Charlotte Caslick
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Born | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 9 March 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (10 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 7 December 2020 Source: RLP |
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2016 Rio de Janeiro | Team competition |
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2018 Gold Coast | Team competition |
Charlotte Caslick OAM (born 9 March 1995) is an Australian professional representative and Olympic level rugby union player. She represents Australia in Sevens Rugby and in touch football. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2020, due the covid postponement of the International 7's circuit, she moved to rugby league, playing for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.
Background[]
Caslick was born in Brisbane and grew up in the suburb of Corinda. She attended Brisbane State High School.[1][2] She is engaged to Rugby Union player Lewis Holland.
Playing career[]
Rugby career[]
Caslick plays for The Tribe at a club level and in 2013, after graduating from high school, she debuted for Australia. By December 2015, she had earned 13 caps, scoring 31 tries in that two-year period.[3] Caslick has been described as "the best women's rugby sevens player on the planet."[4] and "a key member of the Australian Women’s Rugby Sevens team that is eyeing gold at [2016's] Rio Olympics."[5]
Caslick is a dual international having represented her country at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup as well as playing for Touch Football Australia at both age-grade and open levels. She was named in World Rugby's 2014–15 Team of the Season after another stellar season and one of four players nominated for the 2015 World Sevens Player of the Year. Charlotte was also voted player of the tournament in the Australian Nationals. Representative Honours include Touch Football Australia, Australian Youth Olympic Festival (2013) and Queensland.[6] She was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
In October 2016, Caslick was named as Australia's women's sevens player of the year.[14][15][16]
Rugby league[]
In 2020, with the suspension of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Caslick made the switch to rugby league, joining the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.[17] A North Queensland Cowboys fan, she opted to join the Roosters over the Brisbane Broncos, the Cowboys' arch-rivals.[18]
In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, Caslick made her debut the Roosters, starting at five-eighth and running for 163 metres in a 18–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons.[19] A week later, in the Roosters' 22–12 Round 2 win over the New Zealand Warriors, Caslick suffered two small factures to her spine, ruling her out for the rest of the NRLW season.[20]
Honors and achievements[]
- 2016, World Rugby Women's Sevens Player of the Year[21]
- 2019, performance tracker player of the round[22]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Charlotte Caslick: The Queen of Women's World Rugby Sevens". The Big Smoke. 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Olympic gold medallist Charlotte Caslick returns to Brisbane State High". My-Manager. 19 September 2016.
- ^ Russell Jackson; John Davidson; Erin Delahunty. "Guardian Australia writers' tips for the breakout sports stars of 2016 – part I | Sport". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ Webster, Andrew (5 August 2016). "Rio sevens star Charlotte Caslick: 'She was just massive – heavier than my Dad'". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Twenty-year-old to take centre stage". Inside Sport. nextmedia Pty Ltd. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Charlotte Caslick Moving With Sevens | Southern Free Times". Warwick.starcommunity.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Australia wins gold in women's rugby sevens". Sky News. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ Newman, Beth (14 July 2016). "Rio Olympics: Australian Sevens teams announced". www.rugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympics: Australia's men's and women's sevens squads unveiled". foxsports.com.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016: Olympic squads named by Australia for rugby sevens debut at Games". ABC.net.au. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia's Olympic Sevens squads announced". Rugby News.net.au. 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Australia name a mix of veterans, young guns for men's, women's Olympic sevens squads". ESPN.com.au. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 23 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Key players return as Australia name Olympic sevens squads". worldrugby.org. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ "Wallabies vice-captain Michael Hooper scores second prestigious John Eales medal". ABC News. Sydney. Australian Associated Press (AAP). 27 October 2016. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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- Jill Scanlon (14 April 2016). "Aussie Sevens star Charlotte Caslick's best is yet to come". www.sbs.com.au. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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- Davidson, John (30 December 2015). "Guardian Australia writers' tips for the breakout sports stars of 2016 – part I Charlotte Caslick (rugby sevens)". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
- ^ "Olympic sevens star Charlotte Caslick switches codes to play NRLW rugby league for the Sydney Roosters". ABC. 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Charlotte Caslick's Triumphant Debut". Sydney Roosters. 3 October 2020.
- ^ "Back fractures rule Caslick out for season". NRL. 14 October 2020.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year 2019 nominees announced". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "DHL Performance Tracker - HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series | worldrugby.org/sevens-series". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
External links[]
- Charlotte Caslick at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Charlotte Caslick at the International Olympic Committee
- Charlotte Caslick at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1995 births
- Australia women's international rugby union players
- Sportswomen from Queensland
- Rugby union players from Brisbane
- Australian female rugby sevens players
- Australian international rugby sevens players
- Living people
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players of Australia
- Touch footballers
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in rugby sevens
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Australian female rugby union players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- People educated at Brisbane State High School
- Rugby sevens players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Australian female rugby league players
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league fullbacks
- Sydney Roosters (NRLW) players
- Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- International player in 15-a-side and sevens rugby