Kaitlyn Phillips

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Kaitlyn Phillips
Personal information
Born (1997-07-09) 9 July 1997 (age 27)
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight68 kg (10 st 10 lb)
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2020 Sydney Roosters 20000
2021–22 Brisbane Broncos 71004
2023– Gold Coast Titans 30000
Total121004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Prime Minister's XIII 10000
2020–21 Indigenous All Stars 20000
Source: RLP
As of 1 November 2023

Kaitlyn Phillips (born 9 July 1997) is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row for the Gold Coast Titans Women in the NRL Women's Premiership and the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership.

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Background

Phillips was born in Orange, New South Wales and began playing rugby league for the Orange Hawks in 2018. She is of Indigenous Australian descent. [1]

Playing career

In 2019, Phillips joined Mounties RLFC in the NSWRL Women's Premiership. [2] In May 2019, she represented NSW Country at the Women's National Championships. [3] On 11 October 2019, she represented the Prime Minister's XIII in their win over Fiji. [4]

In 2020, Phillips moved to the Tweed Heads Seagulls in the QRL Women's Premiership. [5] On 22 February 2020, she started at second-row for the Indigenous All Stars. [6]

On 22 September 2020, Phillips joined the Sydney Roosters NRL Women's Premiership team. [7] In Round 1 of the 2020 NRLW season, she made her debut for the Roosters in their 18–4 win over the St. George Illawarra Dragons. [8]

On 20 February 2021, she represented the Indigenous All Stars in their 24–0 loss to the Māori All Stars. [9]

References

  1. "Kaitlyn Phillips is making her mark in the NSWRL". Central Western Daily. 1 May 2019.
  2. "Phillips determined to make 2020 'my year'". Port Stephens Examiner. 22 October 2019.
  3. "Line-ups named for Women's National Championships". NRL. 22 May 2019.
  4. "Australian Men's and Women's Prime Ministers XIII squads announced". Asia Pacific RL. 30 September 2019.
  5. "Gulls Girls brave in defeat against Magpies". Tweed Seagulls. 16 March 2020.
  6. "TEAMS: 2020 Harvey Norman NRL All Stars". League Unlimited. 18 February 2020.
  7. "Roosters announce 2020 NRLW Squad". Sydney Roosters. 23 September 2020.
  8. "NRLW Late Mail Game One". Sydney Roosters. 3 October 2020.
  9. "McGregor, Harden to lead talented teams". NRL. 20 February 2021.