Brianna Clark

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Brianna Clark
Personal information
Born (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight89 kg (14 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row, Lock
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020 New Zealand Warriors 20000
2021 Gold Coast Titans 407014
2022– Brisbane Broncos 172302
Total23210016
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Prime Minister's XIII 10000
2022– New Zealand 417018
Source: RLP
As of 14 November 2022

Brianna Clark (born 25 May 1995) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Valleys Diehards in the QRL Women's Premiership.

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She is a Prime Minister's XIII representative.

Background

Born in Brisbane, Clark was raised in Sarina, Queensland and attended Sarina State High School. [1] Clark played soccer growing up, moving to the United States to play for Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. [2] [3]

Playing career

In 2017, Clark began playing rugby league for the Mackay Magpies. [4] In 2019, Clark joined the Wests Panthers in South East Queensland Women's Division 1, starting at lock in their Grand Final win over the Burleigh Bears. [5]

In May 2019, she represented Queensland Country at the Women's National Championships. [6] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji in Suva. [7]

2020

Clark began the 2020 season playing for Wests in the QRL Women's Premiership. [8] On 19 September, Clark joined the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. [9] In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, Clark made her debut for the Warriors in a 14–28 loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [10]

On 26 October, Clark was named in the Queensland squad for the 2020 Women's State of Origin but did not play in their 24–18 win over New South Wales. [11]

2021

In 2021, Clark joined the Valleys Diehards in the QRL Women's Premiership. [12]

2022

In October she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England. [13]

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References

  1. "Young Marlins rapid rise". Gympie Times. 17 May 2018.
  2. "Brianna Clark". Indian Hills CC.
  3. "Development programs a big step in Clark's rise to top". QRL. 7 December 2020.
  4. "Magpies' sporting best honoured". Daily Mercury. 1 November 2017.
  5. "Panthers roar to claim maiden SEQW premiership". QRL. 3 August 2019.
  6. "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  7. "Australian Men's and Women's Prime Ministers XIII squads announced". Asia Pacific RL. 30 September 2019.
  8. "QRL Women's BHP Premiership - 2020 Round 1". League Unlimited. 10 March 2020.
  9. "Donald announces Warriors NRLW squad". NZ Warriors. 18 September 2020.
  10. "New-look Warriors side for season opener". NZ Warriors. 29 September 2020.
  11. "Harvey Norman Queensland Maroons squad named". QRL. 26 October 2020.
  12. "Queensland Women's Origin extended training squad named". Asia Pacific RL. 20 April 2021.
  13. Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby League. Retrieved 14 November 2022.