NRL Women's Premiership

The NRL Women's Premiership (NRLW) also known as the Telstra NRL Women's Premiership due to sponsorship is a rugby league competition in Australasia for female players. The league is run by the National Rugby League (NRL) and is contested by a subset of clubs from that competition. Currently, the league contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.

Telstra Women's Premiership (NRLW)

Current season or competition: 2025 NRL Women's season
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	6 December 2017
Inaugural season	2018
CEO	Andrew Abdo
Number of teams	12
Countries	Australia (11 teams)  New Zealand (1 team)
Premiers	Brisbane Broncos (2025)
Most titles	Brisbane Broncos (4 titles)
Website	NRL.com
Broadcast partner	Australia Broadcast Nine Network Fox League Streaming 9Now Kayo Sports Overseas Broadcast International broadcasters Streaming Watch NRL
Related competition	NRL Men's Premiership NSWRL Men's Premiership NSWRL Women's Premiership QRL Men's Premiership QRL Women's Premiership Tarsha Gale Cup

The current Premiers are the Brisbane Broncos.

History

See also: Women's rugby league in Australia

See also: List of NRL Women's records

In 2016, the Cronulla Sharks and St. George Illawarra Dragons contested a Women's Nine's match, which served as a curtain-raiser to the NRL match between the Sharks and Sydney Roosters, at Southern Cross Group Stadium. The Sharks won the match 16–12.^[1][2]

In March 2017, the Cronulla Sharks played another Women's Nine's match, this time defeating the Canberra Raiders by 28–10.^[3]

2017 – 2020: Establishment

On 6 December 2017, shortly after the conclusion of the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, which concluded with the Jillaroos defeating the New Zealand Ferns by 23–16 in the final,^[4] it was announced by the National Rugby League that the inaugural NRL Women's season would operate in a round-robin format, and be held in August 2018, towards the back end of the men's season, with some matches to be played as curtain-raisers to NRL finals matches. The Grand Final, would be contested between the top two teams at the end of the round robin stage, and be played on the same day as the men's Grand Final. It was also announced that a stand-alone State of Origin match would also be contested during the representative weekend, in June.^[5]

The Newcastle Knights, St. George Illawarra Dragons,^[6][7][8] Brisbane Broncos, New Zealand Warriors,^[9] Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla Sharks^[10] all declared their interest in applying for a licence to participate in the inaugural NRL Women's competition.^[11] Other clubs, such as the Melbourne Storm,^[12] Manly Sea Eagles, Gold Coast Titans, North Queensland Cowboys, Canberra Raiders, Wests Tigers, Parramatta Eels, Penrith Panthers and Canterbury Bulldogs, all decided to delay bidding, citing money and time constraints.^[13]

On 27 March 2018, the National Rugby League announced that the Brisbane Broncos, New Zealand Warriors, St. George Illawarra Dragons and Sydney Roosters had won bids to participate in the inaugural NRL Women's competition, commencing in September 2018.^[14][15]

The Brisbane Broncos were the most dominant team in the opening three seasons winning all three minor premierships and all three premierships.

2021–present: Competition expansion

In June 2021 the NRL announced that the NRLW competition would commence expansion and increase to six teams. Initially this meant adding an additional two teams to the competition; however, the New Zealand Warriors announced that they were withdrawing from the competition due to difficulties of moving through borders during the COVID pandemic and an exodus of players and officials. This created an additional spot in the competition, with the NRL announcing that the Gold Coast Titans, Newcastle Knights and Parramatta Eels would be joining the competition for the 2021 season to keep numbers at six.^[16]

In March 2022, the National Rugby League and Australian Rugby League Commission announced that NRLW competition would further expand over the course of the 2023 and 2024 seasons by adding two clubs in each season.^[17][18] Clubs were invited to make submissions to join the league and were required to by April 2022, six were received.^[19] The clubs that made submissions for an NRLW licence in the expanded competition were: Canberra Raiders,^[20][21] Cronulla Sharks,^[22] North Queensland Cowboys,^[23][24][25] South Sydney Rabbitohs,^[26] Penrith Panthers and Wests Tigers.^[27] The New Zealand Warriors had previously indicated their desire to return a team to the NRLW competition,^[28] but they did not place a submission at this time.

In June 2022, the NRL changed their stance and decided to bring all expansion sides in together with the four teams all be admitted in the 2023 season^[29] and that those four clubs were Canberra, Cronulla, North Queensland and Wests Tigers.^[30][31]

Following the announcement both the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Penrith Panthers released statements congratulating the clubs that had been chosen and that they both would be interested in joining the competition in future seasons.^[32][33]

The 2023 NRLW season ran for 11 weeks with 9 rounds, Semi-finals and a Grand Final with the Newcastle Knights claiming their second premiership and the first of the expanded 10 team competition.

On 28 March 2024, the NRL announced that the competition would expand by two teams in the 2025 season, with the addition of Canterbury Bulldogs and the return of the New Zealand Warriors.^[34] The 2025 season commenced on the 3rd July with Paramatta defeating Cronulla.

Clubs

The NRLW currently consists of twelve clubs. Six clubs are based within the Greater Sydney area (including one that also represents the Illawarra region south of Sydney), another in regional New South Wales, three in Queensland, and one each in the Australian Capital Territory, and New Zealand. The league operates on a single group system, with no divisions or conferences and no relegation or promotion.

Current clubs

Club	Location(s)	Home Venue(s) (capacity)	Est.	NRLW debut	Premierships
					Total	Last
Brisbane Broncos	Brisbane (Milton)	Suncorp Stadium (52,500) Totally Workwear Stadium/Langlands Park (3,500)	1988	2018	4	2025
Canberra Raiders	Canberra (Bruce)	GIO Stadium (25,011)	1982	2023	0	—
Canterbury Bulldogs	Sydney (Belmore)	Belmore Sports Ground (16,000), Accor Stadium (82,000)	1935	2025	0	—
Cronulla Sharks	Sydney (Woolooware)	Sharks Stadium (15,000)	1967	2023	0	—
Gold Coast Titans	Gold Coast (Robina)	Cbus Super Stadium (27,400)	2007	2021	0	—
Newcastle Knights	Newcastle (New Lambton)	McDonald Jones Stadium (33,000)	1988	2021	2	2023
New Zealand Warriors	Auckland (Penrose)	Mount Smart Stadium (25,000) FMG Stadium (25,800)	1995	2018 i	0	—
North Queensland Cowboys	Townsville (Railway Estate)	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	1995	2023	0	—
Parramatta Eels	Sydney (Parramatta)	CommBank Stadium (30,000) Eric Tweedale Stadium (5,000)	1947	2021	0	—
St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sydney (Carlton) (St. George), Wollongong (CBD)	Jubilee Stadium (20,500), WIN Stadium (23,000)	1998	2018	0	—
Sydney Roosters	Sydney (Eastern Suburbs)	Allianz Stadium (42,500), Polytec Stadium (20,059)	1908	2018	2	2024
Wests Tigers	Sydney (Campbelltown), Sydney (Leichhardt)	Campbelltown Stadium (17,500), CommBank Stadium (30,000) Leichhardt Oval (20,000) Allianz Stadium (42,500)	2000	2023	0	—

