NRL Wheelchair Championship

The NRL Wheelchair Championship will be an elite level wheelchair rugby league competition for teams in Australia, with the inaugural edition beginning in 2025.[1]

The competition is the third elite level domestic competition in the sport after France's Elite 1 and the United Kingdom's RFL Wheelchair Super League.

2025 season

The inaugural 2025 event will be contested by nine teams and will be played between 31 October and 2 November at the Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre in Gold Coast, Queensland.[2] The tournament will be opened and closed by both tests of the 2025 Wheelchair Ashes.[3]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Australian Capital Territory 5 5 0 0 208 36 +172 10 Advance to final
2 Queensland 5 4 0 1 110 40 +70 8
3 New South Wales 6 4 0 2 122 88 +34 8
4 New Zealand 5 2 0 3 102 84 +18 4
5 Queensland Reserves 5 2 0 3 66 124 −58 4
6 Victoria 5 1 0 4 34 156 −122 2
7 Affiliated States 5 0 0 5 30 144 −114 0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2025. Source: NRL

Fixtures

Opening game
Round 1
Date; Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Court
31 October; 10:00 New South Wales 4–52 Australian Capital Territory Showcourt
31 October; 10:00 Victoria 12–6 Affiliated States Court 2
31 October; 11:00 New Zealand 24–14 Queensland Reserves Showcourt
Round Bye: Queensland Ref:[5]
Round 2
Date; Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Court
31 October; 12:00 New South Wales 40–8 Victoria Showcourt
31 October; 12:00 Australian Capital Territory 48–0 Affiliated States Court 2
31 October; 13:15 New Zealand 10–24 Queensland Showcourt
Round Bye: Queensland Reserves Ref:[5]
Round 3
Date; Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Court
31 October; 14:45 New South Wales 34–6 Affiliated States Showcourt
31 October; 14:45 Australian Capital Territory 34–8 Victoria Court 2
31 October; 16:00 Queensland Reserves 6–28 Queensland Showcourt
Round Bye: New Zealand Ref:[5]
Round 4
Date; Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Court
1 November; 10:00 New South Wales 18–0 New Zealand Showcourt
1 November; 10:00 Australian Capital Territory 52–6 Queensland Reserves Court 2
1 November; 11:15 Victoria 0–26 Queensland Showcourt
Round Bye: Affiliated States
Round 5
Date; Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Court
1 November; 12:15 New South Wales 6–16 Queensland Reserves Showcourt
1 November; 12:15 Australian Capital Territory 22–18 New Zealand Court 2
1 November; 13:15 Affiliated States 4–26 Queensland Showcourt
Round Bye: Victoria
Round 6
Date; Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Court
1 November; 14:15 Victoria 6–50 New Zealand Showcourt
1 November; 14:15 Affiliated States 14–24 Queensland Reserves Court 2
1 November; 15:15 Queensland 6–20 New South Wales Showcourt
Round Bye: Australian Capital Territory
Round 7
Date; Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Court
2 November; 10:00 Victoria Queensland Reserves Showcourt
2 November; 10:00 Australian Capital Territory Queensland Court 2
2 November; 11:00 Affiliated States 6–36 New Zealand Showcourt
Round Bye: New South Wales
Exhibition match
  • Gold Coast Titans vs Brisbane Broncos
Final
Date; Time Team 1 Score Team 2 Court
2 November; 13:00 Australian Capital Territory 42–4 New South Wales Showcourt
Ref:[6]
Closing game

References

  1. ^ "Inaugural Leagues Clubs Australia NRL Wheelchair Championships to ignite the Gold Coast". NRL. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  2. ^ "LCA NRL Wheelchair Championships". NRL Wheelchair. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Wheelchair Ashes Series launches at Queensland Parliament". NRL. 28 October 2025. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  4. ^ https://www.nrl.com/news/2025/10/30/Wheelaroos-fall-short-in-opening-Wheelchair-Ashes-Test/
  5. ^ a b c https://www.nrlwheelchair.com.au/thrilling-start-to-the-lca-nrl-wheelchair-championships-on-the-gold-coast/
  6. ^ https://www.nrlwheelchair.com.au/historic-act-victory-at-inaugural-lca-nrl-wheelchair-championships/
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