2019 NRL Women's season

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

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]

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

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]

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

• 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

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[10][11][12]	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

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)

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]

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

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.

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