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Born | Rotorua, New Zealand [1] | 6 August 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (10 st 12 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Fullback, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [2] As of 22 August 2023 |
Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly (born 6 August 1996) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.
A five-eighth , fullback and wing, she previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRLW and for Hurricanes Poua in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.
Born in Rotorua, New Zealand, Stephens-Daly is of Māori descent. [3]
Stephens-Daly started her career playing rugby sevens and rugby union. [4] In 2014, she played for the Waikite rugby union team. [5] She represented the Bay of Plenty Volcanix side from 2015 to 2019, only missing 2018. [6] [7] In November 2018, she was named in the New Zealand Maori Ferns train-on squad. [8] In 2019, she played for the Whakarewarewa rugby union side. [9] In 2020, she played for the Upper Central Stallions in the inaugural NZRL National Women's Championship. [4] [10] In November 2020, she represented the Kiwi Ferns against the Fetū Samoa invitational side, scoring two tries in the Kiwi Fern's 28-8 victory. [11] In December 2020, she won the Kiwi Ferns Rookie of the Year award. [12] In December 2021, she signed with the Newcastle Knights to be a part of their inaugural NRLW squad. [13]
In February, Stephens-Daly played for the Māori All Stars against the Indigenous All Stars, [14] scoring the team's only points with two tries in their 8-18 loss. [15] In round 1 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut for the Knights against the Parramatta Eels. [16]
In October, she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England. [17]
In March, Stephens-Daly signed played for the Hurricanes Poua in the Super Rugby Aupiki. She was one of three final signings confirmed for the side in December 2022. [18]
On 17 May, Stephens-Daly returned to rugby league, signing a two-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys. [19]
In Round 3 of the 2023 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Cowboys in their 40–12 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [20] In Round 5, she tore her ACL in a loss to the Cronulla Sharks, ruling her out for the season. [21]
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