2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup squads

Main article: 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup

This article lists the official squads for the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup.

Pool A

Australia

Head coach: Brad Donald ^{[1] [2]}

Name	Age	Club	State	Position(s)	Played	Tries	Goals	FG	Points
Kezie Apps	26	Helensburgh Tiger Lillies	NSW	Second-row	5	1	0	0	4
Chelsea Baker	31	Wallabies Gladstone	QLD	Wing	3	3	2	0	16
Heather Ballinger	35	Wests Panthers	QLD	Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Annette Brander	24	Beerwah Bulldogs	QLD	Centre	4	0	0	0	0
Brittany Breayley	26	Brothers Ipswich	QLD	Hooker	5	1	0	0	4
Ali Brigginshaw	27	Brothers Ipswich	QLD	Five-eighth	5	3	0	0	12
Karina Brown	28	Easts Tigers	QLD	Wing	4	6	0	0	24
Nakia Davis-Welsh	21	Redfern All Blacks	NSW	Fullback	4	3	0	0	12
Vanessa Foliaki	24	Easts Tigers	QLD	Second-row , Lock	3	4	0	0	16
Steph Hancock	35	Easts Tigers	QLD	Prop	4	2	0	0	8
Isabelle Kelly	21	North Newcastle	NSW	Centre	4	6	0	0	24
Renae Kunst	35	Wests Panthers	QLD	Second-row , Lock	3	0	0	0	0
Corban McGregor	23	Cronulla-Caringbah	NSW	Centre , Fullback	4	2	0	0	8
Caitlin Moran	20	North Newcastle	NSW	Halfback	4	4	14	1	45
Lavina O'Mealey	33	Redfern All Blacks	NSW	Prop	4	1	0	0	4
Talesha Quinn	28	Cronulla-Caringbah	NSW	Second-row	3	2	0	0	8
Ruan Sims	35	Cronulla-Caringbah	NSW	Prop	4	2	0	0	8
Maddie Studdon	23	Redfern All Blacks	NSW	Halfback	3	1	12	0	28
Simaima Taufa	23	Mounties	NSW	Lock	3	0	0	0	0
Zahara Temara	20	Burleigh Bears	QLD	Lock , Centre	3	3	0	0	12
Elianna Walton	32	Greenacre Tigers	NSW	Prop	4	5	0	0	20
Meg Ward	23		NT	Wing , Centre	3	3	0	0	12
Rebecca Young	35	North Newcastle	NSW	Prop	3	0	0	0	0

• Sam Bremner (Helensburgh Tiger Lillies, NSW) was selected but did not play due to injury.

Cook Islands

Head coach: Ian Bourke ^{[3] [4]}

Name	Residence	Position	Played	T	G	FG	Points
Danielle Apaiana	Auckland	Second-row	3	0	0	0	0
Katelyn Arona	Christchurch	Lock , Hooker	3	1	0	0	4
Kiritapu Demant	Auckland	Five-eighth	1	0	0	0	0
Kaylen Ikitule	Auckland	Second-row	2	0	0	0	0
Chantelle Inangaro Schofield	Cook Islands	Centre	3	1	3	0	10
Urshla Kere	Brisbane	Wing	1-2	0	0	0	0
Beniamina Koiatu	Auckland	Wing	2-3	1	0	0	4
Inangaro Maraeara	Sydney	Hooker , Five-eighth	3	0	0	0	0
Toka Natua	Tokorua	Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Te Amohaere Ngata-Aerengamate	Counties-Manukau	Second-row	3	1	0	0	4
Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate	Counties-Manukau	Lock , Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Manea Poa-Maoate	Wellington	Halfback	2	0	0	0	0
Josina Singapu	Gold Coast	interchange	1	0	0	0	0
Cecelia Strickland	Perth	Centre	2	1	0	0	4
Natalee Tagavaitau	Auckland	interchange	1-2	0	0	0	0
Samaria Taia	Sydney	interchange	1	0	0	0	0
Kiana Takairangi	Sydney	Fullback	3	0	0	0	0
Crystal George Tamarua	Auckland	Centre , Second-row	2-3	0	0	0	0
Karol-Ann Tanevesi	Sydney	Prop	1-2	0	0	0	0
Lydia Turua-Quedley	Melbourne	Five-eighth , Halfback , Wing	3	0	0	0	0
Eliza Wilson	Auckland	interchange	2	0	0	0	0
Stephanie Wilson	Sydney	interchange	1-2	0	0	0	0

• Ruahei Demant (Auckland, NZ) was selected but did not play.

