Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell

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Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell
Personal information
Full nameHailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell
Born (2004-02-23) 23 February 2004 (age 20)
Invercargill, New Zealand
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight79 kg (12 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre, Wing, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2021–24 Gold Coast Titans 1140016
2025– Nth Qld Cowboys 00000
Total1140016
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2022 New Zealand 10000
Source: [1]
As of 7 February 2024

Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell (born 23 February 2004) is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.

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She is a New Zealand international and previously played for the Gold Coast Titans.

Background

Ormond-Maunsell was born in Invercargill and grew up in Melbourne. In Victoria, she played her junior rugby league for the Werribee Bears before moving to Queensland to join the Gold Coast Titans junior female academy in 2021. [2]

While living on the Gold Coast, Queensland, she attended Keebra Park State High School. [3]

Playing career

Early years

In 2021, Ormond-Maunsell played for the Burleigh Bears in the QRL Under-19s competition. [4] [5]

In early 2022, she played for the senior Burleigh women's team in the QRL Women's Premiership. [6]

Gold Coast Titans

In Round 3 of the delayed 2021 NRL Women's season, Ormond-Maunsell made her NRLW debut, starting on the wing and scoring a try in their win over the Parramatta Eels. [7] She played four games in her rookie season for the club. Later that year, she played two more games in the 2022 NRL Women's season.

In October 2022, she was named in New Zealand's 2021 Rugby League World Cup squad. [8]

On 6 November 2022, she made her Test debut for New Zealand, starting on the wing in their win over the Cook Islands. [9]

In 2023, she played just two NRLW games for the Titans, scoring the winning try over the Cronulla Sharks in Round 2. [10] In 2024, she moved into the forwards, playing three games off the bench and scoring one try. [11] [12]

North Queensland Cowboys

On 7 February, Ormond-Maunsell joined the North Queensland Cowboys on a one-year contract. [13]

References

  1. "Hailee-Jay Maunsell – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. "Dream debut: Maunsell makes merry in maiden match". Gold Coast Titans. 16 March 2022.
  3. "Why Keebra" (PDF). Keebra Park State High.
  4. "Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell". 18thman.com.
  5. "'What a weapon!' - Hailee-Jay Ormond-Maunsell". QRL. 13 April 2021.
  6. "NRLW Burleigh Bears players have a lot more to fight for". ABC. 25 February 2022.
  7. "Teenager becomes a Titan as Maunsell named in NRLW side". Gold Coast Titans. 8 March 2022.
  8. "Kiwi Ferns name 24-strong World Cup squad". NZRL. 28 October 2022.
  9. "Ormond-Maunsell to debut agaisnt the Cook Islands".
  10. "Titans snatch last gasp win against Sharks to continue unbeaten run". Gold Coast Titans. 5 August 2023.
  11. "Meet the Gold Coast's 2024 NRLW squad". Gold Coast Titans. 25 July 2024.
  12. "Titans surge to down Wests Tigers in front of big home crowd". Gold Coast Titans. 3 August 2024.
  13. "Cowboys sign Kelly and Ormond-Maunsell". NQ Cowboys. 7 February 2025.

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