• ⁱ The New Zealand Warriors were in recess between 2020 and 2024 inclusive

Players

Members of the St. George Illawarra Dragons NRL Women's team assemble outside Jubilee Oval during a promotional appearance in August 2018

See also: List of current NRL Women's team squads

The club's playing lists were constructed from scratch through the later stages of 2018. All participants in the 2018 season were required to be over the age of 17.

Initially, clubs were asked to nominate a list of desired players, with the NRL assigning two of these "marquee" players to each club. In addition, clubs were able to sign a number of players with existing connections to the club, or with arrangements for club sponsored work or study.

Salary

See also: NRL salary cap

NRL Women's Premiership hands contracts to 40 elite women players.^[35][36][37]

The top level salary in 2022 is $60,000 (excluding marquee deals). Representative Origin payments are $6,000 per game.^[38]

Season structure

Pre-season

Prior to the commencement of the NRLW home-and-away season teams use this time to organise trial matches to test playing combinations.

Premiership season

See also: 2025 NRL Women's season

The season operates using a Round-robin format, until 2024, the top four finishing teams contested two Semi-final matches, first versus fourth and second-place versus third with the winners meeting in a Grand Final which was typically held on the same day as the men's NRL Grand Final.^[5] From 2025 with the expansion to twelve teams, the format changed to a six team series over three weeks. Winners of 3rd place versus 6th place and 4th place versus 5th place in Week 1 meet 1st place and 2nd place in Week 2 semi-finals. Winners of the semi-finals meet in the Grand Final in Week 3.

For the first three seasons — 2018, 2019 and 2020 — the draw was structured around the men's finals series and the top two of the then four teams contested the Grand Final.^[39] Due to measures in place to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia in September-October 2021, the 2021 NRLW season was postponed until February 2022, with the Grand Final held as a stand-alone match on Sunday, 10 April 2022. For the actual 2022 season, the NRLW Grand Final reverted to being held on the same day as the NRL men's Grand Final, which was Sunday, 2 October 2022. The two Grand Finals — women's and men's — were also held on the same day and venue in 2023, and (as scheduled for) 2024.

The rules and regulations are mostly the same as in the men's game, with a few exceptions:^[40]

• original matches were sixty minutes long, with thirty minutes in each half. 2022 season revised to seventy minute matches, consisting of thirty-five minutes per half.
• ten interchanges in each match, with an additional two during golden point; and
• a 40/30 kick advantage providing for tactical kicking and unpredictability during matches.

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.^[41] This would be around one month after the Women's Grand Final and preseason tournament Auckland Nines in previous years was replaced.

Seasons

Season	Teams	Premiers	Runners-up	Minor Premiers	Wooden Spoon
NRL Women's Premiership
2018	4	Brisbane Broncos	Sydney Roosters	Brisbane Broncos	St George Illawarra Dragons
2019	4	Brisbane Broncos (2)	St George Illawarra Dragons	Brisbane Broncos (2)	Sydney Roosters
2020	4	Brisbane Broncos (3)	Sydney Roosters (2)	Brisbane Broncos (3)	St George Illawarra Dragons (2)
2021*	6	Sydney Roosters	St George Illawarra Dragons (2)	Brisbane Broncos (4)	Newcastle Knights
2022	6	Newcastle Knights	Parramatta Eels	Sydney Roosters	Gold Coast Titans
2023	10	Newcastle Knights (2)	Gold Coast Titans	Newcastle Knights	Parramatta Eels
2024	10	Sydney Roosters (2)	Cronulla Sharks	Brisbane Broncos (5)	Wests Tigers
2025	12	Brisbane Broncos (4)	Sydney Roosters (3)	Sydney Roosters (2)	Wests Tigers

* The 2021 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the season started on 27 February 2022 and was completed on 10 April.

Grand Finals

Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Referee(s)	Venue	Date	Att.
2018	Brisbane Broncos	34–12	Sydney Roosters	Jon Stone Kasey Badger	ANZ Stadium Sydney	30 September 2018	16,214
2019	Brisbane Broncos	30–6	St George Illawarra Dragons	Kasey Badger Daniel Schwass	ANZ Stadium Sydney	6 October 2019	36,785
2020	Brisbane Broncos	20–10	Sydney Roosters	Belinda Sharpe	ANZ Stadium Sydney	25 October 2020	9.071
2021	Sydney Roosters	16–4	St George Illawarra Dragons	Belinda Sharpe	Moreton Daily Stadium Brisbane	10 April 2022	7,855
2022	Newcastle Knights	32–12	Parramatta Eels	Kasey Badger	Accor Stadium Sydney	2 October 2022	42,921
2023	Newcastle Knights	24–18	Gold Coast Titans	Belinda Sharpe	Accor Stadium Sydney	1 October 2023	40,649
2024	Sydney Roosters	32–28	Cronulla Sharks	Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski	Accor Stadium Sydney	6 October 2024	40,623
2025	Brisbane Broncos	22-18	Sydney Roosters	Belinda Sharpe	Accor Stadium Sydney	5 October 2025	46,288

Awards

The following major individual awards and accolades are presented each season:

• Best & Fairest Trophy – to the best and fairest player in the league, voted by the referees
• Leading Try Award – to the player who scores the most tries during the home-and-away season
• Rookie of the Year –^[42]
• Veronica White Medal –^[43]
• Karyn Murphy Medal – the best player on the ground in the NRL Women's Grand Final, not voted by a committee of media members^[44]

