NSWRL Women's Premiership

Harvey Norman Women's Premiership

Current season or competition: 2022 New South Wales Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Formerly known as	Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League
Instituted	2005 [1]
Inaugural season	2005
Number of teams	7
Country	Australia
Most titles	Forestville Ferrets Canley Heights Dragons (4 titles)
Website	NSW Women's Premiership
Related competition	NRL Women's Premiership Women's National Championship Tarsha Gale Cup

The NSWRL Women's Premiership, known as the Harvey Norman NSWRL Women's Premiership due to sponsorship from Harvey Norman, is the top level of women's rugby league football in New South Wales, Australia. Run by the New South Wales Rugby League, the competition is New South Wales's first statewide open age women's competition.

The NSWRL Women's Premiership is a rugby league competition for clubs in New South Wales. It is the only statewide open-age competition for women in New South Wales and is run by New South Wales Rugby League. ^[2]

The NSWRL Women's Premiership started in 2005 as Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League after the former competition folded in 2001.

Clubs

Club	Established	Entered competition	City	Stadium
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs		2018 [a]	Canterbury-Bankstown District	Belmore Sports Ground
Central Coast Roosters	1947	2020	Central Coast	Morrie Breen Oval, Kanwal
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	1967	2019	Sutherland Shire	PointsBet Stadium, Cronulla High School
Illawarra Steelers	1982	2023	Illawarra	Collegians Sporting Complex, Figtree; WIN Stadium
Mounties		2017 [b]	Mount Pritchard	Aubrey Keech Reserve
North Sydney Bears	1908	2018	North Sydney	North Sydney Oval
South Sydney Rabbitohs	1908	2018	Redfern	Redfern Oval, ANZ Stadium
St. George Dragons	1921	2023	St George District	Jubilee Oval, Carlton
Wentworthville Magpies	1923	2018	Wentworthville	Ringrose Park
Wests Tigers	2000	2019	Balmain, Ashfield & Campbelltown	Campbelltown Stadium

1. Did not compete in the 2021 or 2022 seasons.
2. Did not compete in the 2020 season.

Previous clubs

• Berkeley Vale Panthers (2017)
• Cabramatta Two Blues (2018–2019, 2021)
• Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (2018–2019)
• CRL Newcastle (2018–2019)
• Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks (2017–2018)
• Forestville Ferrets (2017)
• Glebe Dirty Reds (2021)
• Glenmore Park Brumbies (2017)
• Greenacre Tigers (2017)
• Helensburgh Tigers (2021)
• North Newcastle (2017)
• Penrith Brothers (2018–2019)
• Redfern All Blacks (2017)
• St Marys Saints (2018, 2021–22)

Clubs that competed in the Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League Premiership (2005–2016) included: Auburn, Berkeley Vale Panthers, Blacktown, Canley Heights Dragons, Canley Vale Kookas, Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks, East Campbelltown Eagles, Forestville Ferrets, ^[3] Greenacre Tigers, Guildford Raiders, Hunter Stars (2016 only), ^[4] Maitland Pickers, ^[5] Mounties, Newtown Jetettes, Parramatta Junior Eels, Redfern All Blacks, Windsor Wolves.

Clubs the completed in the Sydney Women's Rugby League premiership (1992–2002) included Bankstown, Blacktown, ^[6] Bulli, North Sydney, Parramatta Junior Eels, Petersham-Lewisham Wildfires, South Sydney Juniors, Waverton Reds and Western Sydney Wildcats. ^[7]

