Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly

Last updated

Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly
Personal information
Born (1996-08-06) 6 August 1996 (age 27)
Rotorua, New Zealand [1]
Height164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight69 kg (10 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Fullback, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2021–22 Newcastle Knights 830012
2023 Nth Qld Cowboys 30000
Total1130012
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020–22 Kiwi Ferns 430012
2022 Māori All Stars 12008
Source: [2]
As of 30 July 2024

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.

Contents

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.

Background

Born in Rotorua, New Zealand, Stephens-Daly is of Māori descent. [3]

Playing career

Early years

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]

2022

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]

2023

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]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nita Maynard</span> Australia & New Zealand international rugby union & league footballer

Nita Maynard is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Ngatokotoru Arakua is a New Zealand rugby league footballer.

Maitua Feterika is a New Zealand rugby league footballer.

Krystal Rota is a New Zealand rugby league footballer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirra Dibb</span> Australia international rugby league footballer

Kirra Dibb is an Australian rugby league footballer who captains the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kiana Takairangi</span> Cook Islands & New Zealand international rugby league footballer

Kiana Takairangi is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Cronulla Sharks in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Annetta-Claudia Nu'uausala is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shanice Parker</span> Australia & New Zealand international rugby league and rugby union footballer

Shanice Parker is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Charntay Poko is a New Zealand rugby league and union footballer. Primarily a halfback or lock, she is a New Zealand representative. She previously played for the New Zealand Warriors and Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

The 2022 Newcastle Knights season was the 35th in the club's history. Coached by Adam O'Brien and co-captained by Jayden Brailey and Kalyn Ponga, they competed in the NRL's 2022 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season in 14th place.

Cheyelle Robins-Reti is a New Zealand rugby union & Rugby league player. She plays as centre, wing for Canberra Raiders Women in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Rangimarie Edwards-Bruce is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Her position is second-row. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Katelyn Vaha'akolo is a New Zealand rugby league and union player. She played wing for the Kiwi Ferns at the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup and for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. She joined the Blues for the 2023 Super Rugby Aupiki season.

Charlotte Scanlan is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Her positions are prop, lock and second-row. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Mele Hufanga is a New Zealand rugby player. She has competed for Tonga internationally in rugby union, and for Tonga and New Zealand in rugby league. She played for the Blues Women in the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki in 2022. She also made her test debut for the Tonga women's national rugby union team. She competed for the Kiwi Ferns at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup.

Kararaina Wira-Kohu is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. Her position is prop. She previously played for the Newcastle Knights Women in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Janna Vaughan is a New Zealand athlete. She has represented New Zealand in rugby union, rugby league, rugby sevens and Muay Thai.

Abigail Roache is a New Zealand rugby league and union player. She currently plays for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL Women's Premiership. She represented New Zealand at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England. She previously played for the Richmond Roses in the ARL. In rugby union, she played for the Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition and for the Auckland Storm provincially.

Bree Chester is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Harata Butler is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.

References

  1. ↑ "Rookie watch: Remember the name Autumn-Rain". National Rugby League. 19 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  3. ↑ "Autumn-Rain Stephens hits back for the Maori All Stars". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. 1 2 "Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly".
  5. ↑ "Rugby: Is this the best try celebration ever?". NZ Herald.
  6. ↑ "The rise of the BOP Volcanix continues". NZ Herald.
  7. ↑ "Autumn-Rain Stephens-Daly | New Zealand Rugby History". www.rugbyhistory.co.nz.
  8. ↑ "All Stars ideal Indigenous pathway for Young and youngsters". National Rugby League. 6 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Whakarewarewa too good for Mount Maunganui". NZ Herald.
  10. ↑ "Upper Central Zone Rugby League - Congratulations to the following players named for the Upper Central Stallions team playing in the 2020 North Island Championship. | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  11. ↑ "Rookie leads Kiwi Ferns to win over Samoa". National Rugby League. 7 November 2020.
  12. ↑ League, Asia Pacific Rugby (16 December 2020). "Fisher-Harris and Rota 2020 New Zealand Rugby League Players of the Year".
  13. ↑ "Knights finalise NRLW squad with signings of Queensland-based players". Newcastle Knights. 3 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Maori v Indigenous All Stars: Both sides 1-18 with no late changes". National Rugby League. 12 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Maori Women's v Indigenous Women's". National Rugby League.
  16. ↑ "Late mail: 1-17 confirmed for opening NRLW game". Newcastle Knights. 27 February 2022.
  17. ↑ Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby League. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "Hurricanes Poua lure NRLW champion Kiwi Fern home for Super Rugby Aupiki". Stuff. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Cowboys sign Kiwi Ferns star Stephens-Daly". NQ Cowboys. 17 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Broncos bag first win as Mele mauls Cowboys". NRL.com. 5 August 2023.
  21. ↑ "Cowboys NRLW team list: Round 6 v Eels". NQ Cowboys. 22 August 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.