Season	Player of the Year		Rookie	Try Scorer	Veronica White	Karyn Murphy Medal
	Dally M Medal	RLPA Players' Champion			Community	Grand Final Player of the Match
2018	Brittany Breayley-Nati	NA	—	Taleena Simon	—	Kimiora Breayley-Nati
2019	Jessica Sergis	Jessica Sergis		Jessica Sergis	Honey Hireme	Annette Brander
2020	Ali Brigginshaw	Hannah Southwell	Kennedy Cherrington	Tamika Upton	Georgia Hale	Amber Hall
2021	Millie Boyle Emma Tonegato	Emma Tonegato	Destiny Brill	Madison Bartlett	Karina Brown	Sarah Togatuki
2022	Raecene McGregor	Raecene McGregor	Jesse Southwell	Teagan Berry Jayme Fressard Tamika Upton		Tamika Upton
2023	Tamika Upton	Teagan Berry	Annessa Biddle	Teagan Berry	Tahlulah Tillett	Tamika Upton
2024	Olivia Kernick	Isabelle Kelly	Kasey Reh	Julia Robinson Sheridan Gallagher Tiana Penitani	Kimberley Hunt	Tarryn Aiken
2025	Tamika Upton	Tamika Upton	Shalom Sauaso	Tamika Upton	Rhiannon Byers	Mele Hufanga

Records

Main article: List of NRL Women's records

Most appearances

The following players have made 40 or more appearances in NRLW matches.
Table last updated 6 October 2025 (after the Grand Final of the 2025 Season).

R	Player	Debut	Seasons	Matches	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	Ali Brigginshaw	2018	8	56	4	4	4	6	5	10	10	13
1	Keeley Davis	2018	8	56	3	4	3	7	6	9	11	13
3	Chelsea Lenarduzzi	2018	8	55	4	3	4	6	5	10	10	13
3	Isabelle Kelly	2018	8	55	4	3	2	7	6	10	11	12
5	Yasmin Clydsdale	2020	6	52	—	—	4	7	7	11	10	13
5	Zahara Temara	2018	8	52	4	3	4	7	6	9	9	10
7	Jocelyn Kelleher	2020	6	51	—	—	3	7	6	10	11	13
7	Shaylee Bent	2019	7	51	—	4	2	7	6	11	9	12
9	Georgia Hale	2018	8	50	3	3	3	5	5	11	9	11
9	Tamika Upton	2019	7	50	—	3	4	4	5	11	10	13
11	Simaima Taufa	2018	8	49	4	2	4	5	7	9	8	11
12	Ellie Johnston	2020	6	48	—	—	3	5	7	9	11	13
12	Jessika Elliston	2019	7	48	—	1	4	6	5	11	9	12
12	Raecene McGregor	2018	8	48	3	4	4	7	5	9	9	7
12	Tiana Penitani Gray	2019	7	48	—	4	2	5	5	9	11	12
16	Olivia Higgins	2021	5	47	—	—	—	7	7	11	10	12
16	Olivia Kernick	2021	5	47	—	—	—	7	6	10	11	13
16	Tallisha Harden	2018	8	47	1	3	4	6	4	9	9	11
19	Holli Wheeler	2018	7	46	3	4	—	7	6	7	10	9
19	Jessica Sergis	2018	8	46	3	4	3	6	6	6	5	13
19	Julia Robinson	2018	8	46	4	3	4	2	5	6	10	12
19	Sarah Togatuki	2018	7	46	3	—	4	7	5	7	9	11
19	Shanice Parker	2019	6	46	—	1	4	—	7	11	10	13
19	Tayla Predebon	2021	5	46	—	—	—	7	7	11	9	12
25	Keilee Joseph	2021	5	45	—	—	—	6	6	10	10	13
25	Kirra Dibb	2019	7	45	—	3	3	5	7	9	9	9
25	Lauren Brown	2020	6	45	—	—	4	6	5	11	7	12
25	Nita Maynard-Perrin	2018	8	45	4	3	4	4	3	11	8	8
25	Quincy Dodd	2019	7	45	—	1	4	7	6	9	11	7
25	Romy Teitzel	2023	6	45	—	—	1	5	7	10	9	13
25	Tarryn Aiken	2019	7	45	—	4	4	6	5	10	9	7
32	Hannah Southwell	2018	8	44	3	3	3	7	1	8	10	9
33	Emma Verran	2021	5	43	—	—	—	7	6	9	9	12
34	Brittany Breayley-Nati	2018	7	42	4	4	—	6	5	11	9	3
34	Emma Manzelmann	2021	5	42	—	—	—	5	7	9	9	12
34	Hayley Maddick	2021	5	42	—	—	—	5	4	10	10	13
34	Talei Holmes	2020	6	42	—	—	3	4	3	9	10	13
38	Brydie Parker	2018	6	41	2	—	4	7	—	10	5	13
38	Destiny Brill	2021	5	41	—	—	—	6	6	9	9	11
38	Teagan Berry	2020	6	41	—	—	1	7	6	9	9	9
41	Amber Hall	2019	7	40	—	4	3	6	5	1	10	11
41	Jesse Southwell	2022	4	40	—	—	—	—	7	11	9	13
41	Kezie Apps	2018	8	40	3	4	2	5	5	7	3	11
41	Madison Bartlett	2019	7	40	—	2	3	6	5	9	9	6
41	Otesa Pule	2022	4	40	—	—	—	—	6	10	11	13
41	Shenae Ciesiolka	2020	6	40	—	—	3	6	5	10	8	8
41	Stephanie Hancock	2018	7	40	4	4	3	6	5	11	7	—

Most Individual Points

The following players have scored 100 or more points in NRLW matches.
Table last updated 6 October 2025 (after the Grand Final of the 2025 Season).