England

Head coach: Chris Chapman ^{[5] [6]}

Name	Age	Club	Position(s)	Played	Tries	Goals	FG	Points
Charlotte Booth		Bradford Bulls	Wing	3	2	0	0	8
Danielle Bound		Thatto Heath Crusaders	Hooker	4	1	0	0	4
Kayleigh Bulman		Featherstone Rovers	Wing	1	1	0	0	4
Jessica Courtman		Bradford Bulls	Centre	4	0	0	0	0
Chantelle Crowl	24	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Prop	4	0	0	0	0
Jodie Cunningham	25	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Fullback	4	0	0	0	0
Andrea Dobson		Featherstone Rovers	Lock , Prop	4	0	0	0	0
Sarah Dunn		Featherstone Rovers	Centre	3	0	0	0	0
Lois Forsell	26	Bradford Bulls	Hooker , Lock	4	0	0	0	0
Claire Garner		Bradford Bulls	Halfback	1	0	2	0	4
Faye Gaskin	25	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Five-eighth	3	0	0	0	0
Amy Hardcastle	28	Bradford Bulls	Centre	4	2	0	0	8
Katherine Hepworth		Castleford Tigers	interchange	3	0	0	0	0
Shona Hoyle	24	Bradford Bulls	Second-row	4	1	0	0	4
Kirsty Moroney		Bradford Bulls	Halfback , Five-eighth	3	0	0	0	0
Danika Priim	33	Bradford Bulls	Prop	2	0	0	0	0
Emily Rudge	26	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Second-row	4	0	0	0	0
Emma Slowe		Featherstone Rovers	Prop	4	1	0	0	4
Tara-Jane Stanley	24	Thatto Heath Crusaders	Wing	4	2	4	0	16
Beth Sutcliffe		Bradford Bulls	Second-row , Lock , Prop	4	1	0	0	4
Jenny Welsby		Thatto Heath Crusaders	Halfback	1	0	0	0	0

• Rachel Thompson (Thatto Heath - St Helens), Rhiannon Marshall (Featherstone Rovers) and Stacey White (Bradford Bulls) were selected in the squad but did not play in the tournament

Pool B

Canada

Head coach: Mike Castle ^{[7] [8]}

Name	Age	Province	Position(s)	Played	T	G	FG	Points
Maira Acevedo	21	British Columbia	Half, Centre	3	0	0	0	0
Gillian Boag	22	British Columbia	Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Nina Bui	30	Ontario	Fullback, Hooker	3	0	0	0	0
Andrea Burk	35	British Columbia	Second Row	3	0	0	0	0
Christina Burnham	29	British Columbia	Hooker	3	0	0	0	0
Mackenzie Fane	24	Ontario	Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Kathleen Grudzinski	33	Alberta	Prop	2	0	0	0	0
Janai Haupapa	21	Alberta	Centre	2-3	0	0	0	0
Michelle Helmeczi	32	Alberta	Halfback	2	0	0	0	0
Kathleen Keller	29	Quebec	Second Row	3	0	0	0	0
Natalie King	33	British Columbia	Prop	1	0	0	0	0
Kelcey Leavitt	25	Alberta	Wing	2	0	0	0	0
Mandy Marchak	32	Manitoba	Lock	4	0	0	0	0
Sabrina McDaid	23	Ontario	Halfback	3	1	1	0	6
Wealtha-Jade Naglis	25	Alberta	Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Fedelia Omoghan	25	Ontario	Prop	1-2	0	0	0	0
Megan Pakulis	21	Ontario	Second Row	4	1	0	0	4
Irene Patrinos	24	Ontario	Fullback, Wing	4	0	2	0	4
Stevi Schnoor	22	British Columbia	Half	4	0	0	0	0
Natasha Smith	26	Ontario	Centre	3	4	0	0	16
Elizabeth Steele	24	Alberta	Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Natalie Tam	20	Ontario	Hooker	2	0	0	0	0
Tiera Thomas-Reynolds	28	Ontario	Wing	2-3	0	0	0	0
Barbara Waddell	29	New South Wales	Hooker	3	0	0	0	0

• Petra Woods (Ontario) was selected but did not play in the tournament.

