The 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge was played between the 9th and 19th February 2023, before a 11-day lead up until the beginning of the 2023 NRL season.[1]
| 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 9 February 2023 – 19 February 2023 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Premiers |  Manly Warringah (1st title) |
| Matches played | 18 |
Background
editThe 2023 pre-season saw the introduction of the inaugural Pre-season Challenge, with bonus points rewarding teams for scoring tries, making line breaks and offloading.[2]
As the 2023 World Club Challenge was hosted in Australia, the competition was incorporated into the final week of the Pre-season Challenge, which also resulted in St Helens participating in the NRL Pre-season Challenge in both weeks.[3]
Standings
editThe winner of the Pre-season Challenge would receive $100,000 AUD.[2] Only matches in the second and third week of the pre-season counted towards the standings, excluding the All Stars match.
Twelve competition points are awarded for a win and six for a draw. One bonus competition point is awarded for each of the following: 5 or more tries, 5 or more line breaks, and 10 or more offloads.[4]
| Key to colours in table | |
|---|---|
| Winners of 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge | |
| 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge[5] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | BP | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 29 |
| 2 |  Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 28 |
| 3 |  St Helens
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 211 |
| 4 |  Gold Coast Titans
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 40 | +24 | 21 |
| 5 |  Brisbane Broncos
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 20 |
| 6 |  Penrith Panthers
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 26 | +6 | 191 |
| 7 |  Melbourne Storm
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 16 |
| 8 |  Parramatta Eels
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 52 | 36 | +16 | 15 |
| 9 |  South Sydney Rabbitohs
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 15 |
| 10 |  Sydney Roosters
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 |  Wests Tigers
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 |  New Zealand Warriors
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 36 | +18 | 14 |
| 13 |  Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 54 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 |  Dolphins
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 62 | -24 | 9 |
| 15 |  North Queensland Cowboys
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 42 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 |  St. George Illawarra Dragons
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 72 | -30 | 2 |
| 17 |  Newcastle Knights
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 64 | -34 | 2 |
| 18 |  Canberra Raiders
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 70 | -48 | 1 |
Notes:
1 St Helens and Penrith each received six NRL Pre-season Challenge competition points for 'drawing' the 2023 World Club Challenge match that was won by St Helens in golden point extra time.
Fixtures
editFirst week
editSecond week
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Draw". National Rugby League. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ a b "2023 Pre-Season Challenge: Everything you need to know". NRL.com. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "World Club Challenge: How to watch St Helens' clash with Penrith Panthers and NRL Pre-Season Challenge games on Sky". Sky Sports.
- ^ Pryde, Scott (2023-02-17). "NRL pre-season challenge ladder: Bonus point rules explained, full fixtures, standings, results". Zero Tackle. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
- ^ "2023 NRL Pre-Season Challenge ladder". NRL.com. Retrieved 19 February 2023.