The opening round is still six months away but preparations and planning are in full swing for the 2026 NRLW season with plenty of clubs making key moves in the player market.
Star halfback Jesse Southwell joins premiers Brisbane, who have farewelled prop Annetta-Claudia Nu’uausala, centre Mele Hufanga and five-eighth Gayle Broughton, all off to the Warriors.
The Knights moved quickly to replace Southwell, snapping up former Cowboy Kirra Dibb on a three-year deal.Â
A member of the Knights’ NRLW premiership-winning team in 2022, Dibb brings 45 games of experience to the table.
Another player heading back to her former club in 2026 is Taliah Fuimaono, who returns to St George Illawarra boasting 29 NRLW appearances, six Tests, five Origin caps and four Indigenous All Stars selections.
Fuimaono made her NRLW debut for the Red V in Round 1, 2021 and chalked up 13 games across two seasons before joining the Titans for three years.
Multiple gold medal-winning Black Ferns rugby union star Stacey Waaka is returning to the NRLW on a two-year contract with the Warriors.
Waaka was a star for the Broncos in her first season of rugby league in 2024, before returning to rugby union this past year.
Updated NRLW Telstra Premiership rosters for the 2026 season are below.Â
Your club’s NRLW contract list:
Broncos | Raiders | Bulldogs |Â Sharks
Titans | Knights | Cowboys | Eels
Dragons | Roosters | Warriors |Â Wests Tigers
2026 gains: Jesse Southwell (Knights), Lillian Yarrow (Cowboys)
2026 losses: Gayle Broughton (Warriors), Keilee Joseph (Eels), Mele Hufanga (Warriors), Annetta-Claudia Nu’uausala (Warriors), Montaya Hudson (Dragons), Lavinia Gould, Shaylee Joseph.
2026 gains: Krystal Blackwell (Cowboys), Bobbi Law (Dragons), Sheridan Gallagher (Knights), Ellie Brander (Roosters)
2026 losses: Cheyelle Robins-Reti (Knights), Kerehitina Matua, Ua Ravu, Tatiana Finau, Claudia Finau, Georgia Thomas, Jaida Faleono (all released)
2026 gains: None
2026 losses: Shaniece Monschau (Wests Tigers), Holli Wheeler (Wests Tigers), Tegan Dymock (Sharks)
2026 gains: China Polata (Cowboys), Tegan Dymock (Bulldogs)
2026 losses: Brooke Anderson (Dragons), Nakia Davis-Welsh (Knights)
2026 gains: None
2026 losses:Â Shannon Mato (released), Taliah Fuimaono (Dragons), Jasmin Morrissey (Eels)
2026 gains: Ella-Jaye Harrison-Leaunoa, Kirra Dibb (Cowboys), Nakia Davis-Welsh (Sharks), Cheyelle Robins-Reti (Raiders)
2026 losses:Â Jesse Southwell (Broncos), Leah Ollerton (Wests Tigers), Sheridan Gallagher (Raiders), Grace Kukutai, Viena Tinao
2026 gains: None
2026 losses: Lillian Yarrow (Broncos), Krystal Blackwell (Raiders), Caitlin Tanner (released), Kirra Dibb (Knights), China Polata (Sharks), Tahlulah Tillett (retired), Najvada George (released)
2026 gains: Keilee Joseph (Broncos), Jayde Herdegen (Roosters), Jasmin Morrissey (Titans)
2026 losses:Â Kiana Takairangi, Chelsea Makira, Yasmine Baker, Jessica Kennedy, Mia Middleton, Paige Travis, Tyla Amiatu, Ruby-Jean Kennard-Ellis, Madeline Jones, Rysh’e Fa’amausili
2026 gains: Brooke Anderson (Sharks), Lavinia Kitai (Warriors), Montana Clifford (Wests Tigers), Montaya Hudson (Broncos), Taliah Fuimaono (Titans), Chelsea Savill (Wests Tigers)
2026 losses:Â Raecene McGregor (Wests Tigers), Shenae Lendill (Wests Tigers), Bobbi Law (Raiders), Margot Vella
2026 gains: None
2026 losses: Jayde Herdegen (Eels), Ellie Brander (Raiders)
2026 gains: Gayle Broughton (Broncos), Annetta-Claudia Nu’uausala (Broncos), Mele Hufanga (Broncos), Stacey Waaka (rugby union)
2026 losses: Lavinia Kitai (Dragons), Avery-Rose Carmont, Emily Curtain, Makayla Eli, Kalyn Takitimu-Cook, Lydia Turua-Quedley, Paris Pickering (released)
2026 gains: Raecene McGregor (Dragons), Shaniece Monschau (Bulldogs), Namoe Gesa (Brisbane Tigers), Leah Ollerton (Knights), Holli Wheeler (Bulldogs), Shenae Lendill (Dragons)
2026 losses:Â Tallara Bamblett (released), Claudia Brown (released), Aaliyah Bula (released), Montana Clifford (Dragons), Iemaima Etuale (released), Amelia Huakau (released), Tiresa Leasuasu (released), Salma Nour (released), Evie McGrath (released), Claudia Nielsen (released), Rebecca Pollard (released), Jessikah Reeves (released), Chelsea Savill (Dragons), Tiana-Lee Thorne (released)