2019 NRL Women's season

The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership was the second season of professional women's rugby league in Australia.

2019 NRL Women's Premiership
Duration	14 September to 6 October 2019
Teams	4
Premiers	Brisbane Broncos (2nd title)
Minor premiers	Brisbane Broncos (2nd title)
Matches played	7
Points scored	192
Top points scorer(s)	Maddie Studdon (16)
Biggest away win	Dragons 26 — 6 Warriors at Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland Round 2 (22 September 2019)
Dally M Award	Jessica Sergis
Top try-scorer(s)	Jessica Sergis (3)
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Teams

Colours	Club	Season	Head coach	Captain(s)
	Brisbane Broncos	2nd season	Kelvin Wright[1]	Ali Brigginshaw[2]
	New Zealand Warriors	2nd season	Luisa Avaiki[3]	Laura Mariu[4]
	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2nd season	Daniel Lacey[5]	Sam Bremner[6]
	Sydney Roosters	2nd season	Adam Hartigan[7]	Simaima Taufa[8]

Pre-season

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time (Local)	Venue	Referees	Crowd
Brisbane Broncos	14–0	Papua New Guinea Orchids	31 August 2019, 4:00pm	PNG Football Stadium

Regular season

See also: 2019 NRL Women's season results

The season again operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2019 NRL Finals Series as well as two standalone matches. The top two finishing teams will then contest the Grand Final, which is to be played before the men's Grand Final on 6 October.^[9]

Ladder

2019 NRL Women's season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brisbane Broncos	3	2	0	1	42	14	+28	4
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	3	2	0	1	54	36	+18	4
3	New Zealand Warriors	3	2	0	1	32	46	−14	4
4	Sydney Roosters	3	0	0	3	28	60	−32	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Ladder progression

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top two.
• Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
• Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.

	Team	1	2	3
1	Brisbane Broncos	2	4	4
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	0	2	4
3	New Zealand Warriors	2	2	4
4	Sydney Roosters	0	0	0

Grand Final

Main article: 2019 NRL Women's Premiership Grand Final

Brisbane Broncos	30 – 6	St. George Illawarra Dragons
Tries: Lavinia Gould (3') 1 Raecene McGregor (15') 1 Julia Robinson (39') 1 Chelsea Lenarduzzi (41') 1 Amber Pilley (48') 1 Goals: Meg Ward 5/6 (17', 32', 40', 42', 49')	1st: 10 – 0 2nd: 20 – 6 Highlights Replay Reports[10][11][12]	Tries: Kezie Apps (50') 1 Goals: Maddie Studdon 1/1 (51')

Sunday, 6 October 4:05pm

ANZ Stadium Attendance: 36,785 Karyn Murphy Medallist: Annette Brander (Brisbane) Referee: Kasey Badger, Daniel Schwass

Team lists:

FB 18 Tamika Upton WG 2 Julia Robinson CE 3 Amy Turner CE 4 Amber Pilley WG 5 Meg Ward FE 6 Raecene McGregor HB 7 Ali Brigginshaw (c) PR 8 Millie Boyle HK 9 Lavinia Gould PR 10 Amber Hall SR 11 Annette Brander SR 12 Tazmin Gray LK 13 Rona Peters Substitutes: IC 14 Tarryn Aiken IC 15 Steph Hancock IC 16 Mariah Storch IC 17 Chelsea Lenarduzzi Coach: Kelvin Wright

FB 1 Botille Vette-Welsh WG 2 Rikeya Horne CE 3 Jessica Sergis CE 4 Tiana Penitani WG 5 Shakiah Tungai FE 6 Keeley Davis HB 7 Maddie Studdon PR 8 Ngatokotoru Arakua HK 9 Brittany Breayley PR 10 Maitua Feterika SR 11 Kezie Apps (c) SR 12 Shaylee Bent LK 13 Holli Wheeler Substitutes: IC 14 Aaliyah Fasavalu-Fa'amausili IC 15 Takilele Katoa IC 16 Maddison Weatherall IC 17 Najvada George Coach: Daniel Lacey

Individual awards

Dally M Medal Awards Night

The following award was presented at the Dally M Medal Awards ceremony in Sydney on the night of 2 October 2019.^[13]

Dally M Medal Player of the Year: Jessica Sergis ( St. George Illawarra Dragons)

Grand Final Day Awards

The following awards were presented at ANZ Stadium on Grand Final day, 6 October 2019.

Veronica White Medal: Honey Hireme ( New Zealand Warriors).^[14]

Karyn Murphy Medal Player of the Match: Annette Brander ( Brisbane Broncos)^[15]

Statistical Awards

Highest Point Scorer in Regular Season: Maddie Studdon ( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 14 (7g)

Top Try Scorers in Regular Season: Jessica Sergis ( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 3

Highest Point Scorer across the Full Season: Maddie Studdon ( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 16 (8g)

Top Try Scorer across the Full Season: Jessica Sergis ( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 3

Postseason

In October 2018, NRL announced the inaugural edition of Rugby League World Cup 9s in Western Sydney on 18–19 October 2019, featuring 12 international men's teams and 4 women's teams.^[16] This would be around one month after the Women's Grand Final and replaced the Auckland Nines which had been run as a preseason tournament in previous years.