List of current NRL Women's coaches

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This list includes the appointment date and performance record of current NRL Women's senior coaches. The league consists of six clubs across Australia.

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Coaches

TeamNameAppointed [lower-alpha 1] Time as coachPremWLDGCWin%PremWLDGCWin%Source
Current [lower-alpha 2] Career [lower-alpha 3]
Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Kelvin Wright 14 May 20195 years, 40 days211301479%211301475% [1]
Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Jamie Feeney 24 June 20213 years, 9 days0330650%05501050% [2]
Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Casey Bromilow 25 November 20212 years, 211 days005050%005050% [3]
Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Dean Widders 11 June 20213 years, 12 days0230540%0230540% [4]
St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Jamie Soward 21 October 20212 years, 246 days0520771%0520771% [5]
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters John Strange 25 February 20213 years, 119 days1430757%1430757% [6]

See also

Notes

  1. Appointment date of current term at the team.
  2. Coaching statistics from the current term with the team; coaching statistics from previous term with the team are not included.
  3. Coaching statistics for career in the NRLW, records in other leagues are not included.

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