# 2019 NRL Women's season

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

## Teams

| Club | Season | Head coach | Captain(s) |
| Brisbane Broncos | 2nd season | Kelvin Wright | Ali Brigginshaw |
| New Zealand Warriors | 2nd season | Luisa Avaiki | Laura Mariu |
| St. George Illawarra Dragons | 2nd season | Daniel Lacey | Sam Bremner |
| Sydney Roosters | 2nd season | Adam Hartigan | Simaima Taufa |

## Pre-season

| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information | Match Information |
| Home | Score | Away | 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

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.

## 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 |

### 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

* Sunday, 6 October 4:05pm
| 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 | Tries: Kezie Apps (50') 1 Goals: Maddie Studdon 1/1 (51') |
* ANZ Stadium Attendance: 36,785
* Karyn Murphy Medallist: Annette Brander (Brisbane) Referee: Kasey Badger, Daniel Schwass
| 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.
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).
Karyn Murphy Medal Player of the Match: Annette Brander ( Brisbane Broncos)

### 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. 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.