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| Date of birth | 29 March 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Toowoomba, QLD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bree-Anna Browne nee Cheatham (born 29 March 1997) is an Australian rugby union player. She plays for Australia at an international level, and for the Queensland Reds in the Super W competition. [1]
Early Years: Bree-Anna first started playing Rugby League with the Atherton Roosters U6 Team in 2005, then moved to Brisbane and played Oztag until her senior year in High School. She played 7s for St Joseph's College.
Club Rugby: At 16 years Bree-Anna played for Western Districts Rugby Football club, Senior Women's team in 2013-14. Bree returned to Wests in 2016 and captained the Team in their last Grand Final appearance in 2019. For the 2025 season, Bree will be representing Brothers.
ADF Ruby Union: At 17 Bree-Anna joined the Australian Army and at her first ADF Rugby Championship represented the Army in a clean sweep. It was her first player of the Tournament Award (Twice). From then, she has been a regular selection in the ADF Team, and has toured Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand and the UK. Due to professional rugby commitments her involvement is now limited.
Super W: Bree-Anna was a member of the victorious Super 10s team which beat NSW in the final at Suncorp in 2018. She was selected for the Rebels in 2019 and then the Qld Reds Super W since 2020, having played in two Super W AU finals and winning best Qld Reds forward in 2022. Having missed the 2024 season due to injury Bree has been selected in the 2025 Squad and is expected to play her first game since the Wallaroos V Wales Test in 2023.
Australia A: Cheatham was selected and played for Australia A in 2019 in Fiji, after which she was selected the Australian Wallaroos Squad. Wallaroos: Cheatham missed the entire 2024 Super W season due to injury. [2] She was named in Australia's squad for the Pacific Four Series in June, but didn't get to run out onto the field. [2] [3] She was reselected for the Wallaroos squad for the Laurie O'Reilly Cup in August. [4] [5] She made her international debut against New Zealand on 20 August 2022. She was named player of the match by her peers. [1] [6]
Cheatham was selected in the team again for the delayed 2022 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [7] [8]
In 2024, she was ruled out for the Super Rugby Women's season due to a knee injury. [9]
Cheatham is a contacted member of both the Qld Reds and the Australian Wallaroos and is expected to make her return to pitch in 2025.
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