R	Player	Debut	S	M	T	G	FG	P	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	Jocelyn Kelleher	2020	6	51	7	119	1	267	—	—	0	1t	2t	2t 32g	1t 37g	1t 50g 1fg
2	Zahara Temara	2018	8	52	7	110	3	251	3g	0	1t 9g	10g 1fg	1t 21g	1t 21g 1fg	2t 25g	2t 21g 1fg
3	Jesse Southwell	2022	4	40	7	102	0	232	—	—	—	—	2t 6g	3t 33g	22g	2t 41g
4	Romy Teitzel	2020	6	45	13	74	0	200	—	—	0	2t	3t	0	4t 24g	4t 50g
5	Kirra Dibb	2019	7	45	6	85	2	196	—	4g	1t 4g	4g	1t 15g	1t 18g 1fg	1t 18g 1fg	2t 22g
6	Tamika Upton	2019	7	50	46	0	0	184	—	1t	5t	1t	5t	7t	7t	20t
7	Rachael Pearson	2021	5	38	5	81	1	183	—	—	—	1t 12g	8g 1fg	12g	1t 22g	3t 27g
8	Tayla Preston	2022	4	37	3	83	0	178	—	—	—	—	1t 15g	1t 25g	22g	1t 21g
9	Lauren Brown	2020	6	45	6	69	3	165	—	—	1t	19g	7g	1t 11g 2fg	3t 11g	1t 21g 1fg
10	Teagan Berry	2020	6	41	37	1	0	150	—	—	1t 1g	4t	5t	11t	8t	8t
11	Julia Robinson	2018	8	46	32	0	0	128	2t	1t	2t	1t	3t	5t	9t	9t
12	Ali Brigginshaw	2018	8	56	13	35	0	122	2t	1t	1t	1t	2t 3g	5t 32g	1t	0
13	Madison Bartlett	2019	7	40	30	0	0	120	—	1t	1t	6t	3t	7t	8t	4t
14	Sheridan Gallagher	2023	3	32	25	7	0	114	—	—	—	—	—	7t 4g	9t 3g	9t
15	Jessica Sergis	2018	8	46	28	0	0	112	1t	3t	1t	1t	2t	7t	5t	8t
16	Mele Hufanga	2023	3	33	25	0	0	100	—	—	—	—	—	10t	7t	8t

Most Points in each season

Season	Player	Club	M	T	G	FG	Points
2018	Chelsea Baker	Broncos	4	2	15	0	38
2019	Maddie Studdon	Dragons	4	0	8	0	16
2020	Meg Ward	Broncos	4	1	13	0	30
2021	Lauren Brown	Broncos	6	0	19	0	38
2022	Zahara Temara	Roosters	6	1	21	0	46
2023	Ali Brigginshaw	Broncos	10	5	32	0	84
2024	Jocelyn Kelleher	Roosters	11	1	37	0	78
2025	Romy Teitzel	Broncos	13	4	50	0	116

Note:

• The maximum number of matches including finals has increased over time from 4 in the 2018, 2019 and 2020 seasons, 7 in 2021 and 2022, and 11 in 2023 and 2024, and a potential 14 from 2025.
• In the first five seasons, 2018 to 2022, the player with the most points in each season has also been the player with the most goals in each season.
• Jesse Southwell (Knights) with 78 points from 3 tries and 33 goals (from 11 games) finished in second place as point-scorer for the 2023 season, and also in first place as the leading goal scorer in 2023.
• Romy Teitzel (Broncos) with 64 points from 4 tries and 24 goals (from 9 games) was the leading point-scorer for 2024 at the completion of the rounds. Jocelyn Kelleher was in second place with 62 points from 1 try and 29 goals. Kelleher was the leading goal-kicker at the competition of the rounds. Zahara Temara was in third place for the 2024 season with 58 points from 2 tries and 25 goals.
• Kelleher's tally went above Teitzel's tally in the Semi-Final, with the former kicking 4 goals and the latter unable to play due to injury. Kelleher added a further 8 points from 4 goals in the Grand Final.
• After 11 rounds of the 2025 season Romy Teitzel on 106 points, led Jocelyn Kelleher (Roosters), 94, Jesse Southwell (Knights), 78, and Tamika Upton, 72.
• After the Grand Final the 2025 season Romy Teitzel on 116 points, led Jocelyn Kelleher (Roosters), 105, Jesse Southwell (Knights), 80, and Tamika Upton, also 80.
• Last updated 6 October 2025 (after the Grand Final).

Most tries scored

In a career

The following players have scored 15 or more tries in NRLW matches.
Table last updated 6 October 2025 (after the Grand Final of the 2025 Season).

R	Player	M	T	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	Tamika Upton	50	46	—	1	5	1	5	7	7	20
2	Teagan Berry	41	37	—	—	1	4	5	11	8	8
3	Julia Robinson	46	32	2	1	2	1	3	5	9	9
4	Madison Bartlett	40	30	—	1	1	6	3	7	8	4
5	Jessica Sergis	46	28	1	3	1	1	2	7	5	8
=6	Sheridan Gallagher	32	25	—	—	—	—	—	7	9	9
=6	Mele Hufanga	33	25	—	—	—	—	—	10	7	8
8	Isabelle Kelly	55	24	2	0	0	4	3	5	3	7
9	Jayme Fressard	37	23	—	—	0	1	5	6	6	5
10	Jaime Chapman	36	21	—	—	0	3	4	9	3	2
=11	Olivia Kernick	47	20	—	—	—	3	3	1	6	7
=11	Georgia Ravics	28	20	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	10
13	Tarryn Aiken	45	19	—	0	1	2	3	5	3	5
14	Tiana Penitani Gray	48	18	—	2	1	2	2	2	9	0
=15	Shenae Ciesiolka	40	17	—	—	0	4	3	5	5	0
=15	Emma Verran	43	17	—	—	—	4	1	3	0	9
=17	Chelsea Lenarduzzi	55	16	0	1	2	1	1	3	4	4
=17	Jasmine Peters	38	16	—	—	—	4	0	3	4	5
=19	Emily Bass	28	15	—	—	—	4	0	2	6	3
=19	Ellie Johnston	48	15	—	—	0	1	1	6	4	3
=19	Payton Takimoana	11	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15
=19	Simaima Taufa	49	15	0	2	0	1	4	2	4	2

Most Tries in each season

Season	Player	Club	Matches	Tries
2018	Taleena Simon	Roosters	4	4
2019	Jessica Sergis	Dragons	4	3
2020	Tamika Upton	Broncos	4	5
2021	Madison Bartlett	Dragons	6	6
2022	Teagan Berry	Dragons	6	5
	Jayme Fressard	Roosters	5
	Tamika Upton	Knights	5
2023	Teagan Berry	Dragons	9	11
2024	Sheridan Gallagher	Knights	8	9
	Julia Robinson	Broncos	10
	Tiana Penitani	Sharks	11
2025	Tamika Upton	Broncos	13	20

