2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge

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2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge
Duration	9 February 2023 – 19 February 2023
Teams	17
Premiers	Manly Warringah (1st title)
Matches played	18
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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.

Background

The 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.

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.

Standings

The winner of the Pre-season Challenge would receive $100,000 AUD. 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.

Key to colours in table
	Winners of 2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge

2023 NRL Pre-season Challenge
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	21
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	19
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:
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

First week

9 February 2023
18:00 NZDT (UTC+13:00)

New Zealand Warriors	48–12	Wests Tigers
	Report

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Belinda Sharpe

10 February 2023
17:55 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

Newcastle Knights	16–28	Cronulla Sutherland Sharks
	Report

Industree Group Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 9,807
Referee: Kasey Badger

10 February 2023
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

South Sydney Rabbitohs	28–30	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
	Report

Industree Group Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 9,807
Referee: Todd Smith

11 February 2023
18:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

Penrith Panthers	22–16	Parramatta Eels
	Report

Bluebet Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 3,525
Referee: Wyatt Raymond

11 February 2023
20:05 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

St George Illawarra Dragons	18–30	St Helens
	Report

WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Attendance: 6,463
Referee: Liam Kennedy

12 February 2023
13:50 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

Melbourne Storm	24–32	Sydney Roosters
	Report

GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Attendance: 7,857
Referee: Chris Sutton

12 February 2023
15:55 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

Canberra Raiders	18–34	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
	Report

Ack Weyman Oval, Moruya
Attendance: 4,535
Referee: Peter Gough

12 February 2023
18:00 AEST (UTC+10:00)

North Queensland Cowboys	22–22	Dolphins
	Report

Barlow Park, Cairns
Attendance: 6,922
Referee: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski

12 February 2023
20:05 AEST (UTC+10:00)

Brisbane Broncos	24–24	Gold Coast Titans
	Report

Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast
Referee: Darian Furner

Second week

17 February 2023
17:55 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

Newcastle Knights	14–36	Parramatta Eels
	Report

Industree Group Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 10,744
Referee: Grant Atkins

17 February 2023
20:00 AEDT (UTC+11:00)

Sydney Roosters	16–28	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles
	Report

Industree Group Stadium, Gosford
Attendance: 10,744
Referee: Chris Butler

References

"Draw". National Rugby League. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
^ "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.

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