2022 NRL pre-season results

The 2022 NRL pre-season was played between 12 February and 28 February 2022, before a 10-day lead up until the beginning of the 2022 NRL season.[1]

2022 NRL pre-season
Duration12 February 2022 – 28 February 2022
Teams17
Matches played21

Background

The 2022 NRL pre-season will feature nineteen matches across three weekends, including the 2022 All Stars match and the annual Charity Shield match between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and St George Illawarra Dragons.[2] The 2022 season also saw the cancellation of the World Club Challenge between reigning NRL premiers Penrith Panthers and 2021 Super League winners St Helens due to complications with the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

The pre-season also saw the first ever rugby league match to be played in the western Victorian city of Ballarat when Melbourne Storm played the Newcastle Knights at Mars Stadium in front of 5,127 people.[4] The Charity Shield match also drew the highest attendance for the fixture since 2017, and aside from the All Stars match, was the largest attended match of the pre-season with 9,257 fans.[5]

The match between the New Zealand Warriors and the Gold Coast Titans was cancelled after being initially postponed and rescheduled from Moreton Daily Stadium to Cbus Super Stadium due to the 2022 South East Queensland flood.[6][7]

Fixtures

First week
12 February 2022
16:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Wynnum Manly Seagulls 4–52 Brisbane Broncos
Report
BMD Kougari Oval, Brisbane
Attendance: 5,000[8]
Main article: 2022 All Stars match
12 February 2022
20:20 AEST (UTC+11:00)
Māori All Stars Māori people 16–10 Indigenous All Stars
Report
CommBank Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 26,755[9]

Second week
18 February 2022
18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Sydney Roosters 18–32 Canberra Raiders
Report
Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 5,563[10]
18 February 2022
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Wests Tigers 4–28 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Report
Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
Attendance: 5,563[10]
19 February 2022
16:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Melbourne Storm 16–30 New Zealand Warriors
Report
Casey Fields, Melbourne
Attendance: 6,876[11]
19 February 2022
17:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
North Queensland Cowboys 24–12 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Report
Barlow Park, Cairns
Attendance: 7,128[12]
19 February 2022
19:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
Gold Coast Titans 26–26 Brisbane Broncos
Report

Third week
25 February 2022
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Sydney Roosters 8–16 Wests Tigers
Report
26 February 2022
17:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Penrith Panthers 0–36 Parramatta Eels
Report
BlueBet Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: TBA[17]
See also: Charity Shield (NRL)
26 February 2022
20:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)
North Queensland Cowboys 26–6 Brisbane Broncos
Report
BB Print Stadium, Mackay
Attendance: 4,545[18]
27 February 2022
17:45 AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Melbourne Storm 24–10 Newcastle Knights
Report
Mars Stadium, Ballarat
Attendance: 5,127[19]

a^ The match was initially scheduled to be played on 26 February at Moreton Daily Stadium, but was rescheduled due to the 2022 South East Queensland flood.[6]

See also

References
  1. "All Stars, Charity Shield, double-headers headline pre-season". National Rugby League. January 26, 2022.
  2. "NRL slammed for banning Latrell Mitchell from All Stars game while letting him play Charity Shield". Fox Sports. January 31, 2022.
  3. "World Club Challenge set for continued absence following silence in Australia". 4 January 2022.
  4. "Storm finishes trials with impressive win". 28 February 2022.
  5. "NRL Trial: Rabbitohs v Dragons - Glen Willow Stadium".
  6. https://www.warriors.kiwi/news/2022/02/26/redcliffe-trial-postponed/
  7. "Warriors-Titans pre-season trial cancelled due to extreme weather". 28 February 2022.
  8. "Young Gulls get invaluable experience in Broncos trial - Wynnum Manly Seagulls". 13 February 2022.
  9. "NRL All Stars Game - CommBank Stadium".
  10. "NRL Trial: Roosters v Raiders | Tigers v Sea Eagles - Leichhardt Oval".
  11. "NRL Trial: Storm v Warriors - Casey Fields".
  12. "NRL Trial: Rabbitohs v Cowboys - Barlow Park".
  13. "NRL Trial: Titans v Broncos - Cbus Super Stadium".
  14. "NRL Trial: Sharks v Panthers | Eels v Dragons - CommBank Stadium".
  15. "NRL Trial: Knights v Bulldogs - McDonald Jones Stadium".
  16. "NRL Trial: Sea Eagles v Raiders | Roosters v Tigers - Central Coast Stadium".
  17. "NRL Trial: Panthers v Eels - BlueBet Stadium".
  18. "NRL Trial: Cowboys v Broncos - BB Print Stadium".
  19. "NRL Trial: Storm v Knights - Mars Stadium".
  20. "NRL Trial: Sharks v Bulldogs - PointsBet Stadium".
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