The 2019 NRL Women's Premiership was the second season of professional

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Teams

Pre-season

Regular season

The season again operated under a round-robin format, with games played as curtain-raisers to the 2019 NRL Finals Series as well as two standalone matches. The top two finishing teams will then contest the Grand Final, which is to be played before the men's

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on 6 October.

Ladder

Ladder progression

* Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top two. * 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.

Grand Final

Individual Awards

Dally M Medal Awards Night

The following award was presented at the ''Dally M Medal Awards'' ceremony in Sydney on the night of 2 October 2019. Dally M Medal Player of the Year:

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( St. George Illawarra Dragons)

Grand Final Day Awards

The following awards were presented at

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on Grand Final day, 6 October 2019. Veronica White Medal:

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( New Zealand Warriors). Karyn Murphy Medal Player of the Match:

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( Brisbane Broncos)

Statistical Awards

Highest Point Scorer in Regular Season:

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( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 14 (7g) Top Try Scorers in Regular Season:

( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 3 Highest Point Scorer across the Full Season:

( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 16 (8g) Top Try Scorer across the Full Season:

( St. George Illawarra Dragons) 3

Postseason

In October 2018, NRL announced the inaugural edition of

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in Western Sydney on 18–19 October 2019, featuring 12 international men's teams and 4 women's teams. This would be around one month after the Women's Grand Final and replaced the

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which had been run as a preseason tournament in previous years.

References

External links

* {{NRL Women's Premiership