Krystal Blackwell

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Krystal Blackwell
Personal information
Full nameKrystal Blackwell
Born (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 21)
Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight67 kg (10 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Fullback, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2023– Nth Qld Cowboys 71004
Source: [1]
As of 16 September 2023

Krystal Blackwell (born 20 October 2002) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.

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Background

Blackwell was born in Helensburgh, New South Wales and raised in Goulbourn. She played her junior rugby league for the Goulburn Stockmen and attended Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn. [2] [3]

Playing career

Early years

In 2019, Blackwell joined the Canberra Raiders, playing for their Tarsha Gale Cup side for three seasons. [4] [5] In 2022, Blackwell played for the Goulburn City Bulldogs. [6]

2023

In April, Blackwell represented the Monaro Colts in their NSWRL Country Women's Championship final win over Newcastle-Maitland and was named Player of the Match. [7]

On 23 May, she signed a one-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys. [8]

In Round 1 of the 2023 NRL Women's season, she made her NRLW debut, starting at five-eighth in a 16–6 loss to the Gold Coast Titans. [9] In Round 7, she scored her first NRL try in a 48–16 loss to the St George Illawarra Dragons. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Krystal Blackwell – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ↑ "Six Goulburn teams take home CRRL minor premierships". Goulburn Post. 13 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "2019 Tarsha Gale Cup Final Squad". Canberra Raiders. 30 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "2020 Junior Representatives Final Squads". Canberra Raiders. 21 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Junior Reps Round 1 Wrap". Canberra Raiders. 8 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Monaro Open Women's Training Squad 2022". Canberra Raiders. 8 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Monaro compile magnificent seven tries to down Knights". NSWRL. 29 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cowboys add five more players to NRLW squad". NQ Cowboys. 23 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Final team list: Eight Cowboys named to make NRLW debuts". NQ Cowboys. 22 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Dragons pile on points in big win over Cowboys". NRL.com. 2 September 2023.
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