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Australian women’s rugby league 2026 season
The 2025 NRL Women’s season will be the ninth professional season of the NRL Women’s Premiership.
Teams
The twelve teams that participated in the 2025 season will again compete in 2026.
Notes:
- Craig Sandercock is to coach an NRLW side for the first time in 2026.[10]
- The Captain(s) column currently lists the 2025 captains.
- An exception is Raecene McGregor, the Dragons co-captain in 2025 who has signed with the Wests Tigers for 2026.
Scheduling
The start, duration, and conclusion of the 2026 season will be influenced by several factors.
- A seven-week preparation period.[12]
- Two weeks of leave.
- A six teams over three weeks final series. Winners of 3rd place versus 6th place and 4th place versus 5th place in Week 1 meet 1st place and 2nd place in Week 2 semi-finals. Winners of the semi-finals meet in the Grand Final in Week 3.
- Decision on the length of the regular season. In 2025, eleven rounds were played, the minimum required for the twelve teams to play each of their opponents once.
- A three-match Women’s State of Origin series.
- The NRL (men’s) Grand Final Day, expected to be 4 October 2026.
Players and transfers
The 2026 season salary cap for clubs is $1,386,000 and the minimum wage for contracted players is $46,200. Squad size is 24 players plus 4 development players.[12]
In the recent seasons of 2023, 2024, and 2025, Clubs were required to fill their 24-player roster by late May.
Players may be added to each club’s roster from outside the initial squad of 24 as injury replacements. This can be to cover season-ending injuries or a significant number of short-term injuries.
Transfers
Table last updated: 18 October 2025
Players released
The following clubs announced the release of players after the conclusion of their 2025 season. The number in parenthesis alongside a player’s name is the number of NRLW games played in the 2025 season.
Brisbane Broncos
The Broncos announced the departure of seven players.[26] Three of the seven had previously been announced as signings by their new club (Broughton, Hufanga, and Keilee Joseph). A fourth transfer (Nu’uausala) quickly followed. The other three players were:
Gold Coast Titans
The Titans have confirmed the release of one player.
Newcastle Knights
The Knights announced during their NRLW presentation awards evening the departure of six players.[29] Subsequently, Jesse Southwell was confirmed as signing with another NRLW club.
The Newcastle Herald reported that Gallagher was expected to sign with the Raiders.[29]
New Zealand Warriors
The Warriors announced the release of seven players.[30] Subsequently, Lavinia Kitai was confirmed as signing with another NRLW club.
- Avery-Rose Carmont (4)
- Emily Curtain (5)
- Makayla Eli (3)
- Kalyn Takitimu-Cook (2)
- Lydia Turua-Quedley (11)
- Sharnyze Pihema (0) (development)
North Queensland Cowboys
The Cowboys released a statement on 22nd October 2025, confirming the departure of four players.[31] Subsequently, Lillian Yarrow was confirmed as signing with another NRLW club. On Friday 24th October co-captain Kirra Dibb was granted an immediate release, and subsequently was confirmed as signing with another NRLW Club [32]
- Krystal Blackwell
- Caitlan Tanner (development)
- Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly (development)
Parramatta Eels
The Eels announced during their NRLW presentation awards evening the departure of ten players.[33][28]
- Tyla Amiatu (1)
- Yasmine Baker (0)
- Rysh’e Fa’amausili (2)
- Ruby-Jean Kennard-Ellis (1)
- Jessica Kennedy (0)
- Chelsea Makira (0)
- Mia Middleton (2)
- Kiana Takairangi (2)
- Paige Travis (11)
- Madeline Jones (0)
St George Illawarra Dragons
The St George Illawarra Dragons have announced the release of eight players, with Raecene McGregor confirmed as signing with another NRLW club.[34]
- Alice Gregory
- Raecene McGregor
- Jamilee McGregor
- Sophie Clancy
- Bobbi Law
- Pia Tapsell
- Grace Hamilton
- Shenai Lendill
Code Sports reported that Law was expected to sign with the Raiders.
On Tuesday 28th October 2025, the St George Illawarra Dragons announced the extension of Head Coach Nathan Cross until the end of the 2027 NRLW Season
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Wests Tigers
The Wests Tigers announced the release of 14 players, including three who had been on a development contract.[36] Subsequently, Montana Clifford was confirmed as signing with another NRLW club.
- Claudia Brown (0)
- Iemaima Etuale (5)
- Amelia Huakau (11)
- Evie McGrath (6)
- Claudia Nielsen (1)
- Salma Nour (7)
- Rebecca Pollard (0)
- Jessikah Reeves (3)
- Chelsea Savill (6)
- Tiana-Lee Thorne (1)
- Tallara Bamblett (0) (development)
- Aaliyah Bula (0) (development)
- Tiresa Leasuasu (0) (development)
References
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