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NRL Women's
SportRugby league
Founded6 December 2017,
Sydney, Australia
First season2018
CEOTodd Greenberg
No. of teams6
CountryAustralia
HeadquartersSydney, New South Wales, Australia
TV partner(s)to be determined
Related
competitions		National Rugby League

NRL Women's (NRLW) is Australia's national rugby league competition for female players. The first season of the league will begin in August 2018 with six teams. The league will be run by the National Rugby League (NRL) and will be contested by a subset of clubs from that competition.

History

In 2016, the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and St. George Illawarra Dragons contested a Women's Nine's match, which served as a curtain-raiser to the NRL match between the Sharks and Sydney Roosters, at Southern Cross Group Stadium. The Sharks won the match 16-12.[1][2]

In March 2017, the Sharks played another Women's Nine's match, this time defeating the Canberra Raiders by 28–10.[3]

Establishment

On 6 December 2017, shortly after the conclusion of the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup, which concluded with the Jillaroos defeating the New Zealand Ferns by 23–16 in the final,[4] it was announced by the National Rugby League that the inaugural NRL Women's season would operate in a round-robin format, and be held in August 2018, towards the back end of the men's season, with some matches to be played as curtain-raisers to NRL finals matches. The Grand Final, which will be contested between the top two teams at the end of the round robin stage, will be played on the same day as the men's Grand Final. It was also announced that a stand-alone State of Origin match would also be contested in the representative weekend, in June.[5]

A decision on which six teams are granted licences to participate in the inaugural NRL Women's season is to be made by round one of the 2018 NRL season.[6][7]

Immediately after this announcement, it was reported that the Newcastle Knights, St. George Illawarra Dragons and Melbourne Storm had declared their interest in applying for a licence to participate in the inaugural NRL Women's competition.[8][9][10][11]

Season structure

The season will operate using a round-robin format, with the top two finishing teams to contest the Grand Final which is to be held on the same day as the men's Grand Final.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lulham, Amanda (29 August 2016). "Women's rugby league passes test with flying colours as Cronulla beat Dragons in historic nines match". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ^ Carayannis, Michael (27 August 2016). "The Sharks have beaten the Dragons 16-12 in a historic NRL womens nines match". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ Coman, James (11 March 2017). "Women's Nines: Sharks defeat Raiders". Raiders.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Women's Rugby League World Cup: Australia's Jillaroos beat New Zealand 23-16 in final to claim world title". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 2 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. ^ a b Bungard, Matt (6 December 2017). "NRL 2018: National women's competition set to run next season". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ^ Walter, Brad (6 December 2017). "NRL Women's Premiership set to launch". National Rugby League. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  7. ^ Bollen, Fiona (7 December 2017). "NRL wants sellout crowds for inaugural women's competition". The Australian. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  8. ^ Bungard, Matt; Proszenko, Adrian (6 December 2017). "NRL 2018: Knights, Dragons first to declare bids for licences for women's tournament". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  9. ^ Perry, Jodan (6 December 2017). "NRL Women's Premiership a dream come true for Jillaroos hero Ruan Sims". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Dragons confirm interest in women's competition". Dragons.com.au. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  11. ^ Cavanagh, Chris (6 December 2017). "Melbourne Storm pushing for team in new women's competition". Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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