


The maximum number of points a club can accrue is 130 per squad of 24 players. Under a marquee and points cap system, players across the game have been allocated into eight different categories.Ī player's highest level of representation will be counted to the overall figure only. Three new NRLW clubs - Parramatta, Gold Coast and Newcastle - join foundation clubs the Broncos, Dragons and Roosters in the competition. The fourth season of the NRL Telstra Women's Premiership will kick off in early 2022 and be played as a standalone competition for the first time in its history.Ĭhanges to recruitment and retention for the postponed 2021 competition have been confirmed with a talent equalisation method implemented. The best of the NRLW regular season NRL Telstra Women's Premiership

Rising playmaker Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly, Charlotte Scanlan, Kararaina Wira-Kohu and Katelyn Vaha'akolo will also join the club. The trio will reunite with Broncos premiership winners Maitua Feterika and Ngatokotoru Arakua, who boast plenty of big-game experience between them. They'll join the likes of former Warriors trio Charntay Poko, Krystal Rota and Annetta Nu'uausala, who all missed the 2020 season due to COVID-19 border restrictions. Rising Mackay hooker Emma Manzelmann, Katie Green and Rangimarie Edwards-Bruce have also signed on, leaving the club with just one more signing to reveal before the season begins in February. Parker, who represented the Gold Coast Suns earlier this season, is one of seven Queenslanders who will join nine recruits from New Zealand and seven local players to help form the inaugural squad.įormer Broncos utility Romy Teitzel headlines the list with North Queensland prodigy Tahlulah Tillett also landing her first NRLW deal. Parramatta and Newcastle finalised their squads last week with AFLW convert Paige Parker and former rugby sevens star Emma Sykes among the Queensland-based contingent set to join the Knights.

Soward pleased after finalising NRLW squad
