2022 NRL pre-season results
| 2022 NRL pre-season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 12 February 2022 – 28 February 2022 |
| Teams | 17 |
| Matches played | 21 |
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]
Background
[edit]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
[edit]First week
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Second week
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Third week
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "All Stars, Charity Shield, double-headers headline pre-season". National Rugby League. January 26, 2022.
- ^ "NRL slammed for banning Latrell Mitchell from All Stars game while letting him play Charity Shield". Fox Sports. January 31, 2022.
- ^ "World Club Challenge set for continued absence following silence in Australia". 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Storm finishes trials with impressive win". 28 February 2022.
- ^ a b "NRL Trial: Rabbitohs v Dragons - Glen Willow Stadium".
- ^ a b "Vodafone Warriors' Redcliffe trial postponed until Monday - Warriors". Archived from the original on 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Warriors-Titans pre-season trial cancelled due to extreme weather". 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Young Gulls get invaluable experience in Broncos trial - Wynnum Manly Seagulls". 13 February 2022.
- ^ "NRL All Stars Game - CommBank Stadium".
- ^ a b "NRL Trial: Roosters v Raiders | Tigers v Sea Eagles - Leichhardt Oval".
- ^ "NRL Trial: Storm v Warriors - Casey Fields".
- ^ "NRL Trial: Rabbitohs v Cowboys - Barlow Park".
- ^ "NRL Trial: Titans v Broncos - Cbus Super Stadium".
- ^ a b "NRL Trial: Sharks v Panthers | Eels v Dragons - CommBank Stadium".
- ^ "NRL Trial: Knights v Bulldogs - McDonald Jones Stadium".
- ^ a b "NRL Trial: Sea Eagles v Raiders | Roosters v Tigers - Central Coast Stadium".
- ^ "NRL Trial: Panthers v Eels - BlueBet Stadium".
- ^ "NRL Trial: Cowboys v Broncos - BB Print Stadium".
- ^ "NRL Trial: Storm v Knights - Mars Stadium".
- ^ "NRL Trial: Sharks v Bulldogs - PointsBet Stadium".