Roosters star Olivia Kernick tops list of NRLW top 50 players for 2025
They’re the very best the NRLW has to offer, and in a newly expanded competition player rankings are tougher than ever. See who clinched top spot – and who missed out – in the women’s rugby league’s power rankings.
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Bigger, better, stronger.
They’re the very best the NRLW has to offer, and in a newly expanded competition the rankings are tougher than ever.
Sydney Roosters, NSW Origin and Jillaroos star Olivia Kernick has kicked off 2025 the same way she left last season, as the number one player in the game and usurping the queen of Queensland and new Broncos fullback, Tamika Upton for top spot.
The Dally M Medallist and NRLW premiership winner dominated with the Roosters last year, before inspiring the Blues to a State of Origin victory with a brutal performance in game two last month.
She headlines a list of Roosters stars littered throughout this year’s top 50 NRLW stars ahead of the 2025 season, which kicks off on July 3.
The rankings have seen a significant shake up from 2024 with retirements, pregnancies and a stack of young talent pushing the game’s best known stars.
Ahead of round one, PAMELA WHALEY runs through the list.
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