Undefeated all season, the Roosters weren’t able to get the job done when it mattered most.
In 32 degree heat at Accor Stadium on Sunday afternoon, the Broncos ended the Tricolours’ 18-match winning streak with a 22-18 victory to claim the NRLW premiership – their first since 2020.
Broncos fullback Tamika Upton, the 2025 Dally M medal winner , is now the first NRLW player to win five premierships – a perfect 5/5 record in grand finals for the game’s best player.
Fittingly, it was Upton who scored the Broncos first try of the afternoon, slicing her way through the Roosters line from a scrum play to break open the game after 17 relentless minutes.
The final five minutes of the match were chaos and carnage, as Isabelle Kelly, Keeley Davis and Rima Butler all went down injured but persev