Lily Dick

Lily Dick

Personal information
Full name	Lily Dick
Born	(1999-12-26) 26 December 1999 (age 25) Tugun, Queensland, Australia
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (10 st 12 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2025– Nth Qld Cowboys 0 0 0 0 0
Rugby union
Position	Forward
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2018–24 Australia sevens
Medals Women's rugby sevens Representing   Australia Rugby Sevens World Cup 2022 Cape Town Team competition Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team competition Commonwealth Youth Games 2017 Nassau Team competition

Lily Dick (born 26 December 1999) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL Women's Premiership.

She previously played rugby sevens, representing Australia and winning a Rugby World Cup Sevens and Commonwealth Games gold medal. ^[1]

Background

Dick was born in Tugun, Queensland and grew up in Currumbin. ^[2] She attended Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School just over the border in Tweed Heads and played her junior rugby union for the Palm Beach Currumbin Alleygators ^[3]

Playing career

Rugby union

In 2016, Dick made her senior debut for Queensland at the age of 16 at the National Rugby Sevens Championships in Adelaide. ^[4] Dick backed up this performance by captaining the Queensland youth team to victory at the Youth National Rugby Sevens Championships in Perth. Dick was the Vice-Captain of the Australian team which won a gold medal at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games. Her performances during the tournament saw her recognised as the Player's Player for the tournament. ^[5]

In 2018, she made her Australian debut in the 2018 Dubai Sevens, scoring a try 2 minutes after the end of regulation time to help the Australian side win a bronze medal in the third-place playoff.

Dick was a member of the Australian sevens squad that won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. ^{[6] [7] [8]} She was a member of the Australian team that won the 2022 Sevens Rugby World Cup held in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2022. ^{[9] [10]}

In May 2024, she ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament at the Singapore Sevens and missed the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^[11]

Rugby league

On 20 December 2024, Dick switch to rugby league, signing a two-year contract with the North Queensland Cowboys. ^[12]

Honours

• 2019 RUPA Newcomer of the Year Finalist. ^[13]
• 2017 AON Uni 7s Dream Team. ^[14]
• 2022 HSBC World Series "Don't Crack Under Pressure" Award. ^[15]

References

1. "Lily Dick". rugby.com.au . Retrieved 30 July 2020.
2. "Leaders of the pack". The Daiyl Telegraph. 28 March 2018.
3. "Lily Dick – PBC Alleygators Rugby Club" . Retrieved 25 July 2020.
4. "Queensland claim men's and women's titles at the national sevens championships". reds.rugby . 20 November 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
5. "Aussie Girls Sevens out to defend Commonwealth Youth Games gold". rugby.com.au. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
6. Williamson, Nathan (5 July 2022). "Sevens squad confirmed for Commonwealth Games". rugby.com.au. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
7. "Australia and South Africa win rugby sevens gold at Commonwealth Games". www.world.rugby. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
8. Williamson, Nathan (31 July 2022). "Australia claim Commonwealth Games gold". www.rugby.com.au. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
9. "Australia women win Sevens World Cup". Rugby World. 11 September 2022.
10. "GAME BY GAME: Australia Women claim Sevens World Cup, Men finish fourth". Rugby.com.au. 11 September 2022.
11. "Madison Ashby, Lily Dick suffer knee injuries during Singapore". Rugby Australia. 9 May 2024.
12. "Rugby Sevens star Lily Dick joins Cowboys". NQ Cowboys. 20 December 2024.
13. Fairbairn, Pete. "2019 Newcomer of the Year Finalists Announced". RUPA .
14. "2017 Uni 7s Dream Team". rugby.com.au.
15. "Stars of women's sevens celebrated after 2022 season finale in Toulouse". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 5 August 2022.