NRL 2025 NRL Preseason Challenge

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2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge​

Thu 21 Nov 2024, 11:01 am

The National Rugby League (NRL) has confirmed the annual Pre-Season Challenge will include matches in Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and a host of other locations across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria as the series ramps up its regional presence in 2025.

Now in its third year, the three-week tournament will feature 17 matches to be played between February 7 and February 25, including three double-header matchdays.

Regional centres Mudgee and the Central Coast (NSW), Toowoomba and Cairns (Queensland) and Cranbourne East (Victoria) will get an early glimpse at the NRL stars in action as teams put the finishing touches on their Premiership preparations.

All 2025 Pre-Season Challenge matches will be broadcast live and exclusive on Kayo Sports and Foxtel. The full draw is as follows (all times listed in AEDT):

Week 1​

Friday 7 Feb​

Sharks v Warriors at Sharks Stadium 7:30pm

Saturday 8 Feb​

Panthers v Raiders at Sharks Stadium 7:30pm

Week 2​

Thu 13 Feb​

Raiders v Sharks at GIO Stadium 7:50pm

Fri 14 Feb​

Knights v Eels at McDonald Jones Stadium 6:00pm
Cowboys v Dolphins at Barlow Park, Cairns 8:00pm

Sat 15 Feb​

Warriors v Storm at Go Media Stadium 1:30pm
Rabbitohs v Sea Eagles at Industree Group Stadium 3:30pm

Sun 16 Feb​

Broncos v Titans at Clive Berghofer Stadium, Toowoomba 3:30pm
Bulldogs v Wests Tigers at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 5:30pm
Dragons v Roosters at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium 7:30pm

Week 3​

Fri 21 Feb​

Sea Eagles v Panthers at Leichhardt Oval 6:00pm
Wests Tigers v Eels at Leichhardt Oval 8:00pm

Sat 22 Feb​

Dragons v Rabbitohs at Glen Willow Stadium, Mudgee 3:00pm
Broncos v Bulldogs at Kayo Stadium 5:30pm
Dolphins v Titans at Kayo Stadium 7:30pm

Sun 23 Feb​

Storm v Cowboys at Casey Fields, Cranbourne East 2:00pm
Roosters v Knights at Industree Group Stadium 4:00pm

2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge

The National Rugby League (NRL) has confirmed the annual Pre-Season Challenge will include matches in Sydney, Brisbane, Auckland and a host of other locations across NSW, Queensland and Victoria.

www.nrl.com

*** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WARRIORS HAVE THEIR OWN PRESEASON CHALLENGE THREAD FOR TEAM LISTS AND GAME DAY DISCUSSION***

General - 2025 Warriors Trial Games

2025 Warriors Trial Games PRESEASON CHALLENGE

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2025 Witzer Pre-Season Challenge: Everything you need to know​

AuthorNRL.comTimestampSat 1 Feb 2025, 11:07 am

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The Witzer Pre-Season Challenge kicks off on February 7 and will feature 17 matches across three weeks including three double-header matchdays.

From Mudgee and Gosford in NSW to Toowoomba and Cairns in Queensland, Cranbourne East in Victoria and Hamilton in New Zealand, the Pre-Season Challenge offers fans in regional centres an early glimpse at the NRL stars in action as teams put the finishing touches on their Premiership preparations.

This year's competition will feature all 17 NRL teams, with the four Las Vegas teams - Sharks, Warriors, Raiders, Panthers - featuring in Round 1 at Sharks Stadium.

In Round 2, great rivals the Warriors and Storm clash in Hamiton while Netstrata Jubilee Stadium plays host to a Sunday double-header featuring the Bulldogs-Wests Tigers clash and Shane Flanagan's Red V taking on the Roosters.

In Round 3, the time-honoured Charity Shield between the Dragons and Rabbitohs will light up the picturesque Glen Willow Oval in Mudgee on Saturday afternoon before a double dose of action at Redcliffe's Kayo Stadium with the Broncos, Bulldogs, Dolphins and Titans all strutting their stuff.

The winning team will take home $100,000 and a huge shot of confidence to take into the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership.

The rules​

Team Lists​

A 28-player list to be submitted by 3pm Tuesday, prior to the match. Final lists to be submitted 1 hour prior to kick-off.

Interchange​

Unlimited interchange will apply. Up to 28 players may be used in each game.

Bonus points​

The addition of bonus points to go alongside points earned by winning or drawing a match ensures teams have something to play for in every contest, no matter what's happening on the scoreboard.

Score 5 or more tries = 1 point
Make 5 or more line breaks = 1 point
Make 10 or more offoads = 1 point

Alongside points accumulated through results, the number of bonus points a team can snare each game could make all the difference on what is sure to be a congested ladder.


The club with the most points at the conclusion of the two rounds will be declared the winner of the Witzer Pre-Season Challenge and claim the $100,000 in prizemoney.

Tiebreaker process​

Given the short duration of the Witzer Pre-Season Challenge, there is a good chance the winner will have to be decided via a countback, and the NRL has devised a system to find a winner should teams finish tied on points at the top of the ladder.

Defending champs​

The Broncos downed the Cowboys and Sea Eagles in last year's Pre-Season Challenge and took the title on points differential from the Roosters, who also won both their matches. The Broncos' differential of +52 was enough to sneak past the Roosters +50, both sides collecting four bonus points across the two rounds.

2025 Witzer Pre-Season Challenge: Everything you need to know

The Witzer Pre-Season Challenge kicks off on Friday February 7 and will feature 17 matches across three weeks including three double-header matchdays.

www.nrl.com

Now if you are one of those who can't get their head around having player names added to jerseys then these rules will likely have you short circuiting.

 

[WarriorsForever]

Casey Mclean has put on some size

 

[roguei]

This game is making our attack yesterday look world class

 

[Beastmode]

This game is making our attack yesterday look world class

yeh but this is two reserve grade teams hitting it out...

 

[roguei]

yeh but this is two reserve grade teams hitting it out...

Oh this is on both sides. The sharks looked a hell of a lot better than both sides here. And tackle count in the oppostion 20 is already at about double for the panther's than what we had for the whole game.

 

[roguei]

Sander's (the raider's number 7) is making Jesse Mclean and Daine Laurie look awful. Every kick he has seems to find grass.

 

[roguei]

Side note. Raider's away jesery has to be the worst in the comp, looks nothing like em.

 

[Noitall]

Hopefully get these roll balls out of the way in trials

 

[Worried2Death]

Hopefully get these roll balls out of the way in trials

Unless it's the Raiders doing them all in round 1

 

[Beastmode]

Papalii looks decent
The efforts there

 

[Noitall]

Unless it's the Raiders doing them all in round 1

Could live with that

 

[Noitall]

Raiders always do well with their forwards

 

[roguei]

Did ricky grease them all up at halftime? Both players went through about 4 panthers each.

 

[Noitall]

Did ricky grease them all up at halftime? Both players went through about 4 panthers each.

They’ve come out strong. Mariota running rampant

 

[Po11um]

Green machine look dangerous this season

 

[roguei]

This panter's attack is just not clicking at all. I think thats now 30 tackles in the raider's 20 and only one try...

 

[Po11um]

Raiders will be hard to beat in vegas

 

[roguei]

Raiders will be hard to beat in vegas

How many of there 17 are even in this game? Hopate and chevy maybe? Looking damn good for almost all 2nd and 3rd stringers.