Corban McGregor

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Corban Baxter
Personal information
BornCorban McGregor
(1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 27)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight71 kg (11 st 3 lb)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Fullback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– Sydney Roosters 7 2 0 0 8
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–19 New South Wales 5 1 0 0 4
2016–19 Australia 8 3 0 0 12
2016 Women's All Stars 1 0 0 0 0
2019 Australia 9s 4 4 0 0 18
2020–21 Māori All Stars 2 0 0 0 0
As of 6 November 2020
Source: RLP

Corban Baxter (née McGregor; born 10 April 1994) is an Australian international rugby league footballer who captains the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Women's Premiership.

A fullback, centre or five-eighth, she is an Australia and New South Wales representative.

Background[]

McGregor was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and has Māori ancestry. She moved to Australia with her family at the age of 3.[1]

Playing career[]

In 2015, McGregor began playing rugby league for the Helensburgh Tigers. That year, she made her debut for New South Wales in a 4-all draw with Queensland.[2]

On 6 May 2016, she made her Test debut for Australia, starting at centre in a 16–26 loss to New Zealand.[3]

On 2 December 2017, McGregor started at centre in Australia's 23–16 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup Final win over New Zealand.[4]

In June 2018, she represented NSW City at the Women's National Championships.[5] On 17 June 2018, she signed for the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[6] On 22 June 2018, during the inaugural Women's State of Origin, McGregor suffered a shoulder injury, ruling her out of the entire 2018 NRL Women's season.[7]

In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, McGregor made her debut for the Roosters in their 12–16 loss to the New Zealand Warriors.[8] In October 2019, she represented Australia at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s, where they lost to New Zealand in the finals.[9]

On 22 February 2020, she represented the Māori All Stars in their 4–10 loss to the Indigenous All Stars.[10]

On 25 October 2020, she started at centre and captained the Roosters' in their 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[11][12]

On 20 February 2021, she captained the Māori All Stars in their 24–0 win over the Indigenous All Stars.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ "McGregor embraces opportunity to wear Maori jersey". NRL. 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Women's Origins - Corban McGregor". NSWRL. 7 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Foliaki a fixture in Jillaroos side". Central Western Daily. 5 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Jillaroos star Corban McGregor to shine for son". The Courier Mail. 26 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Women's Nationals the perfect Origin appetiser". NRL. 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Roosters Announce NRLW Marquee Signings". Sydney Roosters. 17 June 2018.
  7. ^ "McGregor determined to make 2019 her best yet". Sydney Roosters. 30 January 2019.
  8. ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 1". Sydney Roosters. 14 September 2019.
  9. ^ "McGregor back in green and gold for World Cup Nines". NRL. 10 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Four Sharks named for All Stars". Cronulla Sharks. 28 January 2020.
  11. ^ "NRL and NRLW Grand Final team lists". Sporting News. 25 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Corban McGregor named Roosters captain". NRL. 10 February 2020.
  13. ^ "McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". NRL. 20 February 2021.

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