Note:

• Gallagher and Robinson with 9 tries each, were the equal leading try scorers for 2024 at the completion of the rounds. Both played in their team's respective Semi-Final, but neither scored.
• Penitani scored six tries across the nine rounds of the regular season, one try in the Semi-Final and two tries in the Grand Final.
• Two players were in equal fourth place for the 2024 season with 8 tries: Teagan Berry (Dragons) and Madison Bartlett (Raiders).
• After 11 rounds of the 2025 season, Tamika Upton (Broncos) with 18 tries, led Payton Takimoana (Warriors), on 15 tries, Taina Naividi (Roosters) on 11 tries and Georgia Ravis (Sharks) on 10 tries.
• After the Grand Final of the 2025 season, Tamika Upton (Broncos) with 20 tries, led Payton Takimoana (Warriors), on 15 tries, Taina Naividi (Roosters) on 11 tries and Georgia Ravis (Sharks) and Kerri Johnson (Broncos) on 10 tries.
• Last updated on 6 October 2025 (after the Grand Final).

Most Tries in a Match

Further information: List of NRL Women's records § In a match (Try hattricks)

Player	Club	Tries	Times	Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Ref
Taleena Simon	Roosters	4	4' 8' 10' 33'	22 Sep 2018	3	Dragons	Allianz Stadium	NRL
Mele Hufanga	Broncos	4	6' 27' 37' 40'	5 Aug 2023	3	Cowboys	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	NRL
Teagan Berry	Dragons	4	28' 42' 49' 66'	26 Aug 2023	6	Titans	Netsrata Jubilee Stadium	NRL
Mele Hufanga	Broncos	4	29' 34' 46' 62'	12 Aug 2024	3	Titans	Totally Workwear Stadium	NRL
Emma Verran	Sharks	4	12' 23' 32' 38'	12 Jul 2025	2	Raiders	GIO Stadium	NRL
Tamika Upton	Broncos	4	24' 44' 49' 65'	31 Aug 2025	9	Bulldogs	Totally Workwear Stadium	NRL

Most Goals in a Match

Further information: List of NRL Women's records § Most goals kicked

Player	Club	Goals	Times	Missed	Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Ref
Tayla Preston	Sharks	8	2' 5' 11' 31' 34' 39' 55' 70'	21' 64'	17 Sep 2023	9	Eels	GIO Stadium	NRL
Georgia Hannaway	Sharks	8	4' 13' 24' 28' 34' 41' 50' 67'	40' 54'	12 Jul 2025	2	Raiders	GIO Stadium	NRL
Zahara Temara	Raiders	8	10' 15' 24' 28' 42' 55' 57' 60'	2' 52'	23 Aug 2025	8	Bulldogs	Belmore Sports Ground	NRL

Premierships

Tally	Club	Seasons	Ref
4	Brisbane Broncos	2018, 2019, 2020, 2025	[45][46][47]
2	Newcastle Knights	2022, 2023	[48][49]
2	Sydney Roosters	2021, 2024	[50][51]

Most consecutive

• 3 – Brisbane Broncos (2018 to 2020)
• 2 – Newcastle Knights (2022 to 2023)

Runners-up

Tally	Club	Seasons
3	Sydney Roosters	2018, 2020, 2025
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2019, 2021
1	Parramatta Eels	2022
1	Gold Coast Titans	2023
1	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2024

Minor Premierships

Tally	Club	Seasons
5	Brisbane Broncos	2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024
2	Sydney Roosters	2022, 2025
1	Newcastle Knights	2023

Most consecutive

• 4 – Brisbane Broncos (2018 to 2021)

Tally	Club	Seasons
2	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2018, 2020
2	Wests Tigers	2024 2025
1	Sydney Roosters	2019
1	Parramatta Eels	2023
1	Newcastle Knights	2021
1	Gold Coast Titans	2022

Result records

Greatest win margins

Rank	Margin	Winning team	Defeated Team	Score	Venue	Date	Round	Ref
1	50	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Parramatta Eels	56—6	GIO Stadium	17 Sep 2023	9	NRL
1	50	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Canberra Raiders	56—6	GIO Stadium	12 Jul 2025	2	NRL
Last updated: 25 August 2025.

Most points scored in a game

Rank	Points	Winning team	Defeated Team	Score	Venue	Date	Round	Ref
1	80	Canberra Raiders	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	56—24	Belmore Sports Ground	23 Aug 2025	8	NRL
2	72	North Queensland Cowboys	St. George Illawarra Dragons	38—34	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	4 Aug 2024	2	NRL
2	72	Canberra Raiders	St. George Illawarra Dragons	38—34	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	7 Sep 2024	7	NRL
2	72	Brisbane Broncos	Canberra Raiders	44—28	GIO Stadium	10 Aug 2025	6	NRL
Last updated: 25 August 2025.

Fewest points scored in a game

Rank	Points	Winning team	Defeated Team	Score	Venue	Date	Round	Ref
1	10	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Parramatta Eels	10—0	WIN Stadium	6 Mar 2022	2	NRL
1	10	Wests Tigers	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	10—0	Belmore Sports Ground	30 Jul 2023	2	NRL
Last updated: 25 August 2025.

Most points scored by one team in a game

Rank	Points	Winning team	Defeated Team	Score	Venue	Date	Round	Ref
1	56	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Parramatta Eels	56—6	GIO Stadium	17 Sep 2023	9	NRL
1	56	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Canberra Raiders	56—6	GIO Stadium	12 Jul 2025	2	NRL
1	56	Canberra Raiders	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	56—24	Belmore Sports Ground	23 Aug 2025	8	NRL
1	56	Sydney Roosters	Parramatta Eels	56—12	CommBank Stadium	23 Aug 2025	8	NRL
Last updated: 25 August 2025.

Highest scores by a losing side

Rank	Points	Winning team	Defeated Team	Score	Venue	Date	Round	Ref
1	34	North Queensland Cowboys	St. George Illawarra Dragons	38—34	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	4 Aug 2024	2	NRL
1	34	Canberra Raiders	St. George Illawarra Dragons	38—34	Netstrata Jubilee Stadium	7 Sep 2024	7	NRL
Last updated: 25 August 2025.

Biggest comebacks

Season records

The season length has increased over time as the number of teams in the competition has expanded.

