Simone Smith (rugby league)

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Simone Smith
Personal information
Born (1993-04-08) 8 April 1993 (age 28)
Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight74 kg (11 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019 Sydney Roosters 1 0 0 0 0
2020– New Zealand Warriors 2 1 0 0 4
Total 3 1 0 0 4
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2016–20 Indigenous All Stars 3 0 0 0 0
2017 Australia 1 0 0 0 0
As of 19 November 2020
Source: RLP

Simone Smith (born 8 April 1993) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Primarily a halfback, she is an Australian and Indigenous All Stars representative.

Background[]

Born in Kempsey, New South Wales and raised in Port Macquarie, Smith is of Indigenous Australian descent.

Playing career[]

In 2016, while playing for the Port City Breakers, Smith represented the Indigenous All Stars.[1] In February 2017, she again represented the Indigenous All Stars.[2]

On 5 May 2017, Smith made her Test debut for Australia, starting at halfback in a 16–4 win over New Zealand.[3] A knee injury later in the year, which later her forced her to undergo a reconstruction, saw her miss the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.[4][5]

In May 2019, Smith represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships.[6] On 26 June 2019, she signed with the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team.[7]

On 10 August 2019, she came off the bench and scored a try in CRL Newcastle's NSWRL Women's Premiership Grand Final win over Mounties RLFC.[8] In Round 2 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, Smith made her debut for the Roosters in their 0–20 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[9]

On 22 February 2020, Smith made her third appearance for the Indigenous All Stars, starting at five-eighth in a 10–4 win over the Maori All Stars.[10] On 18 September 2020, Smith joined the New Zealand Warriors NRLW team.[11] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, scoring a try in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Simone Smith named in Indigenous women's squad of 25 for All Stars match in Newcastle". Port News. 11 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Rugby League: Women's All Stars teams named". The Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Jillaroos halfback Simone Smith travels hours to play 13-a-side rugby league". Fox Sports. 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Smith confident injury won't ruin World Cup dream". Port News. 16 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Simone Smith back to send friendly reminder to Blues and Jillaroos". NRL. 30 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Harden & Smith added to Roosters 2019 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 26 June 2019.
  8. ^ "The Grand Final win two years in the making". NSWRL. 10 August 2019.
  9. ^ "NRLW Late Mail - Round 2". Sydney Roosters. 21 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Clever halves key to outwitting Maoris team built to outlast". NRL. 21 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NRL. 18 September 2020.
  12. ^ "New-look Warriors side for season opener". NZ Warriors. 29 September 2020.

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