Jules Newman

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Jules Newman
Personal information
Born (1989-02-23) 23 February 1989 (age 34)
Mosgiel, New Zealand
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight69 kg (10 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Position Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 New Zealand Warriors 30000
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 New Zealand 9s 430012
2019 New Zealand 10000
Source: RLP
As of 9 November 2020

Jules Newman (born 23 February 1989) is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors in the NRL Women's Premiership.

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Primarily a centre, she is a New Zealand and New Zealand 9s representative.

Background

Born in Mosgiel, Newman was a long time North Harbour representative in rugby union, winning the Farah Palmer Cup Player of the Year in 2018. [1]

Playing career

In 2019, Newman switched to rugby league and began playing for the Mount Albert Lions in the Auckland Rugby League. [2]

In June 2019, she was named in the New Zealand squad for their mid-season Test against Samoa but did not play. [3] On 10 July 2019, she signed with the New Zealand Warriors NRL Women's Premiership team. [4] In Round 1 of the 2019 NRL Women's season, she made her debut for the Warriors in a 16–12 win over the Sydney Roosters.

In October 2019, she was a member of New Zealand's 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s-winning squad. [5] On 25 October 2019, she made her Test debut for New Zealand, starting at centre in a 8–28 loss to Australia. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jules Newman riding rugby league wave with Warriors after rapid rise". Stuff.co.nz. 11 August 2019.
  2. ↑ "From zero to hero: How Warriors Womens' [sic] player Jules Newman mastered rugby league in just three months". NZ Herald. 9 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Kiwi Ferns side features nine Warriors". NZ Warriors. 13 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Hireme's signing huge coup". NZ Warriors. 10 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Jillaroos labelled 'cocky' heading into Kiwi Ferns clash". NRL. 21 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "Selection for Kiwi Ferns caps staggering rise for former rugby representative". NZ Herald. 24 October 2019.
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