• 2018 to 2020 seasons — 3 games minimum, 4 maximum
• 2021 and 2022 seasons — 5 games minimum, 7 maximum
• 2023 and 2024 seasons — 9 games minimum, 11 maximum
• 2025 season — 11 games minimum, 14 maximum

The 2021 season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the season started on 27 February 2022 and was completed on 10 April 2022.^[52][53][48]

Best start to a season

• 11 wins by Sydney Roosters in 2025 (Current)

Undefeated in a season

• 2018 Brisbane Broncos (4 matches)
• 2020 Brisbane Broncos (4 matches)

Failed to win a match in a season

• 2019 Sydney Roosters (3 matches)
• 2020 St. George Illawarra Dragons (3 matches)
• 2021 Newcastle Knights (5 matches)

Most points scored by a team in a season

• 456 points by the Brisbane Broncos from 13 matches in 2025
• In shorter seasons:
  • 2018 to 2020: 110 points by the Brisbane Broncos from 4 matches in 2018
  • 2021 and 2022: 174 points by the Newcastle Knights from 7 matches in 2022
  • 2023 and 2024: 284 points by the Sydney Roosters from 10 matches in the postposed 2021 season

Fewest points scored by a team in a season

• By season length:
  • 2018 to 2020: 18 points by the St. George Illawarra Dragons from 3 matches in 2020
  • 2021 and 2022: 48 points by the Newcastle Knights from 5 matches in the postponed 2021 season
  • 2023 and 2024: 104 points by the Parramatta Eels from 9 matches in 2023

Most points conceded by a team in a season

• 325 points by the Canberra Raiders from 11 matches in 2025
• In shorter seasons:
  • 2018 to 2020: 66 points by the St. George Illawarra Dragons, twice, from 3 matches in 2018 and from 4 matches in 2019
  • 2021 and 2022: 123 points by the Newcastle Knights from 5 matches in the postponed 2021 season
  • 2023 and 2024: 310 points by the Parramatta Eels from 9 matches in 2023

Fewest points conceded by a team in a season

• By season length:
  • 2018 to 2020: 20 points by the Brisbane Broncos from 4 matches in 2019
  • 2021 and 2022: 82 points, twice:
    • by the St. George Illawarra Dragons from 7 matches in the postponed 2021 season
    • by the Sydney Roosters from 6 matches in 2022
  • 2023 and 2024: 132 points by the Sydney Roosters from 10 matches in 2023

Keeping opposition scoreless: most games in a season

• 2 matches by the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in 2024, out of 11 matches.^[54]

Most games played

The following players have made 30 or more appearances in NRLW matches.
Table last updated 6 October 2025 (after the Grand Final of the 2025 Season).

