 4
Alisha Foord 914
Najvada George 4
Fran Goldthorp 9312
Tallisha Harden 8
Rosie Kelly 5128
Ana Malupo 3
Emma Manzelmann 92416
Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell 8
Lily Peacock 914
Jasmine Peters 9416
China Polata 214
Tiana Raftstrand-Smith 1
Abigail Roache 728
Tahlulah Tillett 7
Makenzie Weale 814
Jakiya Whitfeld 8416
Lillian Yarrow 9
Totals2618140

Representatives

The following players played a representative match in 2025.

Las Vegas Test All Stars match State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Pacific Championships
Essay Banu
Indigenous All Stars
Bree Chester
Indigenous All Stars
Kirra Dibb
Indigenous All Stars
Tallisha Harden
Indigenous All Stars
Jasmine Peters
Indigenous All Stars
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Tiana Raftstrand-Smith
Maori All Stars
Makenzie Weale
Queensland
Queensland
Queensland
Jakiya Whitfeld
Australia

Honours

References

  1. "2025 NRLW Squad announced". NQ Cowboys. 12 May 2025.
  2. "Rugby Sevens star Lily Dick joins Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 20 December 2024.
  3. "Kiwi Ferns duo join Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 18 December 2024.
  4. "Cowboys sign Kelly and Ormond-Maunsell". NQ Cowboys. 7 February 2025.
  5. "Cowboys sign Kelly and Ormond-Maunsell". NQ Cowboys. 7 February 2025.
  6. "Kiwi Ferns duo join Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 18 December 2024.
  7. "Waikato trio signed for return to NRLW in 2025". NZ Warriors. 12 September 2024.
  8. "Faifua and Fonua sign on". Wests Tigers. 14 March 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 "Cowboys to farewell 15 departing players". NQ Cowboys. 29 September 2024.
  10. "Drua women unveil 2025 squad". Drua Rugby. 28 January 2025.
  11. "Warriors Women sign Shaniah Power". Wigan Warriors. 19 February 2025.
  12. "Queensland-based trio three latest NRLW signings". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2024.