2022 NRL Women's season

The line-up of teams remained the same as the postponed 2021 season (held from February to April in 2022). The number of teams would be increased to 10 in 2023.

Club	Season	Head coach	Captain(s)	Ref
Brisbane Broncos	5th season	Kelvin Wright	Ali Brigginshaw (5)
Gold Coast Titans	2nd season	Karyn Murphy	Brittany Breayley-Nati (5)	[4]
Newcastle Knights	2nd season	Ronald Griffiths	Millie Boyle (7) and Hannah Southwell (1)	[5][6]
Parramatta Eels	2nd season	Dean Widders	Tiana Penitani (5) and Simaima Taufa (7)	[7][8]
St. George Illawarra Dragons	5th season	Jamie Soward	Kezie Apps (5) also Keeley Davis (1: Round 3)
Sydney Roosters	5th season	John Strange	Isabelle Kelly (6)	[9]

Notes:

• In the Captain(s) column
  • The number next to the name indicates the number of games played as captain
  • The word and indicates joint captains. Of the two clubs that employed joint captains neither had both appear in every match.
  • The word also indicates the player deputised as captain when the regular captain missed one or more matches.

Bold – Home game
* – Golden point game
Opponent for round listed above margin

2022 NRL Women's season v t e
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Sydney Roosters	5	5	0	0	0	156	58	+98	10
2	Newcastle Knights	5	4	0	1	0	112	68	+44	8
3	St. George Illawarra Dragons	5	3	0	2	0	75	104	−29	6
4	Parramatta Eels	5	1	0	4	0	86	106	−20	2
5	Brisbane Broncos	5	1	0	4	0	78	111	−33	2
6	Gold Coast Titans	5	1	0	4	0	58	118	−60	2

• Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top four.
• 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	4	5
1	Sydney Roosters	2	4	6	8	10
2	Newcastle Knights	2	4	6	6	8
3	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2	4	4	6	6
4	Parramatta Eels	0	0	0	0	2
5	Brisbane Broncos	0	0	2	2	2
6	Gold Coast Titans	0	0	0	2	2

Two semi-finals were played on 25 September 2022 as part of a quadruple-header also featuring the men's and women's Prime Minister's XIII matches against Papua New Guinea .^[56][57][58]

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time	Venue	Referees	Attendance	Reports
Newcastle Knights	30 – 6	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Sunday, 25 September, 2:05 PM	Suncorp Stadium	Kasey Badger	3,649	[59][60][61]
Sydney Roosters	10 – 24	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 25 September, 3:50 PM		Belinda Sharpe	6,173	[62][63]

The Grand Final was played on Sunday, 2 October 2022, between the winners of the two semi-finals, at Accor Stadium as curtain-raiser to the 2022 men's season grand final.

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time	Venue	Referees	Attendance	Reports
Newcastle Knights	32 – 12	Parramatta Eels	Sunday, 2 October, 3:55 PM	Accor Stadium	Kasey Badger	42,921	[64]

At the conclusion of each round, the media department of the NRL announce a team of the week. Seventeen players were named.

