Charlotte Caslick

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Charlotte Caslick
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Personal information
Full nameCharlotte Emily Caslick
Born (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Five-eighth, Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020 Sydney Roosters 20000
Rugby union
Position Back
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
The Tribe
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2013– Australia 7s
Source: RLP
As of 7 December 2020
Medals
Women's rugby sevens
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team competition
Rugby Sevens World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Cape Town Team competition
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team competition

Charlotte Emily Caslick OAM [1] (born 9 March 1995) is an Australian professional representative and Olympic level rugby union player. She represents Australia in rugby sevens and in touch football. She won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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In 2020, following the postponement of the international sevens circuit due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she moved to rugby league, playing for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.

In 2021 with the resumption of International 7's rugby, Caslick returned to duties with the Australian 7's team. In 2022 she was co-captain of the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [2] [3] She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. [4] [5]

Background

Caslick was born in Brisbane and grew up in the suburb of Corinda. She attended Brisbane State High School. [6] [7] She is engaged to Rugby Union player Lewis Holland.

Playing career

Rugby career

Caslick plays for The Tribe at a club level and in 2013, after graduating from high school, she debuted for Australia. By December 2015, she had earned 13 caps, scoring 31 tries in that two-year period. [8] Caslick has been described as "the best women's rugby sevens player on the planet." [9] and "a key member of the Australian Women's Rugby Sevens team that is eyeing gold at [2016's] Rio Olympics." [10]

Caslick is a dual international having represented her country at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival and 2013 Rugby Sevens World Cup as well as playing for Touch Football Australia at both age-grade and open levels. She was named in World Rugby's 2014–15 Team of the Season after another stellar season and one of four players nominated for the 2015 World Sevens Player of the Year. Charlotte was also voted player of the tournament in the Australian Nationals. Representative Honours include Touch Football Australia, Australian Youth Olympic Festival (2013) and Queensland. [11] She was a member of Australia's team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

In October 2016, Caslick was named as Australia's women's sevens player of the year. [19] [20] [21]

Caslick was named in the Australia squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [22] The team came second in the pool round but then lost to Fiji 14–12 in the quarterfinals. [23]

In 2024, She was chosen to lead the Australian sevens side for the Summer Olympics in Paris. [24] [25]

Rugby league

In 2020, with the suspension of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Caslick made the switch to rugby league, joining the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership. [26] A North Queensland Cowboys fan, she opted to join the Roosters over the Brisbane Broncos, the Cowboys' arch-rivals. [27]

In Round 1 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, Caslick made her debut the Roosters, starting at five-eighth and running for 163 metres in a 18–4 win over the St George Illawarra Dragons. [28] A week later, in the Roosters' 22–12 Round 2 win over the New Zealand Warriors, Caslick sustained two small factures to her spine, ruling her out for the rest of the NRLW season. [29]

Honors and achievements

See also

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