2023 Dolphins (NRL) season

With Wayne Bennett as head coach and Jesse Bromwich as the regular team captain, the Dolphins competed in the 2023 NRL Telstra Premiership but did not qualify for the finals.

[7]The NRL later conceded that match officials missed a crucial knock-on call late in Canberra's golden-point victory when the former regained possession after knocking the ball into the arm of a Dolphins player.

"The NRL's head of football Graham Annesley said referee Peter Gough was obscured in his view of the knock on, but the sideline officials should have pulled the play up."

In September, the Dolphins' Inaugural Presentation Ball was held at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, and the club's annual awards were announced.

[50] For the 2023 NRL season, the number of teams increased from sixteen to seventeen with the inclusion of the Dolphins, a fourth Queensland-based club, playing most of their home games at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Dolphins NRL inaugural head coach Wayne Bennett
Dolphins NRL away and home jerseys 2023 (front view)
Dolphins NRL jersey on Suncorp Stadium field for inaugural match Sunday 5 March 2023
Dolphins supporters' fin headwear
Emblematic dolphin fins on supporters' heads
NRL Indigenous Round 12
Dolphins jersey 2023 (front view)