Jersey	Position	Round 1[68]	Round 2[69]	Round 3[70]	Round 4[71]	Round 5[72]	Semi-finals[73]
1	Fullback	Sam Bremner	Tamika Upton	Sam Bremner	Evania Pelite	Gayle Broughton	Tamika Upton
2	Wing	Teagan Berry	Teagan Berry	Leianne Tufuga	Julia Robinson	Zali Fay	Teagan Berry
3	Centre	Isabelle Kelly	Tiana Penitani	Jessica Sergis	Isabelle Kelly	Jessica Sergis	Abbi Church
4	Centre	Page McGregor	Evania Pelite	Rikeya Horne	Shenae Ciesiolka	Taliah Fuimaono	Shanice Parker
5	Wing	Julia Robinson	Julia Robinson	Jaime Chapman	Karina Brown	Jayme Fressard	Cassey Tohi-Hiku
6	Fullback	Taliah Fuimaono	Tarryn Aiken	Zahara Temara	Zali Hopkins	Ashleigh Quinlan	Kirra Dibb
7	Halfback	Jesse Southwell	Raecene McGregor	Raecene McGregor	Rachael Pearson	Jesse Southwell	Tayla Preston
8	Prop	Millie Boyle	Shannon Mato	Chelsea Lenarduzzi	Millie Boyle	Jesse Southwell	Millie Boyle
9	Hooker	Keeley Davis	Destiny Brill	Olivia Higgins	Quincy Dodd	Destiny Brill	Brooke Anderson
10	Prop	Steph Hancock	Sarah Togatuki	Caitlan Johnston	Tara McGrath-West	Kennedy Cherrington	Kennedy Cherrington
11	Second-row	Shaniah Power	Kezie Apps	Vanessa Foliaki	Yasmin Clydsdale	Yasmin Clydsdale	Romy Teitzel
12	Second-row	Keilee Joseph	Olivia Kernick	Amber Hall	Kezie Apps	Otesa Pule	Yasmin Clydsdale
13	Lock	Simaima Taufa	Holli Wheeler	Keilee Joseph	Georgia Hale	Simaima Taufa	Holli Wheeler
14	interchange	Kennedy Cherrington	Emma Manzelmann	Tayla Preston	Jada Ferguson	Ali Brigginshaw	Ashleigh Quinlan
15	interchange	Tallisha Harden	Tayla Predebon	Jocelyn Kelleher	Simaima Taufa	Keilee Joseph	Caitlan Johnston
16	interchange	Holli Wheeler	Keilee Joseph	Monalisa Soliola	Keilee Joseph	Shannon Mato	Ellie Johnston
17	interchange	Emma Tonegato	Chelsea Lenarduzzi	Tamika Upton	Rima Pirini Butler	Tayla Predebon	Sarah Togatuki

In the week between the semi-finals and Grand Final, the Rugby League Players Association announced a Dream Team. The team was selected by the players, who each cast one vote for each position.^[74]

Jersey	Position	Player
1	Fullback	Sam Bremner
2	Wing	Julia Robinson
3	Centre	Isabelle Kelly
4	Centre	Jaime Chapman
5	Wing	Leianne Tufuga
6	Fullback	Tarryn Aiken
7	Halfback	Raecene McGregor
8	Prop	Millie Boyle
9	Hooker	Destiny Brill
10	Prop	Caitlan Johnston
11	Second-row	Olivia Kernick
12	Second-row	Amber Hall
13	Lock	Keilee Joseph

The following awards were presented at the Dally M Medal Awards ceremony in Sydney on the night of 28 September.^[75]

Dally M Medal Player of the Year: Raecene McGregor ( Sydney Roosters)^[76]

Captain of the Year: Isabelle Kelly ( Sydney Roosters)^[77]

Coach of the Year: John Strange ( Sydney Roosters)^[78]

Provan-Summons Medal: Toni Hunt ( Brisbane Broncos)

Rookie of the Year: Jesse Southwell ( Newcastle Knights)^[79]

Try of the Year: Tarryn Aiken for Brisbane Broncos versus Sydney Roosters (27 August 2022).

Tackle of the Year: Tarryn Aiken for Brisbane Broncos on Jessica Sergis of the Sydney Roosters (27 August 2022).

The following awards were voted for by NRLW players at the end of the season.

The Players' Champion: Raecene McGregor ( Sydney Roosters^[80]

Rookie of the Year: Gayle Broughton ( Parramatta Eels)^[81]

Dennis Tutty Award: Hannah Southwell ( Newcastle Knights)^[82]

Highest Point scorer in regular season: Zahara Temara ( Sydney Roosters) 44 (1t 20g)

Top try scorers in regular season: Jayme Fressard ( Sydney Roosters) 5