Grace Hamilton (rugby)

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Grace Hamilton
Personal information
Born (1992-03-04) 4 March 1992 (age 32)
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Flanker
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2018– NSW Waratahs 1480040
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016–19 Australia 260000
Rugby league
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020 Sydney Roosters 30000
Source: RLP
As of 9 December 2020

Grace Hamilton (born 4 March 1992) [1] is an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer who captained Australia internationally, and the NSW Waratahs in the Super W. She competed at the 2017 and 2021 Rugby World Cup's.

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In 2020, she played rugby league for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL Women's Premiership.

Background

Hamilton was born in Orange, New South Wales and raised in Panuara. [2] She began playing rugby union as a university exchange student in the United States. [3]

Rugby union career

In 2014, Hamilton played for the ACT Brumbies and the University of Sydney. [4] [5] In 2016, Hamilton made her Test debut for Australia on their tour of New Zealand. [6]

In 2017, Hamilton represented Australia at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland, where Australia finished in sixth place. [7] [8]

In 2018, Hamilton was a member of the NSW Waratahs inaugural Super W-winning squad, starting in their final win over the Queensland Reds. [9] She was later a member of the Waratahs' victorious 2019 and 2020 Super W sides. [10]

Hamilton was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series in New Zealand. [11] [12] She later made the Wallaroos squad for a two-test series against the Black Ferns at the Laurie O'Reilly Cup. [13] [14] She was selected in the team again for the delayed 2022 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [15] [16]

Hamilton made the Wallaroos side for the 2023 Pacific Four Series, and the O'Reilly Cup. [17]

Rugby league career

On 23 September 2020, due to the cancellation of a number of rugby union Tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hamilton switched to rugby league, joining the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team. [18] [19]

In Round 2 of the 2020 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Roosters in a 22–12 win over the New Zealand Warriors. [20] On 25 October 2020, she came off the bench in the Roosters' 10–20 Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos. [21]

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References

  1. ↑ "Grace Hamilton". Wallaroos. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Grace Hamilton crowned Wallaroos Player of the Year". Cowra Guardian. 15 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Meet the latest code-hopper to ignite the NRLW". NRL. 9 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Grace Hamilton". Minerva.
  5. ↑ "Grace Hamilton". Coleman Greig.
  6. ↑ "A blazing Grace". Central Western Daily. 20 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "First Test win extra special for Hamilton". Rugby.com.au. 18 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Seven NSW Women named in Wallaroos Squad for 2017 World Cup Campaign". Rugby NSW. 28 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Super W rivals hoping for no repeat of last year's incredible final". Sydney Morning Herald. 5 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Hewson praises Waratahs' character after downing Queensland for another Super W title". Rugby.com.au. 7 April 2019.
  11. ↑ Williamson, Nathan (19 May 2022). "Wallaroos announce squad for Pacific Four". wallaroos.rugby. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  12. ↑ Woods, Melissa (19 May 2022). "Nine new Wallaroos for Pacific Four rugby". 7NEWS. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Wallaroos name 32-player squad". ESPN.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Maya Stewart, Emily Robinson, and Asatasi Lafai named in Wallaroos squad to face Black Ferns". nsw.rugby. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  15. ↑ Williamson, Nathan (7 September 2022). "Wallaroos confirm Rugby World Cup squad". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  16. ↑ Worthington, Sam (7 September 2022). "Rugby stars to play two World Cups in a month". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  17. ↑ Williamson, Nathan (15 June 2023). "Wallaroos welcome back overseas stars for Pacific Four". wallaroos.rugby. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  18. ↑ "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
  19. ↑ "Meet the latest code-hopper to ignite the NRLW". Sydney Roosters. 9 October 2020.
  20. ↑ "NRLW Late Mail – Game Two". Sydney Roosters. 9 October 2020.
  21. ↑ "NRLW Late Mail – Grand Final". Sydney Roosters. 25 October 2020.


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