After months of waiting, the 2023 NRLW will begin today. Zeroย Tackle has you covered as the players get ready to run out of the shed onto the field.
This masthead will be analysing the teams, which players are set to be included in the starting team for each club, and the player to watch for every side.
6North Queensland Cowboys
Fielding one of the youngest squads in the NRLW, the North Queensland Cowboys enter the competition as one of the several newly formed clubs.
An average squad age of 22.5 means that there are free of expectations this season and will be more keen on gaining experience than winning the NRLW Premiership.
Predicted Best 17
Fullback: Fran Goldthrop
Wingers: China Polata & Autumn-Rain Stephens Daly
Centres: Jasmine Peters & Mia Middleton
Halves: Kirra Dibb (c) & Tahlulah Tillet
Props: April Ngatupuna & Sareka Mooka
Hooker: Emma Manzelmann
Second-Rowers: Tiana Raftstrand-Smith & Shaniah Power
Lock: Tallisha Harden (c)
Interchange: Makenzie Weale, Shellie Long, Bree Chester & Essay Banu
Other Players in Squad: Jetaya Faifua, Jessikah Reeves, Sera Koroi, Shaylee Joseph, Vitalina Naikore, Merewalesi Rokouono, Krystalย Blackwell
Player to Watch: Kirra Dibb
An NRLW premiership winner with the Newcastle Knights, Dibb is easily the star recruit of the newly formed side and will be their key instrument in attack with the ball.
One of the best players in the NRLW, Dibb will be hoping to turn her amazing talents into wins for the Cowboys and is a great playmaker to have in the team.
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