Broncos' Chelsea Lenarduzzi: 'It's burnt me every year that we haven't won' | Jack Snape

Ahead of the 2025 NRLW season the Brisbane forward can still taste the bitter ending to last year's campaign but knows you have to stick to the process

Women's rugby league is on the up, but for one of its proudest proponents, the downs are still impossible to avoid. Chelsea Lenarduzzi, the Brisbane and Queensland forward, has felt disappointment for her state and club in the past 12 months.

However, the longtime Bronco knows there's nothing to do but get back on the horse. "If you don't make a team, the sun rises the next day and you should still go to work," she says ahead of Brisbane's season opener against the Tigers on Saturday. "Our work is that sometimes you go to training, and sometimes you go to a recovery centre the next day after bad news."