2019 NRL Women's season squads
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The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership comprised 4 competing teams. Starting squad size was 22 players. Contracts were for the short pre-season and four-week season.
Requests to replace players injured during the pre-season could be sought from the administrative body, the National Rugby League.
The 4 clubs in total used 82 players. Each club used between 19 and 22 players. Six contracted players went unused. 36 players made their NRLW debut in what was the second season of the competition.
During the season, 36 tries were scored by 29 individual players. So, 35.37% of players scored at least one try. A tally of 24 goals was kicked by 5 players, with the Brisbane Broncos using two kickers. No field-goals were kicked during the season.
The NRLW was preceded by several matches and tournaments that involved NRLW players:
- Indigenous versus Māori All Stars on 15 February 2019. Eight members of the Māori team and seven from the Indigenous side played NRLW in 2019.
- Australian National Championships from 30 May to 2 June 2019.
- New Zealand National Championships
- New South Wales versus Queensland on 21 June 2019. 31 of 34 participants played NRLW in 2019.
- New Zealand versus Samoa on 22 June 2019. Fifteen Kiwi Ferns played in the 2019 NRLW season. Billy-Jean Ale played for Samoa in this game and for the Kiwi Ferns on 25 October 2019.
- Fiji versus Papua New Guinea on 22 June 2019. Two Fijians (Timaima Ravisa and Roela Radiniyavuni) plus 18th player Aliti Namoce played NRLW in 2019.
Two representative matches and a nines tournament involving NRLW players followed the NRLW season:
- Prime Minister’s XIII match between Fiji and Australia on 11 October 2019.
- 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s – Women's tournament on 18 and 19 October 2019.
- Australia versus New Zealand on 25 October 2019.
The Broncos were coached by Kelvin Wright.[1] Ali Brigginshaw was appointed captain.[2]
The Broncos announced player signings in several groupings from early June 2019 onwards:
- Ali Brigginshaw, Chelsea Baker, Heather Ballinger and Steph Hancock. [3]
- Tarryn Aiken, Amber Hall, Rona Peters, Amber Pilley, and Meg Ward.[4]
- Annette Brander.[5]
- Jessika Elliston, Lavinia Gould, Chelsea Lenarduzzi, Julia Robinson, and Rosemary Vaimili-Toalepai.[6]
- Tazmin Gray, Taylor Mapusua, and Amy Turner.[7]
- Millie Boyle, Mariah Storch, and Tamika Upton.[8]
- Raecene McGregor.
New Zealand Warriors
The Warriors were coached by Luisa Avaiki. Georgia Hale was appointed captain.[9][10][11]
The Warriors unveiled their 22-player squad on 26 August 2019.[12]
Notes:
- The Warriors' captain in the 2018 season, Laura Mariu, was unavailable for the 2019 season due to a shoulder injury.[10]
