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There’s been major improvement this season from the several clubs including the Titans, Raiders and Tigers.

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But the 2026 NRLW competition will end with the grand final rematch everyone expected from the beginning.

Last year’s runners up the Sydney Roosters punched their ticket after knocking off Canberra 20-10 on Saturday night, while Sunday afternoon saw reigning NRLW premiers the Brisbane Broncos get the job done 20-8 against a gallant Titans on the Gold Coast.

Between them, it means at least one of the NRLW giants will now have been in eight of the nine NRLW deciders played.

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The two sides have met directly in the NRLW season decider three times and Brisbane has won them all — 2018 (34-12), 2020 (20-10) and 2025 (22-18).

Overall Brisbane’s record borders on scary with four NRLW grand finals for four premierships. 

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The Roosters have had to work harder for their silverware but have still built a formidable record of their own over the past decade.

2026 will be their sixth grand final appearance in nine seasons, with two premierships to show for it (2021 and 2024) along with their three runner-up finishes to Brisbane.

Giving this year’s NRLW decider an added layer of spice, the Roosters have gone through the 2026 season undefeated and enter the grand final with a 12-0 record chasing a perfect campaign and revenge in the same breath. 

Brisbane are the only NRLW team to have achieved the feat before — 2018 and 2020 — but it’s worth remembering in both of those seasons the NRLW competition had just four teams whereas now it’s 12.

The Roosters can’t erase the heartbreak of the 2025 decider, but beat the Broncos next Sunday and it will sure help.

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