Botille Vette-Welsh

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Botille Vette-Welsh
Personal information
Born (1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 25)
Kaitaia, New Zealand
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight66 kg (10 st 6 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Sydney Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
2019 St George Illawarra 3 1 0 0 4
2020– Sydney Roosters 2 0 0 0 0
Total 6 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–21 Māori All Stars 3 0 0 0 0
2019–20 New South Wales 2 1 0 0 4
2019 Australia 9s 4 0 0 0 0
2019 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
As of 29 November 2020
Source: RLP

Botille Vette-Welsh (born 13 September 1996) is a New Zealand-born Australian rugby league player who plays as a fullback for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and Wests Tigers in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

She previously played for the St George Illawarra Dragons and has represented Australia and New South Wales.

Playing career[]

Before switching to rugby league, Vette-Welsh played rugby sevens for Macquarie University.[1] In 2017, Vette-Welsh represented the NSW City side while playing for Cronulla-Caringbah.[2]

2018[]

In 2018, Vette-Welsh played for Cabramatta in the NSWRL Women's Premiership and represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[3]

In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's Premiership, Vette-Welsh made her debut for the Sydney Roosters, starting at fullback in their 10–4 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[4]

2019[]

On 15 February, Vette-Welsh started at fullback for the Māori All Stars in their 8–4 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[5] On 18 March, she joined the Wests Tigers NSWRL Women's Premiership team.[6]

In May, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[7]

On 14 June, she joined the St George Illawarra Dragons NRLW team.[8] On 21 June, she made her State of Origin debut for New South Wales.[9]

In October, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.[10] On 25 October, she made her Test debut for Australia in a 8–28 win over New Zealand.[11]

2020[]

On 22 February, Vette-Welsh started at fullback for the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.[12]

On 22 September, Vette-Welsh re-joined the Roosters NRLW team.[13] On 25 October, she started at fullback in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[14]

On 13 November, she started at fullback and scored a try for New South Wales in their 18–24 State of Origin loss to Queensland.[15]

2021[]

On 20 February, she represented the Māori All Stars in their 24–0 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ "UPDATED TEAMS - Women's Country And City Origin". 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ "We're for Sydney". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Roosters v Warriors: NRLW Round 1 preview". 8 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Indigenous and Maori womens teams named". Sydney Roosters. 17 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Wests Tigers unveil Harvey Norman NSW Women's Premiership team". Wests Tigers. 18 March 2019.
  7. ^ "NSW Country chase back-to-back with teams announced for National Championships - NSWRL". New South Wales Rugby League. 22 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Dragons announce first 2019 Women's Premiership signings". St George Illawarra Dragons. 14 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Vette-Welsh named for Origin debut". West Tigers. 9 June 2019.
  10. ^ "When to watch the Red V at the World Cup Nines". St George Illawarra Dragons. 14 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Jillaroos bounce back from Nines defeat to thump Kiwi Ferns". NRL. 25 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Bo knows she has the best of both worlds". NRL. 20 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Charlotte Caslick's Triumphant Debut". Sydney Roosters. 3 October 2020.
  15. ^ "NSW Women's Origin Team Announcement". Sydney Roosters. 10 November 2020.
  16. ^ "McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". NRL. 20 February 2021.
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