The '''NRL Wheelchair Championship''' is an elite level [[wheelchair rugby league]] competition for teams in Australia. The inaugural edition took place in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2025/09/09/inaugural-leagues-clubs-australia-nrl-wheelchair-championships-to-ignite-the-gold-coast/ |title=Inaugural Leagues Clubs Australia NRL Wheelchair Championships to ignite the Gold Coast |publisher=NRL |date=9 September 2025 |access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref>
The competition is the third elite level domestic competition in the sport after France's [[Elite 1 (wheelchair rugby league)|Elite 1]] and the United Kingdom's [[RFL Wheelchair Super League]].
==2025 season== The inaugural 2025 event was contested by nine teams and was played between 31 October and 2 November at the [[Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre]] in [[Gold Coast, Queensland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrlwheelchair.com.au/events/nrl-wheelchair-championships/ |title=LCA NRL Wheelchair Championships |publisher=NRL Wheelchair |access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref> The tournament was opened and closed by both tests of the [[2025 England wheelchair rugby league tour of Australia|2025 Wheelchair Ashes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2025/10/28/elite-rivalry-ignites-wheelchair-rugby-league-ashes-test-series-launches-at-queensland-parliament/ |title=Wheelchair Ashes Series launches at Queensland Parliament |publisher=NRL |date=28 October 2025 |access-date=29 October 2025}}</ref>
===Table=== {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |for_against_style=points |winpoints=2 |start_date=30 October 2025 <!--Update team positions here--> |team1=ACT |team2=NSW |team3=QLD |team4=NZL |team5=QLR |team6=AFS |team7=VIC <!--Update team results here and then (if needed) positions above. Don't forget to update the date (update parameter).--> |source= [https://prl.mysideline.com.au/competitions/64485325 Play Rugby League] |win_ACT=6 |draw_ACT=0 |loss_ACT=0 |gf_ACT=282 |ga_ACT=40 |name_ACT={{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory |win_AFS=1 |draw_AFS=0 |loss_AFS=5 |gf_AFS=42 |ga_AFS=174 |name_AFS={{flagicon|}} Affiliated States |win_NZL=3 |draw_NZL=0 |loss_NZL=3 |gf_NZL=138 |ga_NZL=90 |name_NZL={{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team|New Zealand]] |win_NSW=4 |draw_NSW=0 |loss_NSW=2 |gf_NSW=122 |ga_NSW=88 |name_NSW={{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales |win_QLD=4 |draw_QLD=0 |loss_QLD=2 |gf_QLD=114 |ga_QLD=114 |name_QLD={{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland |win_QLR=3 |draw_QLR=0 |loss_QLR=3 |gf_QLR=104 |ga_QLR=136 |name_QLR={{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland Reserves |win_VIC=0 |draw_VIC=0 |loss_VIC=6 |gf_VIC=40 |ga_VIC=200 |name_VIC={{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria <!--Update team qualifications here (defined below)--> |result1=F |result2=F |result3= <!--Qualification column definitions--> |res_col_header=Q |col_F=green1 |text_F=Advance to final |update=complete <!--2 November 2025--> }}
===Fixtures===
;Opening game *[[2025 England wheelchair rugby league tour of Australia|Ashes]] Test 1 – [[Australia national wheelchair rugby league team|Australia]] {{flagicon|Australia}} 28–56 {{flagicon|England}} [[England national wheelchair rugby league team|England]]<ref>https://www.nrl.com/news/2025/10/30/Wheelaroos-fall-short-in-opening-Wheelchair-Ashes-Test/</ref>
;Round 1 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date; Time !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Court |- | 31 October; 10:00 || {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || 4–52 || {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory || Showcourt |- | 31 October; 10:00 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || 6–12 || Affiliated States || Court 2 |- | 31 October; 11:00 || {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team|New Zealand]] || 24–14 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland Reserves || Showcourt |- |colspan=4|Round Bye: {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland||Ref:<ref name="Day1">https://www.nrlwheelchair.com.au/thrilling-start-to-the-lca-nrl-wheelchair-championships-on-the-gold-coast/</ref> |}
;Round 2 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date; Time !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Court |- | 31 October; 12:00 || {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || 40–8 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || Showcourt |- | 31 October; 12:00 || {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory || 48–0 || Affiliated States || Court 2 |- | 31 October; 13:15 || {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team|New Zealand]] || 10–24 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || Showcourt |- |colspan=4|Round Bye: {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland Reserves||Ref:<ref name="Day1" /> |}
;Round 3 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date; Time !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Court |- | 31 October; 14:45 || {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || 34–6 || Affiliated States || Showcourt |- | 31 October; 14:45 || {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory || 34–8 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || Court 2 |- | 31 October; 16:00 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland Reserves || 6–28 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || Showcourt |- |colspan=4|Round Bye: {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team|New Zealand]]||Ref:<ref name="Day1" /> |}
;Round 4 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date; Time !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Court |- | 1 November; 10:00 || {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || 18–0 || {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team|New Zealand]] || Showcourt |- | 1 November; 10:00 || {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory || 52–6 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland Reserves || Court 2 |- | 1 November; 11:15 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || 0–26 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || Showcourt |- |colspan=5|Round Bye: Affiliated States |}
;Round 5 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date; Time !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Court |- | 1 November; 12:15 || {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || 6–16 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland Reserves || Showcourt |- | 1 November; 12:15 || {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory || 22–18 || {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team|New Zealand]] || Court 2 |- | 1 November; 13:15 || Affiliated States || 4–26 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || Showcourt |- |colspan=5|Round Bye: {{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria |}
;Round 6 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date; Time !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Court |- | 1 November; 14:15 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || 6–50 || {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team|New Zealand]] || Showcourt |- | 1 November; 14:15 || Affiliated States || 14–24 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland Reserves || Court 2 |- | 1 November; 15:15 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || 6–20 || {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || Showcourt |- |colspan=5|Round Bye: {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory |}
;Round 7 {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date; Time !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Court |- | 2 November; 10:00 || {{flagicon|Victoria}} Victoria || 12–38 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland Reserves || Showcourt |- | 2 November; 10:00 || {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory || 74–4 || {{flagicon|Queensland}} Queensland || Court 2 |- | 2 November; 11:00 || Affiliated States || 6–36 || {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand national wheelchair rugby league team|New Zealand]] || Showcourt |- |colspan=4|Round Bye: {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || Ref:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2025/11/01/2025-nrl-wheelchair-championship--day-3/ |title=2025 Wheelchair Ashes 2nd Test & NRL Wheelchair Championship – November 2 |website=NRL |access-date=12 February 2026}}</ref> |}
;Exhibition match *Gold Coast Titans vs Brisbane Broncos
;Final {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date; Time !! Team 1 !! Score !! Team 2 !! Court |- | 2 November; 13:00 || {{flagicon|Australian Capital Territory}} Australian Capital Territory || 42–4 || {{flagicon|New South Wales}} New South Wales || Showcourt |- |colspan=5|Ref:<ref>https://www.nrlwheelchair.com.au/historic-act-victory-at-inaugural-lca-nrl-wheelchair-championships/</ref> |}
;Closing game *[[2025 England wheelchair rugby league tour of Australia|Ashes]] Test 2 – [[Australia national wheelchair rugby league team|Australia]] {{flagicon|Australia}} 42–48 {{flagicon|England}} [[England national wheelchair rugby league team|England]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Wheelchair rugby league}} {{NRL}} {{NRL Women's Premiership}} {{Rugby league in Australia}} {{Sports leagues of Australia}}
[[Category:Wheelchair rugby league competitions]] [[Category:2025 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:National Rugby League]]