R	Player	Debut	Seasons	Matches	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	Ali Brigginshaw	2018	8	56	4	4	4	6	5	10	10	13
1	Keeley Davis	2018	8	56	3	4	3	7	6	9	11	13
3	Chelsea Lenarduzzi	2018	8	55	4	3	4	6	5	10	10	13
3	Isabelle Kelly	2018	8	55	4	3	2	7	6	10	11	12
5	Yasmin Clydsdale	2020	6	52	—	—	4	7	7	11	10	13
5	Zahara Temara	2018	8	52	4	3	4	7	6	9	9	10
7	Jocelyn Kelleher	2020	6	51	—	—	3	7	6	10	11	13
7	Shaylee Bent	2019	7	51	—	4	2	7	6	11	9	12
9	Georgia Hale	2018	8	50	3	3	3	5	5	11	9	11
9	Tamika Upton	2019	7	50	—	3	4	4	5	11	10	13
11	Simaima Taufa	2018	8	49	4	2	4	5	7	9	8	11
12	Ellie Johnston	2020	6	48	—	—	3	5	7	9	11	13
12	Jessika Elliston	2019	7	48	—	1	4	6	5	11	9	12
12	Raecene McGregor	2018	8	48	3	4	4	7	5	9	9	7
12	Tiana Penitani Gray	2019	7	48	—	4	2	5	5	9	11	12
16	Olivia Higgins	2021	5	47	—	—	—	7	7	11	10	12
16	Olivia Kernick	2021	5	47	—	—	—	7	6	10	11	13
16	Tallisha Harden	2018	8	47	1	3	4	6	4	9	9	11
19	Holli Wheeler	2018	7	46	3	4	—	7	6	7	10	9
19	Jessica Sergis	2018	8	46	3	4	3	6	6	6	5	13
19	Julia Robinson	2018	8	46	4	3	4	2	5	6	10	12
19	Sarah Togatuki	2018	7	46	3	—	4	7	5	7	9	11
19	Shanice Parker	2019	6	46	—	1	4	—	7	11	10	13
19	Tayla Predebon	2021	5	46	—	—	—	7	7	11	9	12
25	Keilee Joseph	2021	5	45	—	—	—	6	6	10	10	13
25	Kirra Dibb	2019	7	45	—	3	3	5	7	9	9	9
25	Lauren Brown	2020	6	45	—	—	4	6	5	11	7	12
25	Nita Maynard-Perrin	2018	8	45	4	3	4	4	3	11	8	8
25	Quincy Dodd	2019	7	45	—	1	4	7	6	9	11	7
25	Romy Teitzel	2023	6	45	—	—	1	5	7	10	9	13
25	Tarryn Aiken	2019	7	45	—	4	4	6	5	10	9	7
32	Hannah Southwell	2018	8	44	3	3	3	7	1	8	10	9
33	Emma Verran	2021	5	43	—	—	—	7	6	9	9	12
34	Brittany Breayley-Nati	2018	7	42	4	4	—	6	5	11	9	3
34	Emma Manzelmann	2021	5	42	—	—	—	5	7	9	9	12
34	Hayley Maddick	2021	5	42	—	—	—	5	4	10	10	13
34	Talei Holmes	2020	6	42	—	—	3	4	3	9	10	13
38	Brydie Parker	2018	6	41	2	—	4	7	—	10	5	13
38	Destiny Brill	2021	5	41	—	—	—	6	6	9	9	11
38	Teagan Berry	2020	6	41	—	—	1	7	6	9	9	9
41	Amber Hall	2019	7	40	—	4	3	6	5	1	10	11
41	Jesse Southwell	2022	4	40	—	—	—	—	7	11	9	13
41	Kezie Apps	2018	8	40	3	4	2	5	5	7	3	11
41	Madison Bartlett	2019	7	40	—	2	3	6	5	9	9	6
41	Otesa Pule	2022	4	40	—	—	—	—	6	10	11	13
41	Shenae Ciesiolka	2020	6	40	—	—	3	6	5	10	8	8
41	Stephanie Hancock	2018	7	40	4	4	3	6	5	11	7	—
48	Botille Vette-Welsh	2018	7	39	1	4	2	5	—	7	9	11
48	Jada Ferguson	2021	5	39	—	—	—	4	5	7	10	13
48	Leianne Tufuga	2021	5	39	—	—	—	7	5	9	7	11
51	Apii Nicholls	2018	6	38	3	3	—	—	5	8	9	10
51	Jasmine Peters	2021	5	38	—	—	—	5	3	9	9	12
51	Millie Elliott	2019	6	38	—	4	4	5	7	8	10	—
51	Rachael Pearson	2021	5	38	—	—	—	6	6	6	9	11
51	Vanessa Foliaki	2018	6	38	4	3	4	—	7	9	11	—
56	Abbi Church	2021	5	37	—	—	—	5	3	9	9	11
56	Brianna Clark	2020	6	37	—	—	2	4	4	8	8	11
56	Brooke Anderson	2022	4	37	—	—	—	—	5	9	11	12
56	Jayme Fressard	2020	6	37	—	—	3	4	5	8	9	8
56	Tayla Preston	2022	4	37	—	—	—	—	6	9	11	11
61	Gayle Broughton	2022	4	36	—	—	—	—	7	8	8	13
61	Jaime Chapman	2020	6	36	—	—	3	6	5	9	8	5
61	Jasmin Strange	2022	4	36	—	—	—	—	1	11	11	13
61	Kayla Romaniuk	2022	4	36	—	—	—	—	3	11	10	12
65	Annetta Nu'uausala	2018	7	35	1	3	—	5	2	7	6	11
65	Elsie Albert	2020	6	35	—	—	3	7	5	1	9	10
67	Kalosipani Hopoate	2022	4	34	—	—	—	—	6	7	11	10
67	Keele Browne	2021	5	34	—	—	—	3	5	6	9	11
67	Rikeya Horne	2018	7	34	3	3	1	4	7	8	8	—
67	Sophie Holyman	2022	4	34	—	—	—	—	5	9	9	11
71	Ashleigh Quinlan	2022	4	33	—	—	—	—	6	9	8	10
71	Christian Pio	2021	5	33	—	—	—	4	7	9	9	4
71	Evania Pelite	2023	5	33	—	—	3	5	5	11	9	—
71	Kennedy Cherrington	2020	6	33	—	—	4	5	7	5	6	6
71	Mele Hufanga	2023	3	33	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	13
71	Rima Butler	2022	4	33	—	—	—	—	5	7	8	13
71	Simone Karpani	2021	5	33	—	—	—	6	6	5	7	9
71	Zali Fay	2022	4	33	—	—	—	—	6	9	9	9
79	Chanté Temara	2020	5	32	—	—	2	—	1	9	9	11
79	Karina Brown	2018	7	32	4	3	3	6	5	9	2	—
79	Sheridan Gallagher	2023	3	32	—	—	—	—	—	11	8	13
79	Tazmin Rapana	2018	6	32	4	4	3	4	—	10	7	—
83	Corban Baxter	2019	5	31	—	3	4	5	—	10	—	9
83	Georgia Roche	2023	3	31	—	—	—	—	—	8	10	13
83	Najvada George	2019	5	31	—	3	—	—	6	9	9	4
83	Shannon Mato	2020	5	31	—	—	4	2	5	11	9	—
83	Tiana Raftstrand-Smith	2021	5	31	—	—	—	6	5	8	8	4
88	Abigail Roache	2023	3	30	—	—	—	—	—	11	9	10
88	Cassie Staples	2022	4	30	—	—	—	—	1	5	11	13
88	Lauren Dam	2021	4	30	—	—	—	2	—	10	7	11

As at the completion of the 2025 season, Talei Holmes has played the most games (42) without scoring a try, followed by Simone Karpani (33) and Najvada George (31)

Pointscoring

Season	Teams	Rounds	Finals	Games	Players	Tries				Goals			Field Goals	Points
						Tally	per game	Scorers	Portion of Players	Tally	per game	Kickers
2018	4	3	1	7	82	41	5.86	31	37.80%	24	3.43	4	0	212
2019	4	3	1	7	82	36	5.14	29	35.37%	24	3.43	5	0	192
2020	4	3	1	7	86	42	6.00	28	32.56%	27	3.86	4	0	222
2021	6	5	3	18	133	117	6.50	65	48.87%	73	4.06	12	2	616
2022	6	5	3	18	139	130	7.22	69	49.64%	79	4.39	10	1	679
2023	10	9	3	48	246	373	7.77	143	58.13%	235	4.90	18	4	1,966
2024	10	9	3	48	239	358	7.46	139	58.16%	232	4.83	17	2	1,898
2025	12	11	5	71	299	530	7.46	181	60.54%	344	4.85	20	4	2,812

Note: Table last updated 6 October 2025 (after the Grand Final of the 2025 season).

