Newcastle Knights and Gold Coast Titans will play the 2023 NRLW Grand Final with five Kiwi Ferns involved, plus Niall Williams-Guthrie who could crack Kiwi Ferns months after changing codes.

Defending NRLW champions Newcastle Knights have sealed the top spot in this season's NRLW after defeating Tigers on Thursday night.

The latest round of NRLW action is already underway with Sharks defeating Dragons 16-8 last night as Otara's Annessa Biddle once again led her team for post contact metres.

Roosters, Knights and Raiders had wins last round in NRLW which takes them all to 4-1 records at the top of the ladder.

Four NRLW teams have three wins and all four teams feature hearty wahine from Aotearoa as round five gets underway on Saturday.

Gold Coast Titans are the best team in NRLW with a 3-0 record and Auckland's Georgia Hale is serving up career best mahi, with and without the footy.

NRLW enters round three tonight with a fabulous NRLWahine encounter between Roosters and Dragons, featuring Teuila Fotu-Moala starting at prop for Roosters.

Young forwards Alexis Tauaneai and Laishon Albert-Jones are named among a bunch of Aotearoa wahine for their first season of NRLW footy

The 2023 NRLW season will feature a wave of new players from Aotearoa with as many wahine entering their first campaign as there are players returning to NRLW action.

NRLWahine semi finals won't be full of Aotearoa flavour on Sunday but Roosters will have their championship trio, plus there is a sprinkle of Kiwi-NRL talent across the other three teams.

NRLWahine round two is headlined by an almighty Kiwi-NRL match up between defending champions Roosters and Broncos, plus Gayle Broughton faces off against the classy Emma Tonegato.

NRLWahine footy is back for another season this year with a trio of Kiwi-NRLWahine helping Roosters defend their championship, plus Gayle Broughton is primed to takeover.

NRLWahine moves into semi-final mode this weekend with Kiwi-NRL talent in all four teams.