06/09/2026
2026 WOMEN’S TACKLE PREMIERS
COFFS HARBOUR COMETS 20 – NAMBUCCA ROOSTERS 12
FROM DAY 1 TO THE BIG 1.
Nobody could have predicted the fairytale that would unfold when this group came together and started building a team from scratch this year.
Some had played rugby league before. Some had never played the game. Many had never played alongside each other.
They started with nothing more than a group of women willing to have a crack, believe in each other and commit to building something special.
Today, they are PREMIERS.
This season asked plenty of them. They trained, learned, fought through adversity and kept turning up for one another. They played hurt. They strapped themselves up and took the field carrying injuries because the player beside them was counting on them.
They did it for each other.
From those first training sessions, to their first win, to finals football, to earning their place on Grand Final day — this team just kept believing.
And when their moment arrived, they took it.
20–12. GRAND FINAL WINNERS. 2026 PREMIERS.
Four tries on the biggest stage:
Kiah Archibald
Zoe Riddell
Sharon McGrady
Kiha Yuke
Riki Blaikie – 2 conversions
But this premiership belongs to every single player who pulled on the jersey this year. Every player who trained, sacrificed, played through injury, supported a teammate and helped take this team from an idea at the beginning of the year to premiership winners at the end of it.
To Sharon and the entire coaching and support staff who believed in what this team could become and gave so much to get them here — what an incredible achievement.
They didn’t inherit a successful team.
They built one.
They didn’t arrive expecting a fairytale.
They created one.
INAUGURAL SEASON.
GRAND FINALISTS.
2026 PREMIERS.
History made.
OUR GIRLS. OUR CLUB. OUR PREMIERS.
FROM DAY 1️⃣ TO THE BIG 1️⃣