Coaches' wins, losses, win percentage and draws

All Time Coaches List
Coach	First game	Most recent	G	W	D	L	PF	PA	Win%	Share %	First Club	G	Second Club	G
Paul Dyer	9 Sep 2018	2018	4	4	0	0	110	30	100.00%	78.57%	Broncos	4	—
Adam Hartigan	8 Sep 2018	2018	4	1	0	3	46	58	25.00%	44.23%	Roosters	4	—
Luisa Avaiki	8 Sep 2018	2019	6	3	0	3	62	104	50.00%	37.35%	Warriors	6	—
Daniel Lacey	9 Sep 2018	2020	10	3	0	7	104	190	30.00%	35.37%	Dragons	10	—
Kelvin Wright	15 Sep 2019	2022	19	12	0	7	390	261	63.16%	59.91%	Broncos	19	—
Rick Stone	14 Sep 2019	2019	3	0	0	3	28	60	0.00%	31.82%	Roosters	3	—
Jamie Feeney	3 Oct 2020	2021	10	5	0	5	178	180	50.00%	49.72%	Roosters	4	Titans	6
Brad Donald	3 Oct 2020	2020	3	1	0	2	48	60	33.33%	44.44%	Warriors	3	—
Jamie Soward	27 Feb 2022	2024	31	13	0	18	573	660	41.94%	46.47%	Dragons	31	—
John Strange	27 Feb 2022	2025	47	37	0	10	1245	646	78.72%	65.84%	Roosters	47	—
Dean Widders	27 Feb 2022	2023	21	5	0	16	285	551	23.81%	34.09%	Eels	21	—
Casey Bromilow	27 Feb 2022	2021	5	0	0	5	48	123	0.00%	28.07%	Knights	5	—
Ronald Griffiths	21 Aug 2022	2025	29	20	0	9	646	445	68.97%	59.21%	Knights	18	Warriors	11
Karyn Murphy	21 Aug 2022	2025	37	17	1	19	571	687	47.30%	45.39%	Titans	37	—
Scott Prince	22 Jul 2023	2025	33	25	0	8	1008	505	75.76%	66.62%	Broncos	33	—
Tony Herman	23 Jul 2023	2025	33	18	0	15	647	533	54.55%	54.83%	Sharks	33	—
Darrin Borthwick	23 Jul 2023	2025	29	11	0	18	550	747	37.93%	42.41%	Raiders	29	—
Brett Kimmorley	23 Jul 2023	2025	29	5	0	24	344	693	17.24%	33.17%	Tigers	29	—
Ben Jeffries	22 Jul 2023	2025	32	16	0	16	685	676	50.00%	50.33%	Cowboys	9	Knights	23
Steve Georgallis	27 Jul 2024	2025	20	10	0	10	362	418	50.00%	46.41%	Eels	20	—
Ricky Henry	27 Jul 2024	2025	21	11	0	10	341	418	52.38%	44.93%	Cowboys	21	—
Brayden Wiliame	4 Jul 2025	2025	11	3	1	7	162	310	31.82%	34.32%	Bulldogs	11	—
Nathan Cross	5 Jul 2025	2025	11	3	0	8	164	242	27.27%	40.39%	Dragons	11	—

Last updated: 29 September 2025 (after Finals Week Two)
Share % is the percentage of points For over the sum of points For and Against.

Most games coached

• 47 — John Strange

Stand-alone attendances

The table below reflects published attendances for stand-alone NRLW matches.

Stand-alone NRLW match attendances
Season	Games	Games in this format	With crowd published	Total	Average	Highest Attended Match
						Crowd	Home Team	Away Team	Venue	Round	Date
2018	7	0	Not applicable
2019	7	2	2	4,811	2,406	2,518	Warriors	Dragons	Mt Smart Stadium	2	Sun 22 Sep 2019
2020	7	0	Not applicable
2021	18	2	2	8,878	4,439	7,855	Dragons	Roosters	Moreton Daily Stadium	GF	Sun 10 Apr 2022
2022	18	2	2	13,435	6,718	11,816	Broncos	Roosters	Suncorp Stadium	2	Sat 27 Aug 2022
2023	48	13	13	39,757	3,058	12,689	Knights	Broncos	McDonald Jones Stadium	SF	Sun 24 Sep 2023
2024	48	21	15	27,730	1,849	3,921	Knights	Roosters	McDonald Jones Stadium	1	Thu 25 Jul 2024
2025	70	30	30	68,527	2,284	7,195	Warriors	Broncos	FMG Stadium Waikato	10	Sun 7 Sep 2025

Notes:

• Game days that included reserve grade (NSWRL Women's Premiership, QRL Women's Premiership) or age division matches at the same venue before or after a single NRLW match are included in this category and table.
• For six of the 21 stand-alone matches in 2024 the attendances have not yet been published. The average given for 2024 is calculated based on the 15 games with published attendances. The actual average would be lower, but by exactly how much is not known.
• There were no stand-alone games in the 2018 and 2020 seasons.
• Table last updated: 22 September 2025

Current team-specific records

• Brisbane Broncos Women#Club records and List of Brisbane Broncos players
• Canberra Raiders Women#Club records and Canberra Raiders Women#Players list
• List of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs players#Women's team
• Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Women#Club records and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Women#Players list
• Gold Coast Titans Women#Club records and Gold Coast Titans Women#Players list
• Newcastle Knights Women#Club records and List of Newcastle Knights Women's players
• New Zealand Warriors Women#Club records and List of New Zealand Warriors players#Women
• List of North Queensland Cowboys players#Women's
• Parramatta Eels Women#Club records and Parramatta Eels Women#Players list
• St. George Illawarra Dragons Women#Club records and St. George Illawarra Dragons Women#Players list
• Sydney Roosters Women#Club records and List of Sydney Roosters players#Women's
• Wests Tigers Women#Club records and List of Wests Tigers NRLW players

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For records specific to a match, the Match Centre on the NRL website is referenced.

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External links

• Women's Premiership season statistics on the NRL website:
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • 2025
• NRLW Records at Rugby League Project

Matches played

All Time Ladder
Pos	Team	First game	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Win%	Share %
1	Brisbane Broncos	9 September 2018	56	41	0	15	1508	796	73.21%	65.45%
2	Sydney Roosters	8 September 2018	58	40	0	18	1385	824	68.97%	62.70%
3	Newcastle Knights	27 February 2022	46	30	0	16	1052	780	65.22%	57.42%
4	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	23 July 2023	33	18	0	15	647	533	54.55%	54.83%
5	Gold Coast Titans	27 February 2022	43	20	1	22	683	807	47.67%	45.84%
6	North Queensland Cowboys	22 July 2023	30	13	0	17	474	684	43.33%	40.93%
7	Canberra Raiders	23 July 2023	29	11	0	18	550	747	37.93%	42.41%
8	St George Illawarra Dragons	9 September 2018	52	19	0	33	841	1092	36.54%	43.51%
9	New Zealand Warriors	8 September 2018	20	8	0	12	304	362	40.00%	45.65%
10	Parramatta Eels	27 February 2022	41	15	0	26	647	969	36.59%	40.04%
11	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	4 July 2025	11	3	1	7	162	310	31.82%	34.32%
12	Wests Tigers	23 July 2023	29	5	0	24	344	693	17.24%	33.17%

Last updated: 6 October 2025 (after the Grand Final)
Share % is the percentage of points For over the sum of points For and Against.