Results by year

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Minor Premiers	Wooden Spoon	Ref
1992	North Sydney	10 – 8	Wildfires			[8]
1993	Waverton Eagles					[9]
1994	Blacktown Wildfires	22 – 18	Waverton Eagles	Waverton Eagles		[10]
1995	Bulli		Parramatta Eels			[11]
1996	South Sydney Rabbitohs	26 – 16	Parramatta Eels
1997	South Sydney Rabbitohs	26 – 14	Parramatta Eels
1998–2001	Unknown
2002-04	No Premiership
Sydney Metropolitan Women's Premiership
2005	Redfern All Blacks					[12]
2006	Canley Vale Kookas	18 – 8	Newtown Jetettes			[13]
2007	Cabramatta Two Blues		Forestville Ferrets			[14]
2008	Forestville Ferrets	8 – 6	Canley Vale Kookas			[15]
2009	Forestville Ferrets	24 – 16	Campbelltown Eagles	Campbelltown Eagles		[16] [17] [18]
2010	Forestville Ferrets		Canley Heights Dragons
2011	Canley Heights Dragons	12 – 6	Forestville Ferrets			[19] [20]
2012	Canley Heights Dragons		Blacktown
2013	Canley Heights Dragons	44 – 6	Forestville Ferrets			[21]
2014	Canley Heights Dragons	42 – 26	Redfern All Blacks
2015	Greenacre Tigers	14 – 12	Forestville Ferrets			[22]
2016	Cronulla-Caringbah Sharks	26 – 22	Greenacre Tigers	Mount Prichard Mounties	Forestville Ferrets	[23] [24] [25]
NSWRL Women's Premiership
2017	Redfern All Blacks	26 – 16	North Newcastle	Redfern All Blacks	Berkeley Vale Panthers	[26]
2018	Mount Prichard Mounties	12 – 10	South Sydney Rabbitohs	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Wentworthville Magpies	[27]
2019	CRL Newcastle	24 – 10	Mount Prichard Mounties	Mount Prichard Mounties	Penrith Brothers	[28] [29]
2020	Central Coast Roosters	16 – 10	North Sydney Bears	Central Coast Roosters	Wentworthville Magpies	[30] [31]
2021	No Grand Final due to lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 risks			Central Coast Roosters	Cabramatta Two Blues
2022	Wests Tigers	21 – 20	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks	North Sydney Bears	Wentworthville Magpies	[32] [33]
2023	Mount Prichard Mounties	1 – 0	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	North Sydney Bears	St George Dragons	[34] [35]
2024	Illawarra Steelers	10 – 6	Newcastle Knights	Wentworthville Magpies	St George Dragons	[36] [37]

Grand finals

2017

Sunday, 24 September 2017 16:20

Redfern All Blacks	26 – 16	North Newcastle
Tries: Taleena Simon (2) Karri Doyle (2) Nakia Davis-Welsh Chloe Leaupepe Goals: Chloe Leaupepe (1/6)	Report Highlights	Tries: Kylie Hilder Holli Wheeler Isabelle Kelly Goals: Caitlin Moran (2/3)

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney

2018

Monday, 10 September 2018 17:30

Mount Prichard Mounties	12 – 10	South Sydney Rabbitohs
Tries: Simaima Taufa Patricia Raikadroka Goals: Janelle Williams (2/3)	Report Highlights	Tries: Taleena Simon Sharon McGrady Goals: Maddie Studdon (1/2)

ANZ Stadium, Sydney

2019

Saturday, 10 August 2019

Mount Prichard Mounties	10 – 24	CRL Newcastle
Tries:2 Tommaya Kelly-Sines  8' Tahlia Hunter  30' Goals:1 Brydie Parker 1/2  10'	Report Highlights	Tries:4 Bobbi Law  13' Kylie Hilder  25' Tayla Predebon  37' Simone Smith  57' Goals:4 Melanie Howard 3/3  27', 38', 58' Skye McKenzie 1/1  15'

ANZ Stadium, Sydney Referee: Ben McMurray

2020

Saturday, 26 September 2020 13:30

Central Coast Roosters	16 – 10	North Sydney Bears
Tries:2 Claire Reed 2  14', 34' Bobbi Law  8' Goals:2 Bobbi Law 1/2 Melanie Howard 1/1	Report Highlights	Tries:2 Shontelle Stowers  20' Moniqca Mo'Ale  45' Goals:1 Chloe Leaupepe 1/2

Bankwest Stadium, Sydney Referee: Karra-Lee Nolan

2022

Saturday, 16 July 2022 14:00

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	20 – 21	Wests Tigers
Tries:4 Tiana Penitani  17' Talei Holmes  43' Zali Fay  53' Sam Bremner  73' Goals:2 Maddie Studdon 2/5  31', 74'	Report Highlights Stats	Tries:4 Keele Browne 2  21', 78' Jessica Sergis  35' Josephine Lenaz  46' Goals:2 Emily Curtain 2/3  35', 79' Tayla Preston 0/1 Drop goals:1 Emily Curtain  84'

Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney Referee: Dillan Wells

2023

Saturday, 29 April 2023 18:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Canterbury Bulldogs	0 – 1	Mount Pritchard Mounties
	Report Highlights Stats	Field goals:1 Matilda Power  67'

Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Referee: Nathan Loveday

2024

Saturday, 29 September 2024 18:00 AEST (UTC+10)

Illawarra Steelers	10 – 6	Newcastle Knights
Tries:2 Shae Muhleisen  36' Bronte Wilson  66' Goals:1 Tayleah Handcock 1/2  67'	Report	Tries:1 Leah Ollerton  55' Goals:1 Jessica Gentle 1/1  57'

CommBank Stadium, Sydney

See also

• Australia portal
• Sports portal

• Women's rugby league in Australia
• Women's rugby league
• Rugby League Competitions in Australia

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