{"id":455270,"date":"2026-02-03T07:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/455270\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T07:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:47:16","slug":"nrl-trials-2026-fixtures-schedule-results-and-ladder-for-pre-season-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/455270\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL trials 2026: Fixtures, schedule, results and ladder for Pre-Season Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rugby league is back and the action gets underway this month with the 2026 NRL\u00a0Pre-Season Challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In total, 16 matches will be played across three weekends in February as 16 of the 17 NRL sides prepare for the opening round of the 2026 season in early March.<\/p>\n

The only side not to feature in the Pre-Season Challenge for 2026 is the defending premiers Brisbane who travel to England to play the World Club Challenge against Hull KR on Friday February 20 (AEDT).<\/p>\n

In addition to traditional NRL home grounds like Jubilee Stadium, WIN Stadium, Leichhardt Oval and McDonald Jones Stadium, 2026 pre-season matches will be taken to Napier, Mackay, Sunshine Coast, Redcliffe, Gosford, Queanbeyan and Mudgee.<\/p>\n

The Sporting News has all the pre-season fixtures and latest results.<\/p>\n

NRL trials 2026: Fixtures, schedule and results for Pre-Season Challenge<\/p>\n

Week 1<\/p>\n

Date<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Time (AEDT)<\/p>\n

Venue<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 7<\/p>\n

Bulldogs<\/a> vs. Cowboys<\/a><\/p>\n

5:30 pm<\/p>\n

Netstrata Jubilee Stadium<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 7<\/p>\n

Dragons<\/a> vs. Knights<\/a><\/p>\n

7:30 pm<\/p>\n

Netstrata Jubilee Stadium<\/p>\n

Week 2<\/p>\n

Date<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Time (AEDT)<\/p>\n

Venue<\/p>\n

Thu. Feb. 12<\/p>\n

Dolphins<\/a> vs. Titans<\/a><\/p>\n

8:00\u00a0pm<\/p>\n

Kayo Stadium, Redcliffe<\/p>\n

Fri. Feb. 13<\/p>\n

Raiders<\/a> vs. Storm<\/a><\/p>\n

5:30 pm<\/p>\n

Seiffert Oval, Queanbeyan<\/p>\n

Fri. Feb. 13<\/p>\n

Cowboys vs. Panthers<\/a><\/p>\n

8:00 pm<\/p>\n

BB Print Stadium, Mackay<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 14<\/p>\n

Warriors vs. Sea Eagles<\/a><\/p>\n

1:40 pm<\/p>\n

Mclean Park, Napier<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 14<\/p>\n

Tigers vs. Roosters<\/p>\n

3:50 pm<\/p>\n

McDonald Jones Stadium<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 14<\/p>\n

Knights vs. Bulldogs<\/p>\n

6:00\u00a0pm<\/p>\n

McDonald Jones Stadium<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 14<\/p>\n

Dragons vs. Rabbitohs<\/p>\n

8:10 pm<\/p>\n

WIN Stadium<\/p>\n

Sun. Feb. 16<\/p>\n

Sharks vs. Eels<\/p>\n

6:00 pm<\/p>\n

Henson Park<\/p>\n

Week 3<\/p>\n

Date<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

Time (AEDT)<\/p>\n

Venue<\/p>\n

Fri. Feb. 20<\/p>\n

Warriors vs. Dolphins<\/p>\n

6:00 pm<\/p>\n

Leichhardt Oval<\/p>\n

Fri. Feb. 20<\/p>\n

Tigers vs. Panthers<\/p>\n

8:10 pm<\/p>\n

Leichhardt Oval<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 21<\/p>\n

Sharks vs. Raiders<\/p>\n

3:50 pm<\/p>\n

Polytec Stadium, Gosford<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 21<\/p>\n

Roosters vs. Eels<\/p>\n

6:00 pm<\/p>\n

Polytec Stadium, Gosford<\/p>\n

Sat. Feb. 21<\/p>\n

Storm vs. Titans<\/p>\n

8:10 pm<\/p>\n

Sunshine Coast Stadium<\/p>\n

Sun. Feb. 22<\/p>\n

Rabbitohs vs. Sea Eagles<\/p>\n

4:00\u00a0pm<\/p>\n

Glen Willow Stadium, Mudgee<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0NRL draw 2026\u00a0– Full 27-round fixtures and schedule for every club<\/a>NRL 2026 Pre-Season Challenge\u00a0ladder<\/p>\n

Position<\/p>\n

Team<\/p>\n

GP<\/p>\n

Wins<\/p>\n

Draws<\/p>\n

Losses<\/p>\n

Bonus\u00a0Points<\/p>\n

P\/D<\/p>\n

Points<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

St George Illawarra Dragons<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

New Zealand Warriors<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Cronulla Sharks<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Wests Tigers<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Dolphins<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Manly Sea Eagles<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Gold Coast Titans<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Parramatta Eels<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Penrith Panthers<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Canterbury Bulldogs<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

11<\/p>\n

Canberra Raiders<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

12<\/p>\n

South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

Sydney Roosters<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

14<\/p>\n

Newcastle Knights<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

15<\/p>\n

Melbourne Storm<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

16<\/p>\n

North Queensland Cowboys<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

0<\/p>\n

Who won the NRL Pre-Season Challenge last year?<\/p>\n

The Brisbane Broncos<\/a> claimed the 2025 Pre-Season Challenge title.<\/p>\n

After winning both of their trial games and accumulating 29 points, they edged the Dragons on points differential.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brisbane won their opening 2025 pre-season match 50-12 against the Titans before beating the Bulldogs\u00a030-14 the following week to lock in a perfect record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rugby league is back and the action gets underway this month with the 2026 NRL\u00a0Pre-Season Challenge. In total,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-455270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}