# 2025 Dolphins (NRL) season

The 2025 Dolphins season is the Dolphins club's third season in the National Rugby League (NRL) competition in Australia. The previous year's assistant coach Kristian Woolf succeeded Wayne Bennett as head coach.

## Player movement

The following player movements happened across the previous season, off-season and pre-season.

### Gains

| Player | Previous Club | Length |
| Junior Tupou | Wests Tigers | 2027 |
| Kulikefu Finefeuiaki | North Queensland Cowboys | 2027 |
| Daniel Saifiti | Newcastle Knights | 2027 |
| Max Feagai | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 2026 |

### Losses

| Player | New Club |
| Jarrod Wallace | Catalans Dragons (Super League) |
| Tevita Pangai Junior | Catalans Dragons (Super League) |
| Tesi Niu | Leigh Leopards (Super League) |
| Euan Aitken | South Sydney Rabbitohs |
| Edrick Lee | Retired |
| Jesse Bromwich | Retired |
| Valynce Te Whare | Shizuoka Blue Revs (rugby union) |

## Pre-season challenge

The Dolphins finished sixth in the 2025 NRL Pre-season Challenge played in February, prior to the commencement of the regular 2025 NRL season in March.

## Regular season
### Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Melbourne Storm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 18 | +38 | 4 | Advance to finals series |
| 2 | Canberra Raiders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 4 | Advance to finals series |
| 3 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 4 | Advance to finals series |
| 4 | Newcastle Knights | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 4 | Advance to finals series |
| 5 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 4 | Advance to finals series |
| 6 | Brisbane Broncos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 2 | Advance to finals series |
| 7 | Wests Tigers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 2 | Advance to finals series |
| 8 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 2 | Advance to finals series |
| 9 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 2 | |
| 10 | Penrith Panthers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | New Zealand Warriors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 2 | |
| 12 | Gold Coast Titans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sydney Roosters | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 82 | −30 | 2 | |
| 14 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 0 | |
| 15 | Dolphins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 42 | −16 | 0 | |
| 16 | North Queensland Cowboys | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 78 | −54 | 0 | |
| 17 | Parramatta Eels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 88 | −64 | 0 | |

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | – | H | A | H | H | – | A | H | – | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | | | | | | | | | | | B | | | | | B | | | B | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Points | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Matches

The league fixtures were released on 21 November 2024.
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