Caitlin Beevers

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Caitlin Beevers
Personal information
Born (2001-10-11) 11 October 2001 (age 22) [1]
Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018– Leeds Rhinos 693910158
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018– England 12100040
2018Yorkshire1
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Caitlin Beevers (born 11 October 2001) is a professional rugby league footballer and referee. She plays for Leeds Rhinos either at fullback , centre or wing.

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Playing career

Beevers was a pupil at St John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy in Dewsbury and was a member of the school's team that were Champion Schools National Winners in 2016 (Year 10) and August 2017 (Year 10) and won the Year 11 Nation Schools in April 2017. In the 2016 final she was the player of the match scoring four tries in a 46–12 victory over Sirius Academy of Hull. [2] In the April 2017 final Beevers scored 38 points (5 tries and 9 goals) in a 66–0 victory over Shotton Hall of Peterlee. [3] In August 2017, Beevers was awarded the Brenda Dobek Medal (player of the match) and scored 5 tries and 8 goals in a 48–16 win over Castleford Academy. [4] At club level Beevers started her playing career at Birstall Victoria ARLFC as a 7 year old. She later played for Dewsbury Moor and was named "player of the match" after the 2018 Women's Rugby League Association Challenge Cup Final on 1 April 2018 despite being on the losing side as Dewsbury Moor lost 12–15 to Wigan St Patricks. [5]

Having been recruited by Leeds Rhinos Women for their under-19 academy in January 2018, [6] Beevers was subsequently promoted to the first team for the 2018 Women's Super League season. [7]

Beevers was a member of the Leeds Rhinos team that won the 2018 Women's Challenge Cup final and scored a try in the 20–14 win over Castleford Tigers Women. [8]

While at Dewsbury Moor, Beevers played her first representative match when she played for Yorkshire in the Women’s Rugby League Association County of Origin game against Lancashire on 28 January 2018. [9]

Beevers made her international debut for England against France in Carcasonne on 27 October 2018, scoring two tries in England's 54–4 win. [10]

Refereeing career

Beevers started refereeing aged 13 and is a member of Dewsbury & Batley Referees Society. In 2018 she became the first woman to referee a rugby league game at Wembley Stadium when she refereed the Year 7 Boys National Schools Final (the curtain raiser to the Challenge Cup Final). [11] [12]

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  4. ↑ "YEAR 10 GIRLS | Castleford Academy 16-48 St John Fisher". RFL. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Champion Dewsbury Moor Ladies are edged out in Challenge Cup final thriller". Dewsbury Reporter. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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  7. ↑ "Rhinos Women promote three players from their Academy ahead of first Women's Super League game". Leeds Rhinos. 14 April 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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