New Zealand

Head coach: Tony Benson ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Name	Age	Club	Regional Team	Position(s)	Played	Tries	Goals	FG	Points
Racquel Anderson-Pitman	26	Manurewa Marlins Wahine	Wai-Coa-Bay Stallions	Hooker , Halfback	2	1	1	0	6
Ngatokotoru Arakua	20	Papakura Sisters	Counties Manukau	interchange	5	0	0	0	0
Shontelle Dudley	31	Richmond Roses	Akarana Falcons	Centre	4	3	0	0	12
Maitua Feterika	25	Manurewa Marlins Wahine	Counties Manukau	Centre	4	2	0	0	8
Teuila Fotu-Moala	23	Otahuhu Leopards	Counties Manukau	Second-row	4	3	0	0	12
Louisa Gago	24	Manurewa Marlins Wahine	Counties Manukau	Second-row	2	1	0	0	4
Georgia Hale (vc)	22	Richmond Roses	Akarana Falcons	Five-eighth	3	0	0	0	0
Honey Hireme	36	Papakura Sisters	Counties Manukau	Wing	4	13	0	0	52
Sharlene Johnson	40	Richmond Roses	Akarana Falcons	Second-row , Lock	2	0	0	0	0
Amber Kani	26	Manurewa Marlins Wahine	Counties Manukau	Centre	4	2	0	0	8
Bunty Kuruwaka-Crowe		Papanui Tigers	Canterbury	Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Laura Mariu (c)	36	Papakura Sisters	Counties Manukau	Lock	4	1	0	0	4
Lilieta Maumau	25	Otahuhu Leopards	Counties Manukau	Prop	5	4	0	0	16
Nita Maynard	25	Cronulla-Caringbah	New South Wales	Hooker	5	1	0	0	4
Raecene McGregor	20	Greenacre Tigers	New South Wales	Five-eighth , Fullback	3	4	0	0	16
Krystal Murray	24	Papakura Sisters	Counties Manukau	interchange	4	5	0	0	20
Kimiora Nati	29	Manurewa Marlins Wahine	Counties Manukau	Halfback	4	0	23	0	46
Apii Nicholls-Pualau	24	Manurewa Marlins Wahine	Counties Manukau	Fullback	4	1	0	0	4
Annetta-Claudia Nuuausala	22	Marist Sisters	Akarana Falcons	interchange	2	1	0	0	4
Hilda Peters	34	Papakura Sisters	Counties Manukau	Second-row , Wing	4	2	0	0	8
Kahurangi Peters	23	Papakura Sisters	Counties Manukau	Prop	1	0	0	0	0
Krystal Rota	32	Manurewa Marlins Wahine	Counties Manukau	Hooker	4	0	0	0	0
Aieshaleigh Smalley	26	Otahuhu Leopards	Counties Manukau	Prop	3	0	0	0	0
Atawhai Tupaea	28	Papakura Sisters	Counties Manukau	Wing	5	2	0	0	8

Papua New Guinea

Head coach: Dennis Miall ^{[12] [13]}

• Elvina Aaron (Southern)
• Helen Abau (Southern)
• Delilah Ahose (Southern)
• Della Audama (Southern)
• Akosita Baru (Northern)
• Christie Bulhage (Highlands)
• Brenda Goro (Southern)
• Carol Humeu (Southern)
• Shirley Joe (Northern)
• Martha Karl (Northern)
• Gloria Kaupa (Highlands)
• Naomi Kaupa (Southern)
• Amelia Kuk (Brothers Ipswich, QLD)
• Joan Kuman (Southern)
• Grace Mark (Northern)
• Mala Mark (Highlands)
• Janet Michael (Southern)
• Cathy Neap (C) (Southern)
• Anne Ouifa (Highlands)
• Vanessa Palme (Southern)
• Fay Sogave (Higlands)
• Jazmyn Taumafai (Caboolture Sharks, QLD)
• Vero Waula (Southern)
• Maima Wei (Southern)

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