Georgia Hale (rugby league)

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Georgia Hale
Personal information
Born (1995-08-09) 9 August 1995 (age 29)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position Lock, Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018–20 New Zealand Warriors 92008
2021–22 Gold Coast Titans 100000
2023 Leeds Rhinos
2023– Gold Coast Titans 111004
Total3030012
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2015– New Zealand 130000
2019 New Zealand 9s 40000
Source: RLP
As of 3 November 2023

Georgia Hale (born 9 August 1995) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRLW.

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Primarily a lock, she is vice-captain of the New Zealand Test team. [1]

Background

A Richmond Roses junior, Hale represented New Zealand in touch and tag football before switching to rugby league. [2]

Playing career

In 2014, she was a member of the New Zealand squad for their three-game series against Australia at the 2014 NRL Auckland Nines. [3]

On 3 May 2015, she made her Test debut for New Zealand, coming off the bench in a 14–22 loss to Australia at Suncorp Stadium. [4] On 6 May 2016, she was named Player of the Match in New Zealand's 26–16 ANZAC Test win over Australia. [5] On 16 September 2016, she was named New Zealand Player of the Year at the RLPA Players' Champion awards in Sydney. [6]

In 2017, she was named vice-captain of New Zealand for the 2017 Women's Rugby League World Cup. She played three games in the tournament but was omitted from the team that lost to Australia in the final. [7]

2018

In 2018, Hale joined the New Zealand Warriors for the inaugural season of the NRL Women's Premiership. [8] In Round 1 of the 2018 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors, starting at halfback in a 10–4 win over the Sydney Roosters.

2019

On 21 August, she was named captain of the Warriors and moved to the lock position. [9] On 19 October, she started for New Zealand in their 17–15 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s final win over Australia. [10]

2020

On 20 February, Hale was named the Young New Zealander of the Year. [11]

In September, Hale was one of five New Zealand-based Warriors' players to travel to Australia to play in the 2020 NRL Women's premiership. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the players had to quarantine for 14 days on entering Australia and 14 days on return to New Zealand when the season was completed. [12] On 27 October, Hale won the Veronica White Medal for her off-field work in her local community. [13]

2021

In 2021, Hale relocated to Australia, joining the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership. [14]

2022

In October she was selected for the New Zealand squad at the delayed 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup in England. [15]

2023

On 12 May 2023 she announced her intention to leave Leeds Rhinos to return to Australia and re-join Gold Coast Titans [16]

She was appointed as the Captain of the Gold Coast titans for the 2023 NRLW Season . [17]

Achievements and accolades

Individual

Team

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References

  1. ↑ "Kiwi Ferns taking nothing for granted ahead of women's semi final". stuff.co.nz. 24 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Warriors star Georgia Hale taking club's community work to next level". TVNZ. 17 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Hale - Richmond Rovers". Richmond Rover Rugby League.
  4. ↑ "Anzac Test - five Vodafone Warriors named". NZ Warriors. 26 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Kiwi Ferns too classy for Jillaroos". Asia Pacific RL. 7 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hale and Henry winners at RLPA Awards". NZ Warriors. 14 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jillaroos Confirm squad for World Cup Final". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. 1 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Georgia Hale ditches netball to make mark for Warriors". NRL. 9 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hale named new Warriors captain". NZ Warriors. 21 August 2019.
  10. ↑ "Kiwi Ferns name experienced squad for World Cup Nines". Asia Pacific RL. 9 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Hale the Young New Zealander of the Year". NZ Warriors. 20 February 2020.
  12. ↑ "The historical island set to inspire fab five Warriors women". NRL. 13 September 2020.
  13. ↑ "Georgia Hale wins 2020 Veronica White Medal". NZRL. 27 October 2020.
  14. ↑ "Georgia Hale Signs with Tweed". Tweed Seagulls. 26 February 2021.
  15. ↑ Priest, Craig (2 October 2022). "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". New Zealand Rugby League. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "Georgia Hale set to leave Rhinos Women". Leeds Rhinos. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Hale named to lead NRLW Titans in 